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the British Government, when he came to America, where 
his floricultural knowledge, acquired at home as a hobby, in 
his new home served him well in business. His house and gar- 
den became a resort for the local naturalists of his period, and 
from his house, departed, and to it returned, the Lewis and 
Clark Expedition, the first to cross the American continent. 
The genus Mahonia was dedicated to him, and his "The 
American Gardener's Calendar," which appeared in eleven 
editions, was the first adequate American book upon garden- 
ing. 
Planted in the year 1822, about one mile above 
McMahon's, and upon Germantown Road at the village of 
"Rising Sun," was the noted nursery and flower garden of 
Daniel Maupay. It covered seven acres which were given 
to the growing of roses, annual, herbaceous, decorative 
garden, lawn, and hot-house plants. It also contained a 
miniature flower garden of sufficient merit to attract and 
receive the attention and commendation of Robert Buist. 
Samuel Maupay succeeded to the business created by his 
father, and his successor in the year 1859, removed the 
nurseries to Wise's Mill Lane, near Wissahickon Creek, and 
occupied the Gorgas Mansion upon Allen's Lane, west of 
Township Line Road, — at which place he also grew "stock." 
"Fern-Hill," the first of Germantown's finest and most 
conspicuous estates, stands upon an elevation facing the 
southwestern boundary of the township. As reported by a 
committee of the Horticultural Society of Pennsylvania in 
1830; it "commands a delightful prospect, which extends 
beyond the city, embracing of course, in this fine view, the 
whole of Philadelphia and its suburbs, the whole of their 
30,000 dwelling houses, all fresh and in excellent repair, and 
inhabited by 170,000 people. The country, in other direc- 
tions wears a smiling prospect, corresponding in beauty with 
that of the city. The garden, green-house and collection of 
plants rank in the first class. The proprietor is distinguished 
for his generous encouragement of horticulture, importing 
at great cost, rare plants, the best kind of fruits and culinary 
