First edition of Garden Flowers, Batsford Colour Books, illustrated by Jane Loudon.
Introduction and notes on plates written by Robert Gathorne-Hardy. Illustrated by Jane Loudon. 1948, first edition. B.T. Batsford LTD publishers.
INTRODUCTION
"Although it may be a fault in aesthetics to judge an artist according to the age he lives in, such considerations are not without interest, and they may, indeed, prove a natural aid to our pleasures and appreciation. And yet, to say of Mrs. Loudon - some of whose flower-drawings are reproduced in this volume - to say that her period was early Victorian, seems an altogether inadequate approach to her quiet and feeling art. We must glance, if we are to comprehend such work, not only at her contemporaries or immediate predecessors, but backward still, century upon century, age upon age, to the fecund germs which brought about in man his love of flowers, and the accomplishment of his visual art."
The author continues extolling the beauty and variety of flowering plants, illustrated by Jane Loudon's gorgeous paintings of Chinese Asters, Mexican Zinnias, Gladioli, Day-lilies, Foxgloves, Peonies, and more.
Jane Loudon (1807 - 1858) and her husband John Claudius Loudon were the were leading horticulturists, and Jane made gardening accessible to amateurs, particularly women. As notable, she wrote horror stories, including The Mummy!, which was published anonymously, as was the custom for women writers.
Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902 - 1973) was an English garden writer and master gardener.
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