RARB AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



are superior specimens of barberry 

 (berberis vulgaris), weeping dog- 

 wood (cornus F. variety pendula), com- 

 mon beech (fagus ferruginea), a fine 

 specimen of Virginian fringe tree 

 (chionantbus Virginica), and a larch 

 of perfect proportions, 2 feet in diam- 

 eter and 40 feet high. To compare 

 with these, along Wingohocken creek, 

 immediately north of the "Rocky 

 Mountains" in Meehans' nurseries, 

 is a grove of fringe trees very beauti- 

 ful when in flower, and at Manheim 

 there is a magnificent larch, 2 feet in 

 diameter of trunk, rising to a height 

 of 80 feet. 



The finest larch in Germantown 

 once stood on the grounds of Hugh 

 McLean, corner of Carpenter lane and 

 Cresheim road, but this great tree a 

 few years ago unfortunately met its 

 fate. 



At Thomas Jones', Manheim street 

 and Wissahickon avenue, is a holly 

 (ilex opaca) 15 feet high, with a spread 

 of 15 feet, a beautiful specimen, but 

 equaled by two notable plants at Ver- 

 non, and surpassed by Wister Price's 

 specimen on Manheim grounds, a tree 

 having a trunk 1% feet in diameter, 25 

 feet high, with a branch spread of 20 



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