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 70
nted stock by a neighbouring farmer; but, as soon as Mr. Fennsseed arrived, the sowing of the first-mentioned seed was stopped, and theremainder of the field finished with his stock. There was no great deal ofdifference in the number of plants, except that Mr. Fenns came up quicker,and, though sown… … top, give the preference to the old sort. {fig. 25.) But his opinion wouldchange on closer examination : he would find the plants of this stock, in- 58 General Notices. stead of appling (as we say) kindly, wasting their strength in endeavoursto form, not a bulb, but an unsightly and unprofitable…
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