TREES AND SHRUBS OF THE COURT HOUSE 

 LAWX, !vfEDIA. 



Through the interest taken in the matter by Hon. William 

 B. Broomall, one of the Common Pleas Judges of Delaware 

 County, the County Commissioners have recently arranged with 

 this Institute to have the trees and shrubs of the Court House 

 lawn properly named and permanently labelled. While not 

 an extensive collection, it is of considerable variety and inter- 

 est. There are some horticultural varieties in the list, and for 

 this and other reasons it was decided to have the naming done 

 by an expert nurser}-man. This has now been done, and 

 appropriate labels are in preparation. These labels are to 

 bear both the English and the technical names. It will be 

 noted that the Latin names, as given in the subjoined list, 

 are without cited authorities. This is possibly in accordance 

 with horticultural usage, and for the pur|30se in view will 

 scarcely lead to confusion, serving well enough in fact, how 

 far soever it may fall short of the standard set for naming 

 plants in formal scientific publications. Three trees and a 

 few shrubs still await the flowering season for the determina- 

 tion of their specific names. 



The present Court House dates from about the year 1850, 

 at which time the County Seat was removed from Chester to 

 Media. Many of the trees in the lawn were planted in the 

 autumn of 1S51 by Charles F. Hewes, still living at Fairview, 

 Delaware County, at the age of eighty-two. He has recently 

 given to Mr. C. Howard Lungren, of Swarthmore, Pa., a 

 gentleman interested in the work of the Institute, the follow- 

 ing particulars : — 



Jacob Hewes. the father of the present Mr. Hewes, was a 

 nursenman, his place being on the west side of Chester Pike, 

 between Crum Creek and Eddy stone, on what is now the 

 M&Ilvain tract. The trees were planted by Mr. Hewes, acting 

 for his father, and under the direction of William Trainer, 



