Loudon, Mrs

The Ladies Companion to the Flower-Garden. Being an Alphabetical arrangement of all the ornamental plants usually grown in Gardens and Shrubberies; With full directions for their culture [1849]

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849. 5th Ed., 8vo, pp.viii, 351, col fronts., b&w plates & text illus., some foxing to prelims & rear pages, a.e.g., prev owner's inscr opp half-title, orginal publishers's gilt decorated, blind stamped bds., spine faded, repaired retaining orig cloth, cnrs bumped, contents clean, very good condition

Jane Loudon (née Webb) (1807-58) was a self-taught artist and one of the most successful of a number of talented women botanical illustrators. Her beautifully illustrated books on gardening and plant identification sold in their thousands and women all over the country were enthused enough by them to take up gardening as a hobby. Item #95258

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