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 433
for tulips and other flowers, figured anddescribed in the Florists Directory [Fncyc. of Gard., § 6234.),is too expensive for general use, and the mode of coveringwith hoops not much higher than the summits of the flowers,precludes the florist from almost all enjoyment. I send youherewith a design… … The principle on which this awning is let down or rolledup is that of the common roller window blind; the differencebeing that here two blinds are let down and rolled up at thesame time. The structurewhich supports this doubleblind consists of four posts{Jig- 158., a, a, a, a), which reston the…
