Price.] «3i4 [Dec. 15, 



wills of Cresson ami Michaux, through the Park Commission, and even 

 beyond thoso limits no doubt the Commission would consent for the public 

 Squares, streets and Institutions. 



Within the Park the Landscape Gardener will exert his skill to blend in 

 beauty the self-sown forests there growing, with artistic planting, as the 

 formation of new avenues and fresh grading will demand ; where the new 

 trees will be of kinds not native to our environs, and show in contrast the 

 hand of Art; but at the same time greatly add to the variety and novelty of 

 the trees and plants; so that the trees of the Park shall become a great 

 Arboretutii, and its flower beds become Botanic Gardens. Thus the land- 

 scape formed to please the taste, and the gardens to delight the eye, will 

 become Schools of Science for all scholars and citizens. For this end, each 

 section of the Park will be planted with the largest practicable variety of 

 trees and jilants. 



That the variety of these may be greatly increased, we have purchased the 

 trees exhibited in Horticultural Garden, and the gathering and planting of 

 acorns and tree seeds have had in view mainly to increase the number of 

 species, while providing the necessary stock whence to transplant trees 

 over our Park of nearly three thousand acres in extent. 



It is with pleasure I name those who have afforded the Committee cor- 

 dial aid in supplying trees, acorns and tree seeds for the Fairmount Park 

 during this Centennial year. They are. Dr. George B. Wood; Dr. George 

 Smith, of Delaware County; Isaac Martin; Thomas S. Chambers; Mr. 

 Smedley; Israel Lamborn, of Chester County; Dr. Kirkbride; Aubrey H. 

 Smith; Philip C. Garrett; Isaac F. Baker; Clarance H. Clark; Dr. Morris 

 Longstreth; Isaac Burke; George Stockham; Burnet Landreth; Thos. L. 

 Craig, of Philadelphia; David Marshall, of San Francisco; Rollo Nichols, 

 of Conn.; and Samuel Davenport, of South Australia, Commissioner to 

 the Centennial Exhibition. 



Through the latter the Committee received a collectionof tree seeds from 

 Tasmania; and have been informed of others on the way from South Aus- 

 tralia. Mr. Davenport hopes to furnish the seeds of a Mountain Eucalyp- 

 tus, with antimalarial potency, that will stand our climate. 



The acorns and tree seeds furnished to the Park Nurser^v, have been, 

 English White Oak, European Oak, Overcuj) White Oak, Post Oak, Chest- 

 nut White Oak, Weeping Oak, Willow Oak, Spanish Oak Acorns, Red 

 Oak, Scarlet Oak, Pin Oak, White Oak, Turkey Oak, Bartram Oaks. 



The American Ivj^, Yellow Locust, do., pseudaccasia, Kentucky Coffee 

 tree. Silver Ash, Black Ash, IIor.se Chestnuts ; Larch, European and 

 Americiin ; Nettle tree. Paw-paw, Magnc^lia, Flowering Crab Apple, Caro- 

 lina and Green Buckthorn, Firethorn, Dogwood, Silver Bell, Winterberry, 

 Blackliaw, Japan Callicarpa Cerulea, Skimmia Japonica; Cclastris Scan- 

 dens; ('liine.se Bignonia, Laburnums, Horse Chestnuts; White Birch, 

 English Ash, Catalpa, Tulip Tree, Elm, Oriental Plane Trees. 



Of Maples, Norway, Sycamore, Purple-leaved, Currant-leaved, Sugar 

 and Rock Sugar. 



