1800, Richard Warner , A Walk Through Some of the Western Counties of England, The myrica or sweet-gale, also, with its serrated leaves and dry berry, the ancient substitute for hops, presented itself in almost every part of the uncultivated moor.
1900, John Clayton Gifford, The Forestal Conditions and Silvicultural Prospects of the Coastal Plain of New Jersey, On entering one of these forests, one observes at once that although there are many small trees of holly, and bushes of sweet-gale, the ground is free from litter and brush.
