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The Gardener's Magazine was the first British periodical devoted to horticulture. [1] Full title was The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement. [2] It was written, edited and published by John Claudius Loudon starting in 1826. [3] It was initially published quarterly, increased its frequency to bi-monthly and then monthly. [4] The publisher was Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, and the magazine was based in London. [2] It ceased publication in 1844. [2]

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References

  1. Sarah Dewis (2016), "Introduction", The Loudons and the Gardening Press: A Victorian Cultural Industry, Routledge, p. 2, ISBN   978-1-317-02508-5
  2. 1 2 3 "The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. Georg Kohlmaier; Barna von Sartory (1991), Houses of Glass: A Nineteenth-Century Building Type, MIT Press, p. 139, ISBN   978-0-262-61070-4
  4. Jane Loudon (1844), "An Account of the Life and Writings of John Claudius Loudon", Self Instruction for Young Gardeners