 For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and...  Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Page 486by William Bingley - 1803Full view - About this book
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1867 - 672 pages
...consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effect from their minuteness (which...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks and leaves and twigs into it, and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps, called... | |
 | 1869 - 542 pages
...dried up the moisture of the ground." — Johnston. VOL. III. — No. VI. FF would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1870 - 650 pages
...insignificant creatures as insects and worms, he thus vindicated, in treating of the despised worm : — "Dew-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable...lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopes when the rain washes the... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1870 - 536 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by dra\ving straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up 'such infinite numbers... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen the soil, and render it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by...straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm casts, which form a fine manure for grass... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1872 - 562 pages
...would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering {t pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1875 - 294 pages
...creatures as insects and worms, he thus vindicated, in treating of the despised worm : — "Dew- worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in...lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopes when the rain washes the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - 698 pages
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps qf earth called worm casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | Harland Coultas - 1876 - 312 pages
...promoters of vegetation, which would ouwng ££&£ the proceed but lamely without them, by boring, egg- perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...all, by throwing up' such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called wormcasts, which being their excrement is a fine manure for grain and grass." Lumbricus... | |
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