1 Mount Auburn Cemetery Letters and Invoices

Subject: Advise on Rose slugs

[letterhead: Fred W. Kelsey, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN FINE NURSERY STOCK, ROCHESTER, N.Y. New York Office, 208 Broadway, June 28 1880]

J.W.Lovering Esq Cambridge

My Dear Sir -

In looking over notes on Roses I find the following recommended by a writer in the Country Gentleman as being the best remedy yet discovered for the Rose slugs - "Add to 1 pail water a half pint of soft soap and four (4) ounces White Heellebore - apply every morning with syringe on underside of leaves" - This I have known to be used with best results, Many use whale oil soap - one pound soap to eight gallons water applied at night every two or three days bushes being throughly soaked drenched each application.

It is terribly hot & dry here, full as bad or worse than with you -

If you were having trees or shrubs would it not be as well for them to Come in this Fall, when I can get you better stock than in Spring I see you have nothing ordered for Fall - I should like to send you some of the choice Lilies in my collection as the are very fine & would be appreciate by all -- yours very truly Fred W Kelsey

William Black No 65 [Sodsac??] $ 880.06 June 4, 1869

(top left border - Approved James Cheaver (sp?)

(on stamp - W.B. Octh 1st /69)

Belmont Octh 1st 1869

Mt. Auburn To William Black For 25,875 feet of sods at 2 1/4 " 12 days work of men at $200 " 12 " of horses + cart " " "one load of medford gravel " teaming 2 cords (?)

Received Payment William Black

(underneath - Jacob Bigelow)

(on the right side - $582,18 $2400 $2400 $500 $1000 (total) $645,18)

(on the bottom left side - Approved by Daniel (Sp?) Sept 30/69 Six hundred forty five 18/100th Dollars)

Belmont July 1st 1869

Mt Auburn To William Black Dr For 25,230 feet of sods at 2 1/h - $567.67 For 1h parch of blue stone $225 - 31.50 For teaming 3 cords manuer - 15.00 Exd $614.17

Recieved Payment William Black

Approved by Daniel L Winsor June 30/69

Jacob Bigelan

Boston Oct 22^d 1872

Mount Auburn Cemetary

[letterhead: Bought of Chas. Reiche & Bro., IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF Birds, Rare Animals and Fowls. No. 9 Bowdoin Square, Cor, Chardon St., opposite Revere House. CHAS. REICHE, HENRY REICHE, CHAS. F. HOLDEN.

Prepared Food, Bird Seed, [image: bird in tree] Cages of every description, &c. Branch of 55 Chatham Street, N. Y.]

Approved Endorsed - See other Side Appd John T. Bradlee Pres.

579. 1872. Chas. Reiche & Bro. $83.50 Dec^r 4.

Approved Mr. Brewer James L. [last name?]

Mount Auburn, Mass., Oct 15 1872 The Proprietors of the CEMETERY OF MOUNT AUBURN Approved $14.00 To Dennis McCarthy, Dr. 1872 Oct 15 For a lot of Myrtle 14.00 (for Myrtle [?] for proprietors) approved John T. Bradlee [Pres.] Reveived Payment, D. McCarthy

Mount Auburn, Mass., Nov 4 1872 The Proprietors of the CEMETERY OF MOUNT AUBURN Dr Approved $25. To John Hogan, Dr. 187 For Periwinkle 10 00 100 Cydonia Japonica /15 15 00 25 00 appd John T. Bradlee Pres

Received Payment, [?] [Nov?] 9/72 John Hogan

Mount Auburn, Mass., Oct 28 1872

The Proprietors of the CEMETERY OF MOUNT AUBURN

Approved, [Note:rectangle box with dollar sign, no amount, crossed over]

To A. A. Barker, Dr.

1872: for 4 lbs Cloride of Lime 80 cts (for cleaning marble)

Received Payment, A A Barker Ent^d Dec 9/72

Mount Auburn, Mass., Dec 1st 1872

The Proprietors of the CEMETERY OF MOUNT AUBURN.

Approved $3.22 (underneath) CWFolsom (sp?), Sup't.

To Gatekeepers Office Dr.

1872 For $ cts. Oct 28 A.A. Basker (sp?). 4 lbs hybrid of Lime 80 Oct 1st to Union R. R. Co. Way Tickets, (?) in Oct & Nov 1872 2.00 Dec 1st 1872. Fares to & from Cambridge on Corporation business 42 inclusive 3.22

appr John T. Bradlee Pres.

Received Payment, George F. Barrington