Life in gardens: daisy time

Four women in daisies, Huron County MuseumFloe Sallows Saunders, Floe Sallows, Emma Combs Fillman, Lottie Green Langell in a field of flowers in Bayfield, Ontario, date unknown, by Reuben R. Sallows, via Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol Commons on flickr.

See, the grass is full of stars,
Fallen in their brightness. . .

— Marjorie Pickthall, from “Daisy Time

Vintage landscape: Fredericksburg, Virginia

Mary Ball House, FB Johnston, Library of CongressMary Ball Washington house, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1927, a hand-colored glass lantern slide by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

The house was the last home of George Washington’s mother.  It still exists and is open to the public.  The garden was restored in 1968 to reflect how it might have looked between 1772 and 1789.

Vintage landscape: balustrade

Thornedale urn, F.B. Johnston, Library of CongressPond at the house entrance of “Thornedale,” Millbrook, New York, 1919, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (both photos).

Thornedale pond 2, F.B. Johnston, Library of CongressThe  house was built in 1849 and still exists.

Vintage landscape: Thornedale

Thornedale, F.B. Johnston, Library of Congress

Sugar maple allée at “Thornedale,” Millbrook, New York, 1919, hand-colored glass lantern slide by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Helen Stafford Thorne is credited with the garden’s design. The estate still exists under family ownership.