RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



sive linden resembling the linden in 

 Concord Burying Ground, and a pic- 

 turesque white pine, but these without 

 further mention we shall neglect to 

 stop briefly at Joseph Meehan's, on 

 Pleasant street, and at Meehans' nur- 

 sery on Main street, the latter once lo- 

 cated at the southeast corner of Mee- 

 han avenue, where numerous plants 

 now beautifying home streets and gar- 

 dens were first grown. 



Among Joseph Meehan's "wild 

 plants" is a handsome aster, discov- 

 ered by this botanist near Gettysburg, 

 Pa., a plant which for several years 

 has been growing in his garden. As 

 yet the "authorities" have not decided 

 upon a name, so we shall present it as 

 aster Meehani. 



Here also is a specimen of the rare 

 Franklin tree (gordonia pubescens), 

 and with the exception of a like speci- 

 men at Meehans' nurseries, and anoth- 

 er near Horticultural Hall, also one 

 raised by William De Hart and now 

 growing near Lansdowne, it is the fin- 

 est specimen I know. 



In our "Flora," I have referred to 

 the parent of this tree, which was a 

 scion of the plant brought from South 

 Carolina by William Bartram. The 



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