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Horticultural, and Floricultural Writers, — leaders who in- 
fluenced the floral thought of the past, and of such present 
writers as Elliston J. Perot, founder and editor of "The 
Amateur Naturalist;" Joseph Meehan, long time horticul- 
tural editor of "Germantown Independent;" Edwin Lons- 
dale, a founder of "The Florists' Club," also a founder, 
owner and contributor of "The Florists' Exchange," and 
founder and first president of the "American Carnation 
Society;" Ernest Hemming, editor of "The National Nursery- 
man;" Charles Francis Jenkins, President of the Site and 
Relic Society of Germantown, joint owner and manager of 
the "Farm Journal" — an agricultural paper having of its 
kind, the largest circulation in the world. Other important 
plant writers whose works should be presented are Edward 
Drinker Cope, whose contribution to the Evolution Theory 
are internationally known; Prof. Spencer Trotter, lecturer 
and writer upon nature subjects; Prof. Stewartson Brown, 
lecturer, author of "The Alpine Flora of the Canadian Rocky 
Mountains," and joint author of "Handbook of the Flora of 
Philadelphia and Vicinity," and Dr. Witmer Stone, lecturer, 
writer and author of "The Plants of Southern New Jersey" 
— an important work issued as a report by the state indicated. 
Germantown's contributions to floriculture should also 
be recorded, for it has given many new varieties of flowers 
and fruits, — the productions of Frank Smith, John Warr, 
Edwin Lonsdale and others being of meritorious note, while 
the Marvellous Mallows of Meehan's Nurseries are a 
triumph of hybridation, and a wonder of the plant lovers' 
world. 
An adequate presentation, in addition to many Life 
Histories of Notable Plants, Plant Growers, and Plant 
Societies, would also have included chapters upon Rose 
Gardens, Dahlia Gardens, Chrysanthemum Gardens, Minia- 
ture Gardens, Italian Gardens, and of the latest gardens of 
which our most representative types are those of Dr. George 
Woodward and John T. Morris, both situated in the 
Chestnut Hill section of the German Township, to which we 
shall briefly refer. 
