 For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and...  Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ... - Strona 3511823Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | William Bingley - 1829 - Liczba stron: 380
...back of each segment of its body, bearing a small bristle in each. SYNONYM. Lumbricus marimis, Linn. and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grass... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1831 - Liczba stron: 986
...VOL. II. NO. VII. K worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - Liczba stron: 510
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating and loosening...rains, and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws, stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - Liczba stron: 354
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | 1832 - Liczba stron: 524
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but slowly without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts,... | |
 | 1832 - Liczba stron: 498
...White, of Selborne, earth-worms are " great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks ofleaves and twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth... | |
 | 1832 - Liczba stron: 586
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen thesoil, and render it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by...straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a finemanure for grass... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - Liczba stron: 338
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | 1909 - Liczba stron: 744
...earthworms. "Worms," he says " seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would " proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosen"ing...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called " worm-casts, which, being their exerement, is a fine manure for grain "and grass...... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - Liczba stron: 410
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts,... | |
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