RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



At "Torworth," the residence of Jus- 

 tus C. Strawbridge, and also at 

 "Blathewood," Joseph S. Lovering's 

 place adjoining, we have very fine 

 specimens of hemlock (tsuga canaden- 

 sis), as indeed we have in many parts 

 of Germantown, but our finest hem- 

 lock trees are in the Wissahickon, 

 where almost the entire southern bank 

 of its romantic stream is fringed by 

 this refreshing tree, and wherein are 

 groups or groves above Kitchen's or 

 Garsed's lane, above Allen's lane, at 

 Devil's Pool, beside Megargee's dam, 

 and near Rex avenue, plants ranging 

 from 1% to 2 feet In diameter and 

 from 60 to 80 feet in height. Also 

 near Rex avenue bridge is a specimen 

 hemlock of graceful proportions, hav- 

 ing a trunk 2^/^ feet in diameter and 

 rising to a height of 100 feet. 



Among our most interesting plants 

 are the native "Jersey pines," which 

 appear sparingly about Germantown. 

 With us are two varieties, that on 

 School House lane, opposite Gypsy 

 lane, and others in the same neighbor- 

 hood extending to the mouth of the 

 Wissahickon, are technically known as 

 pinus inops. 



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