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[[underlined]]The Henry Coffin Garden[[/underlined]], [[underlined]]on the Island of Nantucket[[/underlined]].

^[[*]]The wealth brought from the seas by the whaling industry flowered in the gardens of the Island of Nantucket as well as on the Massachusetts coast. The name of the Coffin family spells history on the island, for Peter, the son of the first pioneer, Tristam Coffin, built in 1686 what is now known as the "Oldest House", and which is still standing on Sunset Hill.

^[[*]][[underlined]]18[[/underlined]]. In 1833, Henry Coffin, descendant of the original family, built his house and garden. The house stood on the street line and the grounds extended to the street in the rear. To this Henry Coffin, the island owes its abundance of ivy, the magnificent elms on Main Street, the larch trees and the carefully tended Scotch heather.

The slide shows another Coffin garden, the one given by Zenas Coffin to his daughter, Mary Coffin Swift. It was laid out in 1820 and is now owned and cared for by ^[[a]] Mrs. Summers.