70 THE HORTICULTUEE OF 



the neatness with which they were kept, and we well 

 remember the remark the writer made when visiting 

 his place, "There is a weed," which seemed to trouble 

 him. Mr. Johnson was a zealous and' enterprising 

 horticulturist, frequently bearing off the highest prizes 

 ior his fruits. He was very successful in the culture 

 of small fruits, especially the strawberry. On a bed of 

 less than seven thousand feet of land he produced, of 

 Hovey's Seedling, seven hundred quarts of fruit, being 

 equal to four thousand five hundred quarts to the acre. 1 

 The foreign grapes were here grown with great success, 

 a regular diary of his process being published. 



Among the most enterprising horticulturists of 

 Lynn, and those interested in the growth of fruits, 

 were the Breeds. In speaking of its progress, Mr. 

 Henry A. Breed, says, " fifty-six years ago, there were 

 but four varieties of pears, and very few trees in Lynn, 

 and but few flowers, now there are upwards of forty- 

 five thousand pear trees, bearing almost every variety 

 of fruit, and a flower garden may be seen in almost 

 every man's yard. I built the first greenhouse, and 

 now there are upwards of fifty, and many of them are 

 quite large. I helped to set out the first shade trees 

 in streets ; now almost every street has them on each 

 side. -Since that time, I have graded thirty-four streets 

 at my own expense." Mr. Breed still lives, at about 

 eighty-three years of age. 



Coming nearer on the North Shore, among the 

 most remarkable instances of success were the efforts 

 of the late Frederic Tudor, 2 at Nahant. Mr. Tudor 



l " Hovey's Magazine," XV., p. 411. 



2 HON. M. P. WILDER: . NAHANT, Oct. 2d, 1863. 



DEAR SIR, It is one of the misfortunes of a man any way distinguished 

 for anything which claims the admiration of his fellow-men, to be continually 

 teased and harrassed by the great mass of ignorant and stupid people, on the 

 subject for which he is noted. 



