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 432
s been outseveral winters in this garden uninjured.Melianthus major [Jig. 68.), in the flower-garden, is 10 ft. or 12 ft. high. I made nonotes at the time; but, at a guess, thelength of each wall is about 100ft., theheight 12 ft. or more. The trees areorange, Seville orange, blood orange, ci-tron,… … in the open Air for several Years, 411 last, Phormium tenax was going out of flower in the shrubbery jits stem was about 9 ft. high, and its flowers individually notshowy, being, as far as I recollect, of a dull red and greenishcolour, and of a fleshy consistence, with long narrow segments tothe…
