HISTORICAL NOTICES. 
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Stenton , near Germantown, four miles from Philadelphia, 
is a fine old place, with many picturesque features. The 
farm consists of 700 acres, almost without division fences — - 
admirably managed — and remarkable for its grand old 
avenue of the hemlock spruce, 110 years old, leading to a 
family cemetery of much sylvan beauty. There is a large 
and excellent old mansion, with paved halls, built in 1731, 
which is preserved in its original condition. This place 
was the seat of the celebrated Logan, the friend of William 
Penn, and is now owned by his descendant, Albanus Logan. 
• The villa residence of Alexander Brown, Esq., is situated 
on the Delaware, a few miles from Philadelphia. There 
is here a good deal of beauty, in the natural style, made up 
chiefly by lawn and forest trees. A pleasing drive through 
plantations of 25 years’ growth, is one of the most interest- 
ing features — and there is much elegance and high keeping 
n the grounds. 
Below Philadelphia, the lover of beautiful places will 
find a good deal to admire in the country seat of John R. 
Latimer, Esq., near Wilmington, which enjoys the reputa- 
tion of being the finest in Delaware. The place has all 
the advantages of high keeping, richly stocked gardens and 
conservatories, and much natural beauty, heightened by 
judicious planting, arrangement, and culture. 
At the south are many extensive country residences re- 
markable for trees of unusual grandeur and beauty, among 
which the live oak is very conspicuous ; but they are, in 
general, wanting in that high keeping and care, which is 
so essential to the charm of a landscape garden. 
Of smaller villa residences, suburban chiefly, there are 
great numbers, springing up almost by magic, in the bor- 
ders of our towns and cities. Though the possessors of 
