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    John Claudius Loudon (8 April 1783 – 14 December 1843) was a Scottish botanist, garden designer and author. He was the first to use the term arboretum...
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    young women. She was married to the well-known horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon, and they wrote some books together, as well as her own very successful...
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  • John Loudon is the name of: John Loudon (politician) (1866–1955), Dutch foreign minister (1913–1918) John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843), Scottish botanist...
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  • General Loudon (ship), mail steamer, named after James Loudon, present at the Krakatoa eruption Loudoun, an area in Scotland Earl of Loudoun John Claudius Loudon...
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    include the painter John Linnell the photographer Camille Silvy, the writer Jane Loudon and her botanist husband John Claudius Loudon. The novelist Wilkie...
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    sense, and "arboretum" as an English word is first recorded used by John Claudius Loudon in 1833 in The Gardener's Magazine, but the concept was already long-established...
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  • introduced by John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) in 1832 to describe a style of planting design in accordance with his 'Principle of Recognition'. Loudon was worried...
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    established by John Claudius Loudon in 1830. The section, or part of it, has also been treated under names including Quercus sect. Rubrae Loudon and Quercus...
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  • Johann Ludwig Alexius von Loudon (1767–1822), Austrian general John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843), Scottish botanist John Loudon (minister) (1866–1955), Dutch...
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    landscape architecture was invented by Gilbert Laing Meason in 1828, and John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843) was instrumental in the adoption of the term landscape...
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    which was designed by the landscape gardener and horticulturalist John Claudius Loudon. The site is notable for its range of glasshouses and gardens, which...
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    a liquor such as brandy. An apple dumpling adds a pastry crust. John Claudius Loudon wrote in 1842: Properties of a good apple — Apples for table are...
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    decade, starting with Kensal Green in 1832. Urban planner and author John Claudius Loudon was one of the first professional cemetery designers, and his book...
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    the land by local philanthropist Joseph Strutt, and to designs by John Claudius Loudon. It was the first publicly owned, landscaped, urban, recreational...
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    46-year-old reviewer, John Claudius Loudon, sought out the 22-year-old Webb, and they married the next year. Hopkins, Lisa. "Jane C. Loudon's 'The Mummy!'"....
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    Nursery in Hammersmith, west of London. "For many years," wrote John Claudius Loudon in 1854, "this nursery was deservedly considered the first in the...
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    tree bark splits, with the wood contracting as the sap expands. John Claudius Loudon described this effect of cold on trees in his Encyclopaedia of Gardening...
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    works greatly influenced other landscape-designers including John Claudius Loudon, John Nash, Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand, Hermann Ludwig Heinrich Pückler-Muskau...
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    Road, opened in 1842. It is notable as one of only three designs by John Claudius Loudon, who covers it in detail in his influential book On the Laying Out...
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  • with the entrances to the side. Similarly, the landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon built a pair of semi-detached villas fashioned to appear as a single...
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    et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain John Claudius Loudon John Lindley, The Botanical Register (1839) Bean, W. Trees and Shrubs...
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    discovery of simple hardy plants, in part through the writings of John Claudius Loudon. Loudon helped to design the estate at Great Tew, Oxfordshire, where...
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    Quercus stenophylloides Quercus sect. Ilex was first established by John Claudius Loudon in 1838. It has also been treated as a subgenus, under the name Quercus...
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    assemblage of ‘gleanings’ from literary sources, a prime example being John Claudius Loudon, who included a ‘brief outline of the progress of the ancient style...
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    the gallery. Landscaping work around the Palace was undertaken by John Claudius Loudon. Further work was undertaken in 1842 to make Scone Palace ready for...
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    & domestic improvement. It was written, edited and published by John Claudius Loudon starting in 1826. It was initially published quarterly, increased...
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    Loudoun Road (category St John's Wood)
    from the Scottish landscape gardener John Claudius Loudon. Initially only the southern section was named Loudon Street with the northern stretch known...
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    Allan Little, BBC foreign correspondent John Livingstone, minister banished to Rotterdam John Claudius Loudon, landscape gardener and horticultural writer...
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    Matterson CBE. The creation of a British horticultural society was suggested by John Wedgwood (son of Josiah Wedgwood) in 1800. His aims were fairly modest: he...
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  • Archive. Magazine of Natural History, Volume 8 edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson Mammals of Africa, Volumes 1-6 by Jonathan Kingdon...
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