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Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Some old trees.—number 2 (search)
nsive roundelays at day's decline; Yet, e'en with these, the eye is sometimes fond Of resting on the pine, the isle, the pond. Continuing up Elm street, we come to the home of Timothy Tufts. Here are two large elm trees which were set out by Mr. Tufts' grandfather before the Revolution. On a knoll several rods back from Elm street is another old elm, notable for its size and thrifty condition, which was set out at or soon after the time he built a modest cottage there at his marriage in 1761. The tree is best seen from Banks street. Inquiry brings out the existence of another tree, a pear tree still bearing, which was also set out by Mr. Tufts' grandfather. A very large red cedar, whose trunk was more than a foot in diameter, once grew on Willow avenue not far away. From Willow avenue to Davis square was a tract known as Rand's woods. In the sixties it was a resort for enthusiasts in botany. A little further north, where the power-house now is, was another cedar pasture, o