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following notes, amongst others, under tin 

 "The plants of England, as well tliosc i, 

 and orchards as of the garden, that havi 1 

 over into New England, suit verywi II with 

 grow to perfection. The apples uit :i^ i^'<,„ 

 England, and look fairer, as well :»s ih. |m a 

 have not all of the sorts. The- i..a.:liL. 



1078. Relic 



days— apple tree at 250 year; 



gardens." It was re- 

 have run much upon 

 :• orchards was chiefly 

 will makefl, some have 



those of England, and there is no trouble or expence of 

 walls for thera; for the peach trees are all standards, 

 and Mr. Dudley h.is Iind, in liis own Kar.lrn, TOn or 800 

 fine peaches of l)f rMir ri|M.-. '.r.,Hin;; at -., tim.- cm om. 

 tree. • » « 'I'l ■ ' . ■ ' ■! .umI li'niiful, 

 and commonly I., .i iiiii:;,. i.in,.. ■ * * 



The common '.-li-, I . . ^ - I ;., ili- K.ntisli 



cherries of Eiit; 1.1 1,-1 . a:,-; ;la , lia.,n.. aukf-s, or heart- 

 cherries, unless ill iv.o 

 ported that pcoiii. ,■( ■ i, 

 orchards." Th.- |.n»luri 

 cider. "Some ol' ilinr aii] 

 made 7 barrels ot .nh i : l,ut ihi- js not coinnioii; iiml 

 the apples will vhM ir"in , t,, :i lai~li.N for a liana-l of 



cider: a good ap|.|r Ini will noa-or.' fr (Mo 10 fiM't 



in girt." nu.ll.v , oaai- a l,l.M„,,l,-, a|.|.lo, an,l"tlir 



New ki. I '.■'' , ■ ' ' '-..I |.rr-,o,is with I'lio h'lxiiriant 



growl ll " ■ ■ \ll olllnll, srl out lor ,,■,-, 1. will 



8 feet; re,l orru'a; |orachl will 'liioiin't il t.ot: whi'lo or- 

 rice 8. In the pastures he measun-J -., .1 iinilhii :i foot 



2 inches in height, and one of the- la.iiiinoii iliisilo^ ; \ ,_■ 



8 feet." Record is made of a punii'kin vm. w hirli mn, 

 unattended in a pasture. It madi.^ a siii,i;lo stini w hirh 

 "ran along over several fences, and spread over a large 

 piece of ground far and wide." "From this single vine 

 were gathered 260 pumpkins; one with another as large 



, half peck; enough 

 tumbrel, besides a considerabl 

 unripe pumpkins." Indian con 

 grain." Mr. Dudley did not act 

 mixing of corn is due to the int 

 but thought th 

 agency of the wi 

 running kidney 

 their support. 



The colonial o 

 in the relative i 

 landscape arrant 

 the lack of snio 



the 



till 



large 



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ivented till this century). These gardens 

 ■ general tvpcs: the unconventional personal 

 hoiit form but not void (Fig. 1079), in which 



ill 'h-lightful democracy; the conventional, 



1. '-'•■ i-trical garden, in which things grew 



-|ir rifiil aristocracy. (Plate XIV. | There 

 iiitL risting and elabox-ate private gardens in 



dtiys. One of the earliest and best was that 

 r Peter Stuy vesant, of New Amsterdam ( New 



Third Avenue), known as the "Bouwerie," 



WCalthvpol ■■:: O, .ia I, I la-- - 



ably i-arli. la a ,., ;o, _, .■ . ,■ .,,a; a- a ; 



aged by tin; , .\aii.|,l,. and pru i|,l ..,[ \\ aal,il;.;U.I 



are records of many large and nierituriuus colic 

 plants a century and more ago. William Hr 

 collection at Philadelphia was one of the bes 

 contained a large coUi-ction of t-Notics, It Hour 



wards the clos,. ,,f la-t i-.i- , atai ■...,- i.rok 



1828. William .laal . a -. a 



lectio 

 sylva 



Qd hi 



, .John 



and continued the garden. The elder Bartrtim was 

 jirolpahly the first American to perform successful ex- 

 ])primr'uts in hybridization. Bartram's house (Fig. 1080), 

 built bv himself, is still one of the sights of the environs 

 of Philadelphia, and the site of th.- :;ai.I- n. . iO, many 

 of the old trees standing, is now ha|>|! ' i'': aark. 

 Bartram's cousin, Humphry Marslni II, ■ , i o- 



tanic garden at West Bradford, in (1 . I'a., 



in 177M .lohn Bartram's name is pr, s, i , ,1 lo n - m ihe 

 moss Hiiti mill 111,1 M II h ill s III tin . I nil Musliallia, 



imall Composita? ot the eastern states. The 

 Elgin botanic garden, near New York, was established 

 in 1801 by David Hosack, a man of great learning and 

 of the keenest sympathies with rural occupations. He 



