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 574
planted Trees againsthigh Winds, tvith a new Plan for that Purpose. By SamuelTaylor. I often amuse myself with some of the by-gone numbers ofyour Magazine, and in the course of these my researches, latelystumbled upon an article in Number 33. Vol. VII. p. 445., byWm. Thorn, Esq., on supporting… … 136 driving a nail into the stem of the tree, I exclaimed at once, He has not hit the right nail on the head, at all events. Why,the remedy is worse than the disease. It certainly does notapply to such a case as mine, where all the trees and shrubsare only 7 to 8 years old; but where, from their…
