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transfer  of  the  business  at  Arch  and  Sixth  streets  was  made  to 
Bullock  &,  Crenshaw. 
In  1849  D.  B.  Smith  removed  to  Germantown,  and  in  1853  he 
retired  from  business.  The  loss  of  his  wife  and  only  daughter  after 
his  removal  to  Germantown  were  sore  bereavements  to  one  who  so 
fully  appreciated  their  affection  and  social  worth.  In  a  spirit  of  true 
Christian  philosophy,  while  bowing  to  the  dispensation  of  Divine . 
will,  he  did  Jiot  forget  that  there  was  yet  work  unfinislied  for  his 
hands  ;  by  his  interest  in  the  aifairs  of  life  he  encouraged  and  gave 
support  to  active  workers  in  the  field.  One  of  the  cherished  projects 
of  his  latter  years  was  the  establishment  in  Fairmount  Park,  of  a 
Botanical  Garden,  and  a  garden  for  the  acclimatization  of  plants.  He 
had  interviews  with  persons  whom  he  hoped  to  interest  in  the  subject, 
with  the  design  of  starting  such  gardens.  He  would  remark  that 
with  the  varied  soil  and  climate  of  the  United  States  there  was 
scarcely  a  plant  which  could  not  be  acclimated  so  as  to  flourish  in 
some  part  of  our  country ;  that  any  one  who  would  start  and  endow 
such  a  garden,  to  be  called  after  his  name,  would  leave  a  living 
monument  to  his  memory. 
Daniel  B.  Smith  never  could  have  been  a  specialist,  his  mind  was 
too  full  and  versatile  to  be  confined  closely  in  any  one  track ;  and  his 
sympathies  with  his  friends  of  similar  tastes  was  so  free  that  he  was 
always  ready  to  turn  aside  to  assist  them  in  any  direction  in  which 
they  sought  his  counsel  or  co-operation. 
In  an  address  made  by  him,  as  President  of  this  College  to  its  grad- 
uates, in  1837,  he  used  this  language :  ^'  Next  to  the  approving  suiiles 
of  a  good  conscience,  the  search  after  truth  and  the  delights  of  science 
are  the  best  solace  for  a  mind  chafed  with  the  anxieties  of  business  or 
oppressed  by  the  unavoidable  calamities  of  life.'^ 
In  his  latter  years  there  came  to  him  w^hat  seemed  to  be  a  marked 
period  of  quiet  and  rest.  Troubles,  cares  and  anxieties  had  been  sur- 
mounted, or  had  passed  by.  The  last  ten  years  of  his  life  were  per- 
haps not  the  least  happy  years  of  his  long  life. 
Most  of  his  contemporaries,  and  the  friends  of  his  youth  had  passed 
away,  but  their  children,  and  successors  were  his  friends  as  well,  and  a 
large  and  varied  circle  still  gathered  al)Out  him,  from  time  to  time,  in 
his  long  accustomed  sitting-room,  where,  surrounded  by  his  books,  he 
received  the  visits  of  those  who  were  drawn  to  him  by  kindred  tastes 
or  old  associations,  with  ready  sympathy  and  cordial  welcome. 
