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EDITORIAL 
^^’e much regret that we have not been able to su]ivjly members with 
Year Book earlier this year than we have done previously. It is impor- 
tant that the book should be available early each year, as it contains 
many items relevant toi summer activities, and accounts of Field Meet- 
ings should be read before the next ones take place. It is impossible to 
send all MS. to the printers until after the Annual General Meeting, but 
mo.st of it can be in proof by that time if contributors, i.e. Leaders of 
Field Meetings and members desiring notes in Personalia, would try to 
let me have their MS. not later than the middle of February. 
The following points should be noted in the present issue; — the 
account of the Annual General Meeting of April 1951 is not Minutes, 
but an abridged account, a procedure we propose to adopt in future for 
economy reasons. Field Meetings accounts for 1949 are here completed, 
and those for 1950 are fortunately all published now, with the exception 
of two : Douglas (Isle of Man), June 25 to July 1, and Peak District, 
July 14 to 16. These will be published in the next issue. The Exhibi- 
tion Meeting of 25th November 1950 is again fully dealt with, and it 
is hoped that these accounts are of sufficient interest to members to war- 
rant the expense of printing them. More items have been included 
under “Notices to Members’’ and “New’s of other Societies” than in the 
past, the former containing Mr D. E. Allen’s useful “List of County 
Floras in Preparation”, and the latter has been expanded to include 
foreign news of importance. 
It has been decided that Distributor’s Report shall in future form an 
integral part of Year Book. 
I shall be most grateful for criticisms of the present number, and for 
suggestions for increasing the number and scope of items which may 
have a personal appeal to members. 
I should like to express my thanks to our printers, Messrs T. Buncle 
it Co. Ltd., for their kind help and co-operation. 
W. R. P., June 1951. 
