Daily Republican., 1881-04-20
THE WESTERN CITY HEIGHTS.
BroOms Street.-The Aims House
Property - Clayton Street Mr.
Bayard's Residence-Mr. Bush's
Conservatory and Hot. houses.

Conservatory and Hot. houses.
The heights of the city along which
BroOme and Clayton streets run are tC
Wilmington what Washington helSht,
and the Palisades are to New YORK, anu
will IN the course Of % few years be the
aristocratic and most beautiful portion
of Wilmington, and it only needs the
removal Of the Aims House, Insane
Asylum and smallpox lioSpltaI 1c
hasten ou that period. From Eighth
street. where stands the beautiful new
mansion of 4, j. Hart and tho resi-
dence OF the late George Pepper Norris,
hidden in grove Of imported pines and
Cedars, down to Front street, there l.
nothing along Broomc street TO break
the dreary menOtony %! vacant !otsand
flooded ruts than the County buildings,
and 50 Ion. as these buildings are per
United to remain where they now are
that dreary mOnotony and deaoiateneSS
will continue. Remove them and along
BrOOme street from the lrandywlnc Il
Maryland avenue will arise stately and
costly mansions, the abode III wealth
and refinement. On Front street above
Rroolnc stands the fine MANSION OF
PhIip plunkett, and stretching back
from his residence y stretch " wooded
landscape lends beauty 10 the scene. A
auuare ont Front from BrOone, como
CLAYTON street which runs along the
edge of the grove past the residences d
Or. Read J. Mckay, the Honorable
Thomas +. Bayard, Walter ID. f&tnaiI
William Lush and Henry Il. Banning
From the cmincnce upon which stands
these stately mansions the western ppr'
ton of the city may be seen spread out
at the foot of the hill, and from the
front porch of Mr. BIyard'1 : residence,
that gentleman aI he looks across the
city TO the majestic Delaware, upon
whose bosom the COmm"rCa OF nations
is carried, aud as his eye takes in the
sweep ot twenty miles or more to the
south he might appropriated y 'ay IN tue
Iangllag" Of Alexander SS!klrk ;,
am monarch Of all | survey, My right
there is none to dispute
AGoSsBeach street from Mr. bayard
residence Is that of William Bush, a
stately stone mansion surrounded by
native forest trees, shaded lawns, mean
dering walks; and unique to"rr platS'
Mr. Bush las one Of he finest flower
ronservatories attached TO his residence
that can be found in this or any nthel
city. 1t is simply 800 beautiful to de-
scribe, and the scent Of the flowers can
not be cxrcllcd by In" balmy odor'
waited from AsiaS spicy groves. CamlI'
las were in their beauty and zalias,
cineraras, carnations, bridal roses, be,
yOuiaS, ger4niumS, trCASittS, coIehS ana
4 hundred other varitieS in tuIi bloom
seemed 10 vie in shedding their fragrance
and unfolding their tranScendent beau
ties. Mr.. Bush received us kindly and
said he was glad that his friends came
ont and shared with him the pleasure
of his conservatory.
-Four large Not houses kept nj an even
Temperature not only supplied the CON
servatory with fresh relays OF flowers
but supplied large number for market
and for 'alrto those VIII" called Tor them
Mr.. Bush has an immense stock OF roSt'
Of the best and most beautiful varieties
and to take Il walk through his great
hot houses only bewidcrS visitor who
wants to stop and admire every pretty
flower A few foreign palms are a rtl
curiosity. Amongst jhrm ar" the Date
palm native of the East lndias will
tremendous long leaves stretching on,
10 either side Of the glass house in which
it grows. The Cycaa Palm native oI
China is also "A curioSity,'
The tree fern II native vi Australia
and the Bourbon Palm arr rs rare Us
they are curious. \ great banana
plant uave us some idea of how bananas
grow and Il South American fern ont
Of which fans are made were amongst
the curious plants. besides these beau,
ties which crafty the eye, Mr.. Bush
has II splendid grapcry and upon the
vines were young grapes half grown
which will be ripe the first Of June.
4 few Beatrice early peach trees were
loaded with fruit which the florist in
formed us would be ripe the last Of May
Several fig, orange add lemon trees were
also covered with fruit. a day could
have been spent pleasantly in admirinG
the beauties in these hot houses and
then not half would he seen.
Ry the way Mr.. Bush, Mr.. Banning
and Mr. Tatnall are all now in the
Eleventh Ward, but with no desire OF
their own We cIn safely SAY that the
Eleventh Ward has the largest flower
raising establishment and the finest
conservatory in the city.