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Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Some old trees.—number 2 (search)
so many trees, in their desperate efforts to be comfortable, that the inhabitants protested. This fact and the lapse of time would make it highly improbable that even a single tree of the original woods is standing to-day. It would be safe to say that, with a few exceptions hereafter to be mentioned, all our trees have grown since the Revolution. Many will remember the beautiful trees which bordered the drive into the McLean Asylum grounds. These probably dated back to the time of Joseph Barrell, who sold the estate for a retreat for the insane in 1816. On Washington street, below the railroad bridge, there stood a row of elms of handsome proportions, which were sacrificed when that thoroughfare was widened in 1873-4. Before that time the car track was located next the sidewalk, and the elms were between it and the roadway. Above the bridge, near the corner of Medford street, once grew a tree of a very rare species for this part of the country, an English walnut. It was
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Index (search)
12. Angier, Ellen P 53. Anne Adams Tufts Chapter, D. A. R., 86. Appalachian Club, 36. Arlington, Mass., 7. Arnold Arboretum, 1, 8. Austin, Hannah S., 92, 96, 99. Austin, N., 13. Austin Street, 20, 22, 93. Ayer, John F., 53. Babcock, A., 13. Bacon, Moses, 82. Bacon, William H., 96. Bagnall, William R., 77, 78, 83. Bailey's Algebra, 98. Baker, , 52. Baker, Amos P., 67 Baker, Henry, 59. Banks Street, 62. Barker, Amos, 51. Barker, J., 12. Barnard, A., 12. Barrell, Joseph, 54. Barrett, Samuel, 17, 18, 20. Barry, J., 15. Bartlett, —, 100. Bates, Joshua, 71, 82. Battles, —--, 81. Baxter, George L., 53, 91. Baxter, Sylvester, 32. Beacon Hill, 2, 3. Beacon-Street Mall, 3. Beaver Brook, 8. Bennett, Clark, 78, 90. Bennett, Josiah Q., 53. Bent, Rev. N. T., 94. Berkeley Street, 57. Bigelow, Samuel, 17, 18, 51, 52. Blake's Philosophy, 98. Blanchard, Catherine, 47, 51. Blanchard, J., 12. Blodget, L., 15. Blue Hills, 32. Bonner, Capta