RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



myrobolana, var. dissectum) ; halesia 

 Meehani or silver-bell, a species of 

 shrub or small tree bearing beautiful 

 white bell-shaped flowers; weeping 

 dog-wood (cornus F., var, pendula), 

 and rose-flowering dog-wood (cornus 

 F., var. flore rubro), all distinct varie- 

 ties originating at these widely known 

 and justly famed nurseries. 



I had thought to completely cover 

 our territory, but within the "time 

 limit" this I have found impossible. 

 There are many "estates" of merit 

 with us to which I have not referred, 

 and on them and elsewhere near 

 are many deserving plants and odd 

 growths I should like to introduce and 

 enlarge upon, such as a cherry (pru- 

 nus serotina) of immense proportions, 

 situated on Fisher's lane, near Lower 

 Burying Ground; a very fine silver- 

 bell tree on the grounds of George W. 

 Russell, Seymour street near Mor- 

 ris street; two beautiful elms on 

 Spencer's Farm, and standing near the 

 site of "Roberts' mill" on Church lane, 

 near Township Line road; the Henry 

 Lenhart memorial stone in Market 

 Square Church grounds, which since 

 the year 1830 has been enveloped by 

 the root growth of a silver maple, and 



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