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taiy. under date of June 29tli, that Mr. James Flint of 

 Middleton, had entered his planting of trees for premium. 



Your chairman immediately wrote to Mr. Flint to make 

 an eailv appointment to visit liis home, but affliction in 

 Mr. Flint's family made delay necessar}^, and for various 

 reasons, the vinsit to his trees was necessarily postponed 

 until Thursday, October 8th. 



The morning of this day was cold and stormy but your 

 chairman made a second visit to Mr. Flint's, the first visit 

 having been an infoi-mal inspection, Mr. Flint's home be- 

 ins; within driving distance. No others of the committee 

 were on the ground at the appointed hour, and the follow- 

 ing report is entirely by your chairman. 



Mr. Flint's house is not far from the Paper Mills station 

 on the Salem and Lowell Branch of the Boston and Maine 

 system, just beyond that lovely bit of scenery which 

 greets the eye as the bridge over the Ipswich river at 

 that point is crossed. It is seldom that a prettier bit of 

 such scenery, trees overhanging a lovel}^ river, is found 

 this side of the mountains. 



The house is at the meeting of three roads and affords 

 excellent opportunit}^ for varied planting and treatment. 

 One road leads to Palem about eight miles, one to North 

 Reading three miles, and one to Middleton Village two 

 and one half miles. 



Mr. Flint's efforts and interest in the protection and 

 decoration of his place by trees, began a number of years 

 ago, and he takes great pleasure in them. 



There were over forty rock maples along parts of the 

 roadside looking well, that had been set thirty to forty 

 years and which came from New Hampshire. 



On the road leading towards Middleton, there were 

 about thirty Honey Locusts which were raised from seed 

 that Mr. Flint planted. 



He had twenty elms and two lindens. 



Mr. Flint sets an example well worth noting when he 

 plants pine trees on the windward side of the road to 

 keep back the snow in the winter season. It seems to the 



