02856cam a22003373u 4500 78370 UtSlPG 20260610134822.0 m cr n 260607r20261904utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 04033609 UtSlPG en iso639-1 F106 QK Jellett, Edwin C. (Edwin Costley), 1860-1929 Germantown old and new Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2026 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2026-04-06 The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Germantown old and new" by Edwin C. Jellett is a historical and horticultural account written in the early 20th century. It documents the rare and notable plants of Germantown, Pennsylvania, interweaving botany with local history, notable estates, and the people who cultivated them. Framed as a guided tour, it highlights specimen trees, gardens, and horticultural achievements that helped shape the suburb’s identity. The opening of the work explains that it began as a hurried talk for the Germantown Horticultural Society, followed by a list of illustrations and a clear purpose: to honor transplanted “rare and notable” plants and the culture that nurtured them. Jellett establishes Germantown’s reputation with travelers’ praise, then sketches the town’s founding, street plan, and evolution from a weavers’ village to landscaped estates. He contrasts observers’ accounts and quickly turns to a south-to-north tour, naming properties and specimens with Latin names and exact measurements—oaks, tulip poplars, hemlocks, pines, willows, buttonwoods, maples, magnolias, cryptomeria, and more. Along the way he threads in anecdotes of prominent residents and visitors (from Pastorius and William Penn to Franklin, Washington, and Fanny Kemble), notes introductions of plants and garden fashions, and ties trees to historic houses like Stenton, Wakefield, Fernhill, Grumblethorpe, Upsala, and Cliveden. The section balances celebration with realism, mentioning losses to time and weather while underscoring Germantown’s living botanical heritage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Germantown: Germantown Independent-Gazette, 1904 Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Description and travel Plants -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia https://archive.org/details/germantownoldnew00jell/page/n13/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78370 119090 119090