 | William Bingley - 1805 - Počet stránok 622
...worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but ill without them,•by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...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... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - Počet stránok 600
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut lamely without them, by boring, perforating and loosening...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... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 494
...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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - Počet stránok 380
...back of each segment of its body, bearing a small bristle in each. SYNONYM. Lumbricus marimis, Linn. and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grass... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 514
...quadrupeds, which are almost entirely »upported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vei^ tation — which would proceed but lamely without them— by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and renderinc it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing «talk "' leaves and twigs into it... | |
 | 1829 - Počet stránok 642
...some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supjsirted by them, worms seem to be great promoters ot' vegetation — which would proceed but lamely without...them — by boring, perforating, and loosening the snil, and rendering it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing stalks <•( leaves and twigs... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - Počet stránok 510
...half the birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed...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... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 498
...age and debility. HABITS OF THE EARTH-WORM. — According to White, of Selborne, earth-worms are " great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks ofleaves and twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 524
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but slowly without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...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,... | |
 | 1832 - Počet stránok 586
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen thesoil, 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 up infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a finemanure for grass... | |
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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... 
