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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... mode of cultivating the Pine - apple , and in objecting to methods at that time commonly in use , to express himself in the fol- lowing words : - " I beg it to be understood that I condemn the machinery only which our gardeners employ ...
... mode of cultivating the Pine - apple , and in objecting to methods at that time commonly in use , to express himself in the fol- lowing words : - " I beg it to be understood that I condemn the machinery only which our gardeners employ ...
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... mode in which superfluous inorganic matters are disposed of in the tissues of a plant . As to the excretion of organic matter , there is no need to limit that function to roots , for nature assigns it to all parts of the surface , stems ...
... mode in which superfluous inorganic matters are disposed of in the tissues of a plant . As to the excretion of organic matter , there is no need to limit that function to roots , for nature assigns it to all parts of the surface , stems ...
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... mode of growth of a plant whether this occurs or not . When a plant possesses a thallus spreading horizontally by the growth of its circumference , it can annually extend itself into a larger circle , after the old parts in the centre ...
... mode of growth of a plant whether this occurs or not . When a plant possesses a thallus spreading horizontally by the growth of its circumference , it can annually extend itself into a larger circle , after the old parts in the centre ...
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... mode of formation . In Potentilla reptans , & c . , not only do the leaflets grow from the top downwards , but their secondary nervures and toothings appear in the same way . In plants belonging to the MIXED TYPE , the two preceding ...
... mode of formation . In Potentilla reptans , & c . , not only do the leaflets grow from the top downwards , but their secondary nervures and toothings appear in the same way . In plants belonging to the MIXED TYPE , the two preceding ...
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... mode of dealing with cold in gardens becomes analogous to that which experience tells us is effectual in the animal world . When a man is frozen , if he is suddenly thawed , he dies , or his limbs drop off ; and so of frozen plants ...
... mode of dealing with cold in gardens becomes analogous to that which experience tells us is effectual in the animal world . When a man is frozen , if he is suddenly thawed , he dies , or his limbs drop off ; and so of frozen plants ...
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