 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...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Page 273by William Bingley - 1829Full view - About this book
 | British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, George Johnston - 1865 - 446 pages
...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 twigs into itt; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which... | |
 | Charles R. Baker - 1866 - 532 pages
...vegetation, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to the rain and fibers of plants, by drawing straws, and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; they also throw up an infinite number of lumps of earth, called worm-casts, which, being their excrement,... | |
 | 1867 - 652 pages
...plants, by drawing straws and stalks and 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 bills and slopes, where the rain washes the earth... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1867 - 672 pages
...plants, by drawing straws and stalks and 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 hills and slopes, where the rain washes the earth... | |
 | 1869 - 542 pages
...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 twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm casts, which being... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...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 twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which being... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1870 - 650 pages
...ill 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 twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen the soil, and render it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm casts, which form a fine manure for grass and corn. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - 698 pages
...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 twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps qf earth called worm casts, which, being... | |
 | Harland Coultas - 1876 - 312 pages
...without them, by boring, egg- perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it 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 wormcasts, which being... | |
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