RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



Penn, is no more, having gone the 

 way of 'all the earth." 



Until a few years ago there was on 

 the grounds of Colonel Galloway C. 

 Morris, on East Tulpehocken street, a 

 very fine cedar of Lebanon, but this 

 to make room for improvements was 

 destroyed. A "cut" of this plant, how- 

 ever, survives, and with a description 

 may be seen in Vol. I, page 39, of Mee- 

 hans' Monthly. Our best and most 

 notable cedars of Lebanon stand in 

 North Laurel Hill Cemetery, and these 

 grown under the care of John Jay 

 Smith are said not to be excelled in 

 America. 



I wonder how many who pass up and 

 down Main street, or who visit the 

 Friends' Library, notice the trees at 

 "Friends' Meeting." To me these are 

 always a delight, and I love to look 

 back into the spacious, restful 

 grounds, for here and wherever these 

 "meetings" are is a picture of peace. 

 We all are apt to know more about 

 "green hills" far away than of those 

 immediately before us, for the things 

 at hand often appear ordinary, while 

 those heard of or seen under unusual 

 conditions are rated by an exalted 

 measure. 



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