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form of local societies cannot be advantageously brought 

 to bear, and it was with much pleasure that the results 

 of his efforts were examined and his hospitality enjoyed 

 on the occasion of our visit. 



The statement herewith appended is a modest and brief 

 explanation upon which the writer will endeavor to en- 

 large. 



Mr. Hawkes' residence and farm are situated a short 

 distance east of the Montrose station on that branch of 

 the Western Division of the Boston & Maine R. R. which 

 connects Boston with Essex county via Lynnfield, Pea- 

 body and Salem, and which runs through a tract of coun- 

 try that nature has made beautiful and healthful by its 

 rolling, elevated, and picturesque land, which has the 

 white pine, some hemlocks and a few red pine, pitch pine, 

 a variety of oaks and maples, ashes, some chestnuts and 

 elms, walnuts and white birches, locusts and red cedars 

 among its prominent natural growth of trees. It is a 

 country that well deserves to become more developed as 

 homes with cultivable land around them. Such briefly 

 describes the character of that part of Essex county in 

 Mr. Hawkes' neighborhood. The railr ad management 

 is evidently making efforts to attract and accommodate 

 such citizens as will make their homes on its line. In 

 driving for either business or pleasure, such pleasing and 

 sheltering lines of trees as your committee found on the 

 highway passing through Mr. Hawkes' farm, must always 

 be appreciated by the public, as well as be a delight in 

 varied ways to those who have wisely done the planting, 

 and show a farsightedness as to the value of such plant- 

 ing. Let those, whose roadsides offer no shade to the 

 passer-b} T , plan before another spring to plant, at least, on 

 the more sunny side of their streets, such deciduous trees 

 as are best adapted to their soil, which shall in good time 

 afford shelter from the sun's rays, and beautify the land- 

 scape during the summer seasons. 



By reference to the appended statement it will be 



