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 421
this position is, that the tree can have no regular leader, Ijut each year one of the side shoots strengthens and continues the growth for the ensuing season. The year following, the same process is repeated in another direction ; a new axis of growth is formed, and the stem of the tree acquires a…