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The American Garden.
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L.H. BAILEY,
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Itbaca, N.Y., Dec. 28 1891

THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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[LAWSON?] VALENTINE, President.
ELBERT S. CARMAN, Secretary.
L. H. BAILEY.
HADWIN HOUGHTON.
EDGAR H. [?], Tress, and Manager.
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TIMES BUILDING, NEW YORK.

Dear Dr. Bessey:

I am greatly obliged for your
cherry notes, and I will retrun them
just so soon as I settle my mind upon
the matter. I don't see how [?] [couts?]
have meant your [plant?] where he got his [in?]
[?] [?]. But I will look the
matter [?] thoroughly before I write. I
have just made an attempt to straighten
out the [dewberry?] matter in a [?]