Jane W. Loudon

English botanical artist. Her books include; Instruction on Gardening for Ladies, My Own Garden, The Ladies Flower Garden, Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals, Botany for Ladies, Ladies Ornamental Flower Garden, The Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants, The Ladies Flower Garden of Ornamental Perennials. "She was certainly the most important of the ladies of that era who chose to write, illustrate and publish their own books." -walpole (A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters 1650-1950).