The Theory and Practice of Horticulture: Or, An Attempt to Explain the Chief Operations of Gardening Upon Physiological GraoundsLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855 - 606 páginas |
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... increasing or diminishing their force , should be understood . The vital actions of plants have so little apparent resem- blance to those of animals , that we are unable to appreciate their nature in even the smallest degree by a ...
... increasing or diminishing their force , should be understood . The vital actions of plants have so little apparent resem- blance to those of animals , that we are unable to appreciate their nature in even the smallest degree by a ...
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... increased rapidity , when exposed to the influence of a feeble current of electricity of very low tension , and the plants not only came up sooner , but were more healthy than others ; but , on the other hand , a number of experiments ...
... increased rapidity , when exposed to the influence of a feeble current of electricity of very low tension , and the plants not only came up sooner , but were more healthy than others ; but , on the other hand , a number of experiments ...
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... increases in length by the addition of new matter to its point . A root is therefore extended much in the same way as an icicle by the constant superposition of layer over layer to its youngest extremity , with this difference how- ever ...
... increases in length by the addition of new matter to its point . A root is therefore extended much in the same way as an icicle by the constant superposition of layer over layer to its youngest extremity , with this difference how- ever ...
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... increases ; if such were the case , all roots would be mere threads . They also augment in diameter , simultaneously with the stem , and under the influence of exactly the same causes . Neither is it by an embryo alone that roots are ...
... increases ; if such were the case , all roots would be mere threads . They also augment in diameter , simultaneously with the stem , and under the influence of exactly the same causes . Neither is it by an embryo alone that roots are ...
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... it . As the plant increased in size , the old leaf gradually became exhausted , and perished altogether as soon as the young leaves gained the ascendancy and deprived it of the 24 FORMATION OF ROOTS BY LEAVES . scanty means that.
... it . As the plant increased in size , the old leaf gradually became exhausted , and perished altogether as soon as the young leaves gained the ascendancy and deprived it of the 24 FORMATION OF ROOTS BY LEAVES . scanty means that.
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