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in The Westonian, Vol. 30, No. 4, Autumn, 1929. In this article 
Mr. Palmer records the fact that this area, part of a tract of some 
800 acres or more, was, in 1929, in the ownership of Mr. John J. 
Tyler, of Germantown (Philadelphia), a nephew of the Painter 
brothers. As of 1936 Mr. Gerard Ronon, of Philadelphia, was 
Trustee of the property. Our questionnaire was not returned. 
MERION 
ARBORETUM OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION 
Merion, Montgomery Co. 
Established: 1923. Area: 11 acres. 
Director: Mrs. A. C. Barnes (1923- Ve 
aaa ee request, free. Source of income: Barnes Founda- 
tion. See article by Frank A. Schrepfer, The Arboretum of the 
Barnes Focedaion (Landscape Architecture 25: 21-26. Oct. 
1935.) Library: 225 volumes. Plantations: Systematic and hor- 
ticultural. Lectures to school children from time to time. 
PHILADELPHIA 
AWBURY ARBORETUM 
Germantown, Philadelphia 
Established: 1918. Area: 65 a 
Directors: Arthur W. Cowell (1919-1935) ; Howard S. Kneedler, 
Jr. (1935- 
Serves as a public park. Open free, daily, from sunrise to 
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sunset. Source of income: Endowment fund and subscriptions. 
Fruticetum: Shrubs not segregate 
BARTRAM’S GARDEN 
Founded 1728 (some writers give 1731), by John Bartram, on 
the banks of the Schuylkill River, at what is now 54th St. and East- 
wick Ave., Philadelphia. Often referred to as the first botanic 
garden in the Colonies. It was continued by William Bartram, son 
of John, after the latter’s death, but discontinued and abandoned 
about the end of the 18th century. In 1891 the site was acquired 
by the City of Philadelphia, and in 1923 was placed under the 
Fairmount Park Commission to be administered as a_ historic 
