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June 29 [187]6

Mrs. C. C. Andrews

#2237

Dear Madam

57 Dwight St. B.

Your letter of even date herewith is
this moment received. I can have the two graves
mounded, and planted with myrtle, as you request
but must strongly advise against mounding for
various reasons. This manner of planting is
very uncommon. It would be, almost, impossible
to make myrtle so planted live because in a dry
time the mound would be the first part of the
surface to dry up, and this plant needs moisture
to thrive, again after a year or two the growth of the
myrtle would assume the form of, a mound.

We always prepare the ground by enriching it &c
and plant the myrtle on a flat surface. To properly
prepare & put in the myrtle will cost $7.00 per grave.

This I can have done very soon after receiving
your decision.

Very Respectfully

J.W. Lovering Supt.
per Childs