FINE OLD GARDEN TO BE RESTORED good news for lovers of horticulture the oldest botanical garden in the united states Is located within the limits of the city of philadel ehla and Is one of the shrines of the bortl culturally minded tourist the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of this old garden was celebrated on june 0 5 and bof 0 of tills this year with ceremonies suited 0 occasion ce aslon the opening day was spent in special exercises ot of a historical nature and on the second day the visitors were guests at the garden tea being served in the old home of the founder john Bar bartram A section of which was built in 1700 by swedish settlers fild became tile the foundation from which mr ba bartram built later the building was purchased by mr bartram in 1723 1728 and the original house still remains in the garden enclosure the bartram Bar train garden is now undergoing a process of restoration that will bring it back to its original form a fitting tribute to the plat of land that has been devoted to garden purposes tor for two hundred years the house hns has been restored to its original form and now the garden through the efforts of the garden clubs of philadelphia and surrounding country will be made to resemble as nearly as possible the garden of the old days these clubs have undertaken as their first work to restore to the garden the native rhododendrons mountain laurel and other evergreens ever greens john Bar bertrain train was it a native amerlean american his birthplace being darby pa near philadelphia lie ile lived t to the good old age of seventy eight and died in Bar bartram train house in 1777 the garden Is located on the west bank of the schuylkill river anil and for many years it was a most isolated spot it was through his voluminous correspondence with peter collinson CoUl a grower in london eng I 1 land id and the exchange of many s seeds e and wa plants that mr air bertrams Kar Bar trams W work 1 be became cra a w well ell known AllOt another lier famous botanical garden ranks as tile the finest in the world barden orla 14 at java tilts this g garden in its present state of perfection being the product of nearly a century of effort on the part of the dutch inhabitants of java so wonderful are the lowers flowers and plants that the rarden garden which includes DO 00 acres Is known as the garden of the fast L C breed in the gardeners deri ers chronicle tells us of the vegetation in this garden of wonders the governor generals house which Is located in n the garden ts Is approached proa pro ached died we are informed through the finest avenue of trees in the world these are kaharl trees reaching feet overhead and have tall straight glit trunks covered with ferns fern birdsnest BIrds nest ferns orchids and every type of parasite and air plant that lint the climate will permit mr breed also describes ft 11 palm palin that stands about 40 feet high and a of climbing plants among which are palms with brandies goo COO feet in length ile fie makes note of another palm that bears the larup t fruit and the largest leaves of uny ally known arpp the fruit being two feet in blaim tr and the leaves 10 feet some of tile thu trees rise to a height of feet before the brandies branches spread