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tree at the corner of Pleasant and Bridge streets, but 

 its symmetry has been impaired by the stringing of 

 wires for the electric cars. There is also a fine tree in 

 the yard of the Joshua Ward house on Washington 

 street, — but it probably was not planted until after 

 Washington made the house historic by passing the 

 night there, — and there are many others in various parts 

 of the city. In the yard of the Nichols house. No. 80 

 Federal street, and in front of the Chase house, No. 22 

 on the same street, are trees of the purple variety of 

 the sweet buckeye (tEscuIus flava purpurascens), one 

 of the Ohio buckeyes. These are called here scarlet 

 horse-chestnuts, and any one desiring to have this 

 variety would do well to plant seeds from these trees, 

 as they would be quite sure of hardy plants. There 

 are on Boston Common several trees of a red-flowered 

 horse-chestnut, which is a garden hybrid and closely 

 resembles the common white horse-chestnut. It prob- 

 ably originated in some European garden. 



Our maples are among the most attractive trees we 

 have, either in cultivation or in the wild state. The 

 first to flower is the white maple (Acer dasycarpum) 

 which, with the red maple (Acer rubrum), flowers be- 

 fore the leaves appear — the other maples flowering with 

 the leaves, or after the leaves have developed. The 

 white maple has the most divided leaves of any of the 

 maples, and is decidedly the most graceful among them 

 in habit. There are many trees of this species in South 

 Salem, near Mr. H. M. Brooks' house on Lafayette 

 street, on Summit avenue, and elsewhere. There is 

 one on Andrew street, on the southern side, the third 

 tree from Washington Square, and a large tree stands 

 near Mr, Davis' house. No. 70 Bridge street. It grows 



