THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPIIIA. 435 



a cemetery, and many of Ilainiltoirs Iih-cs have thus Ijucn 

 spared. The most conspicuous an<l intcivsting of those now 

 are four plants of the Caucasian Zelkovn crendtti, ahout four 

 feet in diameter, prohably the largest specimens of this 

 interesting tree in America. Zelkova, wliicli Ix-lonufs t(» the 

 Elm family, consists of two species, one of the type of th<- 

 genus Zelkova cre?i«i«, being found only in the ( 'aucasus. 

 while the other species, Zelkova Keaki, is.contini^Ml t<. Jaj.an.* 



Blimston Oak. Situated a short distance over the city 

 line in Darby. This tree has served for generations as a 

 landmark for surveyors. It was mentioned in a dccil of 

 1683 as an ancient tree, and yet it is still in a hi xu riant 

 condition. 



The Original Seckel Pear Tree. The original Seckel 

 Pear Tree w^as standing (August 31, 1880) in the Twenty- 

 sixth Ward of Philadelphia, near Girard Point, on the 

 farm of John Bastian. It takes its name from Lawrence 

 (Laurence?) Seckel, a former owner, who first introduced it 

 to public notice, upon coming into possession of the farm. 

 A reference to the tree will be found in AVatson's " Annals 

 of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania " (Vol. II, p. 487), also 

 The Gardeners' Monthly, of February, 1805, and September, 

 1880, with illustration. 



The Robert Morris Sago Palm. This tree, growing in 

 Horticultural Hall, Fairmount Park, was presented to tlie 

 Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The following \i\\n-\ 

 attached to it tells its history: "1776, Cycas revoluta, owm-d 

 by Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, before and during the 

 Revolutionary War, presented by Jacol) Holl'ner. of ( nu-in- 

 nati, 1876." 



* Garden and Forest, X, p. JS'^. 



