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and cultivated families, to which were 

 attached ample orchards, gardens, and 

 fields, while the proximity of the Charles, 

 of Fresh Pond, and of Mt. Auburn, 

 with its forests, dells, and heights, made 

 up a country of singularly picturesque 

 beauty which contributed greatly to the 

 satisfaction and pleasure of the owners 

 and of their many friends. 



Newton, with its numerous villages, 

 which has well earned the name of the 

 "Garden City,*' and the adjacent Bright- 

 on, have both become well known at the 

 present day, for the advances made in 

 the science and practice of horticulture. 

 Within their borders the first nurseries of 

 any special note in New England were 

 established, one by John Kenrick, in 

 Newton, in 1791, and another by Jonathan 

 Winship, in Brighton, in 1816. Both of 

 these were extensive, and were the means 

 by which Boston and many other places 

 were supplied with ornamental trees and 

 shrubs, fruits and flowers. In the first 

 part of the century, James Hyde com- 

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