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1. The No. of the species according to the 'London Cata- 



logue;' if a variety, the No. and letter. [N. B. The No. 

 and letter should precede the name of the plant at the upper 

 corner of the labels.] 



2. The name of the species, from the same Catalogue ; always 



with the addition of the authority after the specific name. 



3. The name of the county in which the specimen was collect- 



ed ; together with any more exact description of the locality, 

 which the Contributor may think fit to give. — [N. B. Dif- 

 ferent places bear the same name in so many instances, as 

 to create much error and confusion about localities when the 

 county is omitted.] 



4. The name of the Contributor; that of the Collector also being 



added, if not the Contributor himself. — [N. B. The best 

 place for the names of Contributor and Collector is at the 

 base of the label — not at the top.] 



5. It will be understood, that the labels are those of the indivi- 



dual Contributor ; consequently, the words " Botanical 

 Society of London" should not be used on them. 

 L3, Each parcel should enclose a list of the species sent, stating the 

 number of specimens, dated, and signed with the name of the Contri- 

 butor. — [N. B. It is requested that these lists may be written on 

 pieces of paper, the size of a leaf from an octavo volume, the writing 

 being on one page of each leaf only, with a clear margin opposite the 

 left hand ; in order that they may be preserved and bound together, 

 as a registry of the Society's obligations to the individual Contri- 

 butors.] 



14. Any unsuitable specimens will be returned to the member who 

 sends them, in order that he may clearly understand which of his 

 specimens appeared unsuitable for the objects of the Society, and may 

 thus be enabled to avoid repetition of the same mistake. 



15. It is requested, lastly, that Contributors will not feel themselves 

 entitled to imitate the defective specimens sent to them from London. 

 It is obvious that the Society can send out only such as are received, 

 and that the Contributors themselves must take the lead in sending 

 better. — [N. B. Though hundreds of specimens are burnt each year, 

 still, in the absence of better examples of their species, many ill-dried, 

 mutilated, and otherwise insufficient specimens are unavoidably sent 

 out. Members may keep these, as temporary substitutes for better, 

 and still mark the species in their lists of desiderata.] 



Suggestions to Contributors of Foreign Specimens. — In collecting 

 Vol. II. 3 x 



