Quotes:Loudon, John Claudius

Zirkoff, Boris

Loudon, John Claudius. Scottish horticulturist, b. at Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, April. 8, 1783; d. at Bayswater, London, Dec. 14, 1843. Son of a Scottish farmer; ed. at Edinburgh; became apprentice to a landscape gardener at the age of 14. Began gardening in England, 1803, and worked at Tew Park in the Co. of Oxford, 1806-12. Travelled extensively on the continent to study gardening and farming. Returned to England and acquired great reputation by his numerous works on agriculture, horticulture, etc., which went through several editions. The best known ones are: Encyclopaedia of Gardening, London, 1822. 8vo; Encycl. of Agriculture, ibid., 1825. 8vo; Encycl. of Plants, ibid., 1829. 8vo. Founded 4 periodicals and edited them until 1838, when heavy debts obliged him to relinquish his editorial work. Despite crippling illness, he took up landscape gardening again and worked ceaselessly to the time of his death. Greatly helped by his wife Jane who was herself a botanical writer.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 10, p. 424