The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-02-14


#lbs field and did much for the advancement of the
science, by travelling to the South and exploring the
wilds of that region. What works he published, 9TH
er than volume of travels, have not the means of
Knowing The "Elements of Botany, or the out
Zines of the natural history of vegetables, by Benja-
min Smith Barton is before us, and so far as we
ARE capable of Judging, is valuable work, and one
which every young Botanist will study with interest,
and with amusement too, for it abounds, in no small
degree, in that agreeable quality.
In the year 1774, the late Humphrey Marshall estab
8lsled his Botanic garden, at Marshallton He appl
Cd himself diligently to the improvement of the place.
and to the collection of plants, especially such
Indigenous to the United States. The garden soon
obtained reputation and for many years before his
DEATH it had become object of curiosity to men of
science After his decease in the year 1901, but few
improvements were made in the garden and since the
death Of DIR Moses Marshall in the year 1918, the
Botany of the place seems to have been entirely ne
elected But it still exhibits many interesting relics,
as Pine and Fir trees, the Willoweaved and English
Oaks the Kentucky Nickar tree, the Buckeye, and
several species of Magnolia. These, with various in
eesting shrubs and herbaceous plants which survive
the general ruin, (and surmise, little of pill
hge are memorials of the interest which was former
" taken in the garden by its venerable founder.
Humphrey Marshall was born the 10th of Oct.
122, o. S. in West Bradford township, the west
branch of Brandywine, and died Nov. 5, 1901. He
received an ordinary English education and went very
little to School, What Latin he knew, he acquired bv
occasional lessons from School master who was en-
gagged in the neighborhood. He was almost wholly
sel-taught, and his Father by continued industry
had obtained large property our Boanlst was per-
mitted to crafty his propensity for reading. In his
botanical excursions, he was remarkable for the mpd-
ty with which he detected plants but towards the
close of his life he was afflicted with blindness His
disposition was benevolent his judgment vigorous, his
memory retentive. The science of plants was his
iavore study, and before he established his Botanic
garden at Marshailton, he had cultivated one on
smaller scale, on the plantation now occupied by
Joshua Marshall In 1885, he published the " Arbus-
tum Americanum, OF Catalogue of American forest
trees and shrubs, in which he was assisted by his
nephew the late DIR Moses Marshall, aforesaid who
was Botanst of considerable merit, and at the re-
quest of his uncle had travelled through many of the
States, in search of American plants.
John Jackson--This name is associated with many
Of our most agreeable recollections born within 8
miles Of each other, in Londongrove township, Ches-
ter County. Though John jackson had seen years
enough to render the venerable appellaon of Father
justly due to him, yet firm friendship subsisted be-
tween from the time he first considered us worthy
OF notice until the day of his DEATH He was born
on the 9th of Nov. 1748. He commenced his gar
den about the year 1776. 1t contains near an acre
and half of ground, and is located in limestone
valley OF extraordinary beauty and fertility. small
green house is attached to the places spring yield
ing an abundant supply of water takes its rise near
the centre Of the garden and affords an opportunity
lor the growth of aquatic plants, and such as delight