1879-05-18 Letter: Charles Merriam to [Lovering], "into the hands of a private gardener", 2014.020.003-006

Subject: "into the hands of a private gardener"

Boston May 18/[18]79

2922 or 3366

My dear Sir=

My mother has been to Mt. Auburn this morning & reports the grass quite thin in some places in the lot & over the trellis covering the head stone marked "Nellie B. Merriam" was left the old dead portion of a vine giving it a most uncared for

so sacred to me has been neglected & makes me feel that I have been deh derilict in duty in having so much confidence in yr. men.

Very Truly yrs Chas. Merriam

look - She cut away the vine & removed it— I suppose this indi-cates that your men cannot ^^{or do not} properly take care of the lot - If such is the case, I wish you would frankly say so to me that I may put it into the hands of a private gardener-

It has distressed me considerably to know that a spot