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Waukegan April 8th 1858

Dear Doctor

I send things you ordered tomorrow
by a man in my employ.
I would like good Austrian & Scotch Pines 4 to 6 ft.
If you can spare 40 or 50 and want Remontant Roses,
Lawton Blackberries or anything in my wholesale list
next fall in payment please send them along.
I will try to send you a good selection of potted Dahlias
in time for planting.

I will have Lawton Blackberries low by the quantity
next fall as I have a large quantity in propagation, indeed I would not have had the conscience to charge you such price for them now had it not been that I paid high for them last spring, they were then 2 or 3 inches high andI have put 1 years growth on to them.
Please delay the man as short a time as possible, to give him time to get home saturday night.

Respectfully Yours
Robert Douglas