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well to avoid eating it, although it is quite tempting. 

 In some places this plant is called ground hemlock. 



There are in gardens in Salem a number of trees be- 

 longing to the family described in this and the preceding 

 sketch, chiefly of oriental origin and of recent introduc- 

 tion, which have not been mentioned, as they are com- 

 paratively rare and would be of special interest only to 

 botanists. Mr. George Chase, of Lafayette street, has 

 given considerable attention to such trees, and an exam- 

 ination of his collection would, no doubt, be allowed to 

 those particularly desiring to do so. Mr. Robert Man- 

 ning has a number of unusual trees also, and others 

 are scattered over the city. Mrs. John C. Phillips, on 

 the estate at Wenham pond, has the largest collection 

 of coniferous trees in this neighborhood. They are 

 chiefly in economic plantations, and the largest trees are 

 perhaps ten to fifteen feet high. For the botanist, 

 however, the most extensive living collections in the 

 United States, of trees of this class, are available for 

 study, — those of Prof. Charles S. Sargent at Brookline, 

 and Mr. H. H. Hunnewell of Wellesley, whose hospit- 

 able gates are ever open to all who are students or 

 lovers of these interesting trees. The student of trees 

 of the next generation will have the benefit of the 

 large collections of the Arnold Arboretum, at West 

 Roxbury, located in the system of Boston's great park 

 scheme. This collection is gradually assuming form ; 

 and, although now of great interest on account of the 

 large number of species grown, will, in the course of 

 time, exhibit characteristic living specimens of every tree 

 from every portion of the globe that will endure the 

 climate of New England. 



September fikst. 



