. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. ative positions, but thesewithout exception were declined. Perhaps the most im-portant was that of Commissioner of Agriculture in 1870,tendered him by President Grant. Major Freas method ofwork much resembled that of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Hiscapacity was enormous, and he practically prepared copyfor the entire paper, tumbling the manuscript from his work-room through a hole in the wall, into the compositors roomjust in advance of the type-setters, but always keeping thembusy. He was seldom away from his home or garden, andupon the streets, he in later years ap
. Germantown Gardens and Gardeners. ative positions, but thesewithout exception were declined. Perhaps the most im-portant was that of Commissioner of Agriculture in 1870,tendered him by President Grant. Major Freas method ofwork much resembled that of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Hiscapacity was enormous, and he practically prepared copyfor the entire paper, tumbling the manuscript from his work-room through a hole in the wall, into the compositors roomjust in advance of the type-setters, but always keeping thembusy. He was seldom away from his home or garden, andupon the streets, he in later years appeared only in fairweather to take an afternoon drive, his favorite route beingManheim Street, Greene Street, Wissahickon Avenue, andnear-by streets in lower Germantown. From Hefts to Conyngham House, there is anunbroken line of fine old gardens, but we shall pass them tostop at the latter, now known as the Hacker House, ownedby Mr. Edward I. H. and Miss Anna Howell, and occupiedby Dr. John A. Murphy. Upon the front lawn here was a. 0 69 fine specimen of the rare creeping yew, and at the rear ofthe house was one of the first wild flower gardens inGermantown, it containing native plants from many sectionsof the United States. The garden also possessed many rareshrubs, a unique variety of weeping oak, and a noted groveof over-cup oak trees, which Prof. Thomas Meehanpronounced the finest he had ever seen. Grumblethorpe presents one of the oldest and oneof our most attractive gardens, but we shall refer to itbriefly, for a description of it has appeared in the publica-tions of this Society, one more complete than it is possible togive at this time. The Grumblethorpe or Wister gardenis located directly upon Main Street, opposite to Queen is a herbaceous garden of the old fashioned type, havingfine walks, box-bordered, covered at stations by trellises. Itsbeds for vegetables and flowers are systematically aranged,and in them perennial plants develop, and flower with theseason
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