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 167
00 ft. It is known by thename of the Johnny Martin Pine, from the circumstanceof a Scotchman of that name, who once lived near it, alwaysstopping for a considerable time as he passed that way, andviewing it with mute astonishment* Art. X. Description of a Tree-Guard in U&e at Thainston,… … posts are charred at the lower end, and sunk in the ground15 in. or IS in. Scotch pine lasts seven or eight years; larchor spruce, ten years. The expense of each is from 2s. 6(hto 3s. This tree-guard also answers for a stay to a newlytransplanted tree, which should be wound with straw ropeopposite…
