U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DIVISION OF BOTANY, 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



December 26, 1895. 



Mr. George E.Davenport, 



67 Valley St. , 



Medf ord,Mass. 



My dear Mr. Davenport : - 



Your card and letter have been duly received. I have 



delayed sending you the ferns on account of the Christmas rush. I have 

 also a number of ferns collected this past year by Dr. Palmer at Acapulco, 

 Mexico, which I would like to have you look over. I can send you a set 

 of duplicates. Our good friend Prof. Eaton named for me Dr. Palmer's ferns 

 of 1892 mostly from Tepic, Mexico, but he never completed his descriptions. 

 Would you be willing to look these over and complete the manuscript 



for me? 



Yours very truly, 



Assistant Botanist. 



