Mrs Loudon & the Victorian garden reading list
Loudon, Jane. Plain Instructions in Gardening. 11th ed. London: John Murray, 1874. National Art Library pressmark: Blythe House REN 635 LOU.Pl.1874
Loudon, Jane. Botany for Ladies . London: John Murray, 1842. National Art Library pressmark: Forster 12mo 5493
Loudon, Jane. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower-Garden. 3rd ed. London: William Smith, 1844. National Art Library pressmark: A.105.19
Loudon, Jane. The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals. London: William Smith, 1842. National Art Library pressmark: A.92
Loudon, Jane. The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. 3rd ed. London: James Nelson & Co, 1860. National Art Library pressmark: SD.92.0033
Loudon, Jane. British Wild Flowers. 2nd ed. London: William S. Orr, 1846. National Art Library pressmark: SD.92.0031
Loudon, John. An Encyclopaedia of Gardening. New ed. corr. and improved. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850. National Art Library pressmark:: Forster L 8vo 5491
The Ladies' Companion at Home and Abroad. London : Bradbury and Evans, 1849-1850
National Art Library pressmark: Forster L 4to 4970
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The English Garden at Night
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