 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 - 1897 - Liczba stron: 196
...worms seem 'to be the great promoters of vegetation,' which would proceed but lamely without them, by1 boring, perforating, and loosening /the soil, and...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... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - Liczba stron: 430
...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... | |
 | Selina Gaye - 1900 - Liczba stron: 412
...in natural history.' ' Vegetation would proceed but lamely without it, so great are its services in boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, which is a fine manure for grain and grass.' Gardeners and farmers hated the worm in his... | |
 | 1900 - Liczba stron: 898
...Harrington he remarks: " 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." There... | |
 | Selina Gaye - 1902 - Liczba stron: 308
...in natural history." "Vegetation would proceed but lamely without it, so great are its services in boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibers of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it, and most of all, by throwing... | |
 | 1882 - Liczba stron: 816
...by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely withoftt them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil,...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." After... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1906 - Liczba stron: 304
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without of Selborne 185 them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil,...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... | |
 | George Goudie Chisholm - 1908 - Liczba stron: 808
...lost, would make a lamentable chasm. For . . . worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation ... by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and...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,... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1910 - Liczba stron: 410
...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 worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | 1914 - Liczba stron: 588
...Selborne: "Worms," he remarks, "seem to Vie great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them; by boring, perforating, and loosening...the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibers of plants; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing... | |
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