 ... 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...  The Natural History of Selborne - Сторінка 239автори: Gilbert White - 1842 - 335 стор.Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 стор.
...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 * Lumbiicu* terrcstris. Linn. for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 стор.
...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...soil for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 стор.
...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 earthy lumps, called Worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 стор.
...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...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 стор.
...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... | |
 | 1824 - 188 стор.
...it open to 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 стор.
...snil, and 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...soil for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopi-, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and Farmers express... | |
 | 1829 - 520 стор.
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing stalk* of leaves and twigs 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 grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1831 - 986 стор.
...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...soil for hills and slopes, where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 стор.
...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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