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DISTRIBUTER’S REPORT. 
Contributions were received from 29 Members, and 34 Members 
participated in the distribution. The number of packets received 
was somewhat less than last year and the number of contributors 
also. 
It was a pleasure to be able to distribute, through the kindness of 
of Mr. Nicholson, a new Moss, and several Hepatics new to Britain. 
The Report contains several instances of new Y.C. Records, especially 
in Hepatics. 
The quality of specimens and of packets in most cases left little or 
nothing to be desired, but in some cases there was still room for 
improvement both in quality of paper and in size and condition of 
packets. 
The labours of the Distributer are interesting though considerable, 
and in the interest of my successor, Mr. H. H. Knight, I ask that 
more attention should be paid to some requests which I propose to 
circulate with the Desiderata list. 
I have endeavoured to carry out an idea, which was originated by 
Mr. D. A. Jones, of supplying specimens to members who wanted 
plants marked ‘ not wanted ’ in the circulating Desiderata list, and 
by the kindness of members to whom I applied for specimens, I 
have been able to supply a fair number to satisfy such wants. 
Members who still require specimens of plants marked ‘not wanted’ 
will save the Distributer trouble if they take notice of the directions 
circulated with the Desiderata lists. Similar directions were circu¬ 
lated last year, but I am afraid they were not understood or were 
forgotten. 
Several plants recorded in the Report for 1907 or for 1906 are not 
again recorded in this report. 
It would save trouble if all Members used the new Census 
Catalogue of Mosses and Hepatics. A List of Mosses and Hepatics 
printed without Census numbers—one column to a page—would, I 
think, be useful for exchange purposes. 
The thanks of the Club are due to Messrs. Ingham, Macvicar, 
Meldrum, Nicholson, and Wheldon for acting as Referees, and to 
Mr. Dixon for acting as general Referee ; and I beg to thank the 
Referees for the trouble taken to verify the names of the number of 
single specimens sent to supply special wants. 
E. CLEMINSHAW, Distributer , 
