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morning with black muck comfort and worked in
well. Every tree even there the most empromising came
up under the treatment and grew beautifully and a number
set fruit buds. One little chap one year from your
nursery (Louise Bon.) informed 6 splendid years and made
fair healthy growth beside. Do much for good drainage
and mulching - of you dont look out 2 shall beat
you in fruit --in fruit--
Be dare you bring Mrs R Over in strawberry time if
not Soona.
Mrs B joins me in love to Mrs R and the girls and children
tell major many thanks for selecting me such good
trees.
Plesae write me when k may expect the articles
named above. If not having some sustainable as
think best
Did you hear from Rob? If so tell me all about
him. When you write him remember me most know & say I feel the warmest interest
in his success. Yours truly as ever
Jms V.Z.Blaney----
Just got my trees& bushes in , time for this rain travsut
it splended
Your ship of a note hasjust come Strange that the box was Broken
Sklis as I wrote on the card " Des Plaines " myself & as ligible
as I could. The end must have been torn off & remarked
in the RR office
yours truly
JV.Z.B.
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Although very difficult to tell from his poor handwriting, this letter is signed by Dr. James Van Zandt Blaney ["Jms V.Z.Blaney - " on the signature, and "JV.Z.B." at the bottom of the letter]. He was on the faculty of Rush Medical College, later at Northwestern University, and was also co-founder and first President of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.