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The Claudians Chapter 15: Loudon’s Zenith

Financially secure and optimistic, Loudon embarked on what his wife was to describe as his ‘ruinous project’. Published in seven volumes, the Arboretum Britannicum was the earliest comprehensive catalogues of trees and shrubs cultivated in Britain. The work took until 1838 to produce. It was a scientific success but turned out to be a financial disaster which also wrecked what was left of the author’s health. To celebrate completion of the work the Loudons used the new railway to travel to Derby. Loudon designed the Arboretum in Derby and its opening the following year was a notable public benefit for Derby. It was also a high point of Loudon’s life and a great occasion for the Loudon family.

Marmoset Monkey -

Derby Arboretum -

Ridge and Furrow glazing -

Alton Towers -

Portraits of John Claudius Loudon -

The Loudon's trip on the London to Birmingham Railway

John Ruskin's ideas about the Walter Scott Memorial

John Ruskin -

Walter Scott Memorial -

Salisbury Crags Edinburgh -

Kata Phusin John Ruskin -

St. Anthony's Chapel site for Scott Monument -