Bvolutfon of Iborticulture 



contributed to render it one of the most 

 delightful of the city. Here were the es- 

 tates of the Coffins, Geyers, Barrells, Rus- 

 sells, Prebles, Lydes, and others, divided 

 into orchards and gardens, "and these 

 hospitable residents could set before their 

 guests cider of their own manufacture, or 

 butter from their own dairies. As late as 

 1815, there was a pasture of two acres in 

 Summer Street, and the tinkling of cow- 

 bells was by no means an unusual sound 

 there." 



Upon the eastern and southern slopes 

 of Cotton, afterwards Pemberton, Hill, 

 were the residences and gardens of Bndi- 

 cott, Vane, Bellingham, Cotton, Faneuil, 

 Davenport, Oxenbridge, and others. 

 These estates, at an early period, were 

 terraced and planted with vines, fruits, 

 ornamental and flowering shrubs, accord- 

 ing to the taste then prevalent in Eng- 

 land. And thus they were continued in 

 the possession of the succeeding owners, 

 until finally all were swept away by the 

 ruthless rage for improvement. As a 

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