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proved to us both.  I owe him a debt of gratitude I can never repay  & had he [indecipherable] more [indecipherable] to [indecipherable] in other days many a heart ache might have been spared to many of us.  I must not forget to tell you of one such? -   [indecipherable] show this year, [indecipherable] proved to be an impressive success - [indecipherable]  contributed from far & near including [indecipherable]. One [indecipherable] obtained prizes the 1st prize for grapes - 1st for the best plant for table decoration 2nd for a group of fine [indecipherable] plants & 2nd for a collection of smaller things!  A [indecipherable] of [indecipherable] flowers [indecipherable] by myself (not for competition) has [indecipherable] & was afterwards noticed in flattering terms in the London [indecipherable]!  I had turned my attention 
 

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