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into the interior of Canada. After the peace of 1762, 

 when both the Floridas were apportioned to Great 

 Britain, Bartram received a commission from the King 

 to visit those two provinces. Contrary to his own pur- 

 pose his journal was published, but Bartram should 

 not be judged by that dry record. Whoever wishes 

 more information regarding him may find it in Hector 

 St. John's Sketches of American Manners. The Bar- 

 tram garden is situated on an extremely pleasant slope 

 across the Schuylkill and not far from its junction with 

 the Delaware. An old but neat house of stone, on the 

 river side supported rather than adorned by several 

 granite pillars, was the residence of this honored and 

 contented old man. The son, the present owner of the 

 garden, follows the employments of his father, and 

 maintains a very respectable collection of sundry North 

 American plants, particularly trees and shrubs, the 

 seeds and shoots of which he sends to England and 

 France at a good profit. He is not so well known to 

 the botanical world as was his father, but is equally 

 deserving of recognition. When young he spent sev- 

 eral years among the Florida Indians, and made a col- 

 lection of plants in that region ; his unprinted manu- 

 script on the nations and products of that country 

 should be instructive and interesting. In the small 

 space of his garden there are to be found assembled 

 really a great variety of American plants, among others, 

 most of their vines and conifers, species of which very 

 little is generally known. The Sarracenia and several 

 other marsh growths do very well here in dry beds 



and therefore at one time indispensable on all important occa- 

 sions as interpreter and coadjutor. 



