' THE 
LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
BY MRS. LOUDON. 
IN MONTHLY NUMBERS, ROYAL 8yo, WITH COLOURED PLATES. 
The First Number will be published on January 1st, 1841, price Ercutecn-Pence. 

_ As this work is intended solely for Amateurs, and especially for the use of 
} ady Gardeners, I cannot tell exactly of what it will consist till I see what 

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my readers desire. I have, however, formed the following general plan for 
sonducting it; though, of course, it may be greatly modified and altered by 
circumstances. 
_ I shall give in each Number a Plate, drawn and coloured in the same style 
as those in my LAprns’ Frower-Garpen, of one or more Ornamental Plants ; 
which either are in the country, or may easily be obtained. In choosing these, 
[ shall studiously avoid all garden varieties of Dahlias and other Florists’ 
Flowers ; and I shall endeavour never to figure any plants that have already 
appeared in any of the English Botanical Periodicals. With each Plate 
figured I shall give a Scientific and Popular Description, with any particulars 
that I may be able to obtain of it, with regard to its culture and manage- 
ment; and the scientific part of this description will be nearly all the science 
hat I shall attempt to introduce into the work. I shall then give any Papers 
that may be sent to me on Floriculture, on Laying Out or Decorating Flower- 













ardens, or on any other subjects that my correspondents may choose to write 
upon : andI shall conclude the First Part with two Papers—one on the History 
and Culture of some Favourite Plant which may be in flower at that time; 
and the other, on some Insect or other Animal connected with gardens. 
_ The Second Part will consist of Reviews, Queries and Answers, Retro-= 
ective Criticism, Visits to the Nurseries, Extracts from Gardening Books, 
&e. ; concluding with a Floral Calendar of Plants in Flower, and Operations 
Culture, for the current month. 
Having thus given a rapid sketch of my plan, I have only to invite all Ladies 
fond of Gardening to send me the results of their own experience, or any 
Questions as to Floriculture, Laying Out or Planting Flower-Gardens, Names 
of Plants or Insects, &e., which they may wish answered; and I think I may 
venture to promise that I shall generally be able to obtain for them the inform- 
ation they desire. 
TL have only to add, that all Communications, Books, &c., intended for the 
Lapies’ Magazine or GARDENING, must be addressed tome, at my Publisher’s, 
113, Fieet-street. 
: J. W. LOUDON. 
_ Bayswater, November 20th, 1840, 
LONDON : BRADBURY AND EYANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS, 
