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Wm. Sutton, now the Peabody Old Ladies' Home, and 

 a larger tree in the old garden of the late John Lewis 

 Russell on Lafayette street. There are a number of 

 these trees also in the Public Garden in Boston. 



Opposite the door of No. 46 Washington Square, 

 just inside the common fence and overhanging it, is a 

 small tree of the virgilia or yellow-wood (Cladrastris 

 tinctoria). This tree bears fragrant blossoms resem- 

 bling those of the locust. It is a native of the Alleghany 

 mountain region, and often attains considerable size 

 even in this neighborhood where it has been cultivated 

 for many years. When not in flower this particular 

 tree might be mistaken for an ash, and it does not seem 

 to be in its best condition, for the soil and shade from 

 the elms near it appear to be unfavorable to its growth. 

 There is another tree of this species in Mr. Dugan's 

 garden on Dearborn street. 



There is no tree which for beauty of blossom can 

 compare with the apple (Pynis mains) coming as it 

 does in a season of most perfectly contrasting spring 

 green. A tree in Bott's Court, seen from Chestnut 

 street, and the group of apples in Mr. L. E. Millea's 

 place in Hathorne street, made as fine a show of blossoms 

 this year as any trees in the countryside about Salem. 

 A street car ride to Asylum and a ramble about the 

 hill, or, for a more extended journey, a drive to North 

 Andover by the way of the old turnpike and .back by 

 Boxford and Topsfield, should be put down as an annual 

 field day at the apple blossom season, not to be omitted. 

 The largest apple trees which I have noticed in this 

 neighborhood, are two old ones in Putnamville, on the 

 westerly side of the road beyond the Sears place. They 

 are nearly 12 feet in circumference. The story of our 



