68 THE HORTICULTURE OF 



sixth president of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, were distinguished for the enterprise and intelli- 

 gence of its proprietor in horticulture. Mr. Cabot was 

 much interested in the cultivation of the tulip of 

 which he had more than six hundred varieties, the 

 pseony, and flowering plants. His collection of pears 

 was very extensive, and he raised several seedlings, 

 one of which bears his name. He was a critical 

 observer of the merits of fruits, and made a report in 

 1858 to the American Pomological Society, recommend- 

 ing the expulsion of more than six hundred varieties of 

 fruits which were unworthy of general cultivation, 

 and these fruits were rejected from its catalogue. 



Here was the home of Col. Timothy Pickering, first 

 president of the Essex Agricultural Society, and first sec- 

 retary of the first agricultural society on this continent, 

 the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. 

 Here is the extensive and well-managed farm of 

 George B. Loring, president of the New England Agri- 

 cultural Society during its whole history, who has well 

 earned the title of " agricultural orator," and is 

 now rewarded for his labors by the office of Commis- 

 sioner of the Department of Agriculture at Washing- 

 ton. The orchard on this farm has been famous in 

 past time, most of the trees having been imported by 

 Col. Pickman, its owner, early in this century, and 

 among which were the Pickman pippin, known in its 

 early days as the Garden apple. 



Other gardens and orchards of Salem are worthy of 

 record, did our space permit. Here were the orchards 

 and gardens of the Dodges, Silsbees, of Charles Hoffman, 

 Francis Peabody, and other worthy citizens. Among 

 these may be named that of Mr. John M. Ives, one of the 

 founders of the Horticultural Society, who still lives ; 

 the Putnams, who have been prominent as horticultu- 



