Show FINE OLD GARDEN TO 10 BE RESTORED good news for lovers of horticulture the oldest botanical garden in tho the united states Is 18 located within tile limits of the city of philadelphia and la Is one of 0 the shrines of the fiort rally minded tourist tile the two hundredth anniversary of tile tho founding of this old garden wits celebrated on oil juno june 5 and 0 of this year with ceremonies suited stilted to the occasion the opening day was spent in special exercises of n historical nature and on oil tile the secand day tile the visitors were guests nt at tho the garden ten tea being served in n the old homo of tile the founder jolin john bartram n section of which was built in 1700 by swedish settlers all and became the foundation from which mr bartram built later the building wits was purchased by sir air bargrain Bar train in 1728 and the original house still remains in tile the garden enclosure the bartram Bar train garden is now undergoing a process of restoration that will bring it back to td its ita original form at fitting tribute to the plat of land that hat has been devoted to garden on purposes for two hundred years the house has been restored to its original form and now the hie garden through the alio efforts of the garden clubs of philadelphia aind surrounding country will be ninde to resemble us its nearly ns as possible tila tho garden of the old days these clubs have undertaken ns as their first work to restore to the garden the alie native rhododendrons mount mountain nin laurel find and other evergreens ever greens john bertram Bar trani was n native amerlean american ills hla birthplace beang darby pa ila near philadelphia ile he lived to the good old inge of seventy eight and died in bartram house in fit 1777 the garden Is located on the west bank of the schuylkill river and for many years it was a most isolated spot it was through his voluminous correspondence with peter collinson Colllns on a grower in london eng land and the change of ninny many spede seed and plants that mr bertrams Bar trams work became well known another famous botanical garden which ranks na as tile ainest in the world Is nt fit jayn tills this garden in its present state of perfection being the product of nearly a i century of effort on oil the part of tho the dutch inhabitants inhabitant of java so woud wonderful erful are tile tho lowers flowers und and plants that the garden which includes 00 acres Is known as the garden of tile the east ast L C brood breed in tho the gardeners chronicle tells us of the vegetation in this garden of wonders tile the govern 0 r generals house which la is located in the gurden garden Is approached pro pron ached ched wo we are informed through tile finest avenue of trees in th alio world those tire arc kaharl trees rench reach irs feet overhead tind and have tall straight trunks covered with forns ferns BIrds birdsnest nest forns ferns orchids and every cype apo of parasite mid and air plant that the climate wilt will permit mr breed also describes a palm that stands about 40 feet ghigli and a wilderness wilderness esq of climbing plants amock among which aro are with will bran branches clies COO feet lit in length lie makes noto of another palm that bears boara the largest fruit and tile the largest leaves of any known it tree ree the fruit being two feet in diameter and the leaves 30 10 feet somo some of tile tho trees rise also to a height of feet before the branches spread |