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elating the experiences of John Bartram to those of the horticulturally aware visitor. Through the development of the plant collection and horticultural exhibits, the story of John Bartram can come alive and have relevance for visitors to his garden. vi
INTRODUCTION JOHN BARTRAM: HIS LIFE, HORTICULTURE, AND GARDEN On the west bank of the Schuylkill River several miles south-west of Center City Philadelphia lies Bartram's Garden, a green oasis amid dense industrial development and urban housing. Bartram's Garden, administered by the Fair- mount Park Commission in conjunction with the John Bartram Association, is more than just a city park. Its history dates back to 1670, when Hans Monson, a Swede, secured a patent to a 100-acre tract of land on the Schuylkill. A resurvey of the property in 1675 showed that the tract actually contained 1100 acresI 1 In 1681 Monson sold the property which was subse- quently subdivided and resold.* By the late 172Ovs the land now Bartram's Garden was in the hands of Frederick Schopen- hausen. He apparently fell into debt and his 102-acre tract with its house was confiscated for sheriffqs sale, On September 30, 1728, Bartram purchased was to be the nucleus of his farm and John Bartram, born in 1699 of this property which garden. 3 immigrant Quaker parents, was a farmer a11 of his life, Instinctively in- quisitive in many areas, he cultivated an avocation in I
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Page 5: ABSTRACT iJohn Bartram (1699-1777)
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Page 13 and 14: Theme CHAPTER I INTERPRETIVE PROSPE
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Page 27: \ General Design Criteria CHAPTER I
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Page 42 and 43: CON C LU S I ON In a 1769 letter to
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Campsis radicans [Campsis radicans
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will go off tho it has a Clod of ea
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57 Corylus americana [Corylus nucle
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Travels of William gartram, by Vij-
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61 Hypericum kalmianum [H. - kalmia
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Chamaerodendron Let the box have on
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Lonicera sempervirens [Le - pericli
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67 Nyssa sylvatica [Nissa sylvatica
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Populus deltiodes [P. deltoidea - C
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75 if the experiment has not been m
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77 Vaccinium arboreum [V. arboreurn
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79 or Red Cloth and tie to them tha
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Bulbs APPENDIX IT1 INTERPRETIV3 NOT
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# Thus when now & then thee observe
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of that kind extant but 1 find many
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to cover the roots then tie up the
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John Bartram to Dr, Gronovious, Dec
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91 John Bartram to Son William, Jun
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93 104 according to the Catalogue h
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95 fond of the Berries and lives mo
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