{"product_id":"instructions-in-gardening-for-ladies-paperback-9781108055659","title":"Instructions in Gardening for Ladies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108055659","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInstructions in Gardening for Ladies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA highly popular gardening manual for women, by the Mrs Beeton of the Victorian gardening world, first published in 1840.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJane Loudon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108055659, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 February 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJane Loudon (1807–58), the Mrs Beeton of the Victorian gardening world, wrote several popular books on horticulture and botany, specifically for women. She is also remembered as the author of The Mummy! - an early work of science fiction - and as editor of The Ladies' Companion. Her knowledge of plants and gardening was gained from her husband, the landscape designer John Claudius Loudon, whom she married in 1830, and from attending the lectures of the botanist John Lindley. Her notes from these were published as articles in John Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. This book, first published in 1840, was an immediate success, selling 1,350 copies on the day of publication and more than 200,000 in total. Written in the approachable style typical of her works, it covers all the elements of horticulture, and helped to encourage many Victorian women to take up gardening as a hobby.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Stirring the soil\u003cbr\u003e 2. Manuring the soil, and making hotbeds\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sowing seeds\u003cbr\u003e 4. Modes of propagation by division\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pruning, training, protecting from frost\u003cbr\u003e 6. The kitchen-garden\u003cbr\u003e 7. The kitchen-garden continued\u003cbr\u003e 8. The flower-garden, and the culture of flowers\u003cbr\u003e 9. Management of the law, pleasure-grounds, and shrubbery, of a small villa\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rock-work, moss-houses, rustic baskets, and fountains\u003cbr\u003e 11. Window gardening, and the management of plants in pots in small green-houses\u003cbr\u003e 12. Calendar of operations\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005911552280,"sku":"9781108055659","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108055659i_2dd9e73d-065f-4d51-920e-5aa2017a12b5.jpg?v=1696747263","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/instructions-in-gardening-for-ladies-paperback-9781108055659","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}