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Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Some old trees.—number I (search)
under their branches a hundred years or more later as we have when we plant for the future on Arbor Day. Of the other trees on Boston Common, the oldest are those in the Beacon street mall, set out in 1815 or 1816. This was the mall which Doctor Holmes so loved, where the Autocrat and the Schoolmistress were walking that famous morning when they decided to take the long path for life, together. This mall was also the scene of the farewell parade of the regiment which afterward covered its counted the rings and found they numbered seven hundred and fifty. So that Agassiz' estimate that they must be in the neighborhood of a thousand years of age was not far wrong. The distinguishing mark of the oak is its horizontal branching. Dr. Holmes has spoken of this and says: All the rest of the trees shirk the work of resisting gravity; the oak alone defies it. It chooses the horizontal direction for its limbs, so that their whole weight may tell, and stretches them out fifty or sixty f
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Officers of Somerville historical society (search)
Hawes First Vice-PresidentLevi L. Hawes Second Vice-PresidentJames F. Whitney Third Vice-PresidentJohn F. Ayer TreasurerSeth Mason Recording SecretaryMrs. William B. Holmes Corresponding SecretaryMrs. Ella P. Hurd Librarian and CuratorAlfred M. Cutler Council at large Charles D. ElliotMiss Anna P. VinalL. Roger W Charles D. Elliot, 59 Oxford St.L. L. Hawes, 164 Highland Ave. John H. Dusseault, 42 Sargent Ave.Miss Mary A. Haley, 117 Summer St. Hospitality William B. Holmes, 60 Heath St.Mrs. L. B. Pillsbury, 17 Dartmouth St. Mrs. William B. Holmes, 60 HeathSt. Mrs. H. M. Heald, 438 Broadway Mrs. F. D. Lapham, 3 Hathorn St. Mrs. William B. Holmes, 60 HeathSt. Mrs. H. M. Heald, 438 Broadway Mrs. F. D. Lapham, 3 Hathorn St. Necrology Professor D. L. Maulsby, 80 Curtis St.Miss E. A. Waters, 132 Perkins St. Rev. Francis A. Gray, 19 Dartmouth St. Historic Sites Joseph O. Hayden, 174 Summer St.Charles D. Elliot, 59 Oxford St. Aaron Sargent, 290 Broadway Essays and Addresses John F. Ayer, WakefieldMiss Florence E. Carr, 89
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Some old trees.—number 2 (search)
s in Somerville? Yes, a goodly number. It is difficult to find out the exact facts in many cases, but, counting individual trees, there are over forty which are at least 125 years old, and some of them must be older. Half of the number are red cedars, which may be found in West Somerville and in the neighborhood of Albion street, the location which was formerly known as Polly Swamp. They look worn and dusty beside the fresh foliage of the deciduous trees, and bring to mind the lines of Dr. Holmes:— Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both looking and feeling queer. No doubt they are more than a hundred years old. Many of them are remembered by old residents in other parts of the city. One remembers them at the corner of Highland avenue and Walnut street, and adds, They were considered a natural growth. A few trees, mostly elms, were silent witnesses of the events of the Revolution which took place on Somerville soil. Many, not now st
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Officers of Somerville historical society (search)
Hawes First Vice-PresidentLevi L. Hawes Second Vice-PresidentJames F. Whitney Third Vice-PresidentJohn F. Ayer TreasurerSeth Mason Recording SecretaryMrs. William B. Holmes Corresponding SecretaryMrs. Ella P. Hurd Librarian and CuratorAlfred M. Cutler Council at large Charles D. ElliotMiss Anna P. VinalL. Roger W Charles D. Elliot, 59 Oxford St.L. L. Hawes, 164 Highland Ave. John H. Dusseault, 42 Sargent Ave.Miss Mary A. Haley, 117 Summer St. Hospitality William B. Holmes, 60 Heath St.Mrs. L. B. Pillsbury, 17 Dartmouth St. Mrs. William B. Holmes, 60 HeathSt. Mrs. H. M. Heald, 438 Broadway Mrs. F. D. Lapham, 3 Hathorn St. Mrs. William B. Holmes, 60 HeathSt. Mrs. H. M. Heald, 438 Broadway Mrs. F. D. Lapham, 3 Hathorn St. Necrology Professor D. L. Maulsby, 80 Curtis St.Miss E. A. Waters, 132 Perkins St. Rev. Francis A. Gray, 19 Dartmouth St. Historic Sites Joseph O. Hayden, 174 Summer St.Charles D. Elliot, 59 Oxford St. Aaron Sargent, 290 Broadway Essays and Addresses John F. Ayer, WakefieldMiss Florence E. Carr, 89
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Officers of Somerville historical society (search)
Hawes First Vice-PresidentLevi L. Hawes Second Vice-PresidentJames F. Whitney Third Vice-PresidentJohn F. Ayer TreasurerSeth Mason Recording SecretaryMrs. William B. Holmes Corresponding SecretaryMrs. Ella P. Hurd Librarian and CuratorAlfred M. Cutler Council at large Charles D. ElliotMiss Anna P. VinalL. Roger W Charles D. Elliot, 59 Oxford St.L. L. Hawes, 164 Highland Ave. John H. Dusseault, 42 Sargent Ave.Miss Mary A. Haley, 117 Summer St. Hospitality William B. Holmes, 60 Heath St.Mrs. L. B. Pillsbury, 17 Dartmouth St. Mrs. William B. Holmes, 60 HeathSt. Mrs. H. M. Heald, 438 Broadway Mrs. F. D. Lapham, 3 Hathorn St. Mrs. William B. Holmes, 60 HeathSt. Mrs. H. M. Heald, 438 Broadway Mrs. F. D. Lapham, 3 Hathorn St. Necrology Professor D. L. Maulsby, 80 Curtis St.Miss E. A. Waters, 132 Perkins St. Rev. Francis A. Gray, 19 Dartmouth St. Historic Sites Joseph O. Hayden, 174 Summer St.Charles D. Elliot, 59 Oxford St. Aaron Sargent, 290 Broadway Essays and Addresses John F. Ayer, WakefieldMiss Florence E. Carr, 89