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Iron-Clad Fruit Trees and Small Fruits in Large Quantities.

Cottonwood, White and Green
Ash, Box Elder,
Soft Maple, Catalpa Speci[?],
Grape Vines, Currant Bushes,
Strawberry Plants,
Russian Mulberry, Etc.

Trees for the Prairie A Specialty

Wright & Robinson,
Successors to Geo. H. Wright,
Proprietors of
Sioux City Fruit and Forest Tree
Nurseries.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec 2 1885

Prof Bessey, Lincoln Neb
My Dear Friend,

I ahve thought of
you very many times since
you wne to Nebraska.
I have often considered
the question of your stay
at Ames, and the [?] take
the board made in letting
you leave there, yet I
suppose the contentions &
strife was not pleasant.
I most sincerely trust you
are pleasanter situated.
I read some timesince
in the papers that you