12 THE HOKTICULTUEE OF 



standing the house built by his son, the Hon. James 

 Lloyd. 



From Southack court, now Howard street, many of 

 the residences over Cotton, Pemberton, and Beacon Hill, 

 and around the State House, had gardens. Here dwelt 

 Eev. John Cotton, Gov. Endicott, and at a later day, 

 Gardiner Greene, Wm. Phillips, and at the corner of 

 Beacon and Tremont, Samuel Eliot, grandfather of 

 President Eliot, of Harvard College. 



Gov. James Bowdoin's garden extended from the 

 corner of Beacon and Bowdoin streets over to what is 

 now Ashburton street, and Dr. John Joy's from Beacon 

 to Mt. Yernon street. 



On Tremont street, nearly opposite King's Chapel, 

 was the estate of Lieut.-Gov. Wm. Phillips, formerly 

 the residence of Peter Faneuil,* of Faneuil Hall mem- 

 ory, whose gardens and grounds are described as being 

 very fine. Here, it is said, was built by Andrew 

 Faneuil, uncle of Peter, the first greenhouse in New 

 England. Miss Quincy, in her memoir, thus describes 

 the place : 



" The deep courtyard ornamented b} 7 flowers and shrubs was 

 divided into upper and lower plats. The terraces which rose from 

 the paved court were supported by massive walls of granite, and a 

 grasshopper glittered on the summer-house, which commanded a 

 view only second to Beacon hill." Drakes Old Landmarks, page 

 54 ; also. Miss Quincy's Letter. 



But the most conspicuous and extensive, and elegant 

 garden of those days was that of Gardiner Greene, who 

 also had one of the early greenhouses in Boston. The 

 grounds were terraced and planted with vines, fruits, 

 ornamental trees, flowering shrubs and plants, and were 

 to me, when I visited themj sixty-five years ago, a scene 



*See Boston Memorial, Vol. II., pp. 250, 523, ami the view in Vol. IV. 



