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 240
I have contrived to remedy 70 g ^_ _- c this mconve-nience. Thisdrawing-.box,as I shall callit, is about 18in. long, 9 in.broad, and 2in. deep; ithas doublelids ofany sizeless than therims of thebox {a); oneof these lids [b) is^ a pane of glass in a wooden frame; the other lid {c)is a schoolboys… … with a Glossajy of Terms: 231 With this box the practical man, though no draughtsman,may equally with the draughtsman take sketches of any leaf,flower, or fruit which arrests his attention. All that he hasto do is to gather the leaf or fruit, and place it in his draughtbox until the evening. When…
