 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by 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 fine manure * Lumbiicu* terrcstris. Linn. for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...of leaves and twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of earthy lumps, called Worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms affect slopes to avoid being flooded, and probably provide new soil for hills and slopes, when the... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 pages
...pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers...excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass." The utility of worms, indeed, really consists in fertilizing the earth, though they act also as correctors... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by 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 fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for... | |
 | 1824 - 188 pages
...receive rain and the fibres of plants, by 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 tine manure for grass and corn ! Gardeners and farmers express their... | |
 | 1829 - 642 pages
...rendering it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing stalks <•( leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers...where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopi-, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and Farmers express their detestation of worms :... | |
 | 1829 - 520 pages
...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...and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills ami slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they atfect slopes, probably to avoid bring flooded.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by 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 being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | 1829 - 514 pages
...renderinc it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing «talk "' leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-ra^ which being their excrement, is a fine manure for cram and grass. Worms probably provide new... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 pages
...it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps of earth, called worm casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms ; the former, because they render their walks... | |
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... worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation., which would proceed but lamely without them ; by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants ; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and... 
