LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Boston Common in Winter Frontispiece 



The Old Elm's Descendent, a sprout from the 



famous elm which fell in 1876 . . , . facing page 2 



The Washington Elm at Cambridge 10 



The Lindens at Plymouth 18 



The Cushing Elm 26 



The Lakeville Elms ' 32 



Island Grove, Abington 34 



The Entrance to Island Grove 38 



The Eliot Oak 39 



The Avery Oak 48 



The Holliston Elms 54 



A Pair of Elms at South Chelmsford $s 



A Pair of Elms at Lincoln 56 



The Roby Elm 57 



The Cheever Walnut 58 



The Boxford Elm 60 



The Endicott Pear Tree 64 



The Harrington Elm 70 



The Elm at Monroe Tavern, Lexington 71 



The Old Willow at Concord 74 



The Elms in front of the Louisa May Alcott 



House, Concord, and Hawthorne's Grove 75 



