THE  WATSON 
Botanical  Exchange  Club. 
REPORT  FOR  1908-9. 
E*6!  ]dai|t.s  sent  in  for  distribution  this  year  were,  on 
the  whole  well  prepared  and  included  many  interesting 
things.  The  number  of  sheets  contributed  was  2,834  as 
compared  with  2,918  last  year,  and  critical  genera- 
especially  Hieracwm  and  Mentha— -were  satisfactorily 
represented.  Several  members  still  persist  in  ignoring 
Clause  c  of  Rule  3,  which  states  that  at  least  six  sheets 
of  each  species  should  be  sent.  This  practice,  except  in 
the  case  of  very  rare  plants,  ought  not  to  be  encouraged, 
as  such  contributions  are  quite  useless  for  Club  purposes 
and  give  the  distributor  a  great  deal  of  trouble.  One  or 
two  members,  however,  erred  in  the  opposite  direction 
and  collected  several  rare  plants  in  too  large  a  quantity. 
It  must  be  remembered  that  the  Club  does  not  exist  for 
the  extinction  of  rarities,  and  their  attention  is  called  to 
the  remark  at  the  commencement  of  the  list  of  desiderata, 
that  m  gathering  plants  they  are  to  take  care  they  run 
“  no  risk  of  destroying  or  appreciably  diminishing  a  plant 
m  any  locality .” 
The  contributions  were  as  follows  : — 
Sheets. 
Mr.  C.  Bailey  ...  254 
Mr.  W.  Barclay  ...  91 
Mr.  W.  Bell .  70 
Mr.  S.  H.  Bickham  ...  354 
Mr.  Me  T.  Cowan,  jun.  24 
Mr.  P.  Ewing  ...  108 
Mrs.F.L.Foord-Kelcey  122 
Mr.  G.  Goode  ...  34 
Rev.  A.  G.  Gregor  ...  95 
Miss  I.  M.  Hayward...  63 
Miss  D.  M.  Higgins  ...  20 
Mr.  A.  R.  Horwood  ...  48 
Mr.  A.  B.  Jackson  ...  12 
Rev.  A.  Ley . 408 
Rev.  E.  F.  Linton  ...  120 
Mr.  A.  Loydell  ...  17 
Rev.  E.  S.'  Marshall ...  383 
Mr.  H.  T.  Mennell  ...  45 
Mr.  J.  F.  Rayner  ...  25 
Mr.  T.  E.  Routh  ...  27 
Mr.  C.  E.  Salmon  ...  28 
Mr.  W.  R.  Sherrin  ...  54 
Mr.  E.  Spearing  ...  72 
Mr.  R.  S.  Standen  ...  182 
Rev.  C.  H.  Waddell  ...  69 
Mr.  J.  W.  White  ...  59 
Maj.  A.  H.  Wolley-Dod  50 
Total  2,834 
