Quaker History: The State Hospital for the Insane (1890) is here. Earlham College (1847; coeducational) is the property of the Indiana and Western Yearly Meetings of Friends (Quakers). Its library contains a good collection on Quaker history. The Julia Meek Gaar Museum of Wayne County has an interesting collection of household utensils, Quaker garments, and pioneer implements of the early Middle West. Richmond is the midwest center of American Quakers. In 1893 the Friends Publishing Board commenced to publish here a fortnightly called The American Friend. Richmond was settled in 1806 by Friends from North Carolina and Pennsylvania; was laid out in 1816, incorporated as a town in 1818, and chartered as a city in 1840. It is governed by a mayor and council. Pop. 44,149.
He bequeathed about £75,000 (then equivalent to $371,000) to University College for education in modern languages (especially English) and in natural science. Among his publications are Anatomy of the Arteries (1844), Diseases of the Rectum (1854), Clinical Lectures (1884).QUAKER CITY, kwak'er, a popular nickname applied to Philadelphia, Pa., which was planned and colonized by William Penn and other members of the Society of Friends in 1682.
QUAKER POET, The, a name often applied to the English poet Bernard Barton (1784-1849) and to the American poet John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).
Hemerocallis fulva, common daylily, 3-5 feet
Hemerocallis cultivars, over 1,000 varieties
Hesperis matronalis, sweet rocket, 1-3 feet
Houston/a caerulea, Quaker ladies, tiny blue flowers, 2-3 inches
Hystrix patula, bottlebrush grass, 4-6 feet
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