The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic Improvement, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826 - Agriculture |
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... roots of grasses : in the second , which was a more extended and an admirable comparative experiment , turnips sowed on different portions of the same field , differently manured , grew more vigorously in proportion as the manure ...
... roots of grasses : in the second , which was a more extended and an admirable comparative experiment , turnips sowed on different portions of the same field , differently manured , grew more vigorously in proportion as the manure ...
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... root of the plant ; but , from the known characters of sap , as it has been procured , we know that it varies much less in different plants than we might à priori expect , on view- ing the great diversity of their secretions . That it ...
... root of the plant ; but , from the known characters of sap , as it has been procured , we know that it varies much less in different plants than we might à priori expect , on view- ing the great diversity of their secretions . That it ...
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... roots are regularly sent to market , and are there highly esteemed for the food of horses . The writer of this had some of these roots for ex- amination sent from Naples , they proved to contain more nutritive matter than the roots of ...
... roots are regularly sent to market , and are there highly esteemed for the food of horses . The writer of this had some of these roots for ex- amination sent from Naples , they proved to contain more nutritive matter than the roots of ...
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... roots ; they were then laid on shelves in the house , and as the leaves and roots began to decay , they were cleared away , that they might not injure the bulbs . As soon as the bulbs became dry and hard , some of them began to show ...
... roots ; they were then laid on shelves in the house , and as the leaves and roots began to decay , they were cleared away , that they might not injure the bulbs . As soon as the bulbs became dry and hard , some of them began to show ...
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... roots they will require a greater supply . The sorts that succeed best in turning out are A. reginæ , Johnsoni ... roots may pass readily through it ; the pots must also be well drained with potsherds , that the moisture may pass off ...
... roots they will require a greater supply . The sorts that succeed best in turning out are A. reginæ , Johnsoni ... roots may pass readily through it ; the pots must also be well drained with potsherds , that the moisture may pass off ...
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