The Theory and Practice of Horticulture: Or, An Attempt to Explain the Chief Operations of Gardening Upon Physiological Graounds |
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... remain in this passive state , benumbed , as it were , for a consider- able time , and generally it is not until some hours have elapsed that they regain their original sensibility . If , however , while in this passive state , the ...
... remain in this passive state , benumbed , as it were , for a consider- able time , and generally it is not until some hours have elapsed that they regain their original sensibility . If , however , while in this passive state , the ...
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... remain on the surface of the fronds , from which they can be readily collected and transferred to vessels containing sea - water . M. Thuret found that when put into separate vessels , the antherids placed by themselves immediately emit ...
... remain on the surface of the fronds , from which they can be readily collected and transferred to vessels containing sea - water . M. Thuret found that when put into separate vessels , the antherids placed by themselves immediately emit ...
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... remain stationary . Many examples of this might be adduced . The following are , however , sufficient . In a Garden at Turnham Green , a Populus monilifera ( Canadian Poplar ) was found to have sent a root thirty feet horizontally ...
... remain stationary . Many examples of this might be adduced . The following are , however , sufficient . In a Garden at Turnham Green , a Populus monilifera ( Canadian Poplar ) was found to have sent a root thirty feet horizontally ...
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... remain in an active state . The excessive loss of sap in the above - mentioned cases would not have taken place if the roots had been wounded in the summer or autumn . It is probable , moreover , that the bleeding was increased by the ...
... remain in an active state . The excessive loss of sap in the above - mentioned cases would not have taken place if the roots had been wounded in the summer or autumn . It is probable , moreover , that the bleeding was increased by the ...
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... remain fixed in the state in which the arrest occurred . Owing to this cause , we find them in the form of points , scales , straps , or perfect organs on the same plant . The history of their development has been explained by M. Trécul ...
... remain fixed in the state in which the arrest occurred . Owing to this cause , we find them in the form of points , scales , straps , or perfect organs on the same plant . The history of their development has been explained by M. Trécul ...
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