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 541
nly, at present, notice the churchyard at St. Michaels, atDumfries, as perhaps the most remarkable in Britain, onaccount of the number and good taste of its tombstones.The appearance of these at a distance is singularly grand andpicturesque. Eiecting tombstones here is quite a maniaamong the middle… … 2W. u^MiL Crombie. The cheapness of these tombstones, compared to the price of similar erectionsabout London, is so low, that weare persuaded they might form aprofitable article of commerce forthe proposed metropolitan ceme-tery. To enable those concernedto judge how far this may be thecase, we…
