FLORA OF BANFFSHIRE. 



! denotes records by myself. 



Dry ,, that I have seen a dried specimen of the particular plant from that parish. 

 * „ records by the following botanists in the parishes against their names : — 

 Cullen — Mr James Ritchie, M.A., B.Sc. (records extracted from Professor Trail's 



record books). 

 Fordyce and Boyndie — Mr G. D. Thomson, M.A., Kindrought. 

 Alvah — Miss J. A. Fraser, M.A., Linhead (collection made for the Dickie prize) ; 



Mr G. K. Fraser, M.A., Linhead. 



Forglen — Mr Stuart, Gardener, Forglen House ; Mr G. K. Fraser, M. A., Linhead. 



Mamoch — Mr G. K. Fraser, M.A. (collection made for the Dickie prize). 



Rothiemay — Miss Jeannie Geddes, M.A. 



Cabrach — Mr J. S. Bums, M.A., and Mr J. Yeats, M.A. 



Inveravon — Mr Watt, Jun., M.A., B.Sc, Knockando (collection made for the Dickie 

 prize) ; and Mr Laurence Watt, Glasgow. 



Aberlour — Mr John White, M.A., The Orphanage, Aberlour. 



Kirkmichael -Mr James J. Burgess, M.A., Dyke. 



Knockando — Mr C. Watt, Senr., M.A., Knockando. 



Ordiquhill — Mr A. Donald, M.A., Ordiquhill Schoolhouse. 



Keith — Mr Henry (collection made for Dickie prize, records extracted from Prof. 



Trail's record books), and Mr G. Petrie Hay, M.A. 

 Mortlach — Mr Laurence Watt, Glasgow. 



To these botanists my best thanks are due for their painstaking work and able 

 assistance. It is impossible here to specify or to attempt to gauge how much the work is 

 indebted to Professor Trail for records in eveiy parish, which he has very generously placed 

 at my disposal. A glance at the tabular statements will at once show that without these 

 records the Floi-a would have been much less complete. 



I am deeply indebted to several other botanists for generous help in the determination 

 of critical species. Mr W. Barclay, Perth, has not only very kindly named all the specimens 

 of the genus Ro$a, but, being well acquainted with Banffshire, he has also written up the 

 distribution of that genus from his own personal observation and from specimens forwarded. 

 The Rev. E. F. Linton has determined several consignments of Ilieracia, chief among which 

 may be mentioned a large collection from Gararie, which yielded several novelties for 



