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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... Moisture of the Soil . - Watering 159 CONTENTS . XV PAGE CHAPTER III . Of Atmospherical Moisture.
... Moisture of the Soil . - Watering 159 CONTENTS . XV PAGE CHAPTER III . Of Atmospherical Moisture.
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... moisture , and a certain quantity of heat ; in addition , it is necessary that a communication with the atmosphere should be provided , if germination is to be maintained in a healthy state . A seed , when fully ripe , contains a larger ...
... moisture , and a certain quantity of heat ; in addition , it is necessary that a communication with the atmosphere should be provided , if germination is to be maintained in a healthy state . A seed , when fully ripe , contains a larger ...
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... moisture trees do daily imbibe and perspire . Now the celerity of the sap must be very great , if that quantity of moisture must , most of it , ascend to the top of the tree , then descend , and again ascend , before it is carried off ...
... moisture trees do daily imbibe and perspire . Now the celerity of the sap must be very great , if that quantity of moisture must , most of it , ascend to the top of the tree , then descend , and again ascend , before it is carried off ...
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... moisture ( an indispensable condition of their life ) , and such a soil is never deficient in carbonic acid , either derived from the atmo- sphere or from the putrefaction of vegetable matter . No water , either rain or that of springs ...
... moisture ( an indispensable condition of their life ) , and such a soil is never deficient in carbonic acid , either derived from the atmo- sphere or from the putrefaction of vegetable matter . No water , either rain or that of springs ...
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... moisture . Although perspiration thus appears to be principally excited by the solar rays , and to be in a given plant in proportion to their intensity , yet we are not authorised in concluding that perspiration is not increased or ...
... moisture . Although perspiration thus appears to be principally excited by the solar rays , and to be in a given plant in proportion to their intensity , yet we are not authorised in concluding that perspiration is not increased or ...
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