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 586
f side shoots,and the surface of the pot mulched, and watered occasionally ifnecessary. In the autumn, when the summer growth is over,prune down by cutting off the imperfectly ripened wood, andremove the plant to a north 94 aspect, where it may receive asufficient hybernation or win-ter check from… … Cultivation of the Melon. 575 long; place them at equal distances round the stem all lean-ing outwards, and fixed to a hoop at top, forming a trellis,like an inverted cone. {Jig. 94.) On this, train the shoot orshoots; ascending spirally at the distance of eight or teninches from each other;…