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who is nationally well known as "Phil" by his contributions 
to the "Florists' Review." Mr. Miller continued in charge 
of the work at Horticultural Hall until his death November 
2, 1902. The youngest, largest and most favorably situated 
of our nurseries is "Andorra," founded by Samuel F. Hous- 
ton, but now owned and conducted by William Warner Harp- 
er, whose efficient foreman is J. Howes Humphreys. Andorra 
Nurseries^ are situated upon Wissahickon Creek, partly in 
Philadelphia and partly in Montgomery Counties, and may 
be justly classed as" one of the most notable and beautiful in 
America. 
As already noted the first importer and distributor of 
seeds and plants in Germantown, was Christian Lehman. In 
the same district the first to regularly engage in the growing 
of miscellaneous plants for sale was Martin Baumann. 
Between the times of Lehman and Baumann, the country 
lived through two wars, — progress for a time was stayed, 
and large places were obliged to rely upon their own re- 
sources, or upon the nurseries to the south. As we have seen 
at that time and for long after, there were no "landscape 
engineers," and gardening as a caretaking occupation was 
carried on by men of ability, such as William Berry, of 
Lehman Street, who had been gardener at "Fairfield;" James 
Daniels, of Main Street; John Hart, of West Schoolhouse 
Lane; J. Keenan, of Main Street; George Higgins, of West 
Washington Lane; William Kent, and James Gleason, of 
Mount Airy, for as yet professionals were few, — Peter 
McKenzie, with others as previously mentioned, being all to 
the near east and south, while Frederick Allgair, and David 
Ferguson, took care of the lower west, the upper west and 
north being without professional flower growers. 
After Martin Baumann, Henry C. Woltemate, an educat- 
ed German who came to this country and first esablished a 
nursery at Tacony, in 1848 came to and located upon Main 
Street near Indian Queen Lane, where after, his widow, 
Esther Woltemate, continued the business. She was suc- 
ceeded by her sons, Albert and William, and the plant is 
