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were always surpassed by her charming personality, and by 
the beauty of her character. 
The first gardener to Reuben Haines was John Hart, 
who after was gardener at "Loudoun." He also became a 
"jobbing gardener," and in this capacity served Bronson 
Alcott at "Pine Cottage." For a long time he had charge 
of "Friends' Meeting" and grounds upon West School House 
Lane, and at this place, I first became acquainted with him. 
John Hart was an investor in real estate, became wealthy, 
and passed his last years at his home at northeast corner of 
Greene Street and School House Lane, where he found 
pleasure in the cultivation of his modest garden. He died 
April 15, 1885, aged 86 years. Passing many fine gardens 
upon West Walnut Lane, we stop at the Knorr House, once 
at northwest corner of Main Street and Walnut Lane, where 
lived Daniel B. Smith, a celebrated teacher, scientist, botanist, 
and President of Haverford College. I remember him 
as a very old man, and living at his son's home in 
"Cottage Row." His garden I never saw, but Miss Jane 
Haines told me it was a beautiful one, of the old fashioned 
type and gave him much pleasure. At northeast corner of 
Main Street and Walnut Lane stands the "Button Mansion," 
which is now owned and occupied by Dr. Richard W. 
Deaver. Here continues in a flourishing condition 
the finest hedge of hemlock in Germantown, planted 
by John Button in the year 1840. Immediately north, upon 
west side of Main Street, opposite Pastorius Street, was the 
attractive garden of Sheriff, Enoch Taylor. The mansion is 
now occupied by the Girls' High School and it is of interest 
because here lived Dr. John D. Godman, when he wrote the 
well known and widely read "Rambles of a Naturalist." 
Martin Nixon and Col. Galloway C. Morris, near neighbors 
upon East Tulpehocken Street, and Charles W. Chandler, 
at High and Morton Streets, had each superior gardens. 
With Mr. Chandler, throughout the Centennial Exhibition 
lived General T. Saigo, Japan's Commissioner, a flower 
lover, — but we may not stop to enlarge. The garden of 
