kfepoRt For 1909. 
43 i 
REPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR igog. 
My first duty is to gratefully acknowledge the help I have 
received from the Rev. Augustin Ley, to whom I am indebted for 
the greater part of the critical work connected with last year’s 
distribution, as he spent a week with me in examining the speci- 
mens. Mr. G. C. Druce also in like manner helped me much. 
Though the number of sheets contributed has not been quite 
equal to that of recent years the plants represented have, I believe, 
been of general interest and have been on the whole well prepared 
— those of several contributors exceptionally so ; one or two 
members, however, dry the specimens too brittle — a fault which 
militates against their preservation in the future. May I, in the 
interest of future Distributors, suggest that an additional label 
should be sent with each set, and especially that the boards in 
which the plants are sent should be 18 X 12 ins. ; many con- 
tributors use boards which just cover the plants they send, ignoring 
the fact that their return parcel will in all probability require boards 
of the maximum size — on this occasion I had to find no less than 
20 boards to prevent injury to the specimens. It has been pointed 
out to me how very desirable it is that a reference number should 
be given to all specimens of the least critical character; several of 
the members already do this, and it would be well if we all fol- 
lowed their example. 
The Club is greatly indebted to the following botanists for as- 
sistance : — 
Messrs. W. Barclay, A. Bennett, C. Bucknall, Major A. H. 
Wolley-Dod, Dr. E. Drabble, A. B. Jackson, Rev. E. S. Marshall, 
Dr. C. E. Moss, Rev. E. F. Linton, H. W. Pugsley, Rev. W. M. 
Rogers, C. E. Salmon, F. N. Williams, J. W. White, and Professor 
Hackel and Pfarrer Kiikenthal. 
Spencer H. BickhaM, 
Distributor, igoQt 
March, igio. 
