RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



ceived the attention of visitors, who 

 have had opportunity for observation 

 abroad. About ten years ago, George 

 Nicholson, curator of the Royal Bo- 

 tanical Gardens of Kew, London, was 

 the guest of Prof. Thomas Meehan, 

 and spent some time here. After 

 leaving he said: 



"Germantown is a place which ev- 

 ery foreigner interested in American 

 trees should visit, as the people of 

 this suburb of Philadelphia one hun- 

 dred years ago were especially inter- 

 ested in the introduction and cultiva- 

 tion of rare trees, and the first culti- 

 vated specimens of several American 

 trees were originally planted here, 

 and may still be seen. The roads of 

 Germantown are shaded with beauti- 

 ful rows of native trees, and behind 

 them stretch the green lawns of in- 

 numerable villas." 



John Walter, editor of the London 

 'Times, while here expressed similar 

 views, and many other visitors and 

 writers who passed through German- 

 town have left us a record of their 

 "impressions." 



To name all our worthy plants were 

 a hopeless task, and one which I shall 

 not attempt. Our efforts shall be 



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