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 63
d the distance between the rows is generally about 10 ft.In the forks of the sticks I lay, along the bed, poles, generally young ashtrees, which are sold in abundance at Brentford and Uxbridge. I then takecommon garden mats, sew two together, end to end, and spread them acrossthese rods, so that… … 54 Domestic Notices. — Scotland. (Vol. III. fig. 161.), and these I stick in the ground, at the edge of the bed, sothat each peg may hook fast the corners ot two mats. If I wish to look atmy tulips in calm weather, I lift up the tails of the mats at the shady side,and lay them on the top; in windy…