 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
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1867 - Liczba stron: 672
...their minuteness (which renders them less an object of attention) and from their numbers and fecundity. Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks and leaves and twigs into it, and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps, called... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - Liczba stron: 458
...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... | |
 | 1869 - Liczba stron: 542
...dried up the moisture of the ground." — Johnston. VOL. III. — No. VI. FF 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... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1870 - Liczba stron: 536
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by dra\ving straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up 'such infinite numbers... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - Liczba stron: 1056
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen the soil, 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 fine manure for grass... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1872 - Liczba stron: 562
...would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering {t pervious to rains and the fibres 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,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - Liczba stron: 698
...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 qf earth called worm casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | Harland Coultas - 1876 - Liczba stron: 312
...promoters of vegetation, which would ouwng ££&£ the proceed but lamely without them, by boring, egg- perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...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." Lumbricus... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1877 - Liczba stron: 588
...supported by them, worms seem to be the 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1878 - Liczba stron: 446
...supported by them, worms seem to be 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 or' leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of I»m}.s of... | |
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