^Evolution of Horticulture 



In addition to " Misticke," Wood thus 

 describes the plantations through which 

 the Massachusetts settlers were scattered, 

 during his sojourn among them from 

 1629 to 1633 : "Dorchester which is the 

 greatest Towne in New England : well 

 wooded and watered : very good arable 

 grounds, and Hay-ground, faire Corne 

 fields, and pleasant gardens. ... A 

 mile from this Towne lieth Roxberry, 

 which is a faire and handsome Countrey- 

 towne the inhabitants of it being all very 

 rich. . . Vp westward from the Towne 

 it is something rocky, whence it hath the 

 name of Roxberry : the inhabitants have 

 faire houses, store of Cattle, impaled 

 Corne-fields, and fruitful Gardens. Boston 

 is two miles North-east from Roxberry : 

 its situation is very pleasant. . . Their 

 greatest wants be Wood and Medow- 

 ground, which were never in that place : 

 being constrayned to fetch their building- 

 timber, and fire-wood from the Hands in 

 Boates, and their Hay in Loyters. . . 

 This Towne although it be neither the 



