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 481
d dug in; but a better mode is, toprepare a compost of lime and fresh earth ;to lay the roots of the tree bare, and thenplace this compost in contact with them. Itis evident that this mode of improving treescan only be applied on a limited scale, likeSir Henry Steuarts mixtnre of earth… … 470 CruicJcshanks Practical Planter. all the improvements they could desire, by a judicious use of Sir Henryscomposts, without adopting any more of his plan ? (p. 268.) Chap. IX. Plants proper for Underwood, &c. The moun-tain ash may be sown where it is to remain, and the plantsshould never be…
