RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



ron, had a canteloupe patch which the 

 "brickyard" boys well knew, and about 

 it I doubt not Philip Walters, and 

 George Redles — who having reached 

 years of discrimination, has now no 

 need to ask if it be "true that horses 

 when old never lie down" — can tell 

 you more than I. 



Baumann's great maple grew on 

 ground which once belonged to "White 

 Cottage," an estate at one time owned 

 by the Logans. Here lived Dr. Sam- 

 uel Betton, who was succeeded by his 

 son, Dr. Thomas Forrest Betton, the 

 friend of Rafinesque, and here under 

 Samuel Betton, its present occupant 

 and owner, William Kulp, well known 

 to many of us, has been many years 

 gardener. Recent changes have rob- 

 bed "White Cottage" of its seclusion, 

 but with it yet continue many beauti- 

 ful ivy-dressed trees, which spread 

 their branches over the grounds, in 

 season almost shielding the house 

 from view. 



Near General Wayne Hotel, on Man- 

 heim street, is a specially fine ailan- 

 thus (ailanthus glandulosus) 2^^ feet 

 in diameter of trunk, with a height of 

 50 feet, and at the Keyser-Rodney 

 House, Main and Duval streets, and on 



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