2014_020_007-004_MyrtleShrubCharges1882-1

Subject: cost of myrtle grave, shrubs
"Charge for planting myrtle 157.00" P. 260 in 1882

Seaver St. Roxbury
July 6th _ 1882

To the Superintendent of
Mt Auburn Cemetary-

I wished to ask the price
for covering the graves
with periwinkle? also to
ask the Gardener to suggest
some hardy Shrub for the
outer corner of the border
of Lot 1549. as the laurel
planted there does not
appear to flourish very
well. We prefer ^flowering shrubs
in our border to flowers -
We have one Smoke bush,
would another do well in
that corner, or can the