THE EVOLUTION OF HORTI- 

 CULTURE IN NEW ENGLAND. 

 I. 



THE EARLIEST COLONIES IN NEW ENG- 

 LAND. 



FOR centuries previous to its perma- 

 nent settlement, the voyages made 

 by Europeans to New England, 

 were undertaken almost solely for the 

 purposes of exploration and commerce. 

 Enterprises of this character were entered 

 into by the French, English, Spanish, 

 and Portuguese nations, and there is rea- 

 son to believe that the Northmen had ex- 

 tended their adventurous navigation in 

 the exploration of these shores, as early 

 as the latter part of the tenth century. 

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