RKBP-322

Kankakee City, Ill. Feb 25th 1858 Dr. J. A. Kennicott Dear Sir Yours of the 20th inst is at hand. I shall be glad to accept your offre to exchange Tulips for my evergreens. I have a complete variety & full stock of Peonies also of shrubery with a few exceptions. I have about an acre in Pieplant which I intend to extend to five in the spring- I find it very profitable to cultivate for the marketI would be willing to pay the cost of packing the extra sized apples in money which I suppose would be deducted from the price $15. per C. (I should want them well packed in mates)

Could you send me what is on the enclosed list- for 450 of my plants say 250 of the S Arbor & 200 Red Cedar? What would you sell me for 50 Evergreens 4 feet high to include about equal to of Hemlocks. American Arborvitae, Norway Spruce, white Spruce, Silver Fir, Balsam Fir, Austrian pine & Scotch Pine? An early answer will oblige Yours [illegible] @ JC A L Small

written in the left margin me to advance H.G. Company for packing

200 Apple Trees [underlined] Extra Size of leadiing varieties[underlined] ypor pwn selection 400 Tulips[undrlined] second size bulbs & to include a few Narcissus & Crocus 400 Large early Scarlet} 400 Neched Pine } strawberries 100 Honey Seedling 12 European Larch would prefer them about [underlined] 3 ft high 12 Horse Chestnut 25 Liberain Crab White } 4 to left 25 " " Sorge Red } 2 Deutzia Gracilis 2 Daphne Meziron 2 Japan Quince [underlined] white 2 Tecoma Grandifolia 2

17 A.C. 3 1/2 the 3 the crabs 10 ----------- 6

envelope with lliegible circle stamp

Dr John A Kennicott West Northfield Ill

stamped J Brenton Kennicott Collection

written across left of addres s A. T. Small order