Boggy solitudes of Nantucket . wash in the N Nantucket in theold days, when thesheep were allowed toroam at will, and theraising of them wasan industry secondonly to that of whal-i n g, ten thousandsheep would be gath-ered to the shear-pensnear the ^ classicshores of Miacometpond and the clip- for theping. In 1876 Mr. Henry Coffin planted someScotch pines and larches near the are now a lovely grove, and the homeof two kinds of Scotch heather—the Callunavulgaris and the cross-leaved heath. A son 87 88 BOGGY SOLITUDES OF NANTUCKET of Mr. Coffin tells me that when a boy hehelped his fat
Boggy solitudes of Nantucket . wash in the N Nantucket in theold days, when thesheep were allowed toroam at will, and theraising of them wasan industry secondonly to that of whal-i n g, ten thousandsheep would be gath-ered to the shear-pensnear the ^ classicshores of Miacometpond and the clip- for theping. In 1876 Mr. Henry Coffin planted someScotch pines and larches near the are now a lovely grove, and the homeof two kinds of Scotch heather—the Callunavulgaris and the cross-leaved heath. A son 87 88 BOGGY SOLITUDES OF NANTUCKET of Mr. Coffin tells me that when a boy hehelped his father plant several thousand trees,with the thought that they would improve theland. These trees were bought at a Westernnursery, and arrived with the roots wrappedin moss. In the moss there must have beenseeds of the little heather, for very soon thetwo kinds were found growing there. Thecross-leaved heath has its delicate pink clus-tered flowers along the mossy green stems,w^hile the delicate pink bells of the callunaheather
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