414 Notes on Gardens and Nurseries. 



garden as similar waste of country a hundred miles inland. 

 But change the time : look at Nahant in spring or autumn. 

 The dashing waves fiercely lash the bold promontory, and 

 throw high their spray over tree and shrub : the wind 

 sweeps with maddening force, divesting trees of their foliage, 

 twisting off their branches and uprooting their trunks ; then 

 it only seems remarkable that any thing like vegetation can 

 live on such an exposed and bleak a place. 



It is said that formerly, many years ago, all the islands in 

 Boston harbor were covered with forest trees, and that they 

 were cut by the neighboring people for fuel and lumber. If 

 this is true, there can be no doubt that they may again be so 

 covered, and the project only needs to be set about in earnest, 

 and in the right way, to restore them to their original verdure 

 and beauty. That this will be done at Nahant there is good 

 reason to believe, for Mr. Tudor has begun the work, and 

 shown that there is no obstacle to its being accomplished. 

 What he has done others may do. Visionary as some have 

 considered his labors, he has demonstrated this, and the 

 proprietors of these seaside residences must feel indebted to 

 him for the avenue of trees which now adds so much to the 

 beauty of the place. 



Mr. Tudor was one of the earliest proprietors here ; his 

 cottage was built twenty-five years ago, in an exposed loca- 

 tion, and without a tree of any kind near it. With a great 

 love of gardening, Mr. Tudor at once saw how great a field 

 he had for improvement: this he intended to make his sum- 

 mer resort ; but, without a garden, without trees, that would 

 not do. Art must do something to overcome the disadvan- 

 tages of such a bleak spot ; and to Mr. Tudor's ingenious 

 mind the very obstacles to be overcome suggested the means. 



The great difficulty was to break the force of the winds. 

 Thick belts of trees would do this, provided they would suc- 

 ceed ; but, as too much time would be lost in the trial, re- 

 course was had to more immediate means of effecting this 

 object. A high board fence would answer, but that would 

 be very expensive and constantly liable to injury from high 

 winds, which, striking against it with immense force, would 

 perhaps prostrate it at once. The plan decided upon, was to 

 erect high and substantial palings all around the garden. 



