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that this is really necessary. In this respect the Club is deeply 
indebted to the official Referees for all their trouble in so 
doing. They have sent useful notes, as have also the following, 
to whom we tender our best thanks, viz. : — E. G. Baker, 
C. E. Britton, J. Fraser, J. Groves, J. E. Little, J. E. Lousley, 
W. H. Pearsall, I. M. Roper, A. E. Wade, I. A. Williams and 
Lt.-Col. Wolley-Dod who has seen all the Roses. I speak the 
mind of the officials of the Club when I write that more 
contributing members are needed. 
I extend my hearty thanks to all my correspondents 
concerning the Distribution for their ready help and advice. 
E. C. WALLACE, 
Sutton, Distributor. 
Surrey, 
February 20, 1931. 
For a third time the Club must express its obligations to 
Mr. E. C. Wallace for having undertaken the distribution ; 
and we unite with him in thanking the various Referees for 
examining and reporting on a large number of specimens. 
As briefly noted a year ago, Dr. Eric Drabble kindly consented 
to take the late C. E. Salmon’s place as one of the official 
Referees, and he has also become a subscribing member again. 
In regard to the complaints of the Referees and Distributor 
on scrappy or badly dried specimens, a marked improvement 
was observed in the specimens of one member. An effort 
should be made by not a few British botanists to aim at the 
frequent high standard of Continental sheets, particularly in 
their fullness. A bare minimum may suffice in the case of 
certain rare plants, but there is no excuse for inadequate 
sheets of the common ones. For critical plants the critical 
characters should be presented. Members might also some- 
times collect a plant in two stages or more, when the characters 
cannot all be shown on a single gathering. Seedling plants 
are often interesting and useful. 
It should be fully realized that some of the differences of 
opinion expressed bjr referees and others in this and other 
Reports may often be due to certain gatherings not being 
quite homogeneous. 
Dr. Nordhagen of Bergen, who recently published in 
German an important illustrated paper on Scandinavian 
Papavers, wrote asking for suggestions as to the sort of plants 
