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THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB 
OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
REPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR 1889. 
The number of specimens sent is slightly below the average of 
the last seven years. The proportion contributed by each member 
is shown below, but the numbers must not be taken as denoting the 
comparative value of the parcels, some of the smaller being by no 
means the least important. A note-worthy fact in the year’s 
distribution is the large number of Brambles ; of the 365 covers 
of plants no less than 90 belong to the genus Rubus. In the case of 
more than 50 per cent, of the plants contributed, the number of 
specimens is less than ten, an extremely unsatisfactory state of things 
for the Critics, the Distributor, and the Club generally. Of well- 
marked species not asked for in the desiderata list but sent as 
vouchers for new counties a single specimen is sufficient, but in the 
case of critical plants such as the majority contributed to the Club it 
is important that a fair number, say 20 or 30 specimens, should be 
sent so that the determination of the Critics may be of use to most of 
the members. At present much of the Report must be useless except 
to the few largest contributors to whom alone nearly complete sets 
of the plants can be sent. When collecting for the Club, unless the 
plant occurs very sparingly, it is surely very little more trouble to get 
20 or 30 specimens than 4 or 5, and a parcel containing a fair number 
of specimens of a few species is far more useful than a much larger 
one made up of ‘odds and ends.’ 
The best thanks of the Club are due to the following gentlemen, 
who have kindly examined and reported on various critical plants : 
Prof. Babington, Mr. Bagnall, Mr. Baker, Mr. Beeby, Mr. Arthur 
Bennett, Dr. W. O. Focke, Prof. Hackel, Mr. Hanbury, Prof. 
Haussknecht, Mr. Townsend, and Dr. F. Buchanan White. 
The following is a list of the parcels received : — 
No. of 1 
Specimens.! 
Mr. J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S m I 
Mr. Charles Bailey, F.L.S 285 
Mr. W. H. Beeby, F.L.S 64 
Mr. Arthur Bennett, F.L.S 172 j 
Mr. Henry Bromwich 208 I 
Mr. G. C. Druce, M.A. F.L.S 168 
Mr. Alfred Fryer 36 
Mr. H. D. Geldart 69 
Mr. J. E Griffith, F.L.S., F.R.A.S. .. 92 
Mr. James Groves, F.L.S 234 
Rev. Augustin Ley, M.A 512 
Rev. E. F. Linton, M.A 276 
Rev. W. R. Linton, M.A 738 
No. of 
Specimens. 
Mrs. E. A. Lomax 51 
Mr. F. T. Mott, F.R.G.S 60 
Rev. W. H. Painter 83 
Rev. W. H. Purchas 118 
Mr. W. W. Reeves .. 12 
Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, M.A . , F.L.S.. 70 
Mr. R. W. Scully, F.L.S 116 
Capt. J. H. A. Steuart 45 
Mr. S. A. Stewart 44 
Miss R. F. Thompson 25 
Mr. R. F. Towndrow 79 
Mr. J. W. White, F.L.S 217 
3885 
nth August , 1 8 go. 
James Groves. 
