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perty of the Club, and as such a list is much required it is hoped 
enough may be sold outside the limits of the Club partly to repay 
the cost of printing. 
New Catalogue of Mosses :— 
As it has become advisable to substitute a new List for the 
“ York Catalogue,”1 took council with some of our members, and 
with their approval.decided to adopt the new “ Handbook Cata¬ 
logue,” and use it for the Club, which has now been sent out to 
members. This course has some advantages. It saves the expense 
of printing, and this Catalogue will be convenient to many who 
use the “ Handbook.” It should be understood however, that this 
has been adopted only as being the best existing complete 
Catalogue of the kind for exchange purposes. 
It does not imply that as a Club we adopt its classification and 
nomenclature as the best. I think it well to state this, as some 
members would prefer a different nomenclature. 
I am indebted to Mr. H. N. Dixon for a valuable suggestion 
which I propose to carry out. He sends some Notes on Mosses 
sent him in the exchange, and proposes that these should be sent 
round to members who are invited to add notes on their own plants 
and criticisms. Is is hoped the experiment of the “ Note Book ” 
may be a success. 
It cannot be too often or too plainly stated, that the Club is 
not responsible for the correct naming of the plants exchanged. 
Each member alone is responsible for those he sends I fear from 
what I have learned that a considerable number are incorrectly 
named. The “ Note Book” will serve to correct this. Notes may 
be inserted on specimens sent in 1896 also, and members are 
particularly requested to point out any errors of the kind which 
they have detected. Let more care be taken to insure correctness 
in labelling, and where there is any doubt a cautionary ? after the 
name would be useful. 
Report on Mosses sent to be named : — 
These were for the most part common. Mr. H. N. Dixon 
kindly examined a few, including a Philonotis sent by Mr. Darton, 
which may prove of interest. I cannot yet report on it. 28 species 
were sent. 
C. H. Waddell, 
Distributor for 1897. 
1st June, 1897. 
