Daisies & Zinnias Journal — Jane Webb Loudon 1840 Ladies’ Flower Garden Plates 31 & 35 Victorian

Carry the elegance of Victorian botanical art—when Jane Webb Loudon illustrated the Ladies’ Flower Garden in 1840, she created hand-coloured lithographs so vivid and so precise that nearly two centuries have only deepened their beauty.

This hardcover journal unites two of the most celebrated plates from The Ladies’ Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals (1840–1842) by Jane Webb Loudon, the prolific English botanical author and illustrator whose work defined Victorian garden culture. The front cover reproduces Plate 31 — Daisies, depicting seventeen species across fifteen genera in a composition of extraordinary botanical diversity. The back cover presents Plate 35 — Zinnias, showcasing four species of the genus Zinnia in the warm, saturated tones characteristic of Loudon’s finest hand-coloured lithographs. Both illustrations have been curated and set against a dusty rose background with an ochre border, giving the journal a warm, contemporary elegance that honours the Victorian original while making it entirely at home on a modern desk.

Front Cover — Plate 31, Daisies, Jane Webb Loudon, 1840: A masterpiece of botanical variety, this plate presents seventeen daisy species across fifteen genera—among them Ageratum mexicanum, Cacalia coccinea, Kaulfussia amelloides, Calendula pluvialis, Arctotis anthemoides, and Tolpis barbata—arranged with the careful compositional intelligence that made Loudon’s work the definitive botanical reference for Victorian gardeners and naturalists alike. Set against a dusty rose background with an ochre frame, the illustration glows with warmth and botanical precision.

Back Cover — Plate 35, Zinnias, Jane Webb Loudon, 1840: Four species of Zinnia—elegans, verticillata, grandiflora, and tenuiflora—are rendered in the rich, hand-coloured lithographic style that established Loudon as one of the foremost botanical illustrators of the 19th century. The same dusty rose and ochre framing unifies front and back into a cohesive, collector-quality object that is as beautiful closed as it is open.

Why This Journal Inspires:

• Jane Webb Loudon’s 1840 hand-coloured lithographs—Plates 31 and 35 from The Ladies’ Flower Garden—by one of the foremost women in Victorian botanical science
• 17 daisy species across 15 genera on the front; 4 Zinnia species on the back—extraordinary botanical diversity in a single journal
• Curated with dusty rose background and ochre border for warm, contemporary elegance that honours the Victorian original
• Classic examples of Victorian botanical art at its most precise and most beautiful, preserved in matte lamination

Product Details:

• Format: Hardcover journal with matte laminated full-wrap cover
• Pages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal
• Binding: Casewrap sewn binding that lays flat and flexes for comfortable writing
• Dimensions: 5.5 × 8.5 inches, lightweight and portable
• Weight: 0.1 kg
• Cover: Jane Webb Loudon 1840 Plates 31 & 35, hand-coloured lithograph, matte finish; small 0.5"x0.5" production barcode on back

Perfect For:

• Victorian botanical art collectors and natural history illustration enthusiasts celebrating Jane Webb Loudon’s extraordinary legacy
• Lovers of daisy and zinnia flowers, cottage garden aesthetics, and the warm palette of dusty rose and ochre
• Admirers of Jane Webb Loudon and 19th-century women in botanical science and garden literature
• Those drawn to the intersection of science, art, and Victorian elegance in a collector-quality journal
• Thoughtful gift seekers looking for a beautifully designed botanical journal for gardeners, writers, and lovers of fine illustrated books
• Anyone who appreciates hand-coloured lithography and the extraordinary botanical diversity of the Victorian garden

Carry the elegance of Victorian botanical art—open this journal and write in the company of daisies and zinnias illustrated by Jane Webb Loudon, preserved for you across nearly two centuries.

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Care instructions: Use a soft, clean and dry cloth to gently brush any dust or dirt off from the center of book outwards.