REPORT FOR 1890—1891. 



The number of contributors to the Club this year is 26, being 

 five in excess of last year. The specimens sent, however, are 

 less numerous, being 1775 against 1944, and less than half the 

 number of those sent in 1888-89. It is to be hoped that the 

 new and extensive list of desiderata will urge members, who 

 have time and opportunity, to greater activity. 



Some catalogues continue to be marked in an obscure or 

 eccentric fashion, which is puzzling to the distributor. It also 

 seems advisable to call attention to paragraphs 3rd and 4th of 

 the Club Rules, as certain members still send specimens sadly 

 deficient in quality and quantity. The referee for the Ruhi 

 complains that much of the material sent was very unsatisfactory, 

 and members would do well to refer to Prof. Babington's advice 

 to collectors of Brambles, as quoted in the Rules. Exception 

 must be made, however, for Mr. J. T. Powell's examples, upon 

 which almost unqualified praise is deservedly bestowed. 



Not much general interest has been shewn this season in the 

 critical genera, in fact with the exception of the 7?z/;(5z' these have 

 been very much, or entirely, neglected. With regard to sending 



ex horio'^ specimens, of which too many have come to hand, 

 it has been thought well to add a rule to the effect that in future 

 such can only be accepted under certain restrictions. 



Professor Babington, to whom as referee for the Rubi the 

 Club has been so greatly indebted in the past, was unwillingly 

 obliged to decline examining them this year. At Mr. A. 

 Bennett's suggestion, application was made to the Rev. W. Moyle 

 Rogers, an acknowledged and experienced authority, who most 

 kindly consented to undertake them. For the time and trouble 

 he has devoted to this work our sincerest thanks are due to him, 

 as also to the unfailing kindness of Mr. A. Bennett. F.L.S., who 



