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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED 5TATE5 NATIONAL MUSEUM 



S. P. LANGLEY 

 Chas. D. Walcott 



Washington, D. c, March 26, ig 



Mr. George E. Davenport, 



Medford, Mass. 

 My dear Mr. Davenport 



Your letter of March 19th, is at hand, 

 and the box containing my Mexican collection, but not the two ferns 

 from the Tres Maria islands. ' I thank you for your kindness in 

 naming and preparing the- interesting refe^rt which you send. I 

 will incorporate this in my final report and will there give you 

 proper credit. i inclose a list of the names of the Tres Maria 

 Island ferns which you namedjfor me a few weeks ago. 



I will try and send you a specimen of Pellaea marginata. 



Yours very truly, 



A>s i s t an t Curator, 



X (Ua&KaJ^ *' U f Department of Botany. 



