RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



the larch of David Pancoast at High 

 and Baynton streets, by that of "Fair- 

 field," of "Upsala," and several others. 

 Silver birch and other trees of supe- 

 rior merit are here, and also here is a 

 fine white pine, while in sight is a 

 number of specimens of the same spe- 

 cies at Middleton's on Limekiln pike. 

 Among the best plants at National 

 Cemetery is an arbor vitae (thuja oc- 

 cidentalis) group of 12 feet in diam- 

 eter spread and a 30-feet height, and 

 an exceedingly fine specimen of reti- 

 nospora plumosa. 



At one time there were several fine 

 trees on Christopher Ludwig's farm, 

 Haines street, near Chew street, but 

 the best of these have disappeared, 

 and there now remains but mediocre 

 plane and walnut trees to halt us at 

 the house of Washington's doughty 

 baker general, who spent here several 

 years of his honest life, and who from 

 his "labors" rests in St. Michael's Lu- 

 theran Churchyard. Opposite "Lud- 

 wig Farm" is "Awbury," containing 

 the homes of John S. Haines, Thomas 

 P. Cope, Francis R. Cope and other 

 members of well-known families of 

 like name, where are many 

 rare and beautiful plants. From 



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