 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
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - Liczba stron: 392
...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 wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | 1889 - Liczba stron: 850
...lamentable chasm. . . . Worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of all kinds into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . .... | |
 | 1890 - Liczba stron: 870
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by lioring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of all kinds into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . .... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - Liczba stron: 840
...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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - 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...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... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - Liczba stron: 398
...lamentable chasm. . . . 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 wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | ROBERT CHAMBERS - 1892 - Liczba stron: 882
...to l»e the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by lioring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of all kinds into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . .... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1893 - Liczba stron: 368
...shows her affection f >r these foundlings, and that she supposed the squirrels to be her own young." M and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres...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 - 1895 - Liczba stron: 268
...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... | |
 | 1896 - Liczba stron: 844
...renderinç it pervious to rains and the hbres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of all kinds into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . . Worms probably provide new soils for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth... | |
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