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 359
as a reference to a list, or the names may bewritten instead. The top number or name refersto the back, the next to the middle, and thelowest to the front plant. Its advantage (whichmay be extended to any number of plants standingin one row) is its saving two out of every threetallies, which is of… … 350 Successful Method of graving the Cockscomb Amaranth. instance, in Mr, Jenkinss nursery in the Regents Park, by-printing the numbers on the ends of bricks, and placing a brickat the beginning of each short row across a border. In thisway one number serves for five plants, the situation of eachof…