| William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, (which would proceed but ill without them,) by boring, perforating, and loosening...drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form... | |
| William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...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... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...Quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, Worms seem to be great promoters of Vegetation, by perforating and loosening the Soil, and rendering...drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of earthy lumps, called Worm-casts, which... | |
| Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 pages
...these poor * History of Selbornc, vol. ip 364. despised animals ; for he has well observed, that " Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable...drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which,... | |
| 1823 - 872 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation (which would proceed but ill •without them) by boring, perforating, and loosening...drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a... | |
| Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...her own young-" — WJ tatiou, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating1, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious...drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm- casts, which... | |
| Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...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 - 494 pages
...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 drawing 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... | |
| Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 pages
...their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention than their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable...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 Blackwood - 1831 - 986 pages
...half the birds, and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, VOL. II. NO. VII. K worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which...drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts, which... | |
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