THE NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
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DISTRIBUTER’S REPORT. 
Contributions to the exchange have been received from thirty 
members. One member sent desiderata catalogues only and par¬ 
ticipated in the distribution. 
In the Moss section the specimens were generally very good, 
although one or two members still allow several of their packets to 
fall below the Club standard. In the Hepatics the average of merit 
was lower, and the Referee justly complains of the excessive amount 
of paper which some members use, especially for such scraps as 
some of the “ specimens ” are. 
The Hepatics show an increase this year of 50 per cent., while 
the number of Moss packets remains practically the same, although 
there is a considerable increase in the number of species and 
varieties. This is due to an effort having been made to eliminate 
from the Desiderata list a quantity of common species which were 
wanted by only one or two members. Many of these might have 
been obtained without much difficulty by the desideraters themselves, 
and the special effort is not to be repeated. In future the supplying 
of little wanted species will be left entirely to those members who 
are unable to contribute much else. 
Species of which only one or two examples are sent need not, I 
think, appear in the Annual Report unless they are new county 
records, or are the subject of remark by the Referee. For reasons 
of economy I have had to adopt this principle in the present Report. 
