 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 стор.
...promoters of vegetation, (which would proceed but ill without them,) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the...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,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1805 - 622 стор.
...promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but 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 cf leaves and twigs into it : and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 стор.
...entirely supported by them, Worms seem to be great promoters of Vegetation, by perforating and loosening the Soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the...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,... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 стор.
...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...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... | |
 | 1823 - 872 стор.
...promoters of vegetation (which would proceed but ill •without them) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the...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,... | |
 | 1824 - 188 стор.
...This they do by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, 'and rendering 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,... | |
 | 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...being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away ;... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1829 - 494 стор.
...Though considered a great nuisance by gardeners, they bore, perforate, and loosen the soil, and render it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly by throwing infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 стор.
...promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut lamely without them, by boring, perforating and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains, and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws, stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps... | |
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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... 
