The WATSON 



Botanical Exchange Club. 



REPORT for 1903-4. 



A total of 1659 sheets of specimens, contributed 

 by 22 members, has been sent in ; the smallest number 

 since 1898, yet more, perhaps, than could have been 

 expected after last year's exceptionally inclement 

 summer. Critica) genera do not seem to have fallen 

 much in the way of collectors, Rosa, as usual, Hieracium 

 and Potainogeton being very scantily represented, and 

 Carices, so far as the desiderata list is concerned, not at 

 all. The Rubi, however, form a conspicuous exception, 

 having been sent in large numbers, though by few 

 collectors. If it may be said with all due respect for 

 these plants, and by one who is himself deeply interested 

 in them, it seems hardly desirable that parcels should 

 be sent in containing nothing but brambles, especially 

 as several members, either from limited accommodation 

 or having purchased published sets, have intimated to 

 the distributor that they do not desire to receive Ruhi. 



The quality of the specimens is mostly good, in 

 some cases all that could be desired. On the other hand, 



