THE HISTORIC TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 



from the trunk the circumference is nearly 

 thirty feet. 



There are yet other trees in historic Con- 

 cord, but they belong to a later time, and are 

 associated with the years of peace and ac- 

 complishment rather than with those of war. 

 They seem to have been more cherished than 

 any of the others. The writer refers to the 

 two old elms in front of the Louisa May 

 Alcott house, and the little grove of pines 

 and spruces just beyond it. Under the shade 

 of the elms once lived the author of "Little 

 Women," and among the whispering pines 

 Hawthorne walked, thought and wrote, or 

 conversed with his friend Thoreau. 



The elm at the left of the door as the 

 visitor approaches the old house is thirteen 

 feet in circumference, and the one at the 

 right is fifteen feet. Their height is about 

 sixty-five feet. The spread of the branches 

 is not imposing, as one of the trees has lost 

 nearly half of its limbs. 



The pines and spruces are tall, with 

 clean boles and healthy crowns; within 

 their deepest shades an attractive boulder 



