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the Boston & Albany Circuit Railroad. For several j'ears Mr. 

 Strong has been busily engaged in laying out the grounds and 

 making streets on a large tract of land, which is being sold in house- 

 lots. Portions of this ground command some of the finest views 

 in Newton. The ease of access to the city from this neighborhood 

 renders it a very desirable place of residence, and with good taste 

 and judgment in laying out the grounds, combined with a judicious 

 planting of trees, all of which the plans for future work assure us 

 will be done, it will be one of Boston's most attractive suburbs. 



Mr. Strong has removed his entire nursery stock from Brighton 

 to this place, and in looking it over we found a clean lot of healthy 

 deciduous trees ; a good collection of evergreens in a remarkably 

 flourishing condition ; and of vines and shrubs, the old and well- 

 known standard varieties, with all the new ones that are desirable 

 and worthy of cultivation. It was very gratifying to see this well 

 ordered nursery so clean and well cared for. In the propagating 

 house many thousands of cuttings of the best shrubs were being 

 rooted, which was to us an evidence that Mr. Strong expects there 

 will be a demand for good and desirable shrubs, and we hope that he 

 will be in the front rank of those who are keeping up the standard 

 of a first-class nursery. Too many are filled with trees and shrubs 

 that are of no use whatever, but we hope the day is near at hand 

 when our home nurseries will be noted for well grown trees and 

 shrubs that are reliable and true to name. Then purchasers can 

 select from the nursery with the assurance and confidence that 

 they are obtaining plants which will afford pleasure and delight as 

 they grow and increase in age and beauty. With such assurance 

 the bitter disappointments which so many have suflTered from the 

 captivating but deceptive chromos of the pedler, will no more be 

 feared. Encouragement will take the place of discouragement 

 when people know they are dealing with intelligent and honorable 

 growers, whose statements are based on knowledge gained from 

 experience in their practice and not from the picture or the cata- 

 logue alone. 



Newton Cemetery. 



After leaving Mr. Strong's the Committee paid a visittothis place, 

 which they had visited five years ago. Since that time many im- 

 provements have been made, the most conspicuous of which are 

 the Bigelow Mortuary Chapel and Conservator}', both of them 



