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 219
e large ones so wellas that of the smallones ; but, at all events,they form a much bettertermination to a dahlia-stick, than an invertedgarden-pot, stuffed withhay. If painted green(which would add verylittle to the expense),they would be hardlydistinguishable from the foliage. The price my cousin… … Art. Il. Foreign Notices. FRANCE. RENDERING Vegetable Substances incombustible, — M. Letellier, of Saint-Leu-Taverny, proposes a method of rendering vegetable substances incombustible,or at least uninflammable, which is particularly applicable to the timber usedin building, thus preventing fires…