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own grounds and other land which he had taken up in 

 the South. 



James Hyde established a small nursery of fruit trees 

 about the year 1800, when he was eighteen years old, 

 This was enlarged from time to time, and in 1842 

 our respected friend, James F. C. Hyde, since presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, became 

 a partner with his father, and for many years carried on 

 the business with success. To this day he possesses the 

 same love of rural life and interest in fruits and flowers, 

 especially in testing by personal experience the new 

 varieties that come to his notice, and writing for the 

 press. 



In Brighton there was a nursery established in 1816, 

 by Jonathan Winship, also a founder of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society. In 1826 he associated with 

 him his brother Francis, and carried on the general 

 nursery business on an extensive scale for many years. 

 They also had greenhouses for the propagation of plants 

 being among the earliest growers of ornamental trees 

 and plants for sale. They furnished the city of Boston 

 largely for planting its Common and streets ; also, other 

 cities and many of the cemeteries, having at that time, 

 the largest collection of such in this section of the 

 country, and were among the first to send cut flowers 

 to the Boston markets for sale. To their collection 

 Sir Admiral Isaac Coffin made valuable donations which 

 he collected in Europe. 1 



The nursery and plant business was in later years 

 carried on in Brighton by Joseph Breck, and James 

 L. L. F. Warren, and now by William C. Strong and 

 Charles H. B. Breck and Sons. Forty years since Mr. 

 Warren was largely interested in the cultivation of 



l Letter of Lyman F. Winship. Also, chapter in Boston Memorial on 

 Brighton, Vol. III. 



