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Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, The flora of Somerville (search)
five hundred acres, some places more, some lesse, not much troublesome for to cleere for the plough to goe in, no place barren but on the tops of the hills. He also says: The grass and weeds grow up to, a man's face in the lowlands. And the Rev. Mr. Higginson, writing of the settlements on Charles river, speaks of the abundance of grass that groweth everywhere, both very thick, very long, and very high in divers places. From these simple statements, it is not difficult to imagine the aspective best on such dry, glacial soil—oak, chestnut, maple, beech, and birch. The little valleys and the swamps, the tracts of sand and clay offered conditions favorable to the growth of many different kinds of trees, of which pine, according to, Higginson, was the most plentiful of all wood and the most useful to the colonists. Altogether, these formed a primeval forest whose extent and variety and solemn grandeur excited the wonder and the admiration of the newly-arrived Englishmen. But the n
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, A farewell song to the lane. (search)
ar houses now stand, furnished us with more interesting specimens than any other spot in West Somerville. Here Alewife brook separated the farm from Cambridge, and in the spring were found many water-loving plants, among others, the pitcher plant, that most curious of all New England wild flowers; the marsh marigold, the arrowhead, the forget-me-not, and the buck bean, perhaps the choicest and most beautiful wild flower then growing in Somerville, in spite of its commonplace name; and Colonel Higginson doubtless thought he lavished high praise on this dainty flower when he said it possessed a certain garden-like elegance. In all long-settled countries there is always a large class of plants that become naturalized and are as common, and often much more tenacious of life, than the original occupants of the soil. Many of these plants possess blossoms of real beauty, but they also include most of the common weeds, chickweed, mayweed, and pigweed, burdock and thistles, pursley and so
Historic leaves, volume 4, April, 1905 - January, 1906, Index (search)
19. Hawkins, Nathaniel, 20, 42, 63, 64. Hawkins, Samuel, 64. Hawkins, Sarah, 64. Hay, John, 21. Haywood, I., 73, 74. Henchman, Nathaniel H., 90. Henderson, Frank, 8. Hertzog's Religious Cyclopaedia, 2. Hessieltine, Major, 27. Higginson, Colonel T. W., 12. Higginson, Rev. Mr., 4, 5. High School, Somerville, 10. Hill, Abraham, 84. Hill, Elizabeth, 84. Hill, Ives, 47. Hill, Martha, 84. Hill, Solomon, 84. Hilton Head, 34, 36. Hitchings, Mrs., Augustus, 47. Hobbs, Miss, 97Higginson, Rev. Mr., 4, 5. High School, Somerville, 10. Hill, Abraham, 84. Hill, Elizabeth, 84. Hill, Ives, 47. Hill, Martha, 84. Hill, Solomon, 84. Hilton Head, 34, 36. Hitchings, Mrs., Augustus, 47. Hobbs, Miss, 97, 100. Hobgoblin Hall, 23. Holbrook, Abiah, 38. Holbrook, Abiah, Jr., 38. Holbrook, Mary Needham, 38. Holbrook, Samuel, 38. Holden, Oliver, 44. Holland, Silas H., 12. Hooper, Thomas, 90, 99, 100. Hopkinton, Mass., 86. Hoppin, Rev. Dr., 85. Hoppin, William, 82, 85. Hopping, Nicholas, 41. Howe, Lord, 86. Hurd, Benjamin, 65. Hurd, Benjamin. Jr., 20, 46, 63. Hurd, Joseph, 42, 63, 65, 66. Hurd. Josiah S., 90. Hutchinson, Samuel, 82, 85. Independent Christian Church, 1.