THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 09 



Ann M., daughter of John Bartram (a nepliew of 

 William), married Robert Carr, a printer, in March, 1809. 

 Mr. Carr was an officer in the United States army, in the 

 war of 1812, and conspicuous among the local militia. He 

 was for some time Adjutant-General of the State, with the 

 title of Colonel. After this marriage, the father of Colonel 

 Carr's wife assisted William in the garden until his death 

 in 1812. He was a very ingenious mechanic, and fond of 

 using tools, but his greatest delight was in drawing and 

 painting. He drew the greater number of plates in Pro- 

 fessor Barton's Elements of Botany, published in 1803- 

 William died suddenly June 22, 1823. He was never 

 married. Colonel Carr, after his marriage, became a resi- 

 dent of the botanic garden, and devoted himself with great 

 care and interest to the preservation of the collection. 



The committee of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, which visited the garden in 1830, when it was still 

 under the direction of Robert Carr, found the estate to be in 

 most excellent order. They reported as follows: "The 

 present owner is likewise adding annually and extensively,"^ 

 and the committee consider his garden and grounds a rich 

 deposit of the American flora. From this nursery many 

 thousands of plants and seeds are exported every season. 

 It is computed that there are 2000 species of our native 

 productions, contained in a space of six acres. Plants of 

 every size are to be seen here, from the minutest marchantia 

 to the loftiest cypress. One of these is 112 feet high, 25 feet 

 in circumference, and 91 years old. A young Norway 

 spruce of 80 feet stands close by and also one of our native 



* Compare the Seed Catalogue of 1.S07 with that of 1S28, which is to be had 

 at the Library of the Penna. Historical Society or the Philadelphia Library. 



