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 224
in general, been found to grow and tothrive best near small rivers and pools of water; and in those places where,after heavy falls of rain, large quantities of water have accumulated, and, intheir struggle to get free, have cut out for themselves numerous small channels.(Times, Jap. 10. 1809.)… … the same kind of metal, fastened tothe sash-style (e e) by the screw-nailf. When the sash is to be pushed up,the piece of metal d is moved up-wards by the finger, and this piece,working on the screw f, loosens thelock or catch at g, from the othermetal plate a. In drawing down thesash, the piece of…