It shall be sufficient to describe real estate in all proceedings relative to assessing, advertising, selling or foreclosing the same for taxes by initial letter, abbreviations and figures, to designate the township, range, section or parts of section, and also the number of lots and blocks. All of such descriptions which shall indicate the real estate intended with ordinary and reasonable certainty and which would be sufficient between grantor and grantee in an ordinary conveyance, shall be sufficient.