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 554
ion, one pint will go as far as twoor three ; but this is not the sole ad-vantage, for the fibres are not drawnupwards, as is the case with surface-watering, but follow the course of the.moisture to the bottom of the holder,and there soon become establishedbeyond the influence of externaldrought. A… … 526 General Notices. The Dahlia-Holder, fig. 130., is used by Mr. Pratt, head gardener to W.Harrison, Esq., of Gothic Cottage, Cheshunt. It is made of any easilyturned wood ; such as poplar, lime, sycamore, &c.;and the stalk of the flower being thrust down the bore,it is made fast by wedging it…
