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junipers, &c.j that could be procured. From the sheltered 

 character of the situation and the suitableness of the soil, it 

 will give Mr. Hunnewell a fair chance to gratify his taste for 

 such trees and at the same time test their hardiness. 



To the right of the house is situated the kitchen garden, 

 separated from the lawn by an arbor vitas hedge. It contains 

 an acre or more of ground, with an open fence all round, about 

 nine or ten feet high, which answers the purpose of protection 

 from high winds. Here we found a fine collection of fruit 

 trees, particularly pears, including the newest sorts, such as 

 Sheldon, Grand Soliel, Brandywine, Boston, &c., &c. The 

 garden is laid out in squares and the trees planted in rows, at 

 such distances as not to interfere with the cropping of the 

 ground between. 



The grapery stands in the centre of the north side of the gar- 

 den near the fence ; it is a curvilinear house, running north and 

 south, about sixty feet long and divided by a partition in the 

 centre ; one half of which is for early forcing. It has only 

 been erected three years, but we found the vines bearing 

 a very heavy crop of finely colored and large berries as well 

 as large clusters. The Stanwick Nectarine, which we have 

 noticed in another page, was in full bearing and proves a fine 

 variety. There are two plants in pots, set out two years ago, 

 and this season they bore about twenty fruits each. It appears 

 to be well adapted to pot cultivation, and this fine variety can 

 therefore be produced by all who possess a greenhouse or 

 grapery. Mr. Hunnewell intends to erect a house for the 

 growth of peaches ; the uncertainty of the crop in our climate 

 being so great that it is the only way in which fine fruit can 

 be regularly obtained. 



Leaving the garden on the opposite side of that on which 

 we entered, we pass a thick natural grove leading down the 

 bank to the water. On the edge of this grove, composed of 

 pines, oaks, hornbeams, &c., Mr. Hunnewell has cleared a 

 place just large enough to erect a house for his gardener, and 

 a picturesque building it is, in the old English style, the sides 

 as well as the roof being covered with different colored slates 

 in various ornamental devices. It was just finished, and the 



