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### Author
Davenport, George Edward (1833-1907), American botanist (pteridologist) and plant collector, born at Boston, Mass., 3 Aug 1833, 1892 member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, worked mainly on Pteridophyta, died 29 Nov 1907 at Medford (Mass.).
**Abbreviated name**: *Davenp.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Davenp.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]] (formerly with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society), further material at [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]]. – Set of photographs of Ferns of New England is at [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]].
#### Handwriting
Bartonia 28: *pl. 3.* 1957.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 422 (b. 3 Aug 1833, Boston, Mass., d. 29 Nov 1907, Medford, Mass.); De Toni 4: xv; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 152; Jackson p. 152, 449; Kew 2: 22; Morren ed. 10, p. 123; NW p. 43; TL-2/4: 7507.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6(8): 51. Aug 1875 (on the herbarium), 8(3): 31-32. Mar 1881; Fern Bull. 9(2): 44. Apr 1901 (with portrait); J. New York Bot. Gard. 9(98): 39. Feb 1908 (d. 29 Nov 1907); Torreya 8(2): 23. 27 Jan 1908 (d.); Bot. Not. 1908: 111 (notice of d.).
- Clute, N.C., Fern Bull. 15(3): 68-70. Jul 1907 (obit.).
- Collins, F.S., Rhodora 10(109): 1-9. 20 Feb 1908 (portr., bibl.).
- Day, M., Rhodora 3(32): 230. 9 Aug 1901.
- Eaton, D.C., Fern Journal 14(3): 94-95. 29 Sep 1924 (on his herbarium which was presented to the Gray Herbarium).
- Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. bot. portr. coll. 94. 1972.
- Rickett, H.W., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, Index to volumes 1-75. p. 26-27. 1955.
- Rodgers, A.D., Amer. Bot. 128, 138, 210, 219, 269, 273, 308. 1944.
- Stieber, M.T. and A.L. Karg, Huntia 5(3): 156-157. 1984 (letters).
- Wheatherby, C.A., Rhodora 26(303): 49-55. 1924 (on the fern herb. of D.; contained 4000 sheets, given by family to GH).
### Publications
##### n.29.161. Botrychium simplex
**Title**
Notes on *Botrychium simplex* Hitchcock 1877. Qu.
**Abbreviated title**: *Botrychium simpl.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1877 (signed in preface \[1\], appendix Aug 1877), p. \[1\]-22, *2 pl*. (uncol. draw.).
*Copies*: Ewan, HH, NY.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 25(Bibl.): 18. 1878 (post Aug). (brief rev.); J. Torrey Bot.
- Club 6(36): 191-192. Dec 1877 (rev.).
##### n.29.162. Aspidium spinulosum
**Title**
*Aspidium spinulosum* (Swartz) and its varieties... American Naturalist 1878. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1878 (in journal), p. \[707\]-717. *Copies*: HH, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Amer. Natural. 12(11): 707-717. 1878.
##### n.29.163. Catalogue
**Title**
*Catalogue* of the "*Davenport Herbarium*" of *North American ferns*. Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.... Salem, Mass., (John H. Choate,...) 1879. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Cat. Davenport herb.*
**Notes**
*Note*: Davenport Herbarium now at HH.
*Publ*.: 1879 (p.v: Dec 1878 prefatory notice, Nat. Nov. Jun (2) 1879), cover-t.p., p. \[i\]-v, slip, \[7\]-42, \[2 slip with p. 19\]. *Copies*: B, HH, NY.
*Supplement*: Mar 1883, p. \[43\]-50. *Copies*: HH, NY.
*Ref*.: Anon., Bot. Gaz. 3(12): 101. Dec 1878 (ready for printing the publication mentioned above), 139-140. Mar 1879, 4(5): 163. Mai 1879; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 6(53): 314-315.
- Mai 1879 (info of material); Bull. Soc. bot. France 26(Bibl.): 60. 1879 (rev.).
##### n.29.164. comparative tables
**Title**
Some *comparative tables* showing the *distribution* of *ferns* in the *United States of North America*... \[Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society... 1893\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Mar 1883 (date of printing in journal), p. 605-612. *Copies*: B, HH. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 20: 605-612. 1893.
##### n.29.165. ferns collected
**Title**
List of *ferns collected* on the mountains *near* the City of *Chihuahua*, Mexico, during the season of 1885, *by C.G. Pringle*, of Charlotte, Vermont... Reprinted from Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1886. Oct.
**Notes**
*Collector*: Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911), see TL-2/4: 401-402 and IH 2: 712.
*Publ*.: Aug 1886 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[129\]-135, *pl. 58* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 13(8): 129-135, *pl. 58.* 1886 (As: Fern Notes ix).
##### n.29.166. Ferns
**Title**
*Ferns*... Read before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society... 1891. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Ferns*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 28 Mar 1891 (read before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society), p. \[1\]-14. *Copy*: NY.
##### n.29.167. Two
**Title**
*Two* new *ferns* from *New England*. With some observations on hybridity and nomenclature... From the Botanical Gazette... \[1894\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 26 Dec 1894 (in journal), p. \[492\]-497. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 19(12): 492-497. 1894.
##### n.29.168. Acrostichum lomarioides
**Title**
*Acrostichum lomarioides* Jenman... Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club... 1899. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 17 Jun 1899 (in journal), p. 318-319. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26(6): 318-319. 1899.
*Note*: The reprint gives as volume 29 instead of 26 which is also done in the periodical \[sic\].
##### n.29.169. Abnormal forms
**Title**
*Abnormal forms*, and hybridity *in ferns*... Papers presented... Boston meetings... Binghampton N.Y. (Willard N. Clute & Co.) 1899. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1899 (text at a Meeting 24 Aug 1898), p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: B, MO, NY. – In *Papers presented at the Boston Meeting* under the auspices of the Linnean Fern Chapter \[U.S.A.\], on p. \[1\]-11.
##### n.29.170. plumose variety
**Title**
A *plumose variety* of the *ebony spleenwort*... Rhodora 1901. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 2 Jan 1901 (in journal), p. \[1\]-2, *pl. 22* (sic). *Copy*: B (tearsheet). – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 3(25): 1-2, *pl. 22.* 1901.