...Samuel Tufts Frost about 1830. He carried them on his shoulder from the place where they grew. A former resident of Laurel street remembers a large elm tree which loomed up from the vicinity of Dane 's ledge, not probably very old, but noticeable, springing up from such unlikely surroundings. The elm on Somerville avenue, near the foot of Central street, is one of the oldest in Somerville, an...