 | English authors - 1869 - 458 oldal
...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...where the rain washes the earth away; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms ;... | |
 | 1869 - 542 oldal
...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 their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | Scientific and technical reader - 1869 - 408 oldal
...matter, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grasses. Worms probably provide new soils for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably, to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1870 - 650 oldal
...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 for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - 698 oldal
...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 their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | English authors - 1876 - 504 oldal
...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...grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopeg where the rain washes the earth away; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded.... | |
 | Harland Coultas - 1876 - 312 oldal
...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...their excrement is a fine manure for grain and grass." Lumbricus Terrestris, or Earth-worm. CHAPTER III. CLASSES III AND IV. — RADIATA AND PROTOZOA. 3.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1877 - 588 oldal
...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...where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms ;... | |
 | 1878 - 740 oldal
...loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the tibres of plants ; by drawing straws and twigs into it ; and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth culled worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1878 - 446 oldal
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants; by drawing straws and stalks or' leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of I»m}.s of earth cnlli'd , which, being their excrement, is a tine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
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... worms seem to be the 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... 
