The Villa Gardener: Comprising the Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence: The Laying Out, Planting, and Culture of the Garden and Grounds, Etc

Loudon, John Claudius

History

Franklin Classics

On the Laying Out, Planting, and Managing of Cemeteries: And On the Improvement of Churchyards

Legare Street Press

Intended for young men with limited formal education, this manual was the final project of the landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843). Completed by friends, the book appeared posthumously in 1845. The son of a farmer, Loudon was well aware that men who began their careers as gardeners often became the stewards of estates, bailiffs, or tenant farmers later in life, and he provides here some of the mathematical and technical instruction necessary to carry out those roles successfully. Including sections on fractions, geometry, trigonometry, architectural drawing, and the calculation of wages and interest rates, the book traces a remarkable picture for the modern reader of the administrative duties expected of horticultural and agricultural workers in the mid-nineteenth century. Also included are conversion tables, a biography of Loudon, and a short preface by his wife Jane, whose Instructions in Gardening for Ladies (1840) is also reissued in this series.

Self-Instruction for Young Gardeners, Foresters, Bailiffs, Land-Stewards, and Farmers: With a Memoir of the Author (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Cambridge University Press

<p>The Scottish landscape gardener and prolific horticultural writer John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) published this guide to suburban living in 1838. The book is intended to provide instruction on choosing a house or 'villa' (or the site on which to build one); on the furnishing of the house; and on the laying out, planting and general management of the garden and grounds. Loudon had also planned a section on horticulture, but was forced to postpone this to a separate volume, which was never written. Like most of Loudon's books (several of which have been reissued in this series), the work is detailed and didactic: for example, the precise construction of chimneys is discussed, with reference to the various existing styles and the pros and cons, aesthetic and functional, of each. Offering insights into the practical and social aspirations of the emerging middle classes, the book also contains numerous engravings.</p>

The Suburban Gardener, and Villa Companion (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

The Scottish landscape gardener and prolific horticultural writer John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) published this manual on the practice of greenhouse or conservatory gardening in 1824. In his preface he remarks on the rise of greenhouses, which have 'now become an appendage to every villa, and to many town residences'. The work is directed at professional gardeners (and their employers) who may not have the requisite knowledge and skills to make the best use of this exciting new space. The first part of the work describes the practicalities of siting and constructing the greenhouse, how it should be heated, with what plants it should be stocked and how these should be cultivated. The second part consists of a catalogue of 'all the green-house and frame plants hitherto in cultivation'. Still valuable, this substantial guide offers modern readers a record of the plants that were then available to the enthusiast.

The Green-House Companion: Comprising a General Course of Green-House and Conservatory Practice Throughout the Year (Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture)

Crafts & Hobbies

Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum or The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign

BiblioLife

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Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy

Hortus Lignosus Londinensis: Or, a Catalogue of All the Ligneous Plants

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