The Theory of Horticulture; Or, An Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening: Upon Physiological PrinciplesLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840 - 387 من الصفحات |
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... Preservation of Races by Seed - 311 CHAP . XVIII . Of the Improvement of Races 232 CHAP . XIX . Of Resting 337 CHAP . XX . Of Soil and Manure 351 INDEX - 363 THE THEORY OF HORTICULTURE . 1. HORTICULTURE is that branch xvi CONTENTS .
... Preservation of Races by Seed - 311 CHAP . XVIII . Of the Improvement of Races 232 CHAP . XIX . Of Resting 337 CHAP . XX . Of Soil and Manure 351 INDEX - 363 THE THEORY OF HORTICULTURE . 1. HORTICULTURE is that branch xvi CONTENTS .
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... preservation , but forming an impediment to its de- velopement as a new plant , is by converting the carbon into carbonic acid ; for which purpose a supply of oxygen is necessary . It cannot obtain oxygen in sufficient quantity from the ...
... preservation , but forming an impediment to its de- velopement as a new plant , is by converting the carbon into carbonic acid ; for which purpose a supply of oxygen is necessary . It cannot obtain oxygen in sufficient quantity from the ...
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... preserved during winter , till each tuber had emitted shoots of three or four inches in length . These were then carefully detached , with their fibrous roots , from the tubers , and were com- mitted to the soil , when , having little ...
... preserved during winter , till each tuber had emitted shoots of three or four inches in length . These were then carefully detached , with their fibrous roots , from the tubers , and were com- mitted to the soil , when , having little ...
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... preservation . In general , the fruit attracts organisable matter from the stem through the stalk , and the seed from the fruit through its placenta * ; and this accounts , independently of water , a sugar like that of Grape sugar is ...
... preservation . In general , the fruit attracts organisable matter from the stem through the stalk , and the seed from the fruit through its placenta * ; and this accounts , independently of water , a sugar like that of Grape sugar is ...
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... preserve seminal vitality for any considerable time ; and the dif ferences found in the duration of the growing powers of seeds probably depend principally upon chemical differences in their constituent parts . Oily seeds , which ...
... preserve seminal vitality for any considerable time ; and the dif ferences found in the duration of the growing powers of seeds probably depend principally upon chemical differences in their constituent parts . Oily seeds , which ...
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