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garden was situated upon Germantown Avenue, its northern 
boundary being Trullinger, now Carpenter Lane. Its im- 
provements covered an area of 350 acres, and for many years 
it proved one of the principal attractions to strangers visiting 
Philadelphia. Joseph Paul told me the improvements were 
made from plans purchased by Mr. Carpenter, who directed 
the work and attended to every detail himself. Its gardener 
so far as known, was William Sinton, who was succeeded in 
the year 1848 by Thomas Riley. Previous to the city's con- 
solidation, this was the largest, richest, and most beautiful 
garden in or anywhere near Philadelphia, and through the 
beneficence of its owner, it was regularly open to all who 
respected its rules. 
After Christian Lehman's, the first regular nursery 
established in Germantown was that of Martin Baumann, a 
native of Alsace, draughted for the French Army, wherein, 
under Napoleon, his five brothers were killed, and being 
urged by his father so to do, he deserted and came to 
America, where he secured a position as gardener to Stephen 
Girard. Martin Baumann was a graduate of the school of 
gardening of Wurttemberg, and if not the first, was one of 
the first professional landscape gardeners to come to America. 
Martin Baumann left the employ of Stephen Girard to 
plan and plant the gardens of "Fern Hill" for Louis Clapier, 
whose service he after entered, and wherein he continued 
until he decided to start in business. He lived in the garden- 
er's house at "Fern Hill;" in it all his children were born, and 
his eledest son was named in honor of his employer — "Louis 
Clapier." Martin Baumann was known as a skillful garden 
designer and plant grower, and in the year 1837, he opened 
his nursery upon the south side of Manheim Street, his 
grounds extending to the line of present Seymour Street, 
between the lines of Tacoma Street and Pulaski Avenue. To 
fix the exact site these present day names are given, for 
Manheim Street was Bockius Lane, and Pulaski Avenue was 
Baumann, or Plum Lane. Sixty years ago this was a rural 
district, and as late as 1885, I myself many times wandered 
