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ornamental and greenhouse plants, and had public 

 exhibitions of the tulip and other bulbous plants. Having 

 possessed himself of the stock of the Camellias Wilderi, 

 and Mrs. Abby Wilder, he propagated them largely and 

 went to Europe with them, where he made considera- 

 ble sales. Mr. Warren is now in California, and has 

 been editor of the " California Farmer " for more than 

 thirty years. 



Joseph Breck, afterwards president, and one of the 

 original members of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, had grounds in Brighton for the cultivation of 

 ornamental plants and the production of seeds, and his 

 name is still continued in the firm of Joseph Breck and 

 Sons, the oldest seed house in New England, it having 

 existed more than fifty years, succeeding that of John B. 

 Russell, to whom we shall allude hereafter. Mr. Breck 

 was one of the foremost promoters of the culture of 

 fruits and flowers, and w r rote frequently for the press. 

 He was proprietor and for some years the editor of the 

 " Horticultural Register." and other works. His Book 

 of Flowers has passed through many editions, and has 

 a very wide circulation. 



The nurseries and plant-houses of William C. Strong, 

 ex-president of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 are worthy of special notice for the enterprise and intelli- 

 gence of their proprietor. Here, under one continuous 

 roof of glass of 18,000 square feet, is an enclosure where 

 plants are grown as in the open ground ; where immense 

 quantities of the rose and other flowers are daily cut for 

 the market. The estate of Mr. Strong was once owned 

 by Jonathan Amory, father of Hon. Thomas C. Amory, 

 and about forty years ago was possessed by Horace 

 Gray, of whom we have spoken in connection with the 

 establishment of the Public Garden, in Boston. He 

 erected on these grounds the largest grape-houses then 



