L. M. UNDERWOOD, Editor, 



COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 

 NEW YORK CITY 



ToRREY Botanical Club 



1 



New York, a. Feb, ^898 



% (lea:? Davenport j 



I cannot understand -why yon have not received the Adiantiaas 

 as they vrere sent you at Medford ,Satiirdayj B Jan. 29* mail. 



I have looked th:"ough tho genera laeiitioned and find only Acrostichiaa 

 77 ^'hlch Is in a co^rer with L. digitatiin D.C.S. I camiot say that I 



may not find the others later but this raornizig I have in the limited 

 tin® at lay disposal been unable to find the others. I find that it 

 it is better to T'orX svich things up at Key vhere there is greater abun- 

 dance of material f^om tropical regions for coaparison. I thinX a great 

 deal of the worX that is being done in this country on Mexican and 

 South /jaerican plants will have to be done over again aiid that ve 

 will be misled (or led into error ) by mch that is being done. 

 Understand me I think It oxight to be done l/y Americans but can be done 

 satisfactorily only at Ker or 3erlint particiilarly the former* 



Since I have been in Nev York, I have had little time to give to the 

 collection of ferns here to p\it it into working shape, ^here is very ran 

 much to be done here and I hope to get at it soon and get it into 

 more usable shape. I have the species of N^Am. tentatively mmtt the 

 species covers vrhich I find is the most satisfactory method of arrange- 

 ment. If you could give closer cliies to the species you vrish notes on 



It rould saffie an inmense amount of time in hunting them up. Aiid time 



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