. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. ist, the well-known plant grower ofPratts Garden at Lemon Hill. Upon a visit in the yeargiven, he wrote: We observed a plant of Nandina domesticain full flower—it is the largest we have seen. Here is like-wise a plant of andropogon schaenanthus, which the doctorsays makes a very delicious tea; an uncommonly large plantof Laegerstraemia Indica, that stands the open air; somevery fine China Orange trees, and several other valuableplants. The greenhouse is 40 ft.; a pit 36 ft.; besides fram-ing. The kitchen garden contains one acre, which isjudiciously cropt, a
. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. ist, the well-known plant grower ofPratts Garden at Lemon Hill. Upon a visit in the yeargiven, he wrote: We observed a plant of Nandina domesticain full flower—it is the largest we have seen. Here is like-wise a plant of andropogon schaenanthus, which the doctorsays makes a very delicious tea; an uncommonly large plantof Laegerstraemia Indica, that stands the open air; somevery fine China Orange trees, and several other valuableplants. The greenhouse is 40 ft.; a pit 36 ft.; besides fram-ing. The kitchen garden contains one acre, which isjudiciously cropt, and well stocked with fruit trees, amongthe latter is a very rich cream colored plum, streaked on thepart exposed to the sun and transparent; it is said to be aseedling, and of a rich flavor. A pear orchard of consider-able extent is just beginning to bear, and contains 150varieties. It bids fair to rival some of the old orchards. Another great garden was that established by GeorgeW. Carpenter, at Phil-Ellena in the year 1838. The. 39 garden was situated upon Germantown Avenue, its northernboundary being Trullinger, now Carpenter Lane. Its im-provements covered an area of 350 acres, and for many yearsit proved one of the principal attractions to strangers visitingPhiladelphia. Joseph Paul told me the improvements weremade from plans purchased by Mr. Carpenter, who directedthe work and attended to every detail himself. Its gardenerso far as known, was William Sinton, who was succeeded inthe year 1848 by Thomas Riley. Previous to the citys con-solidation, this was the largest, richest, and most beautifulgarden in or anywhere near Philadelphia, and through thebeneficence of its owner, it was regularly open to all whorespected its rules. After Christian Lehmans, the first regular nurseryestablished in Germantown was that of Martin Baumann, anative of Alsace, draughted for the French Army, wherein,under Napoleon, his five brothers were killed, and beingurged by his father so to do,
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