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place. It is growing in a perfectly natural manner, with- 

 out any pruning or cultivation whatever, and is now about 

 35 feet high and 2|- feet in circumference. The European 

 Larch, Larix Europea, and the American Larch, Larix 

 Americana, are well represented by excellent specimens. 

 The best of the former is now 108 feet high and 5 feet 4 

 inches in circumference ; whilst the latter, although com- 

 paratively young, is 40 feet high and 2f feet in circum- 

 ference. 



Among the Pines is a very good Jersey Pine, P. inops, 

 62 feet high and 3 feet in circumference. The Northern 

 Yellow Pine, P. mitis, is 90 feet high and 4 feet 8 inches 

 in circumference. Pitch Pine, P. rigida, although grow- 

 ing in a rocky situation with very little earth, is now 

 about 54 feet high and 4J feet in circumference. The best 

 White Pine, P. Strobus, a glorious tree, by the way, is 118 

 feet high and 7 feet in circumference. The Scotch Pine, 

 P. sylvestris, is about 35 feet high and 3 feet in circum- 

 ference. A very good specimen of the Maiden-Hair Tree, 

 or Japan Ginkgo, Salisburia adiantifolia, is to be seen in 

 this collection ; and, although perhaps somewhat inferior 

 to the old Hamilton trees, is 61 feet high and 3 feet 8 

 inches in circumference. The Deciduous Cypress, Taxo- 

 dium distichum, is one of the most attractive features in 

 these gardens, being about 125 feet high and 20 feet in cir- 

 cumference. The best American Arbor Vita3, Thuja oc- 

 cidentalis, is 52 feet high, and 3 feet 10 inches in circum- 

 ference; whilst the finest plant of the Chinese Arbor 

 Vita3, Biota Orientalis, is 25 feet high and 3 feet in cir- 

 cumference. The Bartram collection also embraces many 

 splendid specimens of deciduous trees. 



The second botanical garden in this country was located 

 at Marshallton, Chester Co., Pa., in the year 1773. 

 Humphrey Marshall, the proprietor of these grounds, was 

 a cousin to John Bartram ; and to his association and cor- 

 respondence with his talented relative may possibly be at- 



