> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 167](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355254) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12668-1) LSID 12668-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514667) QID Q514667 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Loudon, Jane Wells (née Webb) (1807-1858), British botanist and horticulturist; married (1830) John Claudius Loudon. **Abbreviated name**: *J. W. Loud.* \[standard form in IPNI: *J.W.Loudon*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 404; BB p. 193; Blunt p. 236, 238; BM 3: 1192, 7: 749; Desmond p. 394; DNB 34: 148; GF p. 66; Jackson p. 575; Kew 3: 504; Langman p. 458; Lasègue p. 541, 574; NI 1233-1237; Plesch p. 317; PR 5632-5636 (ed. 1: 6293-6301); Rehder 5: 524; SO add. 1241 b-c; Sotheby no. 480; Tucker 1: 442. - Allen, D. E., The Victorian fern craze 20, 22. 1969. - Anon.,Bonplandia 6: 297, 324-325. 1858 (d.); House and Garden 1977: 145, 147. (portr.); Flora 41: 520 ("230") 28 Aug 1888; Bot. Zeit. 16: 256. 1898. - Britten, J., J. Bot. 61: 96. 1823; Gard. Chron. 73: 77. 1923. - Brotherston, R. P., Gard. Chron. 72: 368. 1922, 73: 110-111. 1923. - Fletcher, H. H., Story R. Hort. Soc. 57, 134-135. 1969. - Gloag, J., Mr. Loudon's England 18, 40, 60, 61-69, 182-219, 220. 1970. - Hadfield, M., Pioneers in gardening 161-170. 1951. - Howe, Bea, Lady with green fingers. The life of Jane Loudon, London 184 p. 1961 (portr., biogr.). - Taylor, G., Some nineteenth century gardeners 17-67. 1951. #### Handwriting Candollea 31: 348. 1976. #### Note Published anonymously *Young Lady's book of botany* (1838). See NI and PR for futher "Ladies' flower books." Jane Loudon also edited a later edition of her husband's *Hortus britannicus* (1850). ### Publications ##### n.5023. The ladies' flower-garden **Title** *The ladies' flower-garden* of ornamental annuals... London (William Smith,...) 1840. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Ladies' flower-gard.* **Notes** *Ed 1,1*: 1840 (p. viii: 21 Feb 1840), p. \[i\]-xvi, \[i\*\]-vi\*, 1-272, *pl. 1-48* (col.); 2: 1844, p. \[1\]-x \[1\]-170, *pl. 47-85, 87-96. Copy*: US.– Vol. 1 was reissued in 1843 and 1849 (our data are incomplete). ##### n.5024. Botany for ladies **Title** *Botany for ladies*; or a popular introduction to the natural system of plants, according to the classification of de Candolle... London (John Murray,...) 1842. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Bot. Ladies*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1842, p. \[i\]-ixvi, \[1\]-493. *Copies*: G, NY.