attentive gardener, next pointed out to us a hybrid Scotch larch, a beautiful 

 tree, having a silvery drooping foliage ; a chance variety, it seems far supe- 

 rior to its parent. On the same path we noticed fine plants of the Ledum 

 buxifolium, thymifolium, and palustris ; also the beautiful Andromeda in 

 variety ; near the Ledum we found a small specimen of Washingtonia 

 gigantea, the famous great tree of California ; in foliage it resembles our 

 juniper, and is said to have proved hardy in New Jersey, but as yet it is 

 doubtful whether it will bear the severity of our winters. 



After resting awhile in a thatched rustic summer house, commanding a 

 fine view of the wooded points of the lake, we passed to the Italian garden, 

 where the well shorn terraces and uniquely clipped trees could not fail to 

 prove attractive and interesting ; thence turning towards the front of the 

 house we had our attention called to a fine Cornish elm, a weeping sophora, 

 and an ash-leaved maple, the latter a most beautiful tree. We must not 

 omit to mention the beauty of the specimens of fuchsia, standing on the 

 lono- piazzas, but for details of these we must refer to the report of the 

 Flower Committee. 



In conclusion, the Committee would not have it supposed that in a con- 

 densed report they can do justice to a place like Mr. Hunnewell's. What 

 has been written can only show what can be' accomplished in a short time, 

 by care, industry, and judicious expenditure of money. Six years ago Mr. 

 Hunnewell's estate was a pitch pine forest, the soil barren, and the place 

 only possessing the advantage of situation. By the judicious application of 

 manures, and the admixture of peat from a meadow near by with the native 

 sandy soil, it has been brought into its present fertile condition ; and the 

 Committee cannot refrain from expressing their entire satisfaction, not only 

 with the means employed, but also at the results, both apparent and pros- 

 pective. 



On Wednesday, July 8th, the Committee, by invitation of Henry W. 

 Fuller, Esq., Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, visited Woodlawn Cem- 

 etery in Maiden. The ground already laid out consists of about one hun- 

 dred acres, pleasingly diversified by hill and dale, and offering variety in 

 wood and meadow. 



Approaching the Cemetery from Chelsea we are at once struck with the 

 neatness which marks the roads and avenues. The entrance is through a 

 tasteful gateway, with porter's lodge on either side, and it is shaded by 

 trees, the original growth of the place. Turning to the right we were 

 pleased to observe the attention paid to flowering shrubs ; among which we 

 noticed deutzias, mahonias, azaleas, wegelia, and rhododendrons in great 

 variety ; the latter seem to grow in the greatest luxuriance, and, intermin- 

 gled with Kalmia latifolia, will soon in many places form large masses, the 

 effect of which cannot fail to be most striking and beautiful ; and the Com- 

 mittee cannot but express their surprise that these, two of our most lovely 

 and hardy flowering shrubs, alike beautiful in foliage and flower, should be 

 so rarely cultivated and so little known. 



The trees of Woodlawn form one of its distinguishing features ; they are 

 of every species which our woods afford, and those of foreign birth which 



