The large specimen of Angiopteris evecta (the Vessel Fern), now 

 housed in the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, was presumably 

 propagated from a specimen brought to Washington, D.C., by the 

 Wilkes Expedition. 



irritated over this policy" and "swore they would make no 

 appropriation for the care of the collection." Even the 

 President's wife, Julia Tyler, paid "him a visit and demanded 

 both plants & flowers. She was met by a positive denial and 

 left in a huff." 32 



32 Ibid., pp. 529-530. 



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