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the habitat of the rarer or more noteworthy plants of 

 the district ; and he has also to record his sincere 

 thanks to Lord Selborne, to William Wickham, Esq., of 

 Binsted Wyck, to Mrs. de Jersey, of Empshott Vicarage, 

 and others, for notices of many of the plants passed 

 over by former observers, which have been found by them 

 in the neighbourhood. 



For a valuable notice of the geology of the district, he 

 is indebted to his friend William Curtis, Esq., of Alton, 

 who has for many years made the geology of the neigh- 

 bourhood his particular study. 



A most important addition to the antiquities of Sel- 

 borne in the present edition is a chapter by Lord Sel- 

 borne containing a description and catalogue of an im- 

 mense collection of Roman coins found on his estate, and 

 for which the Editor begs to express his most' grateful 

 thanks. The reader is referred to the communication 

 itself for all the details connected with the discovery of this 

 treasure, which amounted in number to considerably 

 more than 30,000. Some additional interest on this 

 subject arises from a letter addressed to Gilbert White 

 from a Mr. Sewell, of Headley, dated 1777, giving an 

 account of a considerable number of Roman coins found 

 in Wolmer pond some time before that date. This letter, 

 for which I am indebted to Mr. Algernon Holt White, 

 contains also some ingenious speculations respecting the 

 movements of the Roman army, a presumed Roman 

 establishment at Wolmer, &c. The letter itself will be 

 found in the Appendix to the second volume. Many other 

 beautiful and precious Roman remains have been found 



