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were situated in Roxbury, opposite the estate of Gov. 

 Eustis. Mr. Walker was prominent in his efforts to 

 advance horticulture, and made his home in a garden. 

 He was a zealous and experienced cultivator of plants 

 and fruit trees. He bestowed great attention on the 

 cultivation of the dahlia, tulip and pansy. He annually 

 gave public exhibitions of the tulip under a canvas 

 tent erected for the purpose, and had costly varieties, 

 such as Louis XVI. and others, valued at 10 to 15 

 for a single bulb. His nurseries were, for many years, 

 noted for their excellence, and his fruits on exhibition 

 were of the first class, among which was the Mount 

 Vernon pear, which he had produced from seed. 



On the borders of Jamaica Pond is the garden of 

 Francis Parkman, LL. D., ex-president of the Horticul- 

 tural Society, who has become almost as widely known 

 for his experience in hybridizing plants as for his his- 

 torical writings. By the process of hybridizing he 

 obtained the Lilium Parkmanii, for the stock of which 

 a florist in London gave him one thousand dollars. 



Roxbury has been renowned for the many varieties 

 of fruits which have been originated within her borders. 

 Of these may be named the famous Roxbury Russet, 

 Williams' Favorite, and Seaver Sweet apples; the 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Lewis, Merriam, Dana's Hovey, 

 and Mount Vernon pears. 



In Milton are numerous fine estates which, under 

 modern horticultural skill, are worthy of remembrance, 

 such as the summer residences of Henry P. Kidder, 

 Francis Peabody, Robert B. and John M. Forbes, Mrs. 

 F. Cunningham, Miss Russell, and John W. Brooks, 

 whose pear orchard contains six hundred trees of the 

 Beurre d'Anjou, generally considered u the best." 

 Nor would we omit the residence of Col. Henry S. 

 Russell, in olden time of Francis Amory, now the 



