RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



ment so absurd as to require no con- 

 sideration. 



This brings us to days which Rob- 

 ert Thomas and Joseph Murter, ven- 

 erable residents living with us, re- 

 member, and we shall now endeavor 

 to follow the development of our many- 

 fine estates enriched by mansions, 

 gardens, rare shrubs and notable 

 trees, and with these note as much 

 as we possess or remember of data 

 and lore as may give promise of in- 

 terest. 



To me it is extremely interesting 

 that original holdings are yet held by 

 families whose ancestors first occu- 

 pied them, and I doubt if there be an- 

 other settlement in America where 

 uninterruptedly so many generations 

 have occupied the same ground. 

 Names which come readily to mind 

 are Pastorius, Logan, Rittenhouse, 

 Johnson, Keyser, and a group of other 

 names of early settlers represented 

 by the Wisters. Yet we have with us 

 "Wyck," its original house built by 

 Hans Millan its original settler, 

 standing surrounded by its original 

 garden, and its occupant and owner. 

 Miss Jane R. Haines, a direct descend- 

 ant of its first owner — a house whose 



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