 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...  Rural Sports - Página 283por William Barker Daniel - 1812Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 páginas
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, (which would proceed but ill without them,) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure * Lumbiicu* terrcstris. Linn. for grain and grass.... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 páginas
...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... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 páginas
...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of 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."... | |
 | 1823 - 872 páginas
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation (which would proceed but ill •without them) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of 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... | |
 | 1824 - 188 páginas
...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...most of 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... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 páginas
...her own young-" — WJ tatiou, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating1, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...most of 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.... | |
 | 1829 - 494 páginas
...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... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 páginas
...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut lamely without them, by boring, perforating and loosening the soil, and rendering...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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 380 páginas
...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 - 520 páginas
...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 throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-nuts which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
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