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 342
having leaked for someyears past in its upper part, that part has been recently covered with lead, letin under the coping, and into the stonework at the bottom ; and the water isnow effectually retained. As a substitute for a shelf round this pond, Mr.MIntosh has adopted a most convenient pothook ;… … the hook ; and Jig. 65. a section of the pond, showing the hook in its place,with a pot in it. In this figure, a is the hook resting on the coping of thewall of the pond; b, the surface of the ground outside the pond; c, thesurface of the water in the pond; and d, the bottom of the pond. In this…