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such an accomplished adept as Mr. J. F. Rayner, F.R.H.S., 

 whose elaborate "Guide to the Fungi, &c., of the New Forest " 

 has been published in the Proceedings of the Bournemouth 

 Natural Science Society, Vol. III. 



My interest in this class of plants was first aroused by my 

 brother, the Rev. W. R. Linton, late Vicar of Shirley, Derby- 

 shire, in his later visits, 19051907, whose name is appended 

 in this paper to the localities of the species he introduced me 

 to. Since 1907 I have collected during the autumn season 

 in Edmondsham and the immediate vicinity, and kept note 

 of results, forwarding all specimens while fresh to Mr. J. F. 

 Rayner, to be named or confirmed. The value and accuracy 

 of the records in this paper are due in great measure to his 

 much-enduring courtesy in responding to my frequent 

 appeals and naming the contents of my packets. 



This last season, the autumn of 1913, I have gone further 

 afield, and visited several sylvan localities along the eastern 

 border of the county, from Alderholt and Cranborne to 

 Branksome Park near Bournemouth ; and have also had 

 most helpful co-operation from two ladies, who have collected 

 and sent specimens to Mr. Rayner to be named by him and 

 reported to me for use in this paper. Mrs. Pringle has gathered 

 material at Ferndown, and introduced me to some of the 

 woods in that neighbourhood. Mrs. E. W. Baker, of Witch- 

 ampton Rectory, has collected, and submitted to Mr. Rayner, 

 all the numerous species recorded below from Colehill near 

 Wimborne, Crichel, Holt Wood, Lower Mannington, and 

 Witchampton, which I acknowledge here, and also some few 

 from Branksome Park, to which her name is appended as 

 collector in the proper place. 



Of the minor localities mentioned below Castle Hill Wood, 

 Furze Common Copse, Great Down Copse, Rhymes, Hyles', 

 Romford, and Goatham, are all situate in Edmondsham ; 

 Birches Copse and Sutton Holms are in a detached portion 

 of Gussage St. Michael adjoining Edmondsham ; Mount 

 Pleasant is between Verwood and Woodlands ; and Brank- 

 some Park is the open part of that estate which is not yet 



