RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



New Jersey colonists tied ship before 

 the founding of Philadelphia. 



Stop soon we must, and passing 

 many home plants of tender associa- 

 tions, I shall select one, and close 

 with mention of a memorial tree near 

 Kitchen's bridge in the Wissahickon, 

 a pin oak (quercus palustris), planted 

 "Arbor Day, 1903, by the pupils of An- 

 drew G. Curtin Public School in mem- 

 ory of Thomas Meehan, the friend of 

 boys and girls." No truer words than 

 these were ever penned, but let us not 

 limit, for Thomas Meehan was a 

 friend to all — the world is better be- 

 cause he lived, and there is no one in 

 Germantown this day who does not 

 enjoy the fruit of his great work. 



So we pass, and although our list of 

 plants is indicative only, and those 

 named but meagrely "presented," yet 

 we trust enough has been noted to di- 

 rect attention to the beautiful crea- 

 tions placed before us to enjoy. We 

 have no need to covet or compare, for 

 in a magnificent fullness we have what 

 others have not, and while we envy 

 not nor desire another less, let us for 

 ourselves strive to deserve the favors 

 BO bountifully given us, and take les- 

 son, for false accumulations are van- 



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