. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. and to replace themwith younger ones, or to add new ones, this property hasfallen into hands which know how to care for them. Thatpart of Mengs property lying north of his home, which wasnearly the whole of it, was purchased by the late John Wister,who added to, and resided in the ample building, and whocalled the place Vernon. This property is now in posses-sion of the city of Philadelphia and is known as VernonPark. Thomas Meehan, the writer of the foregoing wasthe leader of the movement which secured this acquisition tothe citizens of Germantown, and the
. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. and to replace themwith younger ones, or to add new ones, this property hasfallen into hands which know how to care for them. Thatpart of Mengs property lying north of his home, which wasnearly the whole of it, was purchased by the late John Wister,who added to, and resided in the ample building, and whocalled the place Vernon. This property is now in posses-sion of the city of Philadelphia and is known as VernonPark. Thomas Meehan, the writer of the foregoing wasthe leader of the movement which secured this acquisition tothe citizens of Germantown, and the suggestor of Vernonfor a public park, it should be remembered was HoraceFerdinand McCann, the owner and editor of the German-town Independent-Gazette. The late Col. T. Ellwood Zell, a descendant of JohnMelchior Meng, thus wrote of a visit to Vernon in 1892,The old house built and occupied by Mr. Melchior Mengor at least a part thereof, is still standing, soon to be removed,used by a Mr. Pollard, who keeps a tin store there. The old. Horace F. McCann 77 spring house to which Grandmother Dorothy Odgen, neeMeng, so often attended, is still standing there in a verydelightful condition. It was in this house Dorothy Ogdenlived as a girl during the Battle of Germantown. The olddwelling is of stone laid flat, is about 60 feet back fromMain Street, and is now in Vernon Park. It is needlessto add that with the exception of foundation walls, these land-marks have been removed, but one who walks about VernonMansion, has yet before him several of the most magnificenttrees in Germantown. The row of young buttonwood trees along the front wasplaced there by the Germantown Horticultural Society, asociety which also in part placed the pin oak trees in MarketSquare. The large maple tree near the Free LibraryBuilding was planted in 1840 by James Gowen, andHarry Bruner, so Mr. Bruner told me. Throughout thepark are holly, papaw, cypress, oak and many other interest-ing trees, but we shall note but
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