CHAS. W. SPURR, Pres’t. 
WM. E. UPTEGROVE, Vice-Pres’t. 
JEROME P. UPTEGROVE, Sec’y & Treas. 
Ghas. Y\). SP UPr Gompany, 
gote 7Vlanufaeturers of 
gpurr’s patent \)eneers, 7Vl arc ! ue tepies Y\)ood Gamings, 
35 J^edford §treet, 
Principal Office: 
465-467 east 10 th sl, Rew yori^. J^oston, March 19t.h, 188 s. 
factory, Sandwich, 7Vlass. 
Prof. S. Wats on- - 
Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass. 
Dear Sir:- 
I am very sorry not to have seen you when you called. 
and 
will endeavor to give you the inf ormation you desire. 
Of course, you understand that the specimens we have were 
got from the celebrated “ Jesup Collection of N. Am. Forestry", embrae- 
Zt>\ ing [nearly 25tj varieties . T]iese woods have been cut, prepared and 
mounted on single cards, numbered, Latin and common name and authority 
n each, and correspond exactly with the book puolished by the U. 3. 
under the direction of Prof. Chas. 3. Sargent. 
It has been my intention to place on each card the name of 
the College or University purchasing, and the name of the Qirectur or 
President at the time, and to enclose the specimens in a nice Cabinet 
of three drawers, each compartment containing three sections of the 
same wood in its transverse, radial and tangential cuttings. 
As I 
hand it- 
xpended in 
more than $150,000 has been 
collecting, preparing, mounting and perfecting tins collection, ana I 
make you the offer of one complete set in the Cabinet at $350.; the 
actual cost of preparing ana mounting being more than $550., to say 
nothing of the $65,000, cost of collecting, with freight and three 
years lac or -of r -professors and mechanics since, amounting to more than 
$150,000, as has been said. 
Trusting that this information is what you desire, and that 
you will be able to purchase one of these sets, 
I remain most respectfully yours 
oaI' , 
P. S. 
These can be examined at any time 
book accompanying the set. 
if you so desire and also the 
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