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 86
3.It is, moreover, used in making tents. Sir Alexander Johnston gave a veryfine specimen of a tent made of these leaves, large enough to hold a partyof ten persons at table, to the late Sir Joseph Banks, in 1818. These leaves are also used by the common people to shelter themselvesfrom the rain,… … Foreign Notices: — North America. 11
