Evolution of Ibortfculture 



almost every direction about Boston, the 

 wonderful landscape beauty which it pre- 

 sented and still presents, should be taken 

 into consideration. Few districts of 

 equal extent in any portion of the con- 

 tinent offer a greater diversity of surface, 

 distributed into lofty hills, craggy peaks, 

 moderate undulations, valleys, forests, 

 streams, lakes, and bordered by the 

 ocean, which combines with its grandeur 

 the beauty of the islands, bays, promon- 

 tories, and the variety in the cliffs and 

 caverns of the shore. 



Coming to this domain, our forefathers, 

 while they naturally contrasted the grace- 

 ful and subdued features of English land- 

 scape with those evinced by rugged New 

 England, could not have been insen- 

 sible to the attractions she spread before 

 them, or to the facilities offered for the 

 full enjoyment of the same. It was in 

 unison with this landscape beauty, that 

 the district occupied gradually became 

 converted into a cordon of suburban 

 plantations, large and small, that en- 

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