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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... nearly to that length without division in search of water . Mr. Tyso , a Florist at Wallingford , mentions the case of a Mignonette plant which had penetrated through several courses of bricks , and descended far into a wine cellar ...
... nearly to that length without division in search of water . Mr. Tyso , a Florist at Wallingford , mentions the case of a Mignonette plant which had penetrated through several courses of bricks , and descended far into a wine cellar ...
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... nearly two and a half inches thick ; the root , there , was as thin as paper , and had followed every bend in the crack . As soon as it reached the inside of the pipe ( at b ) it swelled , acquired its usual cylindrical form , and ...
... nearly two and a half inches thick ; the root , there , was as thin as paper , and had followed every bend in the crack . As soon as it reached the inside of the pipe ( at b ) it swelled , acquired its usual cylindrical form , and ...
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... nearly the same way . So that , by presenting opium or arsenic , or any metallic or alkaline poison , to its roots , a tree may be destroyed as readily as a human being . 28 THE NATURE OF THEIR FOOD . The natural food.
... nearly the same way . So that , by presenting opium or arsenic , or any metallic or alkaline poison , to its roots , a tree may be destroyed as readily as a human being . 28 THE NATURE OF THEIR FOOD . The natural food.
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... nearly one hundred and fifty pounds of nitrogenous matter , equally suited to the nutrition of our crops . It has been confidently asserted that in addition to their feeding properties , roots are the organs by which plants rid ...
... nearly one hundred and fifty pounds of nitrogenous matter , equally suited to the nutrition of our crops . It has been confidently asserted that in addition to their feeding properties , roots are the organs by which plants rid ...
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... nearly a hundred years . Also , by the number of rings in the wood , each indicating a year's growth , the tree appears to have been about fifty - five years old when the inscription was made , and to have subsequently grown for nearly ...
... nearly a hundred years . Also , by the number of rings in the wood , each indicating a year's growth , the tree appears to have been about fifty - five years old when the inscription was made , and to have subsequently grown for nearly ...
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