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 40
ve power of soils., arepresents a small lamp ; b, a tripod for supporting a small tin * As an instance,: fifty years ago the present Dowager Countess ofOrmond had her table regularly served, through the winter with cucumbersraised in her pine-stoves on treillages against the back wall; though, only… … vessel c, which has a small hole and plug at g, for the purposeof filling it with water; and a small pipe d, for the escape ofthe steam when the water is brought to a boiling temperature;h is a small pair of grainscales. To ascertain the mois-ture retentive power of a soil,put 10 grains of it,…
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