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Detroit, Michigan, 
July 20th, 1904.

Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, 
Rochester, N. Y. 

Gentlemen:--
You may recall having furnished a considerable number of shrubs and plants for the Yondotega Club of this city, and, along with other things, some two or three dozen Euonymus radicans.  We have made several plantings of these vines, and are meeting with pretty hard luck.  Our first planting was done one year ago last fall, the second planting a year ago last spring, and the third planting during May of this year.  A few of the shrubs are still alive, but none of them are doing well.  Over fifty percent have died and I am wondering if you can explain the trouble.  It may be that we are not treating them in a scientific way.  Is any unusual care required by these vines?  The soil in our garden is mixed loam and clay, to which there has been added some thin sand. We have used well decayed manure as a fertilizer, and have been careful in giving what we supposed was the right quantity of water to the vines.  The result is so unsatisfactory, I think it wise to ask your advice in the matter. Last spring, we renewed all