RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



it was planted by Samuel B. Morris ; at 

 Dr. Ashton's on West School House 

 lane, where there is a majestic tree, 

 and several others worthy a visit are 

 in this immediate neighborhood. Rare 

 specimens may also be seen at spring- 

 house on Cresheim road, above Allen's 

 lane; at William Dewees spring-house 

 at the bend in the upper Wissahickon, 

 where grow two fine specimens; at 

 "Spring Bank," the residence of John 

 Welsh, where is a perfect plant, 

 4 feet in diameter and 100 feet high; 

 and two trees in Wissahickon avenue, 

 near "Fern-hill" entrance, one 6 feet in 

 diameter, 100 feet rise, with a spread 

 of 80 feet, and the other about its 

 equal, are the finest plane trees we 

 have. 



At National Cemetery, Haines street 

 and Limekiln pike, are many beautiful 

 trees, though but few of unusual size 

 or rarity. Here are fair specimens of 

 ginko (salisburia adiantifolia), but 

 not equal to the ginkos of Edward 

 Hacker, Wister street; Charles J. Wis- 

 ter. Main street; Lloyd Mifflin, Penn 

 street; Benjamin H. Shoemaker, Mill 

 street; and that of Alfred C. Harrison, 

 at Thorpe's lane. Chestnut Hill. Larch 

 (larix Americana), but surpassed by 



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