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possibly  have  at  your  end,  or  perhaps  you 
can  kindly  put  me  in  touch  with  someone  who 
can  so  help  me . 
Walter  Deane  Esq.* 
Brewster  Street, 
Cambridge , 
Mass.  -  U.S.A. 
For  Norfolk  I  lie  high,  about  500  ft., 
and  about  14  miles  from  the  sea,  but  the 
woods  are  so  diversified  that  I  am  able  to 
put  my  more  tender  subjects  where  they  get 
sheltered  from  the  worst  of  the  east  and 
north  winds . 
Dear  Sir, 
I  own  a  small  property  in  Norfolk 
where  an  eminent  Horticulturist  and  Botanist 
lived  120  to  130  years  ago.  He  left  Si\  a 
legacy  of  rare  trees  and  conifers  and  I  ha-fre 
been  adding  gradually  thereto. 
I  was  at  Kew  yesterday  and  mentioned 
the  fact  to  my  friend  and  colleague, 
Mr .  R.R.  Faber,  when  he  mentioned  the  great 
Interest  you  take  in  horticulture  and  allowed 
me  to  write  to  you,  which  I  venture  to  do. 
The  soil  is  gravelly  and  conifers  do 
remarkably  well,  as  I  have  specimen^  which 
Kew  cannot  approach.  I  have  also  got  plenty 
of  peat  and  plenty  of  water,  in  fact  I  have 
just  been  considering  the  purcnase  of  some 
.American  herbaceous  plants  for  planting  o n  i 
my  return  ^wte^next  monthy 
I  have  naturally  been  in  touch  with 
I  offer  you  my  most  grateful  thanks 
in  advance  and  would  say  that  my  chief 
object  is  to  obtain  the  rarer  specimens  of 
conifers  and  fine  trees,  as  for  them  I  have 
ample  room,  but  my  zeal  has  reduced  available 
space  for  moisture  loving  plants  to  somewhat 
small  dimensions 
3 r  _ 
3elieve  me,  dear  Sir, 
Yours  very  truly, 
Vfh  ©l 
the  chief  nurserymen  in  England,  including 
Messrs.  Gauntlett,  but  I  should  be  most 
grateful  if  you  could  help  me  in  my  quest 
to  obtain  some  of  the  rarer  plants  which  you 
