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one parcel was received of quite intolerable slovenliness 

 both as to matter and form, and almost entirely unfit 

 for distribution. It cannot be too emphatically stated, 

 or repeated, that the Club does not desire to receive 

 or retain as members persons who think proper to 

 send in such parcels. Aliens are not numerous, and 

 the few sent in are in beautiful condition. The 

 Distributor feels sure that no one can feel otherwise 

 than pleased at receiving the splendid specimens of 

 that most abnormal Composite — if it is one — 

 Ambrosia artemisicefolia, contributed by Mr. Charles 

 Bailey. 



In spite of the rule, a certain amount of 

 latitude has been used in sending in plants not on the 

 desiderata list, sometimes with the Distributor's sanction 

 asked and obtained, sometimes without such direct 

 sanction. The practice, no doubt, is not to be 

 encouraged, still he has thought himself justified in 

 accepting, on behalf of the Club, such plants, when 

 he felt he could rely upon their being satisfactory, 

 having little doubt that members would not be 

 unwilling to accept an additional well-prepared example 

 of an interesting plant, even though not among their 

 actual desiderata. Hence it comes that such plants 

 as Gagea and Goodyera have been distributed this year. 

 From the general satisfaction expressed as to the 

 parcels received it would appear that many blanks in 

 herbaria have been happily filled up, and one of the 

 aims of the Club so far achieved. 



To Messrs. A. Bennett, W. Moyle Rogers, E. S. 

 Marshall, E. F. Linton, and H. and J. Groves, the 

 thanks of the Club are due for examination of specimens 

 and reporting on them. 



