From a photograph taken at Staunton in October, 1896
WILLIAM ALPHONSO MURRILL, A.M., PH.D
In charge of Public Instruction and Higher Fungi at The New York Botanical Garden Editor of Mycologia; Associate Editor of North American Flora; Author of Billy the Boy Naturalist, Three Young Crusoes, The Natural History of Staun- ton, Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Northern Polypores, and various other books and papers on botanical subjects
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Affectionately dedicated to my three sisters, Minnie, Anna and Virginia; who shared with me many of the