Show FINE OLD GARDEN TO BE RESTORED Good News for Lovers of Horticulture The oldest botanical garden Inthe Inthe in inthe the United States Is located within the limits of the city of Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel phia and Is one of the shrines of the tho minded tourist The two hundredth two anniversary of the founding of this old garden was celebrated on June Juno G 5 and G a of this year with ceremonies suited to the occasion The opening day was spent In special exercises of a historical historical his hIs- nature and on the second day the visitors were guests at the garden garden garden gar gar- den tea ten being served In the old home of the founder John Bartram a n section of which was built In 1700 by Swedish settlers and became the foundation from which Mr Bartram built later The building was purchased purchased purchased pur pur- chased by Mr Bartram In 1728 and the original house still sUIl remains In Inthe Inthe inthe the garden enclosure The Bartram garden n is now undergoing undergoing undergoing under under- going a process of restoration that will bring It back to Its original form torm a fitting tribute to the plat of land that has been devoted de to garden garden garden gar gar- den purposes f for r two hundred years The house has been restored to Its Us original form torm and now the garden through the efforts of the garden clubs of Philadelphia and surroundIng surrounding surrounding surround surround- ing country will be made to resemble resemble ble ns as nearly as ns possible the garden of ot the old days These clubs have undertaken ns as their first work to restore to the garden the native rhododendrons mountain laurel and other evergreens John Bartram was a n native American Amer Amer- American ican his birthplace being Darby Pa near Philadelphia He lIe lived to the good old age of seventy eight and died In Bartram house In 1777 The garden Is located on the west bank of the Schuylkill river dver and for many years It was a n most Isolated Isolated Iso Iso- isolated spot It was through his voluminous voluminous voluminous volu volu- minous correspondence with Peter Collinson a grower In London Eng Eng- land and the of m ninny many ny seeds and plants that Mr Bartram's work became well known Another famous botanical garden which ranks as the finest In fn the world Is at nt Java this garden in Its present state of ot perfection perfection per per- being the product of nearly a century of effort on the part of the Dutch Inhabitants of Java So wonderful are the flowers vers and plants that the garden len which Includes 00 acres Is known as The Garden of the East L. L C. C Breed in the Gardeners Gardener's Gar Gar- Gardeners Gardeners Gardener's dener's Chronicle tells us of ot the vegetation vegetation In this garden of wonders The governor generals house which Is la located In the garden Is approached ap approached ap- ap we are Informed through the tho finest avenue of trees In the world These are trees reachIng reaching reaching reach reach- ing feet teet overheard overhead and have havo tall taU straight trunks covered with stag stag- horn ferns ferns orchids and every type of ot parasite and air plant that the climate will permit Mr Breed also describes a n. palm that stands about 40 feet high and anda a n wilderness of ot climbing plants among which are palms with branches GOO feet teet In length He makes note of ot another palm that bears the largest fruit and the largest leaves of ot any known tree the fruit being two feet In diameter and the leaves 10 feet Some of the trees rise to a n height of feet before the branches spread |