ANOTHER LOVER. 
I have another lover loving me, 
Himself beloved of all men, fair and true. 
Tie would not have me change although I grew 
Perfect as light, because more tenderly 
He loves myself, than loves what I might be. 
Low at my feet he sings the winter through, 
And never won I love to hear him woo. 
For in my heaven both sun and moon is he, 
To my bare life a fruitful-flooding Nile, 
His voice like April airs that in our isle 
Wake sap in trees that slept since Autumn went, 
His words are all caresses, and his smile 
The relic of some Eden ravishment; 
And he that loves me so I call Content. 
—[A. Mary F. Robinson (Athcnccum). 
A NEGLECTED GARDEN. 
On the west bank of the Schuylkill, a little below 
Gray’s Ferry, in the city of Philadelphia, is situated 
what was formerly known as Bartram’s Garden, but 
now called “The Eastwick Place.” This garden, begun 
in 1728, has been an object of interest to students of 
botany the world over. It was the first botanical gar¬ 
den on this continent, and, unequaled in its character 
and extent on this side of the water, it early became 
famous. John Bartram, its founder, holds a high place 
in the annals of the science in which he was one of the 
pioneers, and was a noble example of what can be ac¬ 
complished in the face of great difficulties. His atten¬ 
tion was directed to the study of botany by observing 
the curious formation of a flower while resting under a 
tree one day after plowing, and there determined, 
though then a man in middle life, to devote his euergies 
to the advancement of this science. Having only a 
common country-school education, he persevered under 
many difficulties, until he acquired a knowledge of 
Latin, and in time became the friend and correspondent 
of Linnams, Fotliergill, Gronsinus and other distin¬ 
guished naturalists. An indefatigable observer of na¬ 
ture, traveling far and wide at his own expense, though 
only a farmer of moderate means, he obtained posses¬ 
sion of a great variety of new, beautiful and useful 
trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, with specimens of 
which ho adorned his garden, so that in its most pros¬ 
perous condition it probably contained a greater variety 
of indigenous plants than could be found elsewhere 
grouped together in a place of the same size. 
Though now the garden is very like a tangled wild- 
wood, and there seems a painful absence of any care for 
its venerable treasures, and the terraced walks, once 
surrounded by flowers which then - owner cultivated 
for their beauty and fragrance, have all disappeared, 
yet mauy of its old characteristics still remain. Its 
grand old trees have, many of them, withstood the storms 
and ravages of tune, and still tower majestically in 
their kingly magnificence. One of them, a stately Cy¬ 
press, situated in the centre of the garden, has excited 
the admiration of thousands. It was brought from 
Florida by Bartram in one of his saddle-bags, and 
planted where it now stands 133 years ago. Then but a 
twig, it has now reached a height of 170 feet, and meas¬ 
ures 28J4 feet in circumference at the base. 
“The dark walk,” planted with different species of 
oaks, comprises some of the finest varieties of the “ king 
of trees” in the country. The American white oak 
measures 85 feet in height and 13 in circumference. 
The Q. heteropliylla. marked by its lobed leaves, was 
named by Micliaux “Bartram’s Oak,” as it was pro¬ 
duced from an acorn of his planting. 
Situated at the southern end of the quaint old stone 
house which he built with his own hands soon after 
he began his garden, and which yet remains in a good 
state of preservation, is the Petre pear tree, sent over 
from Englaud by Lady Petre to John Bartram in 1700. 
In this age of fine pears the Petre pear is still es¬ 
teemed an excellent Autumn variety. Although so old, 
the tree is not large, for the Pyrus is of slow growth and 
attains a greater age than any other fruit tree. The 
famous Stuyvesaut pear tree in New York was older 
than the Petre pear tree. 
There are four species of the Magnolia of the Southern 
States growing here, all of which are splendid speci¬ 
mens. The AT. auriculata raises its gigantic head 70 feet 
high, and i!s five and a half feet in circumference. The 
M. acuminata is 80 feet high and 7 in circumference. 
The Franklin tree (Oordonia pubescens) with large white 
flowers like a single Camellia, flourishes here. It was 
discovered by William Bartram (son of the founder of 
the garden) in Florida, and is the finest specimen of the 
kind in cultivation. On each side of the lawn in front 
of the old house may be seen two fine specimens of the 
boxwood-tree sent over from Smyrna, Turkey, to Mr. 
Bartram by the Earl of Bute 143 years ago. The beau¬ 
tiful native tree, Virgilia lute a, or yellow-wood of the 
West, is one of the glories of the garden. The lovely 
form of this tree, together with its glossy foliage and 
drooping blossoms, renders it an object of attraction, 
and the one in this garden, 50 feet high, with its cluster 
of stems 4 feet round, makes it a rare tree of beauty. 
At the north-east angle of the house can be seen the 
Paliurus australis, or Christ’s thorn, which was sent to 
Mr. Bartram from Jerusalem, and is so called from the 
tradition which says the crown the mocking Jews placed 
upon the Saviour’s head was formed of this plant. Its 
horrid spines are only too suggestive of His bleeding* 
brows. Rhododendrons, kalmias and many other fine 
shrubs have attained a good size, but they are now 
rapidly dying out. 
At the foot of the garden is a curious antique stone 
cider-mill, hewn out of the living rock by the indefati¬ 
gable botanist. It has long been disused, and lichens 
and mosses are now growing in the trough where the 
pomace was once ground. An interesting locality near 
