The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 537
be amiss to oiFer a few hints upon them : aud, first, with regardto the walks: — these I should prefer being laid down with stone,with neat kerbs, about 2 in. high, at the sides; and, where thereare clumps that do not join the walks, as in design No. 2. {Jig.87.)j I should prefer them to be… … gravel, as I consider the latter to be in bad taste, though it isfrequently employed in the vicinity of the metropolis.