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Dr Kennicott Sir Mr Chamber will pay on a send directly to you for anything or any amount herewith Gave him June? J Cassidy and ?? P R Harvey?

Racine Wis. MAy 30 , 1857 Mesr John A & Charles Kennicott, Sirs, I wish to adorn, by planting an evergreen hedge, a cemetary lot. Please forward to "Eliphalet Cram Racine Wias" the plants or trees best adapted- Below, ia a sketch of the lotand an idea of my designs, which will enable you to judge what is most proper to send along N

------------------ ------------------------------- --------------------------- Alley ------------------ ------------------------------ -------------------------- x x x alley x x Grand mall

x x x ---------------------- ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Grove walk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ravine

These characters X indicate marble fence posts 6 in square. Between them it is designed to suspend a single chain; and I wish to set the hedge between the posts under the chain- There is now in the cemetary quite a quantity of "Arbor Vitae - American" And for the sake of the variety, - I have thought perhaps the "Arbor VItae Siberian", or the "American Red Cedar" will

be preferable for me to get. The American Red Cedar is not of the handsome a green as the American Arbor Vitae so far as my observation has gone- it is not so livelyHow would I do it to intersperse- set in one row, firstArbor Vitae then Red Cedar, and to alternate?

If it is not too late? Send me along a neat variety for a hedge such as you may deem most suitable- though mind- I desire plants that are hardy, and will succeed as a hedge- I do not wish to experiment- Your reputation gives me every confidence that you will eval? fairly Dr P. R. Hoy who is my firiend,a nd a man of much taste and experience in such matters suggests that the trees should be planted about 18 inches apart- I shall therefore require 43- if I am right in my calculationsI do not know how much money to remit, so I shall be obliged to as you to sendyour bill the amountof which I will pay immediately- I enclose Dr Hoyt note.

Very truly yours I am Your Obedient Servant Eliphalet Cram

written on back of page 3/4 Racine order for Elipheat

Stamped J Kennicott Brenton Collections