WAVERLEY OAKS AND BUSSEY HEMLOCKS. 37 



systematic collections are as yet young and in- 

 complete, its natural beauties are many. Just 

 north of Bussey Street an abrupt rocky hill, 

 crowned with tall and singularly straight hem- 

 locks, rises above the surrounding fields and roll- 

 ing pastures. From its deeply shaded top look- 

 ing down its precipitous ledges upon the roaring 

 waters of the Bussey brook, I seemed to feel my- 

 self removed from the neighborhood of a great 

 city to one of those wild White Mountain ravines 

 where trout are hidden in the' torrents, where 

 the harsh scream of the pileated woodpecker 

 breaks the silence of the forest, and where the 

 hoof-print of the deer is of tener found than the 

 footstep of a man. 



