UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



AGRICULTURAI. EXPERIMENT STATION 



Burlington, Vt., ^e^'i- 



Pres. M. H. Buckham, Burlington 

 Hon. E. J. Ormsbee, Brandon 



Hon. CASsrus Peck, Burlingfton 

 Hon. G. S. FaSSEtt, Enosburgh 



OFFICERS OF THE STATION 



J. I.. Hills, Director 

 G. H. Perkins, Entomologist 

 L. R. Jones, Botanist 



F. A. Waugh, Horticulturist 

 F. A. Rich, Veterinarian 



Cassius Peck, Farm Supt. 

 C. H. Jones, Chemist 

 B. O. White, Assistant Chemist 

 A. W. Edson, Assistant Botanist 



G. W. Strong, Dairyman 

 Marv a. Benson, Stenographer 



E. H. POWELL, Treasurer 



I'r . Goo. E. Dfj-venoorL, 



j-ecliord, I'asK. 



I!y dear Sir, - 



I take the liberty ^.V sending 'ou speoir.en of fern 



which was r-:oently sent re by Mrs. Da'-enport, "'rat Lleboro . 

 I enclose two letters fror. 'Irs. Di.venport concerning' this. 

 You will see that she beliov.d It to he Asplen'ur. virid e, 

 but upon further cor-parison considered it r.ight be a young 

 plant of Aspi diur. acrost i cho ^ des . I "roto '' er that I could 

 not rake it ratch ;-:.ny specimens of vj. r i de in our herbarium, 

 all of vrh'ich ;.re sraller plants. I have,, however, m good 

 spocir.ens of sterw fronds and no very young plants of 

 aero st i ch oj_das . T do "ot feel confidence in ry -'Vm opinio^, 

 therefore , and will be grjiteful to you if you ifill advise 

 Mrs. Daventort or r.e as to ^rour opinion in the ratter. 



-1901 



J/G 



