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the many interesting particulars in culture, in pruning, and in chemical 

 experiments with manures. A single fact, that Dr. Lodge has cultivated the 

 strawberry for the past four years in hills, without removal, and with con- 

 tinuing good results, will be of special interest to cultivators who are jut-t 

 entering upon this mode of culture. Judging from the size of the plot, the 

 yield was about four thousand quarts per acre, for this the fourth year — the 

 plants indicating perfect health and vigor. This method is but an application 

 of Dr. Lodge's theory of pruning, which is the removal of all superfluous 

 wood, laterals or runners, forcing the plants to form fruit spurs, with the least 

 possible amount of wood, and no unnecessary foliage. This subject, so 

 interesting and practical, is quite beyond the limits of this Report. 



ESTATE OF E. S. RAND, JR. 

 On the 3d of July the Committee visited the residence of Mr. Edward S. 

 Rand, Jr. Mr. Rand's object in asking this examination was in order to 

 show what might be accomplished on a new place, in a short time, and with 

 little expense — three points of greatest importance. In the spring previous 

 the eight-acre lot was a wild thicket of oak, birch, juniper, and pitch and 

 white pine. The site, though uninviting at tlie commencement, was well 

 chosen, being remarkably undulating, and giving great variety of effect. 

 With a true appreciation of its capacities Mr. Rand has entered upon the 

 work of transforming this forest into a garden, with all the ardor of true love. 

 The main part of the work has been done with his own hands, before and 

 after office hours in Boston. It was surprising how great changes had been 

 made in so short time, and at such moderate cost. Instead of the pines and 

 blueberry bushes of the previous spring, we saw a garden of herbaceous 

 plants — a bed of strawberries — specimens of choice trees, such as Salisburia, 

 Magnolias, Liquidamber, Lycesteria, a hedgerow of Pyrus Japonica, and 

 many other evidences that the work of transformation was going on with 

 great skill and good judgment in every expenditure. It is in this respect that 

 the place is specially note-worthy, the results in all cases exceeding the 

 means used in producing them. From the piazza of the house we look up a 

 most charming stretch of the Charles River. Added to this, a wide sweep of 

 luxuriant interval gives an English picturesqueness of landscape rarely to be 

 equalled. This place, in the hands of one so enthusiastic and persevering in 

 his love of nature and her sciences, will surely be wortiiy of a visit in future 

 years. 



ESTATE OF E. S. RAND, SEN. 

 On the 4th of September your Committee visited the estate of Edward S. 

 Rand, Esq., which is also in Dedham, and about two miles distant from his son's 

 residence. Here we found the objects of interest totally dissimilar, the culture 

 of this estate being advanced almost to the limit of present art. Around, and 

 on the northerly side of the house, were extensive groups of Rhododendrons, 

 Kalmias, and Azaleas, in remarkably fine condition. Some specimens of the 



