Evolution ot Iborticulture 



inenced a nursery of fruit trees and car- 

 ried on the business successfully for 

 many years in Newton. He afterwards 

 associated with him his son, J. F. C. Hyde, 

 who has for many years been distin- 

 guished for his great love for rural pur- 

 suits, in which he has much practical 

 knowledge and skill. Other well-known 

 admirers of horticultural and agricultural 

 pursuits have made Brighton their resi- 

 dence, and have there established their 

 prosperous careers. Among these should 

 be enumerated the Brecks and W. C. 

 Strong. 



Watertown and Waltham, even before 

 the present century, have been the abode 

 of several wealthy men whose estates were 

 recognized as among the best conducted 

 in New England. The Gushing place, 

 with its spacious gardens, greenhouses, 

 and ornamental grounds, all of which 

 were liberally thrown open to the public, 

 is still pleasantly remembered by many. 



"Waltham House'* estate was pur- 

 chased in 1795 by Theodore I/yman, who 

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