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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug . 1 , 1900 . 



Mr, Geo .35. Davenport , 

 Medford, Mass. 

 My dear Mr .Davenport : 



At the request of Dr. .T.N.Rose and by author 

 Ity of the Assistant Secretary I art) sending you today by mail a 

 package containing sixteen (16) specimens of ferns collected by 

 Dr. Edward Palmer in Mexico. The two (2) mounted sheets are 

 a loan, from the National Herbarium and are to be returned after 

 your study of them has been completed. The other {14) unmoiinted 

 specimens are an exchange. 



Very truly yours, 



Curator, Divis ion of Plants. 



S. P. LANGLEY 



