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base. There are ten of these. While one can perhaps get some 

 idea of the beauty of the garden from this report, no description 

 can do it justice. It is the same with this as with the other features 

 already described, — to be appreciated they must be seen. 



Perhaps you have all noticed the extensive lawn and admired 

 its breadth and seemingly perfect order ; but Mr. Hunnewell, being 

 pleased with nothing but the best, two years ago trenched the 

 entire lawn, covering a space of nearly eight acres, about eighteen 

 inches deep, at a large expense, and it is anticipated that another 

 year a beautiful sward, with a fine,, smooth surface, will be the 

 result. 



The Pinetum is now attracting a great deal of attention, and 

 much interest is manifested in the elegant specimens there found. 

 In the Report of the Garden Committee for 1874 the height of 

 some of the rarest specimens was given, and, in order that some 

 idea may be formed of the advance in the size of the trees, we 

 here repeat that table with the addition of the present height : 



