Botanical Laboratoky, BkPauw University. _ 



I GBEENCASTLE, INDIANA, March 20 1895 , 



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Dear Mr. Davenport, 



I arn delighted to know that R4^^» wrote Hojjholaena as I have 

 alv/ays liked that form of the name and this settles it. Good so far. 

 I now fear that Aspidiurn will have to be replaced by Adanson's Dryopt^ri^ 

 which antedates it by many years. Dr.Trelease is now looking, up one or 

 two points for me at St. Louis. It will be too bad if tliis old name has 

 to go. I object to making changes^ but as long as the Rochester platform 

 is likely to be adopted not only at large in America but in Germany ns 

 well to say nothing of other countries we will have no alternative so 

 far as I see. It seems that Dr,Gray took up Dryopteris in one of his 

 editions so some of the species will be credited to him. Mr.Deane is 

 looking up some of these for me. I see no help for Gheilanthes lanu- 

 ginosa, V/oodvmrdia angustifolia or Phegopteris polypodioides. I hope 

 that the form Gymnogrcimme will stand for I like that best. 



j|j4h.all be greatly pleased to get your new fern from Mass. I am curious 

 to know v/hat genus it is in. It makes three new to my last edition .aJ 

 Asplenium fontanum reported by Porter is all riglit and I have seen the 

 Springf ielfl, Ohio forms. I have also ^aontanum from CBiyahoga Falls, Ohi* 

 which is a new extension of range for that plant. We will get them all 

 in before long I hope. I hope to be able to send my corrections in aboi^^ 



tv/o v/eeks and shall be under new obligations to you for the new descrip- 

 tion to enter with the rest. 



As ov !!> but in great haste. 



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