IIERBARITJM OP HARVARD UNIVERSITT 
Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass. 
May 1, 1880. 
Dear Mr. Davenport 
It is very kind and thou(^tful of you to return 
so large a share of those Perns, and to think of me, in 
such a way, 
I accept, as it was meant the compliment you pay 
me. But, on principle, I go against naming species after 
a person who has had nothing to do with them in the v/ay 
of discovery, collection, or description &c— And I have 
had too little to do with this Notholaena . except to put 
it into proper hands. No doubt Curtis will send you 
plenty more. 
Very truly yours 
Asa Gray 
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