Bank Before Planting Small 320×232 Medium 640×464 Large 1024×743 Download TIFF Original 2964×2151 | (1.6 MB) Description A bank can be defined as a very steep earth slope with a bare, shifting surface, requiring protection and planting. Illustrated is a bank before planting. Keywords bank, bank before planting, planting Galleries Coasts Source: L. H. Bailey Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture (New York, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917) volume 1, page 451