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Loudon, Jane Webb, Mrs
Mrs. Loudon [Jane Webb] (1807 - 1858) was the wife of landscape gardener and horticultural writer, John Loudon, who designed the Birmingham Botanical Garden. She began to write popular botanical books to help pay off the debts that her husband incurred in publishing his Arboretum Fruticetum Britannicum.Mrs. Loudon's works are known for their delicate renderings of graceful botanical subjects. Mrs Jane Webb Loudon. Admirable Victorian lady writer and artist.
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