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### Author
Linton, William James (1812-1898), British engraver, botanist and political reformer; to United States, at Appledore nr. New Haven, Conn. from 1866 as private printer and publisher.
**Abbreviated name**: *W. J. Linton* \[standard form in IPNI: *Linton*\]
#### Herbarium and types
Unknown.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 389 (b. 7 Dec 1812, d. 1 Jan 1898); BB p. 189; BM 3: 1152; Desmond p. 387; DNB suppl. 1(3): 100; Jackson p. 246.
- Linton, W. J., Memories, New Haven 1895 (n.v.).
### Publications
##### n.4859. The ferns of the English Lake Country
**Title**
*The ferns of the English Lake Country*: with a list of varieties... London (Hamilton, Adams and Co.), Windermere (J. Garnett) 1865. Oct. (*Ferns Engl. Lake Country*).
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Sep-Dec 1865 (p. ii: Sep 1865), front., p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[i\]-ii \[sic\], \[1\]-124. *Copy*: MO.
*Ed. 2*: 1878 (p. \[iii\]: 13 Apr 1878), front., p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-ii, \[iii\], \[i\]-ii, \[1\]-179, *27 pl. Copy*: NY. – Second edition. – Edited by J. M. Barnes. Windermere (J. Garnett), London (Simpkin, Marshall & Co.) s.d. Oct.