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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... , whose experiments were conducted with a skill and knowledge which few can hope to equal . So fully was he aware of the uncertain issue of experimental investigations in Horti- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . ix culture , that.
... , whose experiments were conducted with a skill and knowledge which few can hope to equal . So fully was he aware of the uncertain issue of experimental investigations in Horti- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION . ix culture , that.
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... equal to 10,000 of the Crinum . Again the Yucca aloifolia has four times as many stomates as a species of Cotyledon in my collection , but those of the latter are about the of an inch in their longer diameter , large and active , while ...
... equal to 10,000 of the Crinum . Again the Yucca aloifolia has four times as many stomates as a species of Cotyledon in my collection , but those of the latter are about the of an inch in their longer diameter , large and active , while ...
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... equal quantity , three times as much as the upper surface ; sometimes the proportion was as high as five to one ; and the ratio was independent of the position of the leaf itself . This exhalation of water has some connection with the ...
... equal quantity , three times as much as the upper surface ; sometimes the proportion was as high as five to one ; and the ratio was independent of the position of the leaf itself . This exhalation of water has some connection with the ...
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... equal , perhaps , to three thousand times its own length . If this reciprocal action is not maintained without interruption , and if anything occurs to check it during the period of vege- tation , the plant will suffer in proportion to ...
... equal , perhaps , to three thousand times its own length . If this reciprocal action is not maintained without interruption , and if anything occurs to check it during the period of vege- tation , the plant will suffer in proportion to ...
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... equal sized Oaks , situated under the same circumstances ; all the lateral branches were taken from one and left on the other ; the result was , that the increase of thickness , in the tree which had not been pruned , was much more ...
... equal sized Oaks , situated under the same circumstances ; all the lateral branches were taken from one and left on the other ; the result was , that the increase of thickness , in the tree which had not been pruned , was much more ...
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