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 91
g to have a good collection ofplants, and another to have them so disposed as to enable spec-tators to view each particular plant with advantage. High stagesare by no means well adapted for this purpose; and we gene-rally find plant-houses in the nurseries more suitable for dis-playing green-house… … showing the plants they contain off to advantage; and, besides,houses of such a construction as to be suitable for the latterpurposes might not be deemed sufficiently ornamental for theshrubbery or flower-garden. High stages are inconvenient forwatering and cleaning the plants, as well as for…
