REGULATIONS OF THE CLUB. 
1. The object of the Botanical Exchange Club is to facilitate the 
exchange of dried specimens of British plants, especially of critical 
species and varieties. Anyone wishing to become a member will be 
admitted on payment to the Secretary of an annual subscription of 
Five Shillings, and on sending a parcel of dried plants in accordance 
with the subsequent rules. He will then be entitled to share in the 
distribution of specimens made in the early part of the year following 
that in which his subscription and parcel were sent. 
2. Specimens sent for distribution must be carefully dried ; must 
not exceed in size half-a-sheet of demy (16 by 10 inches) ; and must 
illustrate the species they represent as completely as possible. Plants 
more than sixteen inches long should be once or twice folded, if by so 
doing the roots can be preserved. (In the Cyperacecs, Gramina, and 
smaller Ferns no specimens should be sent without roots, except in the 
case of very rare species, which might be in danger of extermination.) 
No plant must be sent that is not included in the List of Desiderata 
for the current year, unless it be additional to those enumerated in the 
7th edition of the ‘ London Catalogue of British Plants,’ or be from an 
unrecorded station, or be an unrecorded variety. 
3. Each specimen must have a label, bearing the number and name 
of the species as given in the 7th edition of the ‘London Catalogue’; 
also the locality and county where, and the date when, the specimen 
was collected, and the collector’s name. The label should be affixed to 
the specimen by cutting a transverse slit in the base of the label through 
which the specimen may be pushed. Any facts connected with a species 
which the sender thinks important and suitable for the ‘ Report’ should 
be communicated on a separate piece of paper, written on one side only. 
Such piece of paper should be about seven inches wide, and the notes 
on each species should be dated and signed by the writer. Specimens 
sent not in accordance with Rules 2 and 3 will be destroyed. 
