, ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, 
^ ^ DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, 
S^id^, ,_^a^^., .l:fo.voiit).es'...9.j /S'fi^ 
W dear W, Davenport : 
I ajii Sony that 3^0x1 object to Nothochlaena as tliis seeirs to be 
the form alniost uiiiversall}^ adopted na? oirtsidc of the Urlted States 
and has the sanctiai of such classical \rriters as EntUioher-, and as 
it is necessaiy as far as possible to have sonie unif orilt}' in such 
riatters, I hope you will caisent to let it stajid as I have ?/ritten it» 
Of coarse this nialces 3.-011 under no obli'^ation to spell the T/ord in our 
¥S7 vzhenever you use it outsMe of Gar-den aad Forest. 
Yours ver;." trul:^,- 
Geo. E. Davenport, Esq., 
S HaiiXllton Place, Boston, 
