46 THE TREES OF AMERICA. 



PLATE YIII. 



THE WINCHESTER PINE, QN THE ESTATE OF. THE HON. F. O. PRINCE, 



WINCHESTER, MASS. 



We owe the presejv^tipn of this fine .tree to the good taste of Mr. Prince. 

 There is also much credit dne to this ; gentleman for the fostering care he has 

 bestowed upon the forest trees around-his mansion, .situated upon that beautiful 

 lake, which might well be called Silver Lake, so pure and bright are its waters. 

 The other dwellers upon the marge of the lake have also not only spared the 

 forest trees, but have done much to add to the natural beauties of the scene. 

 Among these, we may mention Hon. John A. BoUes, C. P. Curtis, Esq., and Mr. 

 Bellows, while. we are indebted to M.essrs. S. & H. Cutter and O. E. Clark for 

 the beautiful Willow Walk which skirts the head of the lake. Were we to 

 mention all the tree planters in Winchester, we should be obliged to record the 

 names of a large portion of its citizens. The very name of the town recalls the 

 memory of one who gave the means to preserve and hallow a forest cemetery — 

 as lovely a spot as one could desire to lie down to rest in when the battle of life 

 shall be ended. A few months since, the commander-in-chief of the British 

 army, with' many of England's chief nobility, with the inhabitants of a great 

 city, joined in a holiday to commemorate the gift of a piece of land to the people, 

 not many times larger, and certainly not more beautiful, than this we have here 

 referred to. And surely we may be allowed the privilege of showing, in some 

 degree, our appreciation of a similar act. Among those here who have done 

 much in the cultivation of fruit is Charles Mclntire, Esq., whose labors, with 

 others, we shall have occasion to notice- hereafter. 



The Winchester Pine is the White Pine — Pirnts strobus of the botanist. The 



