Tag Archives: Alice Martineau

Alice Vaughan-Williams Martineau: An Englishwoman’s Crusade to Cultivate American Gardeners

Posted on June 26, 2019 by mansionmusings

On September 24, 1913, the British writer and garden designer Alice Martineau (ca. 1865–1956) set sail from Southampton for New York on the White Star Line’s legendary RMS Olympic, the enormous luxury ocean liner that was the sister ship of … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Musings, Mansion Musings | Tagged Alice Martineau, Armsea Hall, Cottage gardens, Edith Wharton, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Garden clubs in the early 20th century, Gardening in Sunny Lands, Hurst Court Berkshire, International Garden Club, John Munro and Mary Beecher Longyear, Margaret Waterfield, Martin C. Ebel, Mattie Edwards Hewitt, Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Mrs. Philip Martineau, RMS Olympic, The Herbaceous Garden, Wellsbridge Cottage, William Robinson, Zelia Hoffman | 3 Comments

A Botanical Paradise: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London

Posted on January 6, 2019 by mansionmusings

One summer day in 2009, while rummaging through some uncatalogued volumes in Bartow-Pell’s collection of antiquarian gardening books, we unearthed something unexpected—seven large editions of the lavishly illustrated publication Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. The title is businesslike, … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden Musings, Mansion Musings | Tagged 19th-century botanical prints, 19th-century horticulture, Alice Martineau, Barbara Cotton, Charles Francis Greville, Charles John Robertson, Chiswick, International Garden Club, John Braddick, John Lindley, John Wedgwood, Joseph Sabine, Royal Horticultural Society, Sir Joseph Banks, Thomas Andrew Knight, Thomas Maitland Cleland, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, William Bulmer, William Hooker, William Say, Zelia Hoffman | 1 Comment

Sleeping Beauty: A Romantic Ruin Awakes

Posted on January 27, 2018 by mansionmusings

In 1914, the beautiful old Bartow mansion was falling apart. Overgrown ivy crept up the walls and over the windows of the derelict old stone building. Broken glass panes allowed rain, snow, wind, dirt, insects, and small animals to enter … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Alice Martineau, August Moebus, Bartow mansion, Bronx parks, Day Home for Crippled Children, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Gardening clubs, Gardening in the early 20th century, Historic houses, Historic preservation, International Garden Club, International Sunshine Society, Joseph Hennessy, Little Mothers, Motoring Excursions, Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Mrs. Philip Martineau, Pelham Bay Park, Philanthropy in the early 20th century, Royal Horticultural Society, The Herbaceous Garden, Treaty Oak, Turnbull mansion, William Turnbull, Zelia Hoffman | 3 Comments

The Irrepressible Zelia

Posted on April 23, 2016 by mansionmusings

International Garden Club founder and Bartow mansion preservationist Zelia Hoffman (1867–1929) was definitely not a shrinking violet. The hard-charging Newport hostess, transatlantic horticulturalist, country house chatelaine, philanthropist, and political candidate was described by the pseudonymous Old Guard gossip columnist Cholly … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Alice Martineau, Armsea Hall, Blickling Hall, International Garden Club, Mrs. Charles Frederick Hoffman, Zelia Hoffman | 6 Comments

Tag Archives: Alice Martineau

Alice Vaughan-Williams Martineau: An Englishwoman’s Crusade to Cultivate American Gardeners

A Botanical Paradise: Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London

Sleeping Beauty: A Romantic Ruin Awakes

The Irrepressible Zelia

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