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Waukegan Apr 12th 1858

Dr Doctor,

Grin got home with the Trees about 3, o'clock saturday, with the Trees in good order,

I am much obliged to you for taking them up with such good roots.

You or Cha's wrote me that they could be trans-planted without loosing more than, 5 or 10 per ct I forgot which, but with such roots as they have got we will not loose 1 per ct. I did not get but a few Austrians but no matter, the scotch fir's put me most in mind of home. I shall make fine Trees of them. my Raveine will work up the crookedest trees to advantage
so they are just as good as the best to me. They are on the whole the most satisfactory lot of Evergreens I ever got from anybody, considering the price and the use I mean to put them too. I shall try to send you something alike