Mount Auburn Cemetery

[Letterhead: Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C., ]

May 19th, 1879

F. W. Kelsey Esq.

Dear Sir

I presume that your correspondent alludes to Nep Nymphae caerulea -- the Blue Water Lily. It is a native of India and Africa. Or he may have had his attention drawn to a bluish colored form of our native N. alba.

In either case I do not know where plants or seeds can be procured.

We have none.

Yours very respectfully

William Saunders