John Weathers

John Weathers (1867–1928) was a British horticultural writer and lecturer whose books focused on practical gardening, market growing, bulbs, roses, and ornamental plants. Records for his works consistently identify him with those dates, and his writing was widely published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He is especially associated with clear, usable gardening guides such as French Market-Gardening, The Bulb Book, A Practical Guide to Garden Plants, and Commercial Gardening. His work also appeared in connection with the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, and he was noted as a lecturer on horticulture.

Much of his surviving reputation comes from the breadth of his gardening books, which were aimed not only at specialists but also at ordinary readers who wanted dependable advice. That practical, instructive tone still makes his work easy to recognize today.