The Garden Magazine, October, 1920 
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attracts the visitor; and it is 
protected from relic hunters 
and total demolition by an 
iron railing. Originally the 
base of the tree was sur- 
rounded by the characteristic 
Cypress “knees” which func- 
tion as aerating organs, but 
these disappeared before the 
guard rail was erected. 
At the northeast corner of 
the old house stands one of 
the splendid trees placed there 
by Bartram — a Yellowwood, 
or Virgilia (Cladrastis lutea) 
which has, here on the banks 
of the Schuylkill, reached a 
notable size of stem (8 feet, 5 
inches circumference) and 
spread of branches. When in 
flower in May with its hang- 
ing clusters of creamy white 
blossoms and its light green, 
compound leaves, it delights 
the eyes of the lover of trees 
and of the beautiful. The 
AN ENDURING WITNESS 
The unusually large and stalwart old Syca- 
more above still serves as a vigorous re- 
minder of Bartram’s enthusiastic pioneering 
THE DIGNITY OF PERMANENCY 
Part of the arboretum planned in 1730, 
the old Boxwoods below have nearly 
two hundred years to their credit 
A GIANT MONUMENT 
Brought up from the South in John Bartram’s 
saddle-bag about 1740 this giant Bald 
Cypress lived nearly a century and a half 
but was blown down May i. 1920 
