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... proportion of carbon than any other living part , and so long as it is thus charged with carbon , it is unable to grow . The only means it possesses of ridding itself of this principle , essential to its preservation , but forming an ...
... proportion of carbon than any other living part , and so long as it is thus charged with carbon , it is unable to grow . The only means it possesses of ridding itself of this principle , essential to its preservation , but forming an ...
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... world ; its first act having been to deprive itself of a principle ( carbon ) which , in superabundance , prevents its growth ; but , in some other proportion , is essential to its existence . CHAPTER III . --- GROWTH BY THE ROOT . ROOTS.
... world ; its first act having been to deprive itself of a principle ( carbon ) which , in superabundance , prevents its growth ; but , in some other proportion , is essential to its existence . CHAPTER III . --- GROWTH BY THE ROOT . ROOTS.
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... proportion borne by the root to the stem is very variable . In such plants as succulent Euphorbias , and probably in all plants whose perspiring powers are feeble , the roots are much smaller than the stem ; but , in others the circle ...
... proportion borne by the root to the stem is very variable . In such plants as succulent Euphorbias , and probably in all plants whose perspiring powers are feeble , the roots are much smaller than the stem ; but , in others the circle ...
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... proportions per cubic metre in the preceding table , would afford annually of— Nitrogen Nitric acid Ammonia Chlorine Lime Magnesia . 45 lbs . 103 " " 19 , 12 " " 35 99 11 Annual total per acre 227 Of these substances the three first are ...
... proportions per cubic metre in the preceding table , would afford annually of— Nitrogen Nitric acid Ammonia Chlorine Lime Magnesia . 45 lbs . 103 " " 19 , 12 " " 35 99 11 Annual total per acre 227 Of these substances the three first are ...
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... proportion to the strength , number , and development of the leaves ; and in their absence is absent also as a general rule . The exceptional cases are those of " leafless " plants ; that is to say , of plants in which leaves never ...
... proportion to the strength , number , and development of the leaves ; and in their absence is absent also as a general rule . The exceptional cases are those of " leafless " plants ; that is to say , of plants in which leaves never ...
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