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Notes were received from the following, to whom the thanks 
of the Club are hereby conveyed : Mr. E. G. Baker, Mr. W. 
Barclay, Mr. W. C. Barton, Mr. A. Bennett, Mr. E. B. Bishop, 
Mr. C. E. Britton, Mr. C. Bucknall, Dr. E. Drabble, Dr. G. C. 
Druce, Mr. A. H. Evans, Mr. J. Fraser (Kew), Mrs. Gregory, 
Mr. J. Groves, Prof. A. Henry, Mr. A. B. Jackson, Mr. 
C. C. Lacaita, Rev. E. F. Linton, Mr. W. H. Pearsall, Mr. H. W. 
Pugsley, Mr. C. E. Salmon, Mr. H. S. Thompson, Mr. J. W. White, 
Mr. A. J. Wilmott, and Lt.-Col. A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
Various remarks by specialists in critical genera as to the 
best time and state at which to collect these plants for the her- 
barium may be here mentioned with advantage : 
Batrachium. Mr. W. H. Pearsall’s notes in Suppl. to B.E.C. 
Report, 1918, p. 423. Mr. J. Groves, in W.E.C. Report, 1917, 
p. 49, and on aquatic plants generally. 
Crucifem. More than once the absence of well-developed 
pods is noted as a defect. 
For Rosa see in “ Journ. of Bot.”, Jan. 1920, p. 23, a note by 
Lt.-Col. A. H. Wolley-Dod on the best shoots to select for the 
purpose. He places more reliance on late than on early 
gatherings. 
Graminecv. Grasses will suffer less in transmission if they 
are dried within the limits allowed (16 x 10 in.), and acute- 
angled bends where necessary seem preferable to a curve. 
Detached culms are a possible source of confusion. Mr. Jas. 
Britten’s kindly and appreciative notice, in which he alludes to 
Mr. Marshall’s careful preparation of his specimens, is worthy of 
attention. 
Ulmus. Mature leaves (July — Sept.) are necessary. 
There is a note on the preservation of the form of the label- 
lum of Marsh Orchis by Dr. G. C. Druce in B.E.C. Report, 1917, 
p. 152. 
Mrs. Gregory points out that good and well-dried material, if 
possible in more stages than one, is necessary for the determination 
of violets. 
No Desiderata List will be issued for 1920. It is hoped that 
members will, as far as possible, send adequate notes for the 
information of the referees with the species selected. 
Parcels of plants were sent to the herbariums of the British 
Museum, and of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. 
The Distributor desires to express his thanks to Miss A. M. 
Chambeis, Headmistress of the Girls’ Grammar School, Hitchin, 
for permission to use a class-room, which greatly facilitated the 
work of distribution, and to the following gentlemen who gave 
