I also appreciated the   most interesting article.  I was particularly
interested in the mention of John Tobler's South Carolina Almanac as I
believe I may be related to him through my Bryan line.  Do you know where I
might see a copy of that early almanac? 1752 was so early I am sure there
aren't any available for sale anywhere.  Maybe at a large library? I live in
Texas.  Thanks, Beth Ann Spraberry
----- Original Message -----
From: Linda Hannah 
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: MARTHA DANIEL LOGAN


 Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of local history. I'm a
gardener too.
> Pruned back 7 roses today and yanked one to pull out the nasty elm that
had
> come up in the middle. So I really appreciated the interesting piece
below.
> Linda ina Albuq. Sun was shining and warm today!
>
> At 09:43 PM 3/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >MARTHA DANIEL LOGAN
> >HORTICULTURIST
> >1702-1779
> >
> > "In 1753 the South Carolina Gaxette carried Martha Logan's
advertisement:'A
> >parcel of very good seed, flower roots, and fruit stones to be sold on
the
> >Green near Trott's Point.'
> >
> >Martha's early education, like that of most young women of her day,
included
> >reading, writing, and needle work.  But Martha enjoyed working with
flowers
> >and plants, for her father was in the nursery business.  Robert Daniel,
one
> >of the last of the proprietary governors, died when his daughter was
> >thirteen years old.  Perhaps Martha inherited his business, as she did
land
> >along the Wando River.
> >
> >Shortly afterher father's death, Martha married George Logan, Jr..  The
> >couple had eight children.  During this period Martha advertised in the
> >Gazette that she would board students and tutor them at their Wando River
> >home.  Somewhat later she worked in a boarding school in Charleston.
> >
> >Still, Martha's chief interest lay in gardening.  She had known a Mrs.
> >Lamboll, one of the first to have a garden in Charleston, and may have
> >studied with her.  At any rate, gardening rapidly became a fashionable
hobby
> >of the time, and wealthy ladies and gentlemen where very interested in
> >planting their grounds with rare plants and shrubsd.  As a result of her
> >interest, Martha printed a "GARDENER'S KALENDAR," and wrote a treatise on
> >gardening that was published in 1752 in John Tobler's, SOUTH CAROLINA
ALMANACK.
> >
> >In her nursery business, Martha took advantage of the ships that sailed
From
> >Charleston to Philadelphia.  The good-natured captains would carry llarge
> >tubs planted with roots and cuttings of all kinds.
> >
> >John Bartram, a noted biologist with whom Martha exchanged seeds, wrote
to a
> >London correspondant:  "Mrs. Logan's garden is her delight."  Along with
> >their correspondence a "little silk bagg," crammed with seeds, went back
and
> >forth between Charleston, Philadelphia, and London.
> >
> >Once Martha wrote Bartram: "I have lost my tulips and hyacinths, I had in
a
> >closet to dry and the mice ate them."
> >
> >South Carolinians also enjoyed Martha's nursery business.  One woman
wrote
> >in her diary in 1763 of having been to Mrs. Logan's to buy roots.
> >
> >Whether or not her nursery was profitable, Martha Logan's life was a
> >rewarding one.  She had family, friends, and flowers.  It was because of
her
> >flowers that she has gained a place in the history of American gardening.
> >
> >Mrs. Logan died in Charleston on June 28, 1779, and was buried in the
family
> >vault, since destroyed, in Saint Philip's churchyard.
> >
> >**Note**  This is the entire write-up that was in : SOUTH CAROLINA WOMEN
by
> >Idella Bodie.  I hope this is what you were looking for.  Anne P.
> >
> >
> >
> Searching for: Acton, Bailey, Bartle, Carpenter, Hannah, Hertzog, Hillary,
> Holland, Mackay, Matheson, Page, Reynolds, Ridenour/Reitenaurer, Shadwick,
> Stoner, Wollet.
>
>