 | English authors - 1876 - 504 стор.
...their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth...and besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted or carder, the dyer, the scribbler, the spinner, the weaver, the fuller, the dresser, with many others,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1877 - 588 стор.
...their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth...hardbound, and void of fermentation ; and consequently steril : and besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers,... | |
 | 1878 - 740 стор.
...grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopes, when the rain washes the earth away . . . Earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound,...and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile." 2. FROSTS. — In temperate zones, frost is a deadly enemy to vegetation in several forms. In the matter... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1880 - 554 стор.
...thrushes, herons, gulls, that assemble when the water recedes ; the drowned earth-worm is their chief prey. that the earth without worms would soon become cold,...hard-bound, and void of fermentation, and consequently steril ; and, besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers,... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 стор.
...want them because they think that the worms eat their green ears and otherwise damage their crops. But these men would find that the earth without worms would soon become cold and hard, and consequently barren. Besides it should be said in favour of worms that green corn, plants,... | |
 | 1882 - 988 стор.
...grass. Worms probably próvido new soils for hills and slopes where tho rain washes tho earth away. The earth, without worms, would soon become cold,...and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile." More than half a century later White's observations attracted tho attention of Charles Darwin, then... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1883 - 554 стор.
...their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter Wause, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth...hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers are not BO much injured by them as by many species of coleoptera (scarabs) and tipulfg (long-legs) in their... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1884 - 604 стор.
...their walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth...not so much injured by them as by many species of Ooleoptera (scarabs) and Tipulte (long-legs) , in their larva, or grub state ; and by unnoticed myriads... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1885 - 238 стор.
...walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find, that the earth...void of fermentation ; and, consequently, sterile.' If Darwin ever read this interesting passage, which he almost certainly must at some time have done,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 стор.
...their walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth...besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that greeti corn, plants, and flowers, are not so much injured by them as by many species of coleoptera... | |
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... 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 ; the former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the... 
