RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



riety, such as may be seen on Bayn- 

 ton street, near Walnut lane, at Chel- 

 ten avenue and Godfrey street, and at 

 many places elsewhere; Kilmarnock 

 willows and "weeping plants" innu- 

 merable; rare plants at Miller & 

 Yates'; the celebrated "paragon chest- 

 nut" of William L. Schaeffer, a variety 

 of Spanish chestnut (castanea vesca) 

 which originated on what is now the 

 Institution for the Deaf and Dumb 

 grounds, and obtained wide celebrity; 

 fern-leaved beech (fagus, var. asplen- 

 ifolia) at Edward S. Buckley's, and 

 weeping beech (fagus, var. pendula) 

 at C. B. Dunn's, with another noted 

 one at Thomas C. Price's, all of Chest- 

 nut Hill; Caleb Cope's garden "grot- 

 to" and valuable plants; the "new gar- 

 den" of John T. Morris on Wissahick- 

 on, a botanical garden in every re- 

 spect save name; and many unique 

 plants stationed throughout the length 

 and breadth of the Wissahickon re- 

 gion. 



But among our superabundance it 

 has been possible only to mark a few 

 guide posts to point the way to all 

 who care "to lead or follow" to a pos- 

 session which in other parts is sug- 

 gested only by such rich old settle- 



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