RARE AND NOTABLE PLANTS 



the public good, have been retired, 

 but "Manheim street pump" unfailing- 

 ly dispenses to who so e'er will wait. 

 Toll-gate, Conestoga and stage-coach 

 have disappeared from our turnpike 

 road, and the trolley has "followed af- 

 ter," yet in spite of "all temptation" 

 we cling to the past, and the "Ger- 

 mantown wagon" undaunted waits 

 upon us to do us service. 



Change truly is in the air, but there 

 is a remarkable blending of the old 

 with the new. The curse of war has 

 passed from among us, "swords have 

 been beaten into plough-shares, and 

 spears into pruning hooks," "peace 

 and plenteousness" reign within our 

 borders. No more the cannon's thun- 

 dering roar disturbs our homes, and 

 "storied groves of Johnson's lane, 

 where Washington the bold led Free- 

 dom's sons on British guns in the 

 brave days of old" are free of strife. 



Now from many gardens on our 

 "Appian Way" the perfume of bloom- 

 ing plants "maketh glad the heart of 

 man;" native birds frequent, charming 

 with enlivening song, our Main street 

 lawns, and from above, falling upon 

 never-tiring ears, "the great bell still 

 tolls the hours," as one by one they 



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