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Westchester, Pa. 8-3-80
Very much obliged on the [?] which was received in good Condition.
Very respectfully
[?] Martin
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Please call and examine the varied Stock at the extensive Nurseries of THOMAS MEEHAN, GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA,
On the Chestnut [Mill] Railroad, close to Gorgas Lane Station, three quarters of an hour's ride from the city ; or on upper Church Street by Horse Cars
[?]. E. Bessey Ames Iowa
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GARDENER'S MONTHLY,
AND
Horticulturist,
Royal Octavo. 32 Pages each Month.
$2.10
Per Annum.
EXTRA SHEETS, MONTHLY, of Advertisements of
Nursery Stock and Horticulture Wares.
None but Reliable Advertisements admitted.
EDITED THOMAS MEEHAN.
Published by CHAS. H. MARHOT,
No. 814 Chestnut Street,
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The Germantown Nurseries, Chew Street, below [Gorgas?], Germantown, Philadelphia.
August 10th 1880
Dear Prof. Bessey,
Today I have from your publishers a copy of [your?] "Botany". It will be too late to review [the?] property for the next [Gardeners?] [?] [?] and elsewhere but it so happens that I had sent on to the Magazine a [note?] that such a work [was?] "[?]". I [was?] [past?[ [from?] [?] a paper for the Am. Ass. in "[?] in parastic plants," and I [?] a [??] [?] through [my?] work to see what you said about them and their "hosts" ([?]?). I am