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of North America/' This gentleman, though then far 

 advanced in age and deprived of his eye-sight, con- 

 ducted me personally through his collection of interest- 

 ing trees and shrubs, pointing out many which were 

 then new to me, which strongly proved his attachment 

 and application to the science in former years, when his 

 vigour of mind and eye-sight were in full power. This 

 establishment, since the death of Mr. Marshall, (which 

 happened a few years ago,) has been, in some respects, 

 kept up by the family, but is now very much on the de- 

 cline, only a few old established trees being left as a me- 

 mento of what formerly deserved the name of a re- 

 spectable botanic garden. 



Near Philadelphia I found the botanic garden of 

 Messrs. John and William Bartram. This is likewise 

 an old establishment, founded under the patronage of 

 the late Dr. Fothergill, by the father of the now living 

 Bartrams. This place, delightfully situated on the banks 

 of the Delaware, is kept up by the present proprietors, 

 and probably will increase under the care of the son of 

 John Bartram, a young gentleman of classical educa- 

 tion, and highly attached to the study of botany. In 

 Mr. William Bartram, the well known author of '* Tra- 

 vels through North and South Carolina," I found a very 

 intelligent, agreeable, and communicative gentleman ; 

 and from him I received considerable information 

 about the plants of that country, particularly respect- 

 ing the habitats of a number of rare and interesting 

 trees. It is with the liveliest emotions of pleasure I 

 call to mind the happy hours I spent in this worthy 

 man's company, during the period 1 lived in his neigh- 

 bourhood. 



