▁correspond ence , ▁but ▁the ▁first ▁formal ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁f ern ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 8 6 5 ▁in ▁Gard ener ' s ▁Month ly , ▁a ▁Philadelphia ▁magazine ▁of ▁h ort icult ure . ▁Rev . ▁Ber keley ' s ▁discussion ▁of ▁A .   eben o ides ▁and ▁the ▁h ort icult ural ▁possibilities ▁of ▁hy brid izing ▁f ern s ▁prompt ed ▁D . ▁C . ▁E aton ▁to ▁question ▁whether ▁A .   eben o ides ▁was ▁distinct ▁from ▁A .   h end erson ii , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁strongly ▁re but ted ▁by ▁Ber keley , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁suggestion ▁that ▁it ▁might ▁be ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁A .   p inn atif id um . ▁Al ph onso ▁Wood ▁placed ▁the ▁species ▁in ▁Cam pt os orus ▁as ▁C .   eben o ides ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁but ▁this ▁name ▁was ▁never ▁widely ▁accepted . ▁ ▁Hy brid ▁orig ins ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁discovery , ▁botan ists ▁did ▁not ▁generally ▁believe ▁that ▁f ern s ▁hy brid ized . ▁E . ▁J . ▁L owe ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁others ▁held ▁a ▁contrary ▁opinion , ▁and ▁their ▁crossing ▁experiments ▁in ▁British ▁f ern s , ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁A .   eben o ides , ▁slowly ▁won ▁over ▁the ▁botan ical ▁community , ▁until ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁f ern ▁hy brid ization ▁had ▁become ▁generally ▁recognized ▁by ▁ 1 8 8 5 . ▁Despite ▁this