For a second time we owe a debt of gratitude to our 
Treasurer, Mr. Goode, for having managed the Distribution 
so efficiently ; and notwithstanding the anxiety he is feeling 
owing to his wife’s sad state of health. The number of parcels 
he packed and sent off was enormous. If his own health 
permits, Mr. Goode hopes to distribute a third and last time. 
Parcels should be sent to him by December 1. 
I would express my thanks to Dr. Drabble for carefully 
and promptly reading and advising upon the first proof, at a 
time when unfortunately his health was far from satisfactory ; 
and to Mr. Pugsley for reading a final proof. We also 
sympathise with Mr. Little, who has done so much for the Club, 
in his long illness which confines him to a room upstairs. 
In the passing of Mr. J. W. White, Mr. Spencer H. Bickham, 
and Mr. James Groves, the Club suffers a very severe loss. 
We are indebted to Mr. Pugsley for an admirable notice of 
the last named botanist ; and to the Journal of Botany for 
allowing us to reproduce the photograph. 
The second interesting series of Swiss and two German 
plants sent by Dr. Walo Koch have been much appreciated 
by some of our members and at several public Herbaria. 
H. S. THOMPSON, 
May 20, 1933. Hon. Sec. and Ed. 
James Walter White (1846-1932). 
There was a pathetic interest for this Club in the passing 
(at the age of 86) of J. W. White, F.L.S., Hon. M.Sc. (Bristol) 
on October 26, 1932, after a lingering illness ; for that morning 
a parcel of dried plants addressed to Mr. Goode as Distributor 
was found in his study. And the last of his letters seen by 
the writer was also to our Treasurer, and dated Sept. 5, 1932. 
It ended “ Please excuse this pencil. My sight has failed until 
I can hardly see what I am writing.” The letter begins “ I 
am sending two years subscription to the Watson Club, 
although it seems extremely doubtful if I shall be here when 
the second year dawns. But I am interested in the Club, and 
sympathize with your financial endeavours ... I could send 
you another parcel of spare specimens, but I hesitate thinking 
that you may find it a troublesome matter to distribute them 
usefully . . .” All this was characteristic of our departed 
friend. 
