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Quincy, the Quincy estate, as it passed 

 from generation to generation, should be 

 cited as one where horticultural and agri- 

 cultural pursuits received every attention. 

 The property originally consisted of sev- 

 eral hundred acres, and upon a portion 

 which bordered upon the sea a stately 

 mansion was erected by the third pro- 

 prietor, Josiah Quincy, in 1770, and 

 orchards with gardens planted. In 1784 

 the estate was bequeathed to President 

 Quincy, who, being a great lover of na- 

 ture, laid out the grounds with much 

 taste. 



"Obstructions to the views were re- 

 moved, walls and fences levelled, lawns, 

 with trees and shrubs judiciously dis- 

 posed, replaced the court-yard and gar- 

 dens, and the approach to the house was 

 turned through an avenue of elms, a 

 third of a mile in length, planted by Mr. 

 Quincy in 1790." 1 New orchards, espe- 

 cially of pears, and vegetable gardens, 



1 Memoir of the Life of Susan E. M. Quincy, 



1861. 



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