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up with digging up the plants I send, naming 

 and packing them with moss, that I shall not 

 perhaps have time enough to write so long a 

 letter as usual. As you desired to have two or 

 three sketches of our garden, I have sent one ; 

 and you may expect to have one occasionally, 

 when I have time to copy it ; for I cannot yet 

 draw from nature well enough to present you 

 with any of my own. 



Ever your affectionate friend, 

 G G. 



