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... plants , we are entirely ignorant . It is probable that it was originally due to accident , and also that it was still mere chance which continued to operate down to very modern times . Philosophers are unacquainted with the reason why ...
... plants , we are entirely ignorant . It is probable that it was originally due to accident , and also that it was still mere chance which continued to operate down to very modern times . Philosophers are unacquainted with the reason why ...
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... plant will always partake more or less of the character of its parent , the qualities of which are con- centrated in the embryo when it has ... plants are constantly produced in every garden , and that improvements of the X INTRODUCTION .
... plant will always partake more or less of the character of its parent , the qualities of which are con- centrated in the embryo when it has ... plants are constantly produced in every garden , and that improvements of the X INTRODUCTION .
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... plant is , of all others , the best adapted to such a purpose . We are accus- tomed to consider individual plants of exactly the same nature as individual animals : this is , however , a vulgar error , which is dissipated by the ...
... plant is , of all others , the best adapted to such a purpose . We are accus- tomed to consider individual plants of exactly the same nature as individual animals : this is , however , a vulgar error , which is dissipated by the ...
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... plant immediately . If we examine the various modes employed in horticulture for propagating plants , we shall find that , however different they may be in ap- pearance , they all consist in the application of these principles under ...
... plant immediately . If we examine the various modes employed in horticulture for propagating plants , we shall find that , however different they may be in ap- pearance , they all consist in the application of these principles under ...
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... plants from cuttings less precarious than from eyes . In both cases , the buds have , at the outset , to feed upon matter in their vicinity , until they shall have formed roots which are capable of absorbing food from the earth ; but in ...
... plants from cuttings less precarious than from eyes . In both cases , the buds have , at the outset , to feed upon matter in their vicinity , until they shall have formed roots which are capable of absorbing food from the earth ; but in ...
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Page 509 - OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, | IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES." WITH AN ACCOUNT OF | A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, | PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF GOVERNMENT.
Page 577 - ... sowing of seed for general crops until June or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed variety be sown two or three times in these months, they will produce a plentiful supply for use in autumn and the early part of winter. One ounce of good Endive-seed will produce about five thousand plants. When the plants...