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 569
as the spring advanced; and toward the latterend of May the stools sent out, from top to bottom, from thebark thousands of young shoots. I made choice of four ofthe strongest shoots, situated at right angles; the remainderof the numerous brotherhood was rubbed offi From thestrength of the stools… … a. The trunk, or stool. b, A branch so cut in as to produce an acute knee at its extremity. c, A branch with the natural curve. d. The upright posts to which the branches were, with nails and shreds, pinned down to the form. This experiment, owing to my having to take my departureto a distant part…