LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



I. The old Fairbanks House in Dedham, Mass., 'biiilt in the 



Year 1636 ........ Frontispiece. 



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II. Ash-trees on the Banks of Turtle Pond, in Beverly . . 8 



III. Willows shading a Stream near a Bridge on Concord Turn- 



pike in Cambridge . . . ' . . . .26 



IV. Trees near Mystic "Pond in Medford, with their Foliage half 



developed .... .... 40 



V' Tupelo-trees in a Field near the " Outlet " on the old Essex 



Road ui Beverly . . . . .63 



VI. American Elm and old Homestead in Beverly, belonging to 

 William T. Trask, and in possession of the family of 

 Jonathan Cressy one hundred and twenty years. Elm 

 planted on the day of the Battle of Lexington . . 85 



VII. Cherry-trees near Isabel's Island in Beverly . . .97 



VIII. Apple-trees in the Nook of an old Orchard in Danvers . 116 



IX. Locust-trees on the Banks of Bass River in Beverly . . 136 



X. Old Oak on the Lynde Farm iu Wyoming, Melrose . . 159 



XI. A Pond surrounded by Pine Woods in Waltham . . 180 



XII. Chestnut on the Banks of Charles River near a Bridge in 



Weston 194 



