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 39
well ripened, as thesame variety on the same aspect on straight-lined walls. Wheresuch walls form a parallelogram, 1 have always observed thatat and near the corners the wood was small, drawn, and un-healthy ; the blossom scanty, and the fruit few, puny, andinsipid. Through the kind indulgence of… … The curve in the north wall admitted of similar curves in theadjacent lines; the south outside and inside walks and bordersare level across, rising very gently from the middle to the eastand west walls. From the inside of the interior border theground rises towards the north wall a foot in twelve.…
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