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bf North America. 5 ' This gentleman, though then far 
advanced in age and deprived of his eye-sight, con- 
ducted me personally through his collection of interest- 
ing trees and shrubs, pointing out many which were 
then new to me, which strongly proved his attachment 
and application to the science in former years, when his 
vigour of mind and eye-sight were in full power. This 
establishment, since the death of Mr. Marshall, (which 
happened a few years ago,) has been, in some respects, 
kept up by the family, but is now very much on the de- 
cline, only a few old established trees being left as a me- 
mento of what formerly deserved the name of a re- 
spectable botanic garden. 
Near Philadelphia I found the botanic garden of 
Messrs. John and William Bartram. This is likewise 
an old establishment, founded under the patronage of 
the late Dr. Fothergill, by the father of the now living 
Bartrams. This place, delightfully situated on the banks 
of the Delaware, is kept up by the present proprietors, 
and probably will increase under the care of the son of 
John Bartram, a young gentleman of classical educa- 
tion, and highly attached to the study of botany. In 
Mr. William Bartram, the well known author of u Tra- 
vels through North and South Carolina,’ 5 I found a very 
intelligent, agreeable, and communicative gentleman) 
and from him I received considerable information 
about the plants of that country, particularly respect- 
ing the habitats of a number of rare and interesting 
trees. It is with the liveliest emotions of pleasure I 
call to mind the happy hours I spent in this worthy 
man’s company, during the period I lived in his neigh* 
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