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In 1802 he writes: "I have sought pleasure among 

 my trees." 



The estate of Mr. Dowse, by the will of his widow, 

 became the property of her nephew, Josiah Quincy, 

 who gave it to his youngest son, the late Edmund 

 Quincy, who bequeathed it to his second son, Dr. 

 Henry P. Quincy, and his daughter Mary, who now 

 reside there. 



The example of Fisher Ames has been followed 

 by others who have been engaged in the promotion 

 of horticulture. Among these may be named Edward 

 M. Richards, Ebenezer Wight and Edward S. Rand; Jr., 

 all of whom held the office of recording secretary of 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Dr. Wight 

 was one of the most eminent cultivators of the apple ; 

 proving under his own observation, the numerous varie- 

 ties as they came to notice, and distributing scions of 

 the same to all applicants. Edward S. Rand, Senior, 

 promoted the advancement of horticulture by the 

 adornment of his beautiful estate ; and his excellent 

 collection of greenhouse and orchid plants, of which we 

 have spoken before. His son Edward, whose grounds and 

 houses for the culture of fruits and flowers, his collec- 

 tion of orchids, and his contributions to our exhibitions, 

 were of a notable character. The efforts of Col. 

 Eliphalet Stone, for more than thirty years, in 

 promoting the culture of fruits, are still continued, 

 dispensing now, as ever, the results of his careful 

 experience for the benefit of the public. Dedham was 

 the home of the Norfolk Agricultural Society, whose 

 presidency, for the first twenty years, was vested in the 

 writer, and which greatly promoted by its exhibi- 

 tions the horticulture of our vicinity. 



Turning to the South Shore for a hasty glance, we 

 find Braintree, including then what is now Quincy, was, 



