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against which the wind could strike and expend its force, 

 and do no danger to the enclosure. To this end preparations 

 were made, and, twelve or fourteen years ago, about three 

 and a half acres were enclosed in this way. The paling has 

 received no injury, and has required no repairs up to the 

 present time. This area now forms Mr. Tudor's garden ; 

 and for vigor of growth and abundance of product, few trees 

 in the most favorable situations around Boston surpass them. 



The palings are about eighteen feet high, and are made of 

 boards sawed to the thickness of an inch and a half, and 

 placed about one inch apart. The main posts are cedar, 

 with others as braces on the inside, standing about two feet 

 from the base. The palings are nailed to horizontal strips of 

 board, about eight inches wide and three feet apart. Inside 

 of this, at the distance of about six feet, is another paling, 

 built in the same way, but only sixteen feet high, and, on two 

 sides, the east and west, there is a third paling or trellis like 

 the others, but still lower : both of the inner ones are used as 

 trellises, upon which pear and other trees are trained. These 

 double and treble palings, it will be seen at once, completely 

 break the force of the winds, so injurious to tender shoots 

 and leaves, and act as a barrier against the salt spray, which 

 is alike destructive to vegetation. 



We shall not attempt to enumerate all the improvements 

 here, but, before we allude to the rapid growth of the trees 

 and their fruitfulness, we must not omit to state that Mr. 

 Tudor did what but few do, but Avhich should never be left 

 midone, — that is, he trenched the whole garden nearly three 

 feet deep, bringing the gravelly subsoil to the surface, where 

 it could be enriched and made fertile. It was then laid out 

 and planted with fruit trees of various kinds, some of which, 

 particularly the apples, are of very large size. In common 

 with the neighborhood of Boston, Nahant suffered from the 

 severity of the winter, yet we noticed Mr. Tudor had more 

 fruit than many gardens where there are many more trees. 

 A Chumontelle, trained to a trellis, was bearing a fine crop 

 of handsome fruit, and a pyramidal tree of the Louis Bonne 

 of Jersey was literally loaded. All the pears were in fine 

 condition. Mr. Tudor has a seedling variety, which promises 



