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 553
ing is the method in which the work is performed.The first thing necessary, before commencing operations, is tohave an even close-boarded surface to work upon; and uponthis ground draw whatever figures, forms, or devices you intendto represent. The next thing is to get round rods, about halfan inch… … being the average space, though it is necessary to regulate thedistance, in some measure, according to the space allotted foreach sort of moss. Each species should be collected separately,when perfectly dry. It must be adjusted by placing the topof each piece as evenly as possible, and cutting off…
