68 THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 



On leaving the house from the southern doorway may 

 be seen a narrow gravel walk, closed in on either side by a 

 row of rare specimens of fir trees, pines, oaks, etc. Here is 

 the celebrated Bartram oak, Q. heterophylla.^ There may be 

 seen also two fine specimens of boxwood sent to John Bar- 

 tram by the Earl of Bute, from Smyrna and Turkey, 

 respectively. 



The box-trees planted about the house are of such 

 enormous size that they interfere with all views, and near the 

 upper corner of the house is a thorn (Christ thorn) sent by Col- 

 linson, and near the south end is the pear tree, already 

 referred to. Probably two of the most curious objects to be 

 seen in the garden is the old cider press, situated on the banks 

 of the river, drilled out of a solid piece of rock, and the grotto 

 in the woods to one side of the house. The grave where 

 Harvey, the slave, is buried lies to the south-east of the house, 

 along the river front, the head-stone being almost entirely 

 destroyed by relic hunters before the city bought the 



property, t 



Dr. James Mease, writing in 1810, said that Bartram's 

 garden contained about eight acres. ''From the house 

 there is a gentle descent to the river Schuylkill, from the 

 banks of which a fine prospect opens of that river and of 

 rich meadows up and down on both sides. The Delaware 

 is also seen at a distance. The garden contains many of 

 the tall southern forest trees, which have been successfully 

 introduced by the father or his son William, and have been 

 naturalized." 



* Quercus heterophylla Michaux f. Hist. Am. 2 : 87 pi. 16, the Bartram Oak, 

 probably a hybrid of Q Phellos with Q rubra, but perhaps a distinct species, inter- 

 mediate in leaf and fruit character between the two, occurs from Staten Island to 

 North Carolina. 



t Now carefully marked. 



