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 396
in November,1837, on a very rainy day; which is the reason, we suppose, that the draughts-man has made a slight inaccuracy in the windows, by making the panes ofglass parallelograms, instead of long octagons, which have a much better effect.Figs. 77. and 84. were taken at the same time, by the same… … of which fig.rH. in p. 361. is a view. It is raised on a rustic stone basement;and the veranda, which is returned at the angles, is paved with oak chumps,and forms a most convenient place for taking exercise in during rainyweather; a use which harmonises well with that of the billiard-table,which,…
