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 571
558 Newly invented Hoe. Art. XII. Notice of a newly invented Hoe.By John Booker, Esq. Sir, I beg leave to send you a sketch of a hoe {Jig. 115.) which Iinvented for my own use, and which I do not recollect to have … seen among the implements figured and described in your En-cyclopaedia. This hoe cuts every way; backwards, forwards,and on both sides. It does not remove much earth; it cuts bestas it moves diagonally, backwards or forwards; but cuts wellmoved in any direction. I find it particularly useful…
