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rists for more than fifty years, and that of John C. Lee, 

 a relative and companion of our John L. Gardner, with 

 whom in boyhood he early developed a love for botanical 

 and horticultural studies, which made him one of the 

 most enterprising and successful cultivators of fruits and 

 flowers ; from his gardener came many of the finest 

 illustrations of horticultural science. One other garden, 

 that of Edward S. Rogers, should be noticed for his suc- 

 cess in the hybridization of the grape, being the second 

 effort within our knoweledge of attempts to cross the 

 native with the foreign species. For the mother 

 he took a wild grape of the woods, called the Mam- 

 moth, and crossed it with the Black Hamburg and 

 White Chasselas. The crosses by the Black Hamburg 

 produced the Barry, Essex, Herbert, Merrimac, Wilder, 

 and other varieties, whose bunches and berries resem- 

 ble the male parent. Those crossed by the White 

 Chasselas produced the Lindley, the Massasoit, and 

 other reddish grapes. Thus the influence of the for- 

 eign species was clearly demonstrated, and the fallacy 

 which had been entertained that species would not 

 cross was refuted. To Mr. Rogers are the public 

 indebted more than to any other man, primarily, for 

 the extensive hybridization of the grape, which now, 

 after twenty-five years, is producing the numerous 

 varieties of improved grapes which are yearly brought 

 to notice. 



Lynn and Beverly had fine orchards and gardens 

 forty or fifty years since, many of which have been 

 perpetuated to this day. Among them were those of 

 Andrews and Henry A. Breed, who were among the 

 founders of the Horticultural Society ; Gen. Josiah New- 

 hall, Richard S. Fay, Otis Johnson, of Lynn, and Josiah 

 Lovett, of Beverly, who were very successful cultivators. 



The grounds of Mr. Johnson were remarkable for 



