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 277
leaves. There is a very large orangery,which was formerly a theatre. The (Scarabae^us nasicornis ishatched from eggs inserted in the bark beds; and the perfectinsect flies about in the open air; and, while it excitesattention by its singular form, does harm to nothing. Butthe greatest curiosity in… … root under the decayed bark of this oak prop, which, in1829, being increased to about the thickness of a mansarm (Z>), burst from the bark; and it is supposed that, in afew years, it will render the oaken prop superfluous. In abuilding in this garden is a very complete collection of seeds,of…
