The Theory of Horticulture; Or, An Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening: Upon Physiological PrinciplesLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840 - 387 sider |
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... surface of the soil . It is from the water absorbed in germination that the seed procures the requisite supply of oxygen ; fixing hydrogen , the other element of water , in its tissue : and thus it is enabled to form carbonic acid ...
... surface of the soil . It is from the water absorbed in germination that the seed procures the requisite supply of oxygen ; fixing hydrogen , the other element of water , in its tissue : and thus it is enabled to form carbonic acid ...
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... surface of the root possesses little or no power of the kind . And , indeed , it seems highly probable that this is so , when we consider that the bark of the root , through whose thickness all fluids would have to pass before they ...
... surface of the root possesses little or no power of the kind . And , indeed , it seems highly probable that this is so , when we consider that the bark of the root , through whose thickness all fluids would have to pass before they ...
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... surface of these organs must be very much greater than that of the stem and leaves . In young Oaks this is well known to be the case , but the disproportion diminishes as such plants advance in age . 34. There is no period of the year ...
... surface of these organs must be very much greater than that of the stem and leaves . In young Oaks this is well known to be the case , but the disproportion diminishes as such plants advance in age . 34. There is no period of the year ...
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... surface , and close up such wounds with great facility . The well known fact of large inscriptions cut in trees below the bark ( which inscriptions were effected by removing very broad spaces of the bark and wood ) being covered over in ...
... surface , and close up such wounds with great facility . The well known fact of large inscriptions cut in trees below the bark ( which inscriptions were effected by removing very broad spaces of the bark and wood ) being covered over in ...
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... surface , at irregularly in- creasing or diminishing distances , minute vital points of the same nature as that in which the stem itself originated . Each of those points be- comes , or may become , a leaf - bud , capable of form- ing ...
... surface , at irregularly in- creasing or diminishing distances , minute vital points of the same nature as that in which the stem itself originated . Each of those points be- comes , or may become , a leaf - bud , capable of form- ing ...
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2d Edition absorbing action alburnum appears Apple atmosphere bark become blossoms bottom heat branches buds calyx carbonic acid cause cellular circumstances cloth cold coloured consequence containing cultivated damp deciduous decompose degree ditto double flowers dryness earth effect Engravings epidermis exposed favourable flowers fluid FREDRIKA BREMER fruit gardener germination grafting grow growth healthy History Hort Horticultural illustrated inches injury J. C. LOUDON JOHN LINDLEY Knight leaf leaf-buds leaves London manure means moisture morocco nature numerous observed obtained operation organisable matter oxalic acid Peach Pear period perspiration Pine-apple pistil plants Plates pollen pots practice present principles produce propagation proportion quantity ripening roots SAMUEL LAING scion season seed seedling shoots soil species spring stamens stem summer surface temperature tion tissue Trans transplanting TREATISE trees varieties vegetable Vignette Titles vital vols WILLIAM HOWITT winter wood Woodcuts young
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