 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...  The Natural History of Selborne - עמוד 238מאת Gilbert White - 1829 - 343 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 דפים
...great promoters of vegetation, (which would proceed but ill without them,) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure * Lumbiicu* terrcstris. Linn. for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 דפים
...great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but ill without them,•by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks cf leaves and twigs into it : and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 דפים
...are almost entirely supported by them, Worms seem to be great promoters of Vegetation, by perforating and loosening the Soil, and rendering it pervious...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of earthy lumps, called Worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 דפים
...great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass." The utility of worms,... | |
 | 1823 - 872 דפים
...great promoters of vegetation (which would proceed but ill •without them) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for... | |
 | 1824 - 188 דפים
...This they do by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, 'and rendering it open to receive rain and the fibres of plants, by drawing 'straws and stalks...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps, called worm-casts, which form a tine manure for grass and corn ! Gardeners and farmers express their... | |
 | 1829 - 520 דפים
...arid loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing stalk* of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by...up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-nuts which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | 1829 - 494 דפים
...Though considered a great nuisance by gardeners, 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 infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grass... | |
 | 1829 - 514 דפים
...and loosening the soil, and renderinc it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing «talk "' leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing...up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-ra^ which being their excrement, is a fine manure for cram and grass. Worms probably provide new... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 דפים
...great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut lamely without them, by boring, perforating and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...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... | |
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