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Birth Date: April 8, 1783

Death Date: December 14, 1843

Role: Landscape designer, Architect

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John Claudius Loudon (April 8, 1783–December 14, 1843) was a Scottish botanist, landscape architect, cemetery designer, and author, as well as the most influential horticultural journalist of his time. Through an extraordinarily prolific publishing career, Loudon raised popular knowledge of and interest in botany, horticulture, and agriculture while shaping contemporary taste in gardens, public parks, and domestic architecture throughout Britain, America, and much of the Western world.^[1]

History

Fig. 1, J. C. Loudon, “Greenhouse or conservatory for a flower-garden, with a span roof,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 811, fig. 568. Back to texts

As a young man, Loudon worked part-time for nurserymen and landscape gardeners near Edinburgh while pursuing the study of animal husbandry, gardening, and agriculture. On moving to London in 1803, he swiftly established his authority as a practitioner and theorist of landscape gardening and even dabbled in landscape painting, exhibiting five works at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1804 and 1817.^[2] In addition to the study of art, his taste owed much to the reading of classical and modern writers, particularly English poets and aesthetic theorists. Uvedale Price, one of the principal theorists of the picturesque, was especially influential; Loudon later observed, “I believe that I am the first who has set out as a landscape gardener, professing to follow Mr. Price’s principles.”^[3] Loudon’s plan for improving the public squares of London through picturesque plantings of trees and shrubs, published in the Literary Journal in 1803, initiated a voluminous outpouring of articles, books, and pamphlets that would occupy him for the rest of his life.^[4]

Loudon traveled extensively in order to familiarize himself with the ornamental and agricultural use of land in Britain and continental Europe. Impressed by the productivity of Russian hothouses during a trip to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe (1813–14), he began experimenting with the use of curved iron and glass in innovative hothouse structures that could be adjusted to the changing angle of the sun’s rays [Fig. 1].^[5] In 1819 he visited France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Low Countries to gather material for An Encyclopaedia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture and Landscape-gardening (1822)—by far the most comprehensive and systematic compendium of gardening information that had been published at the time. In contrast to many of Loudon’s previous publications, which were expensively produced and richly illustrated, the Encyclopaedia of Gardening was a practical guide intended for professional gardeners and middle-class amateurs rather than elite readers. As such, it established a new direction in garden literature that Loudon continued to develop in subsequent publications, such as Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture (1833) and The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion (1838).^[6]

Fig. 2, J. C. Loudon, “View at Hendon Rectory,” Middlesex, England, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 483, fig. 175. Back to texts

Landowners throughout England and Scotland sought Loudon’s advice on improving the grounds of their estates.^[7] Following his marriage in 1830, he was greatly assisted by his wife, Jane Webb Loudon, who became an important gardening authority in her own right.^[8] In 1826 Loudon launched Gardener’s Magazine—the first periodical devoted solely to horticulture—which aimed “to disseminate new and important information on all topics connected with horticulture and to raise the intellect and the character of those engaged in this art.”^[9] Addressed to an expanding middle-class audience, the magazine became an international forum for the exchange of specialized information on scientific discoveries, technological improvements, aesthetic theories, and working designs.^[10] An article Loudon published in the magazine in 1832 established the term “Gardenesque” to denote a deliberately artificial style of garden layout that lent itself to botanical study of individual plant specimens, revealing the art of the gardener as well as the beauty of nature [Fig. 2].^[11] Whereas earlier landscape artists had “looked on garden scenery entirely with the eye of a painter and a poet,” Loudon believed that “the modern artist adds to these the eye of the botanist and the cultivator.”^[12]

Loudon’s most important work in the Gardenesque style is the Derby Arboretum (1839–41)—generally considered England’s first public park—which he designed with over one thousand different varieties of trees and shrubs.^[13] Among Loudon’s numerous horticultural publications, the most ambitious was his copiously illustrated (and financially ruinous) eight-volume “paper arboretum,” the Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum (1835–38): a survey of all the trees and shrubs then growing in Britain, which he hoped would spur a taste for arboriculture and the cultivation of a greater variety of trees.^[14]

—Robyn Asleson

Texts

Books

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, 4th ed. (1826)

J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, 4th ed. (London: Longman et al., 1826)^[15] View at Internet Archive

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, new ed., improved and enlarged (1834)

J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, new ed., considerably improved and enlarged (London: Longman et al., 1834)^[16] View at Hathi Trust

The Suburban Gardener (1838)

J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion (London: Longman et al, 1838)^[17] View at Internet Archive

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, new ed., corrected and improved (1850)

J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, a new ed., corr. and improved (London: Longman et al., 1850)^[18] View at Hathi Trust

Journals

Gardener’s Magazine

Fig. 72, “General View of the Hot-houses, as seen across the American Garden,” Cheshunt Cottage, in Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 646, fig. 161.

Fig. 73, “View from the Chinese Temple,” Cheshunt Cottage, in Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 651, fig. 162.

Fig. 74, “Boat-house and Agave Mount,” Cheshunt Cottage, in Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 667, fig. 173.

1832, Review of Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening (Gardener’s Magazine 8: 701–2)^[19]

“In our opinion, a landscape-gardener knows but a part of his profession, who is not conversant with the numerous families of American and other trees which will thrive in the open air in Britain. Mere picturesque improvement is not enough in these enlightened times: it is necessary to understand that there is such a character of art as the gardenesque, as well as the picturesque. The very term gardenesque, perhaps, will startle some readers; but we are convinced, nevertheless, that it is a term which will soon find a place in the language of rural art. Landscape-gardening, it will be allowed, is, to a certain extent, an art of imitation. Now, an imitative art is not one which produces facsimiles of the things to be imitated; but one which produces imitations, or resemblances, according to the manner of that art. Thus, sculpture does not attempt colour, nor painting to raise surfaces in relief; and neither attempt to deceive. In the like manner, the imitator, in a park or pleasure-ground, of a landscape composed of ground, wood, and water, does not produce facsimiles of the grounds, wood, and water, which he sees around him on every side; but, of ground, wood and water, arranged in imitation of nature, according to the principles of his particular art. The character of this art has varied from the earliest times to the present day; but profoundly examined, the principle which guided the artist remains the same; and the successive fashions that have prevailed will be found to confirm our views of the subject, viz., that all imitations of nature worthy of being characterized as belonging to the fine arts art not facsimile imitations, but imitations of manner. To apply this principle to the planting of trees in park or pleasure-ground scenery nature, in any given locality, makes use of a certain number of trees found indigenous there; but the garden imitator of natural woods introduces either other forms and dispositions of the same kinds of trees, as in the geometric style; or the same disposition of other species of trees, as in the most improved practice of the modern style. In neither case does the artist produce a correct facsimile of nature; for, if he did, however beautiful the scene copied, the beauty produced would be merely that of repetition. But we have neither room nor time at present fully to illustrate this theory. Let it suffice for us to state, for the consideration of those of our readers who have reflected on the subject, that there is as certainly, in gardening, as an art of imitation, the gardenesque, as there is, in painting and sculpture, the picturesque and sculpturesque.”

December 1839, describing Cheshunt Cottage, property of William Harrison, near London, England (Gardener’s Magazine 15: 644, 653, 667–68)^[20]

“3. The orangery. The paths are of slate, and the centre bed, or pit, for the orange trees, is covered with an open wooden grating, on which are placed the smaller pots; while the larger ones, and the boxes and tubs, are let down through openings made in the grating, as deep as it may be necessary for the proper effect of the heads of the trees. This house, and that for Orchidàceæ, are heated from the boiler. . . . [Fig. 72]

“85, Double ascent of the steps to a mound formed of the earth removed in excavating for the pond. From the platform to which these steps lead, there is a circuitous path to the Chinese temple, and the steps are ornamented with Chinese vases, thus affording a note of preparation for the Chinese temple. The outer sides of the steps are formed of rockwork, and between the two stairs is a pedestal with Chinese ornaments.

“86, The Chinese temple, on the highest part of the mount formed of the soil taken from the excavation now constituting the pond. The view from the interior of this temple is shown in fig. 162. . . . [Fig. 73]

“87, Rustic steps descending from the Chinese temple to the walk which borders the pond. . . .

“The masses of trees and shrubs are chiefly on the mount near the lake, and along the margin which shuts out the kitchen-garden; and in these places they are planted in the gardenesque manner, so as to produce irregular groups of trees, with masses of evergreen and deciduous shrubs as undergrowth, intersected by glades of turf. they are scattered over the general surface of the lawn, so as to produce a continually varying effect, as viewed from the walks; and so as to disguise the boundary, and prevent the eye from seeing from one extremity of grounds to the other, and thus ascertain their extent.” [Fig. 74]

Images

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, 4th ed. (1826)

J. C. Loudon, “A plan of a Chinese garden and dwelling,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 103, fig. 37.
J. C. Loudon, Plant boxes, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 285, figs. 177–79.
J. C. Loudon, Moveable edgings: basket edging and the earthenware border, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 296, figs. 219–20.
J. C. Loudon, “The flued wall, or hot-wall,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 304, figs. 236 and 237.
J. C. Loudon, “The cellular wall,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 305, fig. 238.
J. C. Loudon, “The wavy or serpentine wall” and “the angular wall,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 307, figs. 241 and 242.
J. C. Loudon, “The cast-iron espalier rail,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 309, fig. 248.
J. C. Loudon, “The acuminated semi-globe” hot-house, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 315, fig. 254.
J. C. Loudon, “Ponds or large basins” and “Tanks or cisterns,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 339, figs. 286–288.
J. C. Loudon, Elevated circular platform to keep ice in stacks in Ice Houses, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 340, fig. 289.
J. C. Loudon, Beehive, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 344, fig. 295.
J. C. Loudon, “Wire-cages,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 347, fig. 301.
J. C. Loudon, “The Swiss bridge,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 350, fig. 312.
J. C. Loudon, A gate in a simple or rustic structure, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 354, fig. 326.
J. C. Loudon, Examples of Treillage-Work, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 355, fig. 328.
J. C. Loudon, “Porches and porticoes,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 356, fig. 330.
J. C. Loudon, “Alcoves,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 356, fig. 331.
J. C. Loudon, “The Italian Arbor” and “The French Arbor,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 356, figs. 332 and 333.
J. C. Loudon, Covered seats of the rustic kind, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 357, figs. 334–336.
J. C. Loudon, Elegant structures of the seat kind, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 357, figs. 337 and 338.
J. C. Loudon, “Drooping fountains,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 359, figs. 341–343.
J. C. Loudon, “Intricate and fanciful figures of parterres,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 375, figs. 363a, 363b and 364.
J. C. Loudon, “Levelling for terrace-slopes,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 377, fig. 369.
J. C. Loudon, “Cross walls,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 471, fig. 427.
J. C. Loudon, “Peach-houses and vineries,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 509, fig. 450a–c.
J. C. Loudon, “Rustic fences,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 792, fig. 542.
J. C. Loudon, Plan of French parterre of embroidery, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 797, fig. 550.
J. C. Loudon, The botanic flower garden with a gravel-walk, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 801, fig. 553.
J. C. Loudon, “The select or grouped manner of planting a shrubbery,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 806, fig. 559.
J. C. Loudon, Ground-plan for “systematic or methodical planting in shrubberies,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 807, fig. 560.
J. C. Loudon, “Grecian temple,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 809, fig. 562.
J. C. Loudon, Bower formed of lattice-work, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 809, fig. 563.
J. C. Loudon, Plan, view, and section of green-house, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 811, fig. 567.
J. C. Loudon, Greenhouse or conservatory for a flower-garden, with a span roof, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 811, fig. 568.
J. C. Loudon, Orangery at Pimlico, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 813, fig. 570.
J. C. Loudon, The placement of groups and thickets in plantations, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 954, fig. 649.
J. C. Loudon, Clump of Scotch pines, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 965, fig. 663.
J. C. Loudon, Landscape gardening for a residence in the ancient style, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1007, fig. 690.
J. C. Loudon, In planting with a view to natural beauty, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1008, fig. 691.
J. C. Loudon, A garden in the ancient style, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1009, fig. 694.
J. C. Loudon, The imitation of a lake, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1010, fig. 696.
J. C. Loudon, “A waterfall, or cascade,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1012, fig. 700.
J. C. Loudon, Aviary designed by Humphry Repton for the grounds of the Pavilion at Brighton, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1020, fig. 718.
J. C. Loudon, "The pleasure-ground", in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1021, fig. 719.
J. C. Loudon, Plan of a ferme ornée with wild and irregular hedges, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1023, fig. 722.
J. C. Loudon, Plan of a large public square, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1826), 1030, fig. 733.

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, new ed., improved and enlarged (1834)

J. C. Loudon, A grotto scene from Monza, Italy, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 36, fig. 20.
J. C. Loudon, Rustic Dutch fountain, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 63, fig. 43.
J. C. Loudon, Orangery at Baden Gardens, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 174, fig. 130.
J. C. Loudon, Rustic shed, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 227, fig. 163.
J. C. Loudon, “A lofty prospect tower,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 328, fig. 224.
J. C. Loudon, “An Octagon Pagoda,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 333, fig. 233.
J. C. Loudon, Diagram of worm fence, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 412, fig. 276.
J. C. Loudon, “The propagation-pot” and “carnation-saucer,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 540, figs. 444–45.
J. C. Loudon, “The apiary, or bee-house,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 613, fig. 620.
J. C. Loudon, Kitchen garden, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 721, fig. 696.
J. C. Loudon, Section and plan for a building to house orange trees, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 974, fig. 785a and b.
J. C. Loudon, A clump, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 1118, fig. 874a.
J. C. Loudon, One of the “Accidental Accompaniments to the Materials of Landscape,” for birds and animals, in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 1183, fig. 947.
J. C. Loudon, “Seat formed of moss and hazel rods” and “Trellised arches for climbers,” in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1834), 1196, figs. 960–62.

The Suburban Gardener (1838)

J. C. Loudon, “Trees . . . arranged in the gardenesque manner,” in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 165, fig. 47.
J. C. Loudon, Trees arranged in the picturesque style, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 165, fig. 48.
J. C. Loudon, A rustic thatched structure, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 466, fig. 172.
J. C. Loudon, “A Villa Residence of Two Acres, within a regular Boundary, laid out in the Geometrical Style,” in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 530, fig. 200.
J. C. Loudon, Fountain supplied from a cistern, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 582, fig. 233.
J. C. Loudon, “View of the French parterre,” in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 583, fig. 235.
J. C. Loudon, View of the rockwork, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 584, fig. 237.
J. C. Loudon, Statue of Mercury in front of trelliswork for creepers, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 585, fig. 238.
J. C. Loudon, “View of the rustic arch,” in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 586, fig. 240.
J. C. Loudon, “Entrance to the Flower-garden at Wimbledon House,” in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 641, fig. 267.
J. C. Loudon, A walk covered with trelliswork, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 664, fig. 280.
J. C. Loudon, A bee-canopy covering one of Mr. Nutt’s hives, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 713, fig. 306.
J. C. Loudon, Nutt’s hive placed in the front of a veranda, in The Suburban Gardener (1838), 714, fig. 307.

Gardener’s Magazine (December 1839)

J. C. Loudon, “Cheshunt Cottage, from the Road,” in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 633, fig. 154.
J. C. Loudon, “View from the Drawingroom Window at Cheshunt Cottage, looking to the Left,” in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 634, fig. 155.
J. C. Loudon, “View from the Drawingroom Window at Cheshunt Cottage, looking to the Right,” in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 636, fig. 156.
J. C. Loudon, “Ground Plan of Cheshunt Cottage,” in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 636, fig. 157.
J. C. Loudon, “View from the Library Porch,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 640, fig. 158.
J. C. Loudon, Plan of farmyard, garden offices and hot-houses at Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 642, fig. 159.
J. C. Loudon, “Rustic Alcove,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 644, fig. 160.
J. C. Loudon, “General View of the Hot-houses, as seen across the American Garden,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 646, fig. 161.
J. C. Loudon, “View from the Chinese Temple,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 651, fig. 162.
J. C. Loudon, “Distant View of the House and Tent, across the Pond,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 653, fig. 163.
J. C. Loudon, “Grotto, with Umbrella Tent over,” Cheshunt Cottage, in Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 654, fig. 164.
J. C. Loudon, Vertical profile of the gardens and the pleasure-ground, Cheshunt Cottage (left side), in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 656, fig. 165.
J. C. Loudon, Vertical profile of the gardens and the pleasure-ground, Cheshunt Cottage (right side), in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 657, fig. 165.
J. C. Loudon, “Covered Seat, of grotesque and rustic Masonry,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 656, fig. 168.
J. C. Loudon, Elevation of the Back Woodwork of a Rustic Covered Seat, Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 660, fig. 168.
J. C. Loudon, “Hermit’s Seat, and Classical Vase,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 664, fig. 172.
J. C. Loudon, “Boat-house and Agave Mount,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 667, fig. 173.
J. C. Loudon, “Garden Front of Cheshunt Cottage,” in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 669, fig. 174.
J. C. Loudon, “View across the Water, looking towards the House,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the Gardener’s Magazine 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 673, fig. 175.

An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, new ed., corrected and improved (1850)

J. C. Loudon, Perspective view of a house in the village of Riceborough, Ga., in An Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1850), 332, fig. 231.

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Notes

↑ Paul Elliott, Charles Watkins, and Stephen Daniels, “‘Combining Science with Recreation and Pleasure’: Cultural Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Arboretums,“ Garden History 35 (2007): 9–10, view on Zotero; Colleen Morris, “The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: John Claudius Loudon and His Influence in the Australian Colonies,” Garden History 32, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 101–23, view on Zotero; Margaretta J. Darnall, “The American Cemetery as Picturesque Landscape: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis,” Winterthur Portfolio 18, no. 4 (Winter 1983): 264–65, view on Zotero.
↑ Melanie Louise Simo, Loudon and the Landscape: From Country Seat to Metropolis, 1783–1843 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988), 1–7, 28–29, view on Zotero.
↑ Laurence Frickler, “John Claudius Loudon: The Plane Truth?,” in Furor Hortensis: Essays on the History of the English Landscape Garden in Memory of H. F. Clark, ed. Peter Willis (Edinburgh: Elysium Press Limited, 1974), 81, view on Zotero; see also Simo 1988, 38–45, 52–56, 93–95, view on Zotero.
↑ Frickler 1974, 76–88, view on Zotero.
↑ John Claudius Loudon, Remarks on the Construction of Hothouses, Pointing out the Most Advantageous Forms, Materials, and Contrivances to Be Used in Their Construction; Also, A Review of The Various Methods of Building Them in Foreign Countries as Well as in England (London: J. Taylor, 1817) view on Zotero; Georg Kohlmaier and Barna von Sartory, Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991), view on Zotero; Simo 1988, 7–9, 110–18, view on Zotero.
↑ Andrea Henderson, “Mastery and Melancholy in Suburbia,” Eighteenth Century 50, no. 2/3 (Summer–Autumn 2009): 227–31, view on Zotero; Simo 1988, 9, 147–48, view on Zotero; see also Sarah Dewis, The Loudons and the Gardening Press: A Victorian Cultural Industry (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014), view on Zotero.
↑ Simo 1988, view on Zotero.
↑ John Claudius Loudon, In Search of English Gardens: The Gravels of John Claudius Loudon and His Wife Jane, ed. Priscilla Boniface (Wheathampstead: Lennard Publishing, 1987), 10–16, view on Zotero.
↑ Charles Quest-Ritson, The English Garden: A Social History (London: Viking Press, 2001), 177, view on Zotero.
↑ Simo 1988, 153–62, view on Zotero; Ray Desmond, “Loudon and Nineteenth-Century Horticultural Journalism” in John Claudius Loudon and the Early Nineteenth Century in Great Britain, ed. Elisabeth MacDougall (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1980), 79–82, 94–96 view on Zotero.
↑ Simo 1988, 171–75, view on Zotero.
↑ John Claudius Loudon, The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion (London: Longman et al., 1838), 638, view on Zotero; see also Heath Schenker, “Women, Gardens, and the English Middle Class in the Early Nineteenth Century” in Bourgeois and Aristocratic Cultural Encounters in Garden Art, 1550–1850, ed. Michel Conan (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 2002), 338n, 343–47, 356–60, view on Zotero.
↑ Beryl Hartley, “Sites of Knowledge and Instruction: Arboretums and the ‘Arboretum et Futicetum Britannicum,’” Garden History 35 (2007): 35–36, view on Zotero; Elliott, Watkins, and Daniels 2007, 20–22, view on Zotero; Hilary A. Taylor, “Urban Public Parks, 1840–1900: Design and Meaning,” Garden History 23, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 203–6, view on Zotero; John Claudius Loudon, The Derby Arboretum: Containing a Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs Included in It, A Description of the Grounds and Directions for Their Management, A Copy of the Address Delivered When It Was Presented to the Town of Derby . . . on Sept. 16, 1840 (London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840), view on Zotero.
↑ Hartley 2007, 28–52, view on Zotero.
↑ J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, 4th ed. (London: Longman et al., 1826), view on Zotero.
↑ J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, new ed., considerably improved and enlarged (London: Longman et al., 1834), view on Zotero.
↑ Loudon 1838, view on Zotero.
↑ J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, a new ed., corr. and improved (London: Longman et al., 1850), view on Zotero.
↑ J. C. Loudon, “Review of Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening, Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement 8, no. 41 (December 1832): 700–2, view on Zotero.
↑ J. C. Loudon, “Descriptive Notices of Select Suburban Residences, with Remarks on Each; Intended to Illustrate the Principles and Practices of Landscape-Gardening,” Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement XV, no. 117 (December 1839): 633–74, view on Zotero.

[1] Paul Elliott, Charles Watkins, and Stephen Daniels, “‘Combining Science with Recreation and Pleasure’: Cultural Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Arboretums,“ Garden History 35 (2007): 9–10, view on Zotero; Colleen Morris, “The Diffusion of Useful Knowledge: John Claudius Loudon and His Influence in the Australian Colonies,” Garden History 32, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 101–23, view on Zotero; Margaretta J. Darnall, “The American Cemetery as Picturesque Landscape: Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis,” Winterthur Portfolio 18, no. 4 (Winter 1983): 264–65, view on Zotero.

[2] Melanie Louise Simo, Loudon and the Landscape: From Country Seat to Metropolis, 1783–1843 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988), 1–7, 28–29, view on Zotero.

[3] Laurence Frickler, “John Claudius Loudon: The Plane Truth?,” in Furor Hortensis: Essays on the History of the English Landscape Garden in Memory of H. F. Clark, ed. Peter Willis (Edinburgh: Elysium Press Limited, 1974), 81, view on Zotero; see also Simo 1988, 38–45, 52–56, 93–95, view on Zotero.

[4] Frickler 1974, 76–88, view on Zotero.

[5] John Claudius Loudon, Remarks on the Construction of Hothouses, Pointing out the Most Advantageous Forms, Materials, and Contrivances to Be Used in Their Construction; Also, A Review of The Various Methods of Building Them in Foreign Countries as Well as in England (London: J. Taylor, 1817) view on Zotero; Georg Kohlmaier and Barna von Sartory, Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991), view on Zotero; Simo 1988, 7–9, 110–18, view on Zotero.

[6] Andrea Henderson, “Mastery and Melancholy in Suburbia,” Eighteenth Century 50, no. 2/3 (Summer–Autumn 2009): 227–31, view on Zotero; Simo 1988, 9, 147–48, view on Zotero; see also Sarah Dewis, The Loudons and the Gardening Press: A Victorian Cultural Industry (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014), view on Zotero.

[7] Simo 1988, view on Zotero.

[8] John Claudius Loudon, In Search of English Gardens: The Gravels of John Claudius Loudon and His Wife Jane, ed. Priscilla Boniface (Wheathampstead: Lennard Publishing, 1987), 10–16, view on Zotero.

[9] Charles Quest-Ritson, The English Garden: A Social History (London: Viking Press, 2001), 177, view on Zotero.

[10] Simo 1988, 153–62, view on Zotero; Ray Desmond, “Loudon and Nineteenth-Century Horticultural Journalism” in John Claudius Loudon and the Early Nineteenth Century in Great Britain, ed. Elisabeth MacDougall (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1980), 79–82, 94–96 view on Zotero.

[11] Simo 1988, 171–75, view on Zotero.

[12] John Claudius Loudon, The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion (London: Longman et al., 1838), 638, view on Zotero; see also Heath Schenker, “Women, Gardens, and the English Middle Class in the Early Nineteenth Century” in Bourgeois and Aristocratic Cultural Encounters in Garden Art, 1550–1850, ed. Michel Conan (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 2002), 338n, 343–47, 356–60, view on Zotero.

[13] Beryl Hartley, “Sites of Knowledge and Instruction: Arboretums and the ‘Arboretum et Futicetum Britannicum,’” Garden History 35 (2007): 35–36, view on Zotero; Elliott, Watkins, and Daniels 2007, 20–22, view on Zotero; Hilary A. Taylor, “Urban Public Parks, 1840–1900: Design and Meaning,” Garden History 23, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 203–6, view on Zotero; John Claudius Loudon, The Derby Arboretum: Containing a Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs Included in It, A Description of the Grounds and Directions for Their Management, A Copy of the Address Delivered When It Was Presented to the Town of Derby . . . on Sept. 16, 1840 (London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840), view on Zotero.

[14] Hartley 2007, 28–52, view on Zotero.

[Loudon_1826-15] J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, 4th ed. (London: Longman et al., 1826), view on Zotero.

[Loudon_1834-16] J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, new ed., considerably improved and enlarged (London: Longman et al., 1834), view on Zotero.

[Loudon_1838-17] Loudon 1838, view on Zotero.

[Loudon_1850-18] J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening, a new ed., corr. and improved (London: Longman et al., 1850), view on Zotero.

[19] J. C. Loudon, “Review of Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening, Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement 8, no. 41 (December 1832): 700–2, view on Zotero.

[20] J. C. Loudon, “Descriptive Notices of Select Suburban Residences, with Remarks on Each; Intended to Illustrate the Principles and Practices of Landscape-Gardening,” Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement XV, no. 117 (December 1839): 633–74, view on Zotero.

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+<div id="Fig_1"></div>[[File:1825.jpg|thumb|left|Fig. 1, J. C. Loudon, “[[Greenhouse]] or [[conservatory]] for a flower-garden, with a span roof,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 811, fig. 568. [[#Fig_1_cite|Back to texts]]]]
+As a young man, Loudon worked part-time for nurserymen and landscape gardeners near Edinburgh while pursuing the study of animal husbandry, gardening, and agriculture. On moving to London in 1803, he swiftly established his authority as a practitioner and theorist of landscape gardening and even dabbled in landscape painting, exhibiting five works at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1804 and 1817.<ref>Melanie Louise Simo, ''Loudon and the Landscape: From Country Seat to Metropolis, 1783&ndash;1843'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988), 1&ndash;7, 28&ndash;29, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN view on Zotero.]</ref> In addition to the study of art, his taste owed much to the reading of classical and modern writers, particularly English poets and aesthetic theorists. Uvedale Price, one of the principal theorists of the [[picturesque]], was especially influential; Loudon later observed, “I believe that I am the first who has set out as a landscape gardener, professing to follow Mr. Price’s principles.”<ref>Laurence Frickler, “John Claudius Loudon: The Plane Truth?,” in ''Furor Hortensis: Essays on the History of the English Landscape Garden in Memory of H. F. Clark'', ed. Peter Willis (Edinburgh: Elysium Press Limited, 1974), 81, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/TMA2ZEXX view on Zotero]; see also Simo 1988, 38&ndash;45, 52&ndash;56, 93&ndash;95, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN, view on Zotero].</ref> Loudon’s plan for improving the public [[square]]s of London through [[picturesque]] plantings of trees and shrubs, published in the ''Literary Journal'' in 1803, initiated a voluminous outpouring of articles, books, and pamphlets that would occupy him for the rest of his life.<ref>Frickler 1974, 76&ndash;88, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/TMA2ZEXX view on Zotero].</ref>
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+Loudon traveled extensively in order to familiarize himself with the ornamental and agricultural use of land in Britain and continental Europe. Impressed by the productivity of Russian [[hothouse]]s during a trip to Scandinavia and Eastern Europe (1813&ndash;14), he began experimenting with the use of curved iron and glass in innovative [[hothouse]] structures that could be adjusted to the changing angle of the sun’s rays [Fig. 1].<ref>John Claudius Loudon, ''Remarks on the Construction of Hothouses, Pointing out the Most Advantageous Forms, Materials, and Contrivances to Be Used in Their Construction; Also, A Review of The Various Methods of Building Them in Foreign Countries as Well as in England'' (London: J. Taylor, 1817) [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/D3NP8DJ3, view on Zotero]; Georg Kohlmaier and Barna von Sartory, ''Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type'' (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1991), [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/2EFN32HR view on Zotero]; Simo 1988, 7&ndash;9, 110&ndash;18, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN view on Zotero].</ref> In 1819 he visited France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Low Countries to gather material for ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture and Landscape-gardening'' (1822)&mdash;by far the most comprehensive and systematic compendium of gardening information that had been published at the time. In contrast to many of Loudon’s previous publications, which were expensively produced and richly illustrated, the ''Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' was a practical guide intended for professional gardeners and middle-class amateurs rather than elite readers. As such, it established a new direction in garden literature that Loudon continued to develop in subsequent publications, such as ''Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture'' (1833) and ''The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion'' (1838).<ref> Andrea Henderson, “Mastery and Melancholy in Suburbia,” ''Eighteenth Century'' 50, no. 2/3 (Summer&ndash;Autumn 2009): 227&ndash;31, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/W97KWDHD view on Zotero]; Simo 1988, 9, 147&ndash;48, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN, view on Zotero]; see also Sarah Dewis, ''The Loudons and the Gardening Press: A Victorian Cultural Industry'' (Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2014), [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/UFVDZ2JM view on Zotero].</ref>
+<div id="Fig_2"></div>[[File:1756.jpg|thumb|Fig. 2, J. C. Loudon, “View at Hendon Rectory,” Middlesex, England, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 483, fig. 175. [[#Fig_2_cite|Back to texts]]]]
+Landowners throughout England and Scotland sought Loudon’s advice on improving the grounds of their estates.<ref>Simo 1988, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN view on Zotero].</ref> Following his marriage in 1830, he was greatly assisted by his wife, [[Jane Loudon|Jane Webb Loudon]], who became an important gardening authority in her own right.<ref>John Claudius Loudon, ''In Search of English Gardens: The Gravels of John Claudius Loudon and His Wife Jane'', ed. Priscilla Boniface (Wheathampstead: Lennard Publishing, 1987), 10&ndash;16, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/EDXJZ5I view on Zotero].</ref> In 1826 Loudon launched ''Gardener’s Magazine''&mdash;the first periodical devoted solely to horticulture&mdash;which aimed “to disseminate new and important information on all topics connected with horticulture and to raise the intellect and the character of those engaged in this art.”<ref>Charles Quest-Ritson, ''The English Garden: A Social History'' (London: Viking Press, 2001), 177, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/9S7WBZPM view on Zotero].</ref> Addressed to an expanding middle-class audience, the magazine became an international forum for the exchange of specialized information on scientific discoveries, technological improvements, aesthetic theories, and working designs.<ref> Simo 1988, 153&ndash;62, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN view on Zotero]; Ray Desmond, “Loudon and Nineteenth-Century Horticultural Journalism” in ''John Claudius Loudon and the Early Nineteenth Century in Great Britain'', ed. Elisabeth MacDougall (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 1980), 79&ndash;82, 94&ndash;96 [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/R6S53QAD view on Zotero]. </ref> An article Loudon published in the magazine in 1832 established the term “[[Gardenesque]]” to denote a deliberately artificial style of garden layout that lent itself to botanical study of individual plant specimens, revealing the art of the gardener as well as the beauty of nature [Fig. 2].<ref>Simo 1988, 171&ndash;75, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/CH73TQUN view on Zotero].</ref> Whereas earlier landscape artists had “looked on garden scenery entirely with the eye of a painter and a poet,” Loudon believed that “the modern artist adds to these the eye of the botanist and the cultivator.”<ref>John Claudius Loudon, ''The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion'' (London: Longman et al., 1838), 638, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/BQVBJ48F view on Zotero]; see also Heath Schenker, “Women, Gardens, and the English Middle Class in the Early Nineteenth Century” in ''Bourgeois and Aristocratic Cultural Encounters in Garden Art, 1550&ndash;1850'', ed. Michel Conan (Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks, 2002), 338n, 343&ndash;47, 356&ndash;60, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/ZIB8RSSR view on Zotero].</ref>
+Loudon’s most important work in the [[Gardenesque]] style is the Derby Arboretum (1839&ndash;41)&mdash;generally considered England’s first public [[park]]&mdash;which he designed with over one thousand different varieties of trees and shrubs.<ref> Beryl Hartley, “Sites of Knowledge and Instruction: Arboretums and the ‘Arboretum et Futicetum Britannicum,’” ''Garden History'' 35 (2007): 35&ndash;36, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/UNJX4TDH view on Zotero]; Elliott, Watkins, and Daniels 2007, 20&ndash;22, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/QVC4V4ZP view on Zotero]; Hilary A. Taylor, “Urban Public Parks, 1840&ndash;1900: Design and Meaning,” ''Garden History'' 23, no. 2 (Winter 1995): 203&ndash;6, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/INQQXBEF view on Zotero]; John Claudius Loudon, ''The Derby Arboretum: Containing a Catalogue of the Trees and Shrubs Included in It, A Description of the Grounds and Directions for Their Management, A Copy of the Address Delivered When It Was Presented to the Town of Derby . . . on Sept. 16, 1840'' (London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1840), [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/A3TZEC3G view on Zotero].</ref> Among Loudon’s numerous horticultural publications, the most ambitious was his copiously illustrated (and financially ruinous) eight-volume “paper [[arboretum]],” the ''Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum'' (1835&ndash;38): a survey of all the trees and shrubs then growing in Britain, which he hoped would spur a taste for arboriculture and the cultivation of a greater variety of trees.<ref>Hartley 2007, 28&ndash;52, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/UNJX4TDH view on Zotero].</ref>
+—''Robyn Asleson''
+<hr>
 ==Texts==
-[[File:1321.jpg|thumb|150px|Fig. 11, [[J. C. Loudon]], "Ponds or large basins" and "Tanks or cisterns," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 339, figs. 286-288.]]
+===Books===
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (p. 339) <ref name="Loudon_1826">Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius). 1826. ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening''. 4th ed. London: Longman et al. [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/KNKTCA4W/q/loudon view on Zotero]</ref>
+====''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'', 4th ed. (1826)====
-:“1718. ''Reservoirs'' may be either tanks, cisterns, [[basin]]s, or [[pond]]s. . . .
+'''J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening'', 4th ed. (London: Longman et al., 1826)<ref name="Loudon_1826">J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening'', 4th ed. (London: Longman et al., 1826), [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/KNKTCA4W view on Zotero].</ref>'''
+[https://archive.org/stream/encyclopdiaofgar00loud?ui=embed#mode/2up View at Internet Archive]
+====''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'', new ed., improved and enlarged (1834)====
+'''J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening'', new ed., considerably improved and enlarged (London: Longman et al., 1834)<ref name="Loudon_1834">J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening'', new ed., considerably improved and enlarged (London: Longman et al., 1834), [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/TGQ5WTNR view on Zotero].</ref>'''
+[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31175002081290&view=1up&seq=7 View at Hathi Trust]
+====''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838)====
+'''J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion'' (London: Longman et al, 1838)<ref name="Loudon_1838">Loudon 1838, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/BQVBJ48F view on Zotero].</ref>'''
+[https://archive.org/stream/suburbangardene00loudgoog#page/n8/mode/2up View at Internet Archive]
+====''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'', new ed., corrected and improved (1850)====
+'''J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening,'' a new ed., corr. and improved (London: Longman et al., 1850)<ref name="Loudon_1850">J. C. (John Claudius) Loudon, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening,'' a new ed., corr. and improved (London: Longman et al., 1850), [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/W8EQFZUG view on Zotero.]</ref>'''
+[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112069296959&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021 View at Hathi Trust]
+===Journals===
+====''Gardener’s Magazine''====
+[[File:1900.jpg|thumb|Fig. 72, “General View of the Hot-houses, as seen across the American Garden,” Cheshunt Cottage, in ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 646, fig. 161.]]
+[[File:1418.jpg|thumb|Fig. 73, “View from the Chinese Temple,” Cheshunt Cottage, in ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 651, fig. 162.]]
+[[File:1905.jpg|thumb|Fig. 74, “Boat-house and Agave Mount,” Cheshunt Cottage, in ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 667, fig. 173.]]
+*1832, Review of ''Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening'' (''Gardener’s Magazine'' 8: 701–2)<ref>J. C. Loudon, “Review of ''Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening'', ''Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement'' 8, no. 41 (December 1832): 700–2, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/2PJICQB6 view on Zotero.]</ref>
+:“In our opinion, a landscape-gardener knows but a part of his profession, who is not conversant with the numerous families of American and other trees which will thrive in the open air in Britain. Mere [[picturesque]] improvement is not enough in these enlightened times: it is necessary to understand that there is such a character of art as the [[gardenesque]], as well as the [[picturesque]]. The very term [[gardenesque]], perhaps, will startle some readers; but we are convinced, nevertheless, that it is a term which will soon find a place in the language of rural art. [[landscape gardening|Landscape-gardening]], it will be allowed, is, to a certain extent, an art of imitation. Now, an imitative art is not one which produces facsimiles of the things to be imitated; but one which produces imitations, or resemblances, according to the manner of that art. Thus, sculpture does not attempt colour, nor painting to raise surfaces in relief; and neither attempt to deceive. In the like manner, the imitator, in a [[park]] or [[pleasure ground|pleasure-ground]], of a landscape composed of ground, [[wood]], and water, does not produce facsimiles of the grounds, [[wood]], and water, which he sees around him on every side; but, of ground, [[wood]] and water, arranged in imitation of nature, according to the principles of his particular art. The character of this art has varied from the earliest times to the present day; but profoundly examined, the principle which guided the artist remains the same; and the successive fashions that have prevailed will be found to confirm our views of the subject, viz., that all imitations of nature worthy of being characterized as belonging to the fine arts art not facsimile imitations, but imitations of manner. To apply this principle to the planting of trees in [[park]] or [[pleasure ground|pleasure-ground]] scenery nature, in any given locality, makes use of a certain number of trees found indigenous there; but the garden imitator of natural [[woods]] introduces either other forms and dispositions of the same kinds of trees, as in the [[geometric style]]; or the same disposition of other species of trees, as in the most improved practice of the [[modern style]]. In neither case does the artist produce a correct facsimile of nature; for, if he did, however beautiful the scene copied, the beauty produced would be merely that of repetition. But we have neither room nor time at present fully to illustrate this theory. Let it suffice for us to state, for the consideration of those of our readers who have reflected on the subject, that there is as certainly, in gardening, as an art of imitation, the [[gardenesque]], as there is, in painting and sculpture, the [[picturesque]] and sculpturesque.”
+*December 1839, describing Cheshunt Cottage, property of William Harrison, near London, England (''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15: 644, 653, 667&ndash;68)<ref>J. C. Loudon, “Descriptive Notices of Select Suburban Residences, with Remarks on Each; Intended to Illustrate the Principles and Practices of Landscape-Gardening,” ''Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement'' XV, no. 117 (December 1839): 633–74, [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/U5WDEBI9 view on Zotero].</ref>
+:“3. The [[orangery]]. The paths are of slate, and the centre [[bed]], or pit, for the orange trees, is covered with an open wooden grating, on which are placed the smaller [[pot]]s; while the larger ones, and the boxes and tubs, are let down through openings made in the grating, as deep as it may be necessary for the proper effect of the heads of the trees. This house, and that for Orchidàceæ, are heated from the boiler. . . . [Fig. 72]
+:“85, Double ascent of the steps to a [[mound]] formed of the earth removed in excavating for the [[pond]]. From the platform to which these steps lead, there is a circuitous path to the [[Chinese manner|Chinese]] [[temple]], and the steps are ornamented with [[Chinese manner|Chinese]] [[vase]]s, thus affording a note of preparation for the [[Chinese manner|Chinese]] [[temple]]. The outer sides of the steps are formed of [[rockwork]], and between the two stairs is a pedestal with [[Chinese manner|Chinese]] ornaments.
+:“86, The [[Chinese manner|Chinese]] [[temple]], on the highest part of the [[mount]] formed of the soil taken from the excavation now constituting the [[pond]]. The [[view]] from the interior of this [[temple]] is shown in ''fig''. 162. . . . [Fig. 73]
+:“87, [[rustic style|Rustic]] steps descending from the [[Chinese manner|Chinese]] [[temple]] to the [[walk]] which borders the [[pond]]. . . .
+:“The masses of trees and shrubs are chiefly on the [[mount]] near the [[lake]], and along the margin which shuts out the [[kitchen garden|kitchen-garden]]; and in these places they are planted in the [[gardenesque]] manner, so as to produce irregular groups of trees, with masses of evergreen and deciduous shrubs as undergrowth, intersected by glades of turf. they are scattered over the general surface of the [[lawn]], so as to produce a continually varying effect, as viewed from the [[walk]]s; and so as to disguise the boundary, and prevent the eye from seeing from one extremity of grounds to the other, and thus ascertain their extent.” [Fig. 74]
-:“1719. ''[[Pond]]s or large [[basin]]s'' . . . are reservoirs formed in excavations, either in soils retentive of water, or rendered so by the use of clay. . . . Sometimes these [[basin]]s are lined with pavement, tiles, or even lead, and the last material is the best, where complete dryness is an object around the margin.” [Fig. 11]
+<hr>
+==Images==
+===''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'', 4th ed. (1826)===
+<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="7">
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (pp. 339) <ref name="Loudon_1826"></ref>
+Image:1795.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “A plan of a Chinese garden and dwelling,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 103, fig. 37.
-:“1722. ''Collecting and preserving ice, rearing bees'', &c. however, unsuitable or discordant it may appear, it has long been the custom to delegate to the care of the gardener. In some cases also he has the care of the [[dovecote|dove-house]], fish-ponds, [[aviary]], a menagerie of wild beasts, and places for snails, frogs, dormice, rabbits, &c. but we shall only consider the [[icehouse|ice-house]], [[beehive|apiary]], and [[aviary]], as legitimately belonging to gardening, leaving the others to the care of the gamekeeper, or to constitute a particular department in domestic or rural economy. . . .
+Image:1311.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Plant boxes, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 285, figs. 177&ndash;79.
-[[File:1325.jpg|thumb|150px|Fig. 6, [[J. C. Loudon]], "The apiary, or bee-house," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 613, fig. 620.]]
+Image:1312.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Moveable edgings: basket edging and the earthenware border, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 296, figs. 219–20.
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (pp. 341–42, 801–2) <ref name="Loudon_1826"></ref>
-:“1733. ''The care of bees'' seems more naturally to belong to gardening than the keeping of ice; because their situation is naturally in the garden, and their produce is a vegetable salt. The garden-bee is found in a wild state in most parts of the globe, in swarms or governments; but never in groups of governments so near together as in a [[beehive|bee-house]], which is an artificial and unnatural contrivance to save trouble, and injurious to the insect directly as the number placed together. . . . Hence, independently of other considerations, one disadvantage of congregating hives in [[beehive|bee-houses]] or [[beehive|apiaries]]. The advantages are, greater facility in protecting from heats, colds, or thieves, and greater facilities of examining their condition and progress. Independently of their honey, bees are considered as useful in gardens, by aiding in the impregnation of flowers. For this purpose, a [[beehive|hive]] is sometimes placed in a cherry-house, and sometimes in peach-houses; or the position of the [[beehive|hive]] is in the front or end [[wall]] of such houses, so as the body of the [[beehive|hive]] may be half in the house and half in the [[wall]], with two outlets for the bees, one into the house, and the other into the open air. By this arrangement, the bees can be admitted to the house and open air alternately, and excluded from either at pleasure.
-:“1734. ''The [[beehive|apiary]], or [[beehive|bee-house]]''. The simplest form of a [[beehive|bee-house]] consists of a few shelves in a recess of a [[wall]] or other building . . . exposed to the south, and with or without shutters, to exclude the sun in summer, and, in part, the frost in winter. The scientific or experimental [[beehive|bee-house]] is a detached building of boards, differing from the former in having doors behind, which may be opened at any time during day to inspect the [[beehive|hives]]. . . . [[beehive|Bee-houses]] may always be rendered agreeable, and often ornamental objects: they are particularly suitable for [[flower garden|flower-gardens]]; and one may occur in a recess in a [[wood]] or [[copse]], accompanied by a [[picturesque]] cottage and [[flower garden|flower-garden]]. They enliven a [[kitchen garden|kitchen-garden]], and communicate particular impressions of industry and usefulness. . . . [Fig. 6]
+Image:1313.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The flued wall, or hot-wall,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 304, figs. 236 and 237.
-:“6127. ''Decorations''. Even the [[beehive|apiary]] and [[aviary]], or, at least, here and there a [[beehive]], or a cage suspended from a tree, will form very appropriate ornaments.”
+Image:1982.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The cellular wall,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 305, fig. 238.
+Image:1315.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The wavy or serpentine wall” and “the angular wall,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 307, figs. 241 and 242.
-[[File:1702.jpg|thumb|150px|Fig. 1, [[J. C. Loudon]], "Alcoves," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 356, fig. 331.]]
+Image:1318.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The cast-iron espalier rail,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 309, fig. 248.
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (p. 356) <ref name="Loudon_1826"></ref>
-:"1810. [[Alcove]]s . . . are used as winter resting places, as being fully exposed to the sun." [Fig. 1]
+Image:1320.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The acuminated semi-globe” hot-house, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 315, fig. 254.
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (p. 356) <ref name="Loudon_1826"></ref>
+Image:1321.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Ponds or large basins” and “Tanks or cisterns,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 339, figs. 286&ndash;288.
-:“1811. ''[[arbor|Arbors]]'' are used as summer seats and resting-places: they may be shaded with fruit-trees, as the vine, currant, cherry; climbing ornamental [[shrubs]], as ivy, clematis, &c.; or herbaceous, as everlasting pea, gourd, &c. They are generally formed of timber lattice-work, sometimes of woven rods, or wicker-work, and occasionally of wire.
-:“1812. ''The Italian [[arbor]]'' . . . is generally covered with a dome, often framed of thick iron or copper wire painted, and covered with vines or honeysuckles.
+Image:1322.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Elevated circular platform to keep ice in stacks in Ice Houses, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 340, fig. 289.
-:“1813. ''The French [[arbor]]'' . . . is characterised by the various lines and surfaces, which enter into the composition of the roof.”
+Image:1326.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Beehive, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 344, fig. 295.
+Image:1327.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Wire-cages,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 347, fig. 301.
-[[File:1789.jpg|thumb|150px|Fig. 7, [[J. C. Loudon]], Aviary designed by Humphry Repton for the grounds of the Pavilion at Brighton, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 1020, fig. 718.]]
+Image:1328.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The Swiss bridge,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 350, fig. 312.
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (pp. 347, 1020) <ref name="Loudon_1826"></ref>
-:“1761. ''The canary or singing-bird [[aviary]]'' used not unfrequently to be formed in the opaque-roofed [[greenhouse|green-house]] or [[conservatory]], by enclosing one or both ends with a partition of wire; and furnishing them with dead or living trees, or spray and branches suspended from the roof for the birds to perch on. Such are chiefly used for the canary, bullfinch, linnet, &c.
-:“1762. ''The parrot [[aviary]]'' is generally a building formed on purpose, with a glass roof, front, and ends; with shades and curtains to protect it from the sun and frost, and a flue for winter heating. In these, artificial or dead trees with glazed foliage are fixed in the floor, and sometimes cages hung on them; and at other times the birds allowed to fly loose. . . .
+Image:1811.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A gate in a simple or rustic structure, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 354, fig. 326.
-:“1763. ''The verdant [[aviary]]'' is that in which, in addition to houses for the different sorts of birds, a net or wire curtain is thrown over the tops of trees, and supported by light posts or hollow rods, so as to enclose a few poles, or even acres of ground, and water in various forms. In this the birds in fine weather sing on the trees, the aquatic birds sail on the water, or the gold-pheasants stroll over the [[lawn]], and in severe seasons they betake themselves to their respective houses or cages. Such an enclosed space will of course contain evergreen, as well as deciduous trees, rocks, reeds, aquatics, long grass for larks and partridges, spruce firs for pheasants, furzebushes for linnets, &c. . . .
+Image:1331.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Examples of Treillage-Work, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 355, fig. 328.
-:“1764. ''Gallinaceous [[aviary]]''. At Chiswick, portable netted enclosures, from ten to twenty feet square, are distributed over a part of the [[lawn]], and display a curious collection of domestic fowls. In each enclosure is a small wooden box or house for sheltering the animals during the night, or in severe weather, and for breeding. Each cage or enclosure is contrived to contain one or more trees or [[shrubs]]; and water and food are supplied in small basins and appropriate vessels. Curious varieties of aquatic fowls might be placed on floating [[aviary|aviaries]] on a [[lake]] or [[pond]]. . . .
+Image:1332.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Porches and porticoes,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 356, fig. 330.
-:“7258. ''Narrow [[terrace]]s''. . . . In some cases, the [[terrace]]-walls may be so extended as to enclose ground sufficient for a level [[plot]] to be used as a [[bowling green|bowling-green]] or a [[flower garden|flower-garden]]. These are generally connected with one of the living-rooms or the [[conservatory]], and to the latter is frequently joined an [[aviary]] and the entire range of botanic stoves. Or, the [[aviary]] may be made an elegant detached building, so placed as to group with the house and other surrounding objects. An elegant structure of this sort . . . was designed by Repton for the grounds of the Pavilion at Brighton.” [Fig. 7]
+Image:1702.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Alcoves,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 356, fig. 331.
+Image:1333.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The Italian Arbor” and “The French Arbor,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 356, figs. 332 and 333.
-* 1826, ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (pp. 792–93, 996, 1002, 1020) <ref name="Loudon_1826"></ref>
+Image:1334.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Covered seats of the rustic kind, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 357, figs. 334&ndash;336.
-:“6093. . . . The [[ancient style|ancient]] geometric style, in place of irregular groups, employed symmetrical forms; in France, adding [[statue]]s and [[fountain]]s; in Holland, cut trees and grassy slopes; and in Italy, stone [[wall]]s, walled [[terrace]]s, and flights of steps. . . .
-:“7161. . . . From these different theories [of [[landscape gardening]]], as well as from the general objects or end of gardening, there appear to be two principles which enter into its composition; those which regard it as a mixed art, or an art of design, and which are called the principles of relative beauty; and those which regard it as an imitative art, and are called the principles of natural or universal beauty. The [[ancient style|ancient]] or [[geometric style|geometric]] gardening is guided wholly by the former principles; [[landscape gardening|landscape-gardening]], as an imitative art, wholly by the latter; but as the art of forming a country-residence, its arrangements are influenced by both principles. . . .
+Image:1335.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Elegant structures of the seat kind, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 357, figs. 337 and 338.
-:“7196. . . . If a deformed space has been restored to natural beauty, we are delighted with the effect, whilst we recollect the difference between the present and the former surface; but when this is forgotten, though the beauty remains, the credit for having produced it is lost. In this respect, the operations on ground under the [[ancient style]], have a great and striking advantage; for an absolute perfection is to be attained in the formation of geometrical forms, and the beauty created is so entirely artificial . . . as never to admit a doubt of its origin. . . .
+Image:1336.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Drooping fountains,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 359, figs. 341&ndash;343.
-:“7256. ''[[Terrace]] and [[conservatory]]''. We observed, when treating of ground, and under the [[ancient style]], that the design of the [[terrace]] must be jointly influenced by the magnitude and style of the house, the views from its windows, (that is, from the eye of a person seated in the middle of the principal rooms,) and the views of the house from a distance. In almost every case, more or less of architectural form will enter into these compositions.”
+Image:1796.jpg|'''J. C. Loudon''', “Intricate and fanciful figures of parterres,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 375, figs. 363a, 363b and 364.
+Image:1339.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Levelling for terrace-slopes,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 377, fig. 369.
-[[File:1758.jpg|thumb|150px|Fig. 7, [[J. C. Loudon]], Rustic arch and vase, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), p. 581, fig. 231.]]
+Image:1340.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Cross walls,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 471, fig. 427.
-* 1838, describing the grounds of the Lawrencian Villa, residence of Mrs. Lawrence, Drayton Green, near London, England (p. 581) <ref name="Loudon_1838">Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius). 1838. ''The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion''. London: Longman et al. [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/BQVBJ48F view on Zotero]</ref>
-:“The next scene of interest is the Italian [[walk]], arrived at the point 8, in which, and looking back towards the paddock, we have, as a termination to one end of that walk, the rustic [[arch]] and [[vase]] . . . [Fig. 7]
+Image:1344.jpg|'''J. C. Loudon''', “Peach-houses and vineries,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 509, fig. 450a&ndash;c.
-* 1850, describing [[Fairmount Waterworks]], Philadelphia, Pa. (pp. 332–33) <ref name="Loudon_1850">Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius). 1850. ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening; Comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape-Gardening''. A new ed., cor. amd improved. London: Longman et al. [https://www.zotero.org/groups/54737/items/itemKey/W8EQFZUG view on Zotero]</ref>
+Image:1347.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Rustic fences,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 792, fig. 542.
-:“856. ''Public Gardens''. . . .
-:“''Waterworks at [[Fairmount Waterworks|Fair Mount]], near Philadelphia''. ‘[[Fairmount Waterworks|Fair Mount]] is one of the prettiest spots the eye can look upon. A broad wear is thrown across the river Schuylkill, which produces the sound and look of a [[cascade]]. On the farther side of the river is a gentleman’s [[seat]], the beautiful [[lawn]] of which slopes down to the water’s edge; and groups of weeping willows and other trees throw their shadows on the stream. The works themselves are enclosed in a simple but very handsome building of freestone, . . . behind the building, and divided from it only by a [[lawn]], rises a lofty wall of solid limestone rock. . . .” [see Fig. 8]
+Image:1351.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Plan of French parterre of embroidery, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 797, fig. 550.
-==Images==
+Image:1352.jpg|J. C. Loudon, The botanic flower garden with a gravel-walk, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 801, fig. 553.
-<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="7">
-Image:1795.jpg|"A plan of a Chinese garden and dwelling," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 103, fig. 37.
+Image:1353.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The select or grouped manner of planting a shrubbery,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 806, fig. 559.
-Image:1312.jpg|Moveable edgings: basket edging and the earthenware border, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 296, figs. 219 and 220.
+Image:1847.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Ground-plan for “systematic or methodical planting in shrubberies,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 807, fig. 560.
-Image:1313.jpg|"The flued wall, or hot-wall," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 304, figs. 236 and 237.
+Image:1355.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Grecian temple,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 809, fig. 562.
-Image:1315.jpg|"The wavy or serpentine wall" and "the angular wall," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 307, figs. 241 and 242.
+Image:1356.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Bower formed of lattice-work, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 809, fig. 563.
-Image:1318.jpg|“The cast-iron espalier rail,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 309, fig. 248.
+Image:1357.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Plan, view, and section of green-house, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 811, fig. 567.
-Image:1319.jpg|“The horizontal espalier rail,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 309, figs. 249 and 250.
+Image:1825.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Greenhouse or conservatory for a flower-garden, with a span roof, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 811, fig. 568.
-Image:1320.jpg|"The acuminated semi-globe" hot-house, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 315, fig. 254.
+Image:1770.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Orangery at Pimlico, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 813, fig. 570.
-Image:1321.jpg|"Ponds or large basins" and "Tanks or cisterns," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 339, figs. 286-288.
+Image:1361.jpg|J. C. Loudon, The placement of groups and thickets in plantations, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 954, fig. 649.
-Image:1322.jpg|Elevated circular platform to keep ice in stacks in Ice Houses, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 340, fig. 289.
+Image:1364.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Clump of Scotch pines, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 965, fig. 663.
-Image:1323.jpg|The form of Ice Houses and excavation of Ice-Wells, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 340, fig. 290.
+Image:1366.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Landscape gardening for a residence in the ancient style, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1007, fig. 690.
-Image:1324.jpg|The construction of an Ice House, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 341, fig. 291.
+Image:1367.jpg|J. C. Loudon, In planting with a view to natural beauty, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1008, fig. 691.
-Image:1326.jpg|Beehive, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 344, fig. 295.
+Image:1368.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A garden in the ancient style, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1009, fig. 694.
-Image:1327.jpg|"Wire-cages," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 347, fig. 301.
+Image:1369.jpg|J. C. Loudon, The imitation of a lake, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1010, fig. 696.
-Image:1328.jpg|"The Swiss bridge," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 350, fig. 312.
+Image:1370.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “A waterfall, or cascade,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1012, fig. 700.
-Image:1329.jpg|"The Swiss bridge," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 351, fig. 313.
+Image:1789.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Aviary designed by Humphry Repton for the grounds of the Pavilion at Brighton, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1020, fig. 718.
-Image:1330.jpg|Examples of gates, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 353, figs. 319-321.
+Image:1371.jpg|J. C. Loudon, "''The'' [[Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden|''pleasure-ground'']]", in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1021, fig. 719.
-Image:1331.jpg|Examples of Treillage-Work, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 355, fig. 328.
+Image:1372.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Plan of a ferme ornée with wild and irregular hedges, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1023, fig. 722.
-Image:1332.jpg|"Porches and porticoes," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 356, fig. 330.
+Image:1817.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Plan of a large public square, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), 1030, fig. 733.
-Image:1702.jpg|"Alcoves," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 356, fig. 331.
+</gallery>
-Image:1333.jpg|"The Italian Arbor" and "The French Arbor," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 356, figs. 332 and 333.
+===''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'', new ed., improved and enlarged (1834)===
+<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="7">
-Image:1334.jpg|Covered seats of the rustic kind, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 357, figs. 334-336.
+Image:1778.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A grotto scene from Monza, Italy, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 36, fig. 20.
-Image:1335.jpg|Elegant structures of the seat kind, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 357, figs. 337 and 338.
+Image:1696.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Rustic Dutch fountain, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 63, fig. 43.
-Image:1336.jpg|"Drooping fountains," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 359, figs. 341-343.
+Image:1779.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Orangery at Baden Gardens, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 174, fig. 130.
-Image:1337.jpg| "Antiquities," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 360, fig. 344.
+Image:1698.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Rustic shed, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 227, fig. 163.
-Image:1338.jpg|Ground-lines of gardens and parterres, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 375, figs. 361 and 362.
+Image:1775.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “A lofty prospect tower,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 328, fig. 224.
-Image:1339.jpg|"Levelling for terrace-slopes," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 377, fig. 369.
+Image:1699.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “An Octagon Pagoda,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 333, fig. 233.
-Image:1340.jpg|"Cross walls," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 471, fig. 427.
+Image:1701.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Diagram of worm fence, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 412, fig. 276.
-Image:1344.jpg|"Peach-houses and vineries," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 509, fig. 450a-c.
+Image:1310.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The propagation-pot” and “carnation-saucer,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 540, figs. 444–45.
-Image:1345.jpg|Culinary hot-houses placed in a range, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 510, fig. 451.
+Image:1325.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “The apiary, or bee-house,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 613, fig. 620.
-Image:1346.jpg|Plan of a flower garden with irregular borders, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 791, fig. 540.
+Image:1705.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Kitchen garden, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 721, fig. 696.
-Image:1347.jpg|"Rustic fences," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 792, fig. 542.
+Image:1773.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Section and plan for a building to house orange trees, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 974, fig. 785a and b.
-Image:1352.jpg|Plan of botanic flower garden with a circular walk, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 801, fig. 553.
+Image:1798.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A clump, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 1118, fig. 874a.
-Image:1825.jpg|Greenhouse or conservatory for a flower-garden, with a span roof, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 811, fig. 568.
+Image:1788.jpg|J. C. Loudon, One of the “Accidental Accompaniments to the Materials of Landscape,” for birds and animals, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 1183, fig. 947.
-Image:1309.jpg|"Elevation of the rock-work," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 884, fig. 619.
+Image:1707.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Seat formed of moss and hazel rods” and “Trellised arches for climbers,” in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), 1196, figs. 960&ndash;62.
-Image:1180.jpg|Clump, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 942, fig. 628a.
-Image:1181.jpg|Thicket, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 942, figs. 628b and c.
+</gallery>
-Image:1182.jpg|1826
+===''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838)===
+<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="7">
-Image:1183.jpg|Groves, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 943, figs. 629a and b.
+Image:1760.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Trees . . . arranged in the [[gardenesque]] manner,” in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 165, fig. 47.
-Image:1184.jpg|Woods, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 943, fig. 629c.
+Image:1761.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Trees arranged in the picturesque style, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 165, fig. 48.
-Image:1185.jpg|Copse-woods, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 943, fig. 629d.
+Image:1763.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A rustic thatched structure, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 466, fig. 172.
-Image:1186.jpg|Avenues, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 943, fig. 630a-f.
+Image:1753.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “A Villa Residence of Two Acres, within a regular Boundary, laid out in the Geometrical Style,” in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 530, fig. 200.
-Image:1364.jpg|Clump of Scotch pines, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 965, fig. 663.
+Image:1826.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Fountain supplied from a cistern, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 582, fig. 233.
-Image:1370.jpg|"A waterfall, or cascade," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 1012, fig. 700.
+Image:1765.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View of the French parterre,” in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 583, fig. 235.
-Image:1789.jpg|Aviary designed by Humphry Repton for the grounds of the Pavilion at Brighton, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 1020, fig. 718.
+Image:1823.jpg|J. C. Loudon, View of the rockwork, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 584, fig. 237.
-Image:1372.jpg|Plan of a ferme ornée with wild and irregular hedges, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1826), p. 1023, fig. 722.
+Image:1766.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Statue of Mercury in front of trelliswork for creepers, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 585, fig. 238.
-Image:1695.jpg|Twelve designs in the Dutch style, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 62, figs. 41 and 42.
+Image:1757.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View of the rustic arch,” in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 586, fig. 240.
-Image:1696.jpg|Rustic Dutch fountain, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 63, fig. 43.
+Image:1759.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Entrance to the Flower-garden at Wimbledon House,” in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 641, fig. 267.
-Image:1775.jpg|"A lofty prospect tower," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 328, fig. 224.
+Image:1767.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A walk covered with trelliswork, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 664, fig. 280.
-Image:1699.jpg|"An Octagon Pagoda," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 333, fig. 233.
+Image:1754.jpg|J. C. Loudon, A bee-canopy covering one of Mr. Nutt’s hives, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 713, fig. 306.
-Image:1701.jpg|Diagram of worm fence, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 412, fig. 276.
+Image:1755.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Nutt’s hive placed in the front of a veranda, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), 714, fig. 307.
-Image:1310.jpg|"The propagation-pot" and "carnation-saucer," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 540, figs. 444 and 445.
+</gallery>
-Image:1311.jpg|1826
+===''Gardener’s Magazine'' (December 1839)===
+<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="7">
-Image:1314.jpg|"The cellular wall," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 577, figs. 562a and b.
+Image:1894.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Cheshunt Cottage, from the Road,” in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 633, fig. 154.
-Image:1316a.jpg|"The zig-zag wall," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 578, fig. 568.
+Image:1689.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View from the Drawingroom Window at Cheshunt Cottage, looking to the Left,” in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 634, fig. 155.
-Image:1316b.jpg|"The square fret wall," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 579, fig. 569.
+Image:1895.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View from the Drawingroom Window at Cheshunt Cottage, looking to the Right,” in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 636, fig. 156.
-Image:1325.jpg|"The apiary, or bee-house," in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 613, fig. 620.
+Image:1896.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Ground Plan of Cheshunt Cottage,” in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 636, fig. 157.
-Image:1798.jpg|A clump, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 1118, fig. 874a.
+Image:1897.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View from the Library Porch,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 640, fig. 158.
-Image:1788.jpg|One of the "Accidental Accompaniments to the Materials of Landscape," for birds and animals, in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1834), p. 1183, fig. 947.
+Image:1898.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Plan of farmyard, garden offices and hot-houses at Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 642, fig. 159.
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+Image:1899.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Rustic Alcove,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 644, fig. 160.
-Image:1342.jpg
+Image:1900.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “General View of the Hot-houses, as seen across the American Garden,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 646, fig. 161.
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+Image:1418.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View from the Chinese Temple,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 651, fig. 162.
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+Image:1901.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Distant View of the House and Tent, across the Pond,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 653, fig. 163.
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+Image:1419.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Grotto, with Umbrella Tent over,” Cheshunt Cottage, in ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 654, fig. 164.
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+Image:1902a.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Vertical profile of the gardens and the pleasure-ground, Cheshunt Cottage (left side), in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 656, fig. 165.
+Image:1902b.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Vertical profile of the gardens and the pleasure-ground, Cheshunt Cottage (right side), in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 657, fig. 165.
-Image:1758.jpg|Rustic arch and vase, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838),  p. 581, fig. 231.
+Image:1420.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Covered Seat, of grotesque and rustic Masonry,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 656, fig. 168.
-Image:1757.jpg|View of the rustic arch, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), p. 586, fig. 240.
+Image:1904.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Elevation of the Back Woodwork of a Rustic Covered Seat, Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 660, fig. 168.
-Image:1759.jpg|"Entrance to the Flower-garden at Wimbledon House," in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), p. 641, fig. 267.
+Image:1827.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Hermit’s Seat, and Classical Vase,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 664, fig. 172.
-Image:1754.jpg|A bee-canopy covering one of Mr. Nutt’s hives, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), p. 713, fig. 306.
+Image:1905.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Boat-house and Agave Mount,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 667, fig. 173.
-Image:1755.jpg|Nutt’s hive placed in the front of a veranda, in ''The Suburban Gardener'' (1838), p. 714, fig. 307.
+Image:1840.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “Garden Front of Cheshunt Cottage,” in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 669, fig. 174.
-Image:0961.jpg|Perspective view of a house in the village of Riceborough, Ga., in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1850), p. 332, fig. 231.
+Image:1906.jpg|J. C. Loudon, “View across the Water, looking towards the House,” Cheshunt Cottage, in the ''Gardener’s Magazine'' 15, no. 117 (December 1839): 673, fig. 175.
+</gallery>
+===''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'', new ed., corrected and improved (1850)===
+<gallery widths="170px" heights="170px" perrow="7">
+Image:0961.jpg|J. C. Loudon, Perspective view of a house in the village of Riceborough, Ga., in ''An Encyclopaedia of Gardening'' (1850), 332, fig. 231.
 </gallery>
-==References==
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+==Other Resources==
+[https://www.parksandgardens.org/news-events/john-claudius-loudon Parks & Gardens UK]
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 ==Notes==
 <references/>
+<hr>
+[[Category: People|Loudon, J.C. (John Claudius)]]