12 Old Time Gardens 



Quaker " lads and lasses " of the new world. Though 

 nothing came from this bequest, there was a later 

 fulfilment of Fox's hopes in the establishment of 

 a successful botanic garden in Philadelphia, and, in 

 the planting, growth, and flourishing in the province 

 of Pennsylvania of the loveliest gardens in the new 

 world ; there floriculture reached by the time of the 

 Revolution a very high point ; and many exquisite 

 gardens bore ample testimony to the " pride of life," 

 as well as to the good taste and love of flowers 

 of Philadelphia Friends. The garden at Grumble- 

 thorp, the home of Charles J. Wister, Esq., of 

 Germantown, Pennsylvania, shown on page 7, dates 

 to colonial days and is still flourishing and beautiful. 

 In 1728 was established, by John Bartram, in 

 Philadelphia, the first botanic garden in America. 

 The ground on which it was planted, and the stone 

 dwelling-house he built thereon in 173 1, are now 

 part of the park system of Philadelphia. A view 

 of the garden as now in cultivation is given on 

 page 9. Bartram travelled much in America, and 

 through his constant correspondence and flower 

 exchanges with distinguished botanists and plant 

 growers in Europe, many native American plants 

 became well known in foreign gardens, among them 

 the Lady's Slipper and Rhododendron. He was a 

 Quaker, — a quaint and picturesque figure, — and 

 his example helped to establish the many fine gar- 

 dens in the vicinity of Philadelphia. The example 

 and precept of Washington also had important in- 

 fluence ; for he was constant in his desire and his 

 effort to secure every good and new plant, grain, 



