This volume is the third ina in a six volume collection that brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening across the long nineteenth-century. Economic expansion, empire, the growth of the middle classes and suburbia, the changing role of women and the professionalisation of gardening, alongside industrialisation and the development of leisure and mass markets were all elements that contributed to and were influenced by the evolution of gardens. It is a subject that is both global and multidisciplinary and this set provides the reader with a variety of ways in which to read gardens – through recognition of how they were conceived and experienced as they developed. Material is primarily derived from Britain, with Europe, USA, Australia, India, China and Japan also featuring, and sources include the gardening press, the broader press, government papers, book excerpts and some previously unpublished material.

Table of Contents:
Volume 3. Science: Institutions List of illustrations Acknowledgments General Introduction Introduction to volume 3 Part 1. Communications a) Shows and Societies 1. Anon., ‘Harpurhey’, ‘Notices’, An Account of the Different Gooseberry Shows … (1819, 1821), pp. 68-69, 149-50 2. Anon., ‘Notices’, ‘Mason’s Arms’, An Account of the Different Flower-shows … (1821), pp. 8-10; Thomas Hogg, ‘Rules, Regulations, Prizes’; Concise and Practical Treatise on the Culture of Florists’ Flowers (1820), pp. 151-157; J. C. Loudon. ‘Walworth Florists’ Garden’, Gardener’s Magazine, vol. 1 (July 1826), pp. 349-351 3. Thomas Andrew Knight, ‘Introductory remarks’, Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (1807), pp. 1-7 4. J. C. Loudon and ‘A Subscriber’, ‘Horticultural Society and Garden’, Gardener’s Magazine, vol. 3 (September 1827), pp. 108-109 and ‘Philo-Olitorum’, ‘Fete in the Chiswick Garden’ (November 1827), pp. 231-233 5. John Lindley, ‘Leader’, Gardeners’ Chronicle, (26 June 1847), p. 419; Edward Beck, ‘Chiswick Exhibition—Exclusion of Seedling Florists’ Flowers, (2 October 1847), p. 654; John Lindley, ‘Leader’ (9 October 1847), p. 667 6. Jackson Downing, ‘Horticultural Shows’, Horticulturalist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste, (September 1850), pp. 105-107; Thomas Meehan, ‘Horticultural societies and the horticultural community’ Gardener’s Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser (1 March 1862), 81-82 7. William Paul, ‘Floricultural Millinery’, Florist and Pomologist (May, 1869), pp. 98-100; Samuel Reynolds Hole, (‘The Six of Spades’), ‘Mr. Evans on Shows and Showing’, The Garden (21 September 1872), pp. 243-245; Anon (George Johnson/Robert Hogg), ‘Special Shows’, Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener (5 July 1877) 1-2 b) The Gardening Press 8. J. C. Loudon, ’Introduction’, Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural Improvement, vol. 1 (1826), pp. 1-9 9. Joseph Harrison, ‘Introduction’, Floricultural Cabinet (March 1833), pp. 1-3 10. Pierre Antoine Poiteau, ‘A Selection of Editorial Comments, Revue Horticole, ou Journal des Jardiniers et Amateurs, 1829, vol. 1, p. 51; 1831, p. 529; vol. 2, 1832, pp. 5-6 11. Andrew Jackson Downing, Horticulturalist and Journal of Rural Art (July 1846), pp. 9-10 12. Thomas Meehan, ‘Publisher’s Card’, ‘Congratulatory and Explanatory’, ‘Cottage Window Gardening’, ‘The Influence of Horticulture’, Gardener’s Monthly and Horticultural Advisor (1 January 1859), p. 6 13. George Glenny, ‘Leader’, Gardeners’ Gazette and Weekly Journal of Science, Literature and General News (7 January 1837) p. 8, ‘Prospectus’ (5 August 1837), ‘Leader’ (14 July 1838), p. 440 14. John Lindley, ‘Leader’, ‘Prospectus’, Gardeners’ Chronicle (2 January 1841), (30 March 1872), pp. 428-429 15. George W. Johnson, ‘Introductory’, Cottage Gardener (5 October 1848), p. 1 16. Anon., The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in All Its Branches (30 March 1872), pp. 420-421 17. Shirley Hibberd, ‘Marketing for the Garden’, ‘Profitable Gardening’, Amateur Gardening (1 January 1884), pp. 1-2 c) Nurseries and Seed Companies 18. ‘Robert Sweet was indicted for feloniously receiving, on the 29th January, seven plants…the goods of our lord the King…’ (1824), p. 1, 9-18, 19-23 19. Anon., (Suttons) ‘Garden Memoranda‘, Gardeners’ Chronicle (27 November 1852), pp. 758-759; ‘A Seedman’s Plea’ (22 December 1866), 1221-1222; ‘Farm Memoranda’ (9 February 1867), 140; Gardeners’ Magazine, Advert (24 January 1874) 20. Shirley Hibberd, ‘Messrs James Carter and Co.’s Seed Stores’, Gardeners’ Magazine (31 January 1874), p. 51 21. Anon., ‘First Prosecution under the Adulteration of Seeds Act’, Gardeners’ Chronicle (1 December 1877), pp. 697-698 22. Front cover Carters’ Bulb Catalogue (1895), and ‘Carter’s Choice Ranunculus’, p. 24. Part 2. Empire a) Classification (pre-1850) 23. John Horsefield, ‘John Horsefield, the Botanist’, Manchester Guardian (21 December, 1850), p. 5 24. J. C. Loudon, ‘Taxonomy or the Classification of Plants’, Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1827), bk. 1, ch. 4, pp. 128-130 25. Elizabeth Kent, ‘Considerations on Botany as a Study for Young People…’, Magazine of Natural History (1829), pp. 124-135 26. John Lindley, ‘Letters on Botany’, Ladies’ Botany, or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany, vol. 1 (1834), pp. 3-18 b) Plant Collecting 27. Joseph Banks, ‘Extract of a letter...from Sir Joseph Banks…Botanical Collectors…1814,’ British Parliamentary Papers, 1821, xxi, p. 374 –376 28. John Lindley, ‘Instructions for Collecting and Packing Seeds and Plants in Foreign Countries….’, Tracts (1825), pp. 5-20 29. Donald Beaton, ‘Packing Trees for the Colonies’, Cottage Gardener (26 February 1852), pp. 331-333; ‘Packing Fruit Trees etc for Our Colonies’ (1 March 1852), 352-354 30. Robert Schomburgk, ‘Journal entry, Jan. 1st 1837’, The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk, 1835-1844, (Riviere, 2006) pp. 196-197; Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana (1841), pp. 1-2; Alcide D’Orbigny, ‘Notes on the Species Victoria’ (Notes sur les éspèces du genre Victoria’), Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1840), 53-57 31. Walter Hood Fitch and Joseph Hooker, ‘Rhododenron dalhousiae’, The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya… (1849) 32. Charles Maries ‘Rambles of a Plant Collector’, The Garden (23 July 1881), pp. 84-86 33. Robert Fortune, Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China (1847), pp. 376-80; ‘Letter from Fortune to the Government in India and copy-contract between Fortune and his contractor, Wang–tih Poon’ (1851) 34. Thomas Birch Freeman, correspondence with Joseph Hooker from ‘Beulah Gardens’, Nigeria, (1872/3) 35. Charles Naudin, ‘Naudin’s Horticultural visit to Algiers’, Revue Horticole (1853), pp. 149-158 c) Botanic Gardens 36. William Jackson Hooker, ‘Plan and Key’, Catalogue of Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, (1825) 37. J. C. Loudon, ‘The Hackney Nursery or Commercial Botanical Garden’, Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1827), bk.4, pt. 3, sect.3, p. 1035 38. Robert Marnock, ’On the Formation of Floricultural and Botanical Gardens, with Remarks on Botanical Gardens – the Objects of the Latter Differing from the Former’, Floricultural Magazine (January 1837), pp. 169-174 39. John Lindley, ‘Report made to the Committee appointed by the Lords of the Treasury, 1838, to Inquire into the Management &c. of the Royal Gardens at Kew’, (London: House of Commons) 1840. Parliamentary Papers, 1840 40. Pierre Boitard, ‘The Botanic Garden and School’, (‘Du Jardin et de l’école botanique’), Traite de la Composition de l’Ornement des Jardins’… (5th edn. 1839), pp. 50-52, plate 8 (figs 1 2,3,4,6,8) 41. Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, ‘The Use of Botanic Gardens, Gardeners’ Chronicle, (10 August, 1872), pp. 1068-1070 (17 August, 1872), 1099-1100 (7 September 1872), 1196-1197 d) Zoological Gardens 42. Jules Janin, ‘Introduction’, Pierre Boitard (ed.) The Jardin des Plantes: Description of the Mammals and their Habits of the Menagerie and of the Natural History Museum (Les Jardin des Plantes…) (1842), pp. i-ii; li-lvi 43. Decimus Burton, ‘Design for the Gardens in the Regents Park belonging to the Zoological Society’ and accompanying letter by the President and Council of the Zoological Society (1827) 44. Joseph Paxton, ‘Art 1, Ideas on Forming a New Garden in the Neighbourhood of London for the Collective Purposes of the Zoological, Horticultural, and Medico-Botanic Societies’, Horticultural Register (October 1831), pp. 171-177 45. Joshua Major, Art 2, ‘Remarks on Mr. Billington’s plan for Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens in a Letter to the Council’, Gardener’s Magazine, vol. 15 (June 1839), pp. 306-316 46. Andrew Wynter, ‘The Zoological Gardens’, Quarterly Review, vol. 98 (1855), pp. 220-226, 228-230, 245-248 47. Advertisment, ‘Carl Hagenbeck’s Zoological Paradise’, 1898. Tierpark Hagenbeck, Hamburg e) Arboretums and Woodland 48. J. C. Loudon, ‘Catalogue of Hardy Trees with Showy Flowers’, Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1822), bk. 2, pt. 3, ch. 9, pp. 1013-1015; ‘Art 2, Calls at London Nurseries, and other Suburban Gardens; ‘The Hackney Botanic Garden. Messrs. Loddiges, June 21’ Gardener’s Magazine, vol. 9 (1833), pp. 467-469 49. J. C. Loudon, ‘Introduction’, ‘Conclusion’, ‘Of the Study of the Forms of Trees and Shrubs’, Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum …. vol. 1 (1838), 1-4, 191-192, 193-198; vol. 7, two illustrations at different seasons of the sessile oak, now known as Quercus petraea, a native English species. 50. Jane W. Loudon, ‘Management of the Lawn, Pleasure-grounds, and Shrubbery, of a Small Villa’, Instructions in Gardening for Ladies, (1840), pp. 315-322 51. J. Robson, ‘The Arboretum versus the Pinetum’, Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (16 January 1865), pp. 23-24 52. Laburnocytisus × adami: Prévost and Poiteau, Annales de la Société d’Horticulture de Paris vol. 7(1830), pp. 93- 96; William Herbert, ‘On Hybridization among Vegetables’, Journal of the Horticultural Society, vol. 2 (1847) p. 100; Charles Darwin, The Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication (1868) vol. I, pp. 465-466, 467-469 53. 5th Annual Report, City of Boston Documents 1880, ‘Bussey Farm and the Arnold Arboretum at West Roxbury’; Charles S. Sargent summary to the Board of Park Commissioners, (1879), PP. 120-122, and ‘Mr Olmsted’s Plan’, Harvard University: ‘Proposition as to a Public Ground to include the Harvard Arboretum’ (1880), Charles S. Sargent, letter to President of Harvard University (1885), Annual Reports of the President and Treasurer of Harvard College, 1884-1885, pp. 147-151. 54. Henry David Thoreau, ‘To Inches Wood in Boxboro’, The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, (1906 ed.) (9, 10, November 1860), Journal 14, ch. 4, pp, 224-230 55. Francis Jane Hope, ‘Winter Aspects of Trees’, Gardeners’ Chronicle (22 February 1873), pp. 254-256