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 65
Gardens at Hale Hall. 55 within it, which, being confined below, necessarily rises alittle above the former. Thus successive circles grow oneabove the other, by which the vertical increase of the plant; isalmost without end. This is fully exemplified in the palmat Hale. In 1818 the insertion of the… … long from the stem to the base of the frond. The latter 10 ft.across its largest diameter, and 6 ft. 6 in. from the insertion ofthe footstalk to its apex. The largest fronds, and those whoseinsertion is about 10 ft. from the ground, are obliged to betied down, or it would be impossible for the palm…
