rious improvement clubs ..in SiklftKd an--' written more than 75 articles 
in thetfr pampers concerning pa r k s uc. Some thing is bound to come of it 
tkoux h Slow it is in makin -i c ap earances. W£ have no park at all on 
this side of the bay, anc j have confidence that anther year Will see 
the com lencement t ( ^though X have said tfct for now 30 mo*fch_s past, } , 
Oakland is left bancrupt by the last council, but th^present mayor is a 
qian in whom all have confidence, and confidence begets confidence, and 
results. I wild let you know if I get’there ’ 
I enclose circular about my plants. Upy sets , once up to 1450, 
are. now down to. 900 . Gould you not , after looking over where I have 
found sale, advise who else to address 7 Who_can I address at Chicago? 
Harvard, Cornel"- or Princeton ? Or no yo^ now where to turn ? I can raak/c 
up. about four further sets of 900 each. Try and assist me . I need it 
badfpy evenings; are filled in with getting the material for third sue 
plement of ray ■». Orchid Hybrids ’ . I want it to come out, and do not 
know yet where to take the money from, but I have never hungered yet, 
and the bravest of wifes’ was always ray che-.v. If the coin shows up, 
it will pas- through circulation in no time, and / still / d.ays for sicknes 
and. accident are wisely provided for in insurances etc. Do we actually 
realize hpw: much we owe the ones at our side ? I have come home discou¬ 
rsed likp a plant Jalldry in a^n exahausted soil and small pot and 
I have picked up the lost courage and eat with appetite, and slumbered 
Vi ; .e a babe A . ^e^Tirut. winter $down here we had soupmeat for Christ- 
mas ciinner, the second a roast, and the third I had a turkey : ana 
that day,, you know , iM our weddingday anniversary . iVhe sweetness 
.of meat is not.with the cut, it is with the satisfaction with which it 
is. partaken off, and do I need to say : I happy and well ? 
I trust ypu are the same , Sincerely yours 
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