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 295
seasoned wood about 21 in. lono-,Sin. wide, and three fourths of an inch thick; abedare four pieces of wrought-iron plate about one eighth ofan inch thick, and sharpened at the end. The two centreones {b c) are movable, being retained in their places by twolarge-headed screws {e e) with nuts on the… … tre plates be removed, and one of them put into the middle(/), then the tool will make three drills 9 in, apart. Lastly,by using only the two ends, the drills will be 18 in. apart. 2&4 Iron Stakes for Rose Plants, S^c. The seed may be expeditiously covered by using the toolwith the points…
