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REPORT FOR I905. 
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Scilly Isles. Mr. Townsend’s discoveries in Britain included 
Eiyihraea capitata^ Willd., Euphrasia scotica, Kern. nov. sp. 
(‘ Journ. Bot.’ 1891, p. 161), and Lepidium alatostylum, Towns. 
The Rev. W. R. Linton, Shirley Vicarage, Derby, has kindly 
undertaken to act as Editor of the Report and Distributor for 
1906. All parcels should be sent to him, post paid, before 
Dec. 31, 1906. 
With all best wishes, 
I am. 
Yours very sincerely, 
G. Claridge Druce. 
REPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR igoj. 
Contributions almost equal in number to the record total 
of 1900 have been sent in. The Distributor notes with pleasure 
that a very large proportion of the specimens are of excellent 
quality — beautifully dried and carefully packed for transit. Two 
or three parcels only were found to have suffered damage, from 
the use of papers smaller than the plants placed upon them. In 
those cases the protruding portions had of course become a 
tattered fringe around their containers. 
There has been a notable improvement in the number of 
specimens furnished in a cover. These are now rarely less than 
ten. Contributors should, however, try to send 15 to 20 examples 
of a plant, for they will find about 30 names among those who 
expect to share. 
The Club is fortunate in numbering among its later recruits 
such adepts as Mr. Spencer Bickham and Dr. Vigurs, whose 
admirable parcels deserve mention. The Rev. Augustin Ley 
continues to be a mainstay : it is feared that the plants allotted 
