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 273
the surface of the im-mense bed of peat, as it did when it was first planted, withoutany increase of soil having taken place; nor is the stem anydeeper below the surface of the peat than is usual with trees inother soils. The depth of the peat soil where the banyan spruce growsis about 14 ft. The… … under portions of the primary substems proceed from the groundin a uniform sloping direction from the main stem, one wouldbe apt to suppose them seedling trees; as the tops of all of themhave assumed that appeaiance. Perhaps the most remarkablefeature in this tree is, that some of the branches…
