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trees of this garden are described, and for the annual pro- 
vision for the garden, we shall quote Mr. Morris, its 
respected owner: "In early June when the grass is springing 
green and fresh, comes perhaps the most attractive time for 
my lawn, when after the winter storms and snows, my 2500 
or 3000 bulbous roots come into bloom in all their glory. 
These are freshly imported every year, sending out my orders 
in June or July, and receiving the bulbs in October. I prefer 
planting them about 'Thanksgiving,' and only occasionally 
have I been at fault, and sometimes have been obliged to 
remove a couple of inches of frosted earth from the surface 
of the beds, but I prefer to run that risk and keep the bulbs 
out of the ground as long as possible, fearing their too early 
start." At this place Lady Washington grew hyacinths in 
globes of cut glass, which when she left Germantown, she 
presented to Catherine Deshler, a daughter of the "Widow 
Deshler," as recorded by Townsend Ward. 
Proceeding out historic School House Lane, we note 
next to Germantown Academy, the "Dove" or "Herman" 
house, long the residence of Mr. John Alburger. This once 
possessed a beautiful garden and fruitful orchard, and it 
yet presents a horse-chestnut tree of large proportions, said 
to have been planted by President Washington, when he 
occupied the place in 1785. Of as much interest and of 
more value is the fact, that upon these grounds was raised 
the "Chancellor Pear," having a fruit with white juicy 
flesh, a desirable addition secured by Mr. William 
Chancellor, when he occupied the place. In this house in 
1864, also lived for a time Robert Robinson Scott, while 
serving as gardener to Samuel Emlen, whose grounds and 
gardens were upon Coulter Street, at the rear of Chancellor's 
House. 
Beyond Wayne Avenue was the garden of Jacob Fry, 
which I remember as a veritable exhibition of bloom, for 
from spring to fall it was always bright, "whate'er the 
weather," but this is no more. West of William J. Young's 
greenhouses, is the garden of Dr. William J. Campbell, 
