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novels frequently has honored Germantown. She dedicated 
a book to "J. R. H.," and pleasantly described the gardens 
of "Wyck," — and also the gardens and Clock-Tower of 
"Phil-Ellena." 
Proceeding northward upon Wissahickon Avenue, from 
"Merrick's Place," are several fine gardens, which we may 
only refer to. These are the gardens of George C. Thomas, 
to whom Conrad Sible was gardener, whose garden, with its 
choice collections, have become a part of Fairmount Park, 
— the old-fashioned attractive garden of Samuel Welsh, Jr., 
cared for by John Sible, the rose and hardy perennial garden 
of N. DuBois Miller, Esq., nearby; "Spring Bank," the home 
of Hon. John Welsh, whose noble trees, "velvety" meadow 
slopes, and richly stored garden were cultivated by Harman 
Krugar, whose son, born upon the place, is now President of 
the Philadelphia Traction Company, — and after by Martin 
L. Constable, who now lives upon the Thomas estate, and 
has charge of the shrubbery upon "Lincoln Drive," — the 
rose-growing plant of John Welsh Young, nearby, and the 
gardens of Mrs. James B. Young, Cornelius Weygandt, Dr. 
George Strawbridge, and Thomas P. C. Stokes, all grouped 
between Hortter and Frank Streets, and near — and last, but 
not least, the charming retreat near Carpenter Lane of Wil- 
liam E. Chapman, Secretary of the Site and Relic Society, 
whose many virtues outshine the products of his grounds and 
endear him to everyone who has the privilege of his acquaint- 
ance. Passing now to the Kreigsheim District and Main 
Street of Germantown, we at once come upon the Joseph 
Gorgas homestead, at northeast corner of Main Street and 
Gorgas Lane. What its garden was originally I know not, 
but its surviving borders of box proclaim it to have been a 
garden of respectable worth. 
The Gorgas family has been identified with this district 
from the date of its first settlement,, and the grounds of the 
family mansions upon Wissahickon, and at Main Street, cor- 
ner of Allen's Lane, yet possess plants to indicate their long- 
