RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



of cut-leaved maple (acer J. dissectum 

 a.) I have ever seen. 



Passing the residence and one-time 

 garden of the "annalist" John Fanning 

 Watson, we now turn in Penn street 

 to visit "Ivy Lodge," the home of John 

 Jay Smith, whose long, useful life was 

 here lived, where much of his best 

 work was done, and from whence he 

 departed to the habitations of the "just 

 made perfect." "Ivy Lodge" is of in- 

 terest in many ways, but we shall 

 stop only to mention a sun-dial with a 

 noted inscription associated with Sten- 

 ton, and one of two original "constable 

 boxes" which once did service for the 

 "borough," the other box being pre- 

 served at Manheim, — and present a few 

 plants. Both dial and box are con- 

 spicuous objects in the garden, and 

 surrounding them are some of the 

 rarest shrubs and trees in our midst. 

 Far more than I am here able to give, 

 credit is due Miss Elizabeth P. Smith, 

 a daughter of John J. Smith. At "Ivy 

 Lodge" is a specially fine specimen of 

 weeping beech (fagus H. var. pendula), 

 a memorial red oak (quercus rubra) 

 planted by Miss Smith's mother, and 

 an immense black oak (quercus nigra). 

 Also here once grew a notable juniper 



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