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 600
ting is performed simply by drawing back thecollar (c) from its position at d by the line g. Besides the ordinary opera-tions of gathering flowers and fruits, those of pruning off small twigs andtaking off leaves infested by insects from high trees (by the French calledecheniller, and the… … General Notices. 589 convenient length; or han-dles of different lengthsmay be prepared, and theinstrument inserted in theend of any of the handlesat pleasure, and made fastthere by a screw pin. Themost complete arrange-ment would be to have itfixed on at the end of atelescope handle, as lightas a…
