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4 of this neighborhood. We have some of the finest assemblies inarguable. There is a little grassy lakelet about half a
mile from here, shaded sheltered by a dense growth of small oaks just when those oaks meet the marginal sedges of the lake,
is a circle of ferns, a perfect brother- hood of the three illegible - illegible illegible , illegible . Of the three Claytoniana
is the most stalely luxuriant. I never saw such lordly magnificent clumps before. There average height is not less than 3
1/2 or 4 feet. I measured several illegible that exceeded 5 - one 5 feet 9 inches, their palace hor illegible gave no evidence
of having ever been trampled upon; I do wish you could meet them this is my favorite fern I'm sorry it does not grow in Scotland
1 Aug, 1867 12 Dear friend Mrs Carr I am now with the loved of home. I rec'd your kind letter on my arrival in Portage.
Four weeks ago, I have delayed writing that I might be able to state when I could be in Madison. I have never seen Arethosa
nor Aspidimn fragrons, but I know many a meadow where Calopogon finds home - with us it is now in the plenitude of glory,
C illegible is not here, but I can easily procure you a specimen from the rocks of Owen Sound illegible It is there very abundant,
so also is s illegible . Have you a living specimen of this last fern Please tell me particularly about sending or bringing
Calopogon or