fine box-bordered walks, an impressive linden resembling the linden in
Concord Burying Ground, and a picturesque white pine, but these without
further mention we shall neglect to stop briefly at Joseph Meehan’s,
on Pleasant street, and at Meehans’ nursery on Main street, the latter
once located at the southeast corner of Meehan avenue, where numerous
plants now beautifying home streets and gardens were first grown.
Among Joseph Meehan’s “wild plants” is a handsome aster, discovered by
this botanist near Gettysburg, Pa., a plant which for several years has
been growing in his garden. As yet the “authorities” have not decided
upon a name, so we shall present it as aster Meehani.
Here also is a specimen of the rare Franklin tree (gordonia pubescens),
and with the exception of a like specimen at Meehans’ nurseries, and
another near Horticultural Hall, also one raised by William De Hart and
now growing near Lansdowne, it is the finest specimen I know.
In our “Flora,” I have referred to the parent of this tree, which was
a scion of the plant brought from South Carolina by William Bartram.
The original plant, abused at Bartram Garden after the retirement
of Colonel Carr, was rescued and revived by William De Hart at his
garden on Darby road, where it grew for several years. It was then
presented to Joseph Meehan, on whose grounds, its energy spent, it
struggled through a precarious existence to an honored death--truly
an interesting record of the most remarkable plant in botanical
nomenclature.
From Main street nursery Thomas Meehan removed to “Hongs’ Farm,” on
Chew street. His partner, William Saunders, located first on Johnson
street, near Greene street, and later took charge of the experimental
gardens at Washington. At the Chew street nurseries are many of the
choicest and most notable plants in America, specimens from which
plates of the “Flowers and Ferns of the United States” were figured;
indeed so many “new and rare plants” that I shall leave them,
trusting that Joseph Meehan may favor us with a paper upon the same,
and at present we shall be content with reference to a few valuable
ones I think him likely to ignore--namely, cut-leaved plum (prunus
myrobolana, var. dissectum); halesia Meehani or silver-bell, a
species of shrub or small tree bearing beautiful white bell-shaped
flowers; weeping dog-wood (cornus F., var. pendula), and rose-flowering
dog-wood (cornus F., var. flore rubro), all distinct varieties
originating at these widely known and justly famed nurseries.
[Illustration: Joseph Meehan]
I had thought to completely cover our territory, but within the “time
limit” this I have found impossible. There are many “estates” of merit
with us to which I have not referred, and on them and elsewhere near
are many deserving plants and odd growths I should like to introduce
and enlarge upon, such as a cherry (prunus serotina) of immense
proportions, situated on Fisher’s lane, near Lower Burying Ground;
a very fine silver-bell tree on the grounds of George W. Russell,
Seymour street near Morris street; two beautiful elms on Spencer’s
Farm, and standing near the site of “Roberts’ mill” on Church lane,
near Township Line road; the Henry Lenhart memorial stone in Market
Square Church grounds, which since the year 1830 has been enveloped
by the root growth of a silver maple, and in its vise-like grip
is supported vertically; several commemorative trees, emblems of
affection, such as the purple beech and white pine trees planted on
Greene street near Coulter street by “Dr. Rivinis, a grandson of the
botanist for whom Rivinia or rouge plant” was named; and the “Mollie
Middleton,” “Helen T. Longstreth” and numerous other marked trees in
the Wissahickon; an exceedingly fine American aspen on the grounds
of Dr. Daniel Karsner, Tulpehocken and Greene streets; a group of
large pine trees at Adams street and Washington lane; the wild goose
lily treasured by Ellwood Johnson, a unique plant resembling, but
quite distinct from Hemerocallis Flava of our gardens; a valuable and
perfectly formed Norway maple, situated on Chew street, near Washington
lane, a tree which always leads its kind in leaf and flower; an immense
hawthorn (crataegus oxyacantha) on Magnolia street, near Johnson
street; individual paulownia (paulownia imperialis), catalpa (catalpa
bignonioides), and smoke trees (rhus cotinus) of merit, conspicuous
in many places throughout our domain; a celebrated Irish yew once
standing beside the Carpenter Mansion at Phil-Ellena; a white oak of
remarkable growth showing a trunk 5 feet in diameter, a height of 60
feet, and having an immense limb tapering from 2 feet in diameter,
32 feet long, projecting horizontally for its entire length, and
completely spanning Rabbit lane, east of E. Rittenhouse Miller’s place;
a magnolia, the product of skill if not art, flourishing on James E.
Gowen’s grounds at Main street and Gowen avenue, a monstrosity formed
by the union of a circle of plants drawn together at about 3 feet above
the earth and united, rising in a central trunk, reminding one of
Alexander Pope and his strange fancies at Twickenham; a curious seat at
“The Cherries” at Spring-bank, naturally supported by the outgrowth of
two oak trees,--and near the same spot, a storm-cleft chestnut tree,
which strangely has renewed itself; many rare and beautiful magnolias,
such as may be seen at Mrs. Taws’, West Tulpehocken street, at Thomas
Meehan’s, at “Wyck,” at William Heft’s, and in general distribution
throughout our territory; “cut-leaved” plants in variety, such as
may be seen on Baynton street, near Walnut lane, at Chelten avenue
and Godfrey street, and at many places elsewhere; Kilmarnock willows
and “weeping plants” innumerable; rare plants at Miller & Yates’; the
celebrated “paragon chestnut” of William L. Schaeffer, a variety of
Spanish chestnut (castanea vesca) which originated on what is now the
Institution for the Deaf and Dumb grounds, and obtained wide celebrity;
fern-leaved beech (fagus, var. asplenifolia) at Edward S. Buckley’s,
and weeping beech (fagus, var. pendula) at C. B. Dunn’s, with another
noted one at Thomas C. Price’s, all of Chestnut Hill; Caleb Cope’s
garden “grotto” and valuable plants; the “new garden” of John T. Morris
on Wissahickon, a botanical garden in every respect save name; and
many unique plants stationed throughout the length and breadth of the
Wissahickon region.
But among our superabundance it has been possible only to mark a few
guide posts to point the way to all who care “to lead or follow” to
a possession which in other parts is suggested only by such rich old
settlements as Alexandria, West Chester and some New England towns,
but not any of which, so far as I have been able to observe, is able
to approach the treasure ever present with us. Much that we desire to
present we thus are obliged to curtail or ignore, and with one more
thought we shall conclude.
When visitors of distinction called upon George W. Childs at “Wootten,”
they invariably were requested to plant a tree. The custom is a
pleasing one, worthy of imitation, and should be encouraged. Wrote
Thomas Meehan: “trees are associated with our dearest memories and most
important events.” Abroad memorial and historic trees are so numerous
that we refer to them only for illumination, and in our own country we
have the “Charter Oak” of Connecticut, the famous “Elm of Cambridge,”
and the “Treaty Tree” of Philadelphia. Other trees quite as important,
but not so well known, are the “Liberty Tree” of Newport, the mulberry
tree of Maryland under which the first settlers met to establish a
government, and the plane tree of Burlington, to which New Jersey
colonists tied ship before the founding of Philadelphia.
Stop soon we must, and passing many home plants of tender associations,
I shall select one, and close with mention of a memorial tree near
Kitchen’s bridge in the Wissahickon, a pin oak (quercus palustris),
planted “Arbor Day, 1903, by the pupils of Andrew G. Curtin Public
School in memory of Thomas Meehan, the friend of boys and girls.” No
truer words than these were ever penned, but let us not limit, for
Thomas Meehan was a friend to all--the world is better because he
lived, and there is no one in Germantown this day who does not enjoy
the fruit of his great work.
[Illustration: Prof. Thomas Meehan]
So we pass, and although our list of plants is indicative only, and
those named but meagrely “presented,” yet we trust enough has been
noted to direct attention to the beautiful creations placed before us
to enjoy. We have no need to covet or compare, for in a magnificent
fullness we have what others have not, and while we envy not nor desire
another less, let us for ourselves strive to deserve the favors so
bountifully given us, and take lesson, for false accumulations are
vanity, so let us spurning the selfishness of the few who ignore
the rights of the many, find pleasure in pursuits which no abuse is
able to restrict nor monopoly to control, for when schemers and their
usurpations are no more, nature incorruptible and unalterable will
continue steadfast on her way.
Now as I go about our “village,” developed to a full-fledged town, I
rejoice that we have so much for the enjoyment of the many, and so
little that is not as free as our own desires. As of old, our common
highway follows its tortuous course, and although peach and weeping
willow and lombardy poplar trees of long ago have vanished, other trees
of sturdier mould have risen to take their place. Large, substantial
houses in the ripeness of age continue with us, but those who built
them sleep in our shaded graveyards, and we may decipher their names
on bleached and weather-beaten decomposing stone. Lofty trees planted
by those who “have gone before,” in “the fullness of time” stand as
monuments to them, and as friends to us to shade and protect.
Time “may come, and time may go,” for nature is change, and change
nature, but to us “Providence has been very kind,” and the past though
hardly pressed, yet dominates the present.
Mansions and plantations justly venerated have become the property of
all, and now among us we have “Vernon” and “Stenton,” “Waterview” and
“Cliveden” as public parks, not great nor finished as yet, but ours,
while behind looming up in the possibilities of “pleasure grounds” is
“Fernhill,” and with us forever secure is the peerless Wissahickon.
Though slowly, the character of our town alters, “orders old giving
place to new,” but I rejoice that we have so much to remind us of days
gone by--“Cliveden” and “Upsala,” “Grumblethorpe” and “Wyck,” to any of
which an enforced change would be a catastrophe.
Logan, Huber’s, Spring Alley, “Tinker” Frey’s, Vernon and Chew springs
have gone, but Wister, Cope and Johnson springs continue to remind us
of rural long ago. Henry’s, Vernon and Methodist lane pumps, once with
never-tiring handles traveling uncomplainingly “neath earth and sky”
for the public good, have been retired, but “Manheim street pump”
unfailingly dispenses to who so e’er will wait. Toll-gate, Conestoga
and stage-coach have disappeared from our turnpike road, and the
trolley has “followed after,” yet in spite of “all temptation” we cling
to the past, and the “Germantown wagon” undaunted waits upon us to do
us service.
Change truly is in the air, but there is a remarkable blending of the
old with the new. The curse of war has passed from among us, “swords
have been beaten into plough-shares, and spears into pruning hooks,”
“peace and plenteousness” reign within our borders. No more the
cannon’s thundering roar disturbs our homes, and “storied groves of
Johnson’s lane, where Washington the bold led Freedom’s sons on British
guns in the brave days of old” are free of strife.
Now from many gardens on our “Appian Way” the perfume of blooming
plants “maketh glad the heart of man;” native birds frequent, charming
with enlivening song, our Main street lawns, and from above, falling
upon never-tiring ears, “the great bell still tolls the hours,” as
one by one they round to remind us of youth and age and the “vast
forever,” while over the “belgian block,” heedlessly perhaps, “the
noise of traffic rolls.”
Days come and go, the wheel turns. With us, “too soon, too soon, the
noon will be the afternoon, to-day be yesterday.” “The night cometh”
when no man may work. While it is yet day, let us remember those who
“planted and watered” that we might benefit, and not forgetting our
obligations to them, to ourselves and posterity, let us appreciate and
provide, so that generations to come may receive with the increase
those blessings so generously showered upon us, that the Germantown
of greater opportunity to be, may upon the traditions and heritage
preserved and bequeathed, rise to heights not attained, because unknown
to us.
_INDEX_
A.
Page
Acacia, 38
Adam and Eve Plant, 73
Addison’s Walk, 47
Ailanthus, 53, 65
Alburger, John, 41
Alcott, Bronson, 40
Alcott, Louisa M., 40
Armstrong, 41
Araucaria, 68
Arbor Vitae, 46, 59
Arrott’s School, 86
Ashton, Dr., 45
Aspen, American, 96
Aster, Meehan’s, 93
Awbury, 46, 54
B.
Baker, W. E. S., 33, 36
Bartram, Wm., 93
Barbary, 49
Barron, Com. James, 52
Baumann, L. C., 50, 53
Bayard, C. M., 59, 62, 92
Beech, 9, 29, 49, 54, 96
“ Fern-leaved, 98
“ Weeping, 98
“ Wister’s, 35
Beggarstown, 88
Belfield, 36
Benneville, Dr. Geo. De, 40, 42
Bethesda Home, 57
Betton, Dr. Saml., 53
Big-tree, California, 91
Billmyer House, 91
Birch, Silver, 30, 46
Blair, Linden, 55
Blathewood, 56
Blight, Geo., 41
Bonneval Cottage, 42
Bonsall, E. H., 20
Box, 29, 59, 73, 84
Branchtown, 16, 40
Brethren, Church of, 92
Brewster, F. Carroll, 34
Brickyards, 53
Brinton, Dr. J. B., 62
Brown, Prof. Stewartson, 32
Bummer’s Cave, 58
Burgin, Dr. H., 62
Butternut, 36
Button-ball, 29
Butler Place, 38, 41
Buttonwood, 42, 43, 44, 75
Buttonwood Hotel, 44
C.
Caernarvon, 50
Caldwell, Jas. E., 70
California Red-wood, 91
Cancer Root, 73
Canteloupe, 52
Carlton, 41, 48, 54
Catalpa, 24, 26, 30, 96
Cedar, Japan, 30, 91
Cedar of Lebanon, 30, 32, 68, 69
Cedars, The, 32
Century Plant, 35
Champlost, 27
Channon, Jos. C., 81
Chancellor, Wm., 66
Charter Oak, 99
Cherry, 95
Chestnut, American, 32, 36, 48
“ Horse, 92
“ Paragon, 98
“ Spanish, 26, 78
Chew, Chief Justice, 87
“ Mrs., 87
Childs Geo. W., 99
Christ’s Church, 84
Clark, E. W., 30, 57
Clearfield, 28
Cliveden, 87
Cocoonery, 76
Coffee Tree, 36, 39, 92
Concord Ground, 47, 93
Concord School, 47, 85
Constabel Martin, 60
Conyngham House, 63
Cooley, Mrs. Frank, 79
Cope, Caleb, 98
“ Francis R., 46
“ Thomas P., 46
Corvy, The, 51
Cryptomeria, 30, 91
Cucumber Tree, 32
Cypress, Bartram’s, 32, 70
“ Swamp, 32, 70
D.
Datz, Jacob A., 41
Darrach, Dr. Jas., 66
Deane, Silas, 18
De Hart, William, 93
Deshler-Morris Garden, 71
Devil’s Pool, 56
Dewees, William, 45
Dial, Logan, 69
Doeden, Jan., 82
Dog-town, 88
Dog-wood, Common, 54, 62
“ Rose Flowering, 95
“ Weeping, 95
Downing, A. J., 30
Drinker, Elizabeth, 28
“ Henry, 28
Dunton, Dr. William R., 77
E.
Elder, 62
Elm, 31, 47, 95
“ Cambridge, 99
“ English, 87
Emlen, Samuel, 62, 66
Evans, Mrs. Thomas W., 66
F.
Fairfield, 28, 30, 32, 70
Fair-Hill, 24
Farm, The, 38
Farnum, Mrs., 22
Fern-Hill, 30, 38, 39, 41, 45, 48, 54
Fig, 83
Fir, Silver, 90
Fisher, Ellicott, 36
Fisher’s Hollow, 33
Forrest, Col. Thomas, 85
Fox, Miss, 27
Fraley House, 22
Franklin, Benjamin, 24, 33
Franklin Tree, 93
Freas, Philip R., 52
Frey, E. A., 75
Frey, “Tinker”, 61
Friends’ Library, 69
Friends’ Meeting, 44, 69
Fringe-tree, 49, 62, 90
G.
Galvin, Thomas P., 39
Gardette, E. B., 52
“ Dr. James, 41
Garret, Andrew, 44
Garrett’s Hill, 39, 54
Garrett, Philip C., 30
Geissler, Daniel, 76
Germantown Academy, 66
“ Horticultural Society, 86
“ Lots, 14
“ Maps of, 12
“ Method of settlement, 14
“ Old Roads of, 12
“ Wagon, 103
Ginko, 45, 64
Godman, Dr. J. G., 51
Goldie’s, Spleenwort, 73
Gowen, James E., 97
Grape, 75
Greens, Meadow, 61
Grumblethorpe, 23, 35, 50, 59, 63, 65, 83
Guckes, Philip, 41
H.
Hacker, Edward, 45, 68
Hacker House, 63
Haines, Miss Jane, 21
“ John S., 46
“ Reuben, 77
Harrison, Alfred C., 45
“ George L., 54
Hart, Miss Jane E., 66
Hart, John, 60
Haupt, Israel, 71
Hawthorn 90, 96
Hazel, 85
Heacock, Joseph, 58
Heft, Caspar, 29
“ William, 43, 54, 97
Hemlock, 29, 31, 39, 56, 59
Henry House, 40, 61, 70
“ T. Charlton, 35
Hesser House, 92
Hickok, Dr. William H., 31
Hickory, 77
High St. Station, 47
Hinkle, David, 70
“ Peter D., 92
Hocker, Miss, 81
Holly, 49
Holt, John, 50
Honey-Locust, 54, 92
Honey-Run, 71
Hongs’ Farm, 94
Horse-Chestnut, 75
“ “ English, 72
Hotchkin, Rev. S. F., 20, 25
Hotel, Buttonwood, 44
“ General Wayne, 53
Howell, Miss, 63
Huber, James S., 60
I.
Indian Mound, 57
Inn, Ye Roebuck, 44
Ivy, 59
Ivy, Abbotsford, 75
Ivy Hill Cemetery, 34
Ivy Lodge, 67, 68, 71
J.
Jansen House, 16
Jellett, Stewart A., 34
Jenkins, Charles F., 22
Johnson, Dr., 89
“ Miss Elizabeth R., 71, 81, 82
“ Ellwood, 58, 71, 83, 84, 96
“ Miss Sally W., 89
Jones, Thomas, 49
Judas tree, 62
Juniper, 32, 58, 67
K.
Kalm, Peter, 17
Karsner, Dr. Daniel, 96
Keiffer, Peter, 66, 91
Kelly, Judge William D., 39
Kelpius, John, 76
Kemble, Fanny, 27, 37, 38, 52
Kew Gardens, 10
Keyser, Peter, 71
Keyser-Rodney House, 53
Kin, Matthias, 74
Kulp, William, 53
Kurtz, Henry, 74
L.
Lafayette, 78
Larch, 45, 49, 64, 88, 92
Laurel Hill Cemetery, 69
Lawson, Alex., 35
Le Boutillier, Roberts, 58
Lehman, Christian, 74
“ Godfried, 16, 19, 22
Lehman’s Quarry, 16
Lenhart Memorial, 95
Lewis, H. Carvill, 70
Liberty Tree, 99
Lilac, Persian, 83
Lily, Wild Goose, 96
Linden, 75
Linden, Blair, 55
Lippard, George, 85
Lippincott, J. Bertram, 26
Locust, 92
Locust, Clammy, 85
Locust, Honey, 54, 92
Logan, James, 32, 43, 68
Lombardy Poplar, 20, 31
Longstreth Tree, Helen T., 96
Loudoun, 40
Lovett Library, 54
Lovering, Joseph S., 56
Ludwig, Christopher, 46
Lutheran Seminary, 41
M.
Macarthur, Charles T., 36
MacKellar, Thomas, 25, 55, 78
McClanachan, Blair, 88
Magnolia, 32, 59, 97
Magnolia, Evergreen, 59
“ Glauca, 32, 61, 72
“ Swamp, 32, 61, 72
“ Yellow Flowering, 32
Mahonia, 68
Manheim, 44, 67
Manley, Edward, 73
Maple, Baumann’s, 50, 53
“ Blood-leaved, 66
“ Cut-leaved, 67
“ Norway, 96
“ Silver, 36, 37, 38, 47, 50, 51, 92
Market Square, 44, 86
Mason, James S., 57
McLean, Hugh, 49
McKean’s Hill, 48
McMahon, David, 84
Mears, Mrs. Anne DeB., 30, 42
Meehan, Joseph, 55, 62, 93, 94
Meehan Memorial, 100
Meehans’ Nurseries, 66, 72, 94
Meehan, Prof. Thos., 10, 57, 63, 86, 94, 97, 99, 100
Meehan, William E., 64, 80, 85, 87
Megargee Dam, 56
Melons, 52
Melville, George W., 80
Meng’s Magnolia, 74
Meng, Melchior, 74, 75
Middleton Tree, Mollie, 96
Mifflin, Lloyd, 45
Milan, Hans, 21
Miller, E. Rittenhouse, 97
“ N. Dubois, 60
Miller & Yates, 98
Milton’s Walk, 47
Morris, Bishop, 40
“ Elizabeth, C. 22
“ Elliston P., 71, 86
“ Galloway, C., 69
“ John T., 98
“ Samuel B., 45, 72
Mulberry, 99
“ White, 76
Murphy, D. D., Rev. John K., 76
Murter, Joseph, 21, 78
N.
Naglee Hill, 41
“ House, 22, 23, 43
National Cemetery, 45, 46
Newhall, Robert S., 59
Newington, 28
Nicholson, George, 10
Nixon, Miss, 54
Norris, Debby, 24
Norris, Isaac, 24
Northwood Cemetery, 42
Nuttall’s Spleenwort, 73
Nuttall, Thomas, 77
Nutwold, 27, 47
O.
Oak, 9
Oak, Black, 67
“ Jerusalem, 60
“ Mossy-cup, 63
“ Red, 18, 32, 34, 36, 67, 88
“ Weeping, 63
“ White, 26, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 97
Obolaria, 73
Ogden, Rev. J. C., 20
Old Oaks Cemetery, 34, 47
Oldmixon, 16
One Oak, 34
Osage Orange, 59
Outalauna, 42
P.
Pancoast, Charles E., 47
“ David, 46
Papaw, 65
Papen House, 16
Pastorius, Daniel, 77
Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 13, 15, 19, 24, 75
Peach, 16
Pear, Catherine, 64
“ Chancellor, 66
“ Keiffer, 66
“ Sugar, 64
Pecan, 77
Peltz, David, 70
Penn, J. Granville, 68
“ William, 13, 14, 15, 32, 69
Pennypacker, Judge S. W., 12, 81, 82
Persimmon, 31, 80, 81
Perot Farm, 42
Peters, Judge, 78
Phil-ellena, 92, 97
Physick, Philip, 76
“ Dr. Philip Syng, 76
Pinckney Homestead, 38
Pine, Austrian, 29
“ Himalayan, 29
“ Jersey, 56, 88
“ White, 26, 29, 40, 41, 42, 46, 52, 96
Plane Tree, 42, 43, 44, 99
Plockhoy, Peter, 81
Ployd, Naaman K., 87
Plum, Cut-leaved, 94
Pomona Grove, 85
Poplar, Gray, 65
“ Lombardy, 20
“ Silver, 42
“ White, 27
“ Tulip, 26, 31, 32, 36, 55, 60, 88
Price, Wister, 49
R.
Rafinesque, C. F., 53
Redles, George, 29, 33, 48, 53, 54, 58, 61, 76
Red-wood, 91
Reeves, Francis B., 34
Rittenhouse, William, 82
Rivinus, Dr., 96
Rhododendron, 50
Roberts Mill, 95
Rochefoucault, Duke de la, 19
Rock-House, 22, 43
Rodney House, 53
Rogers, Major, 19
Roset, Jac. M., 51
Rose of Japan, 87
Rose, York and Lancaster, 90
Russell, George W., 95
S.
Sassafras, 55, 57
Saunders, William, 94
Saur, Christopher, 65
Schaeffer, William L., 98
Schlatter, Michael, 54
Scott, Sir Walter, 12, 76
Scott’s Spleenwort, 73
Seymour, Widow, 34
Shoemaker, Ben. H., 45
Sibson, John F., 48
Silver-bell, 95
Silver-Pine Cottage, 40
“ “ Farm, 40
Smearsburg, 61
Smith, Miss Elizabeth P., 67
“ John Jay, 63, 67, 69
Smoke-tree, 96
Smyth, Frank, 27
Solitude, 26, 57
Spring-Alley, 51
Spring-Bank, 39, 45, 60, 97
Spruce, 80
Spruce, Norway, 29, 91
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 75
“ Lutheran Church, 46
Steel, Edward T., 55
Stiver, Mrs. M. H., 34
Stokes, James, 23
“ Thomas P. C., 48
Stoneburner, Leonard, 86
Strawbridge, Dr. George, 48
“ Justus C., 29, 39, 56
Stenton, 30, 31, 32
Stuart, Gilbert, 51
Suicides Grave, 58
Sycamore, 42, 43, 44
T.
Tamarisk, 79
Taws, Mrs., 97
Thomas, George C., 59
“ Robert, 21, 78
Toland House, 40, 61
Tomato, 52
Torworth, 56
Treaty Tree, 99
Tulip Poplar, 26, 31, 32, 36, 55, 60, 88
Tucker, John, 47
Turn-pike Bridge, 23
U.
Upsala, 41, 46, 63, 89
V.
Vernon, 25, 35, 39, 49, 71, 74
Vinegar Hill, 58
Virgilia, 50
Vollmer, 41
W.
Wagner House, 61
“ John, 55
Wakefield, 32, 55
“ Little, 33, 36
“ Mills, 33
Walnut, Black, 18, 26, 27, 31, 39, 92
“ English, 72, 73
“ White, 78
Walter, John, 10
Walters, Philip, 53
Ward, Townsend, 18, 81
Warner Ground, 76
Warr, John, 33
Washington, George, 25, 55, 72
Watchman box, 67
Watson, John Fanning, 67
Weightman, William, 41
Weiss, Charles, 25
Welsh, John, 45, 60
“ Samuel, 39
Wescott, Thompson, 24
Wharton, Joseph, 42
Wheel-Pump, 54
White Cottage, 53, 59
Wild-Garden, 63
Williams, Alfred, 41
Willits, Dr. I. P., 39
Willow, Kilmarnock, 98
“ Weeping, 20, 25, 75, 84
“ White, 24, 25
Wingohocken Creek, 49, 58
Wissahickon, 45, 56, 57, 66, 70, 96, 98, 102
Wistar, Dillwyn, 62
Wister, Charles J., 23, 63, 65
“ Jr., Charles J., 45, 63, 65
Wister Coral Plant, 73
“ Memorial Tree, 35
“ John, 34, 74
“ William Rotch, 29, 66
“ William Wynne, 51
“ Wood, 35, 36
Wisteria, 83
Witt, Dr. Christopher, 22, 75, 76
Wood, Miss, A. R. 81
Woodside, 55
Wright, James A., 48
Wyck, 21, 25, 59, 60, 65, 77, 78, 79, 97
Y.
Yew, American, 91
“ Creeping, 63
“ English, 9, 66
“ Irish, 92, 96
“ Pomona, 85
York Farm, 27, 38
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
Typos and extraneous punctuation corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been left unchanged.