 | 1849 - 728 pages
...of the reach of the usiwJ effects of the frost ; and as seeds buried at such a depth are known nut to vegetate, a no less admirable provision is made to raise them above the surface when they are perfect, and to sow them at a proper season. For this purpose the seed-vessels are lodged in the bosom... | |
 | 1850 - 378 pages
...be performed at a depth within the earth, out of the reach of the usual effects of the frost ; and as seeds buried at such a depth are known not to vegetate,...made to raise them above the surface when they are perfect, and to sow them at a proper season. For this purpose the seed-vessels are lodged in the bosom... | |
 | Frances Sargent Locke Osgood - 1863 - 310 pages
...it may be performed at a depth within the earth, out of the reach of the usual effects of frost; and as seeds buried at such a depth are known not to vegetate,...are perfected, and to sow them at a proper season." It thus mingles its fruits with the flowers of spring, and its flowers with the fruits of autumn ;... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 pages
...all be lost to the purpose forwhich all seeds are intended. Lest this should be the case, a second admirable provision is made to raise them above the...when they are perfected, and to sow them at a proper distance, viz., the germs grow up in the spring upon a fruit stalk, accompanied with leaves. The seeds... | |
 | Edward Hamilton - 2003 - 716 pages
...office may bo performed at a depth in the earth, out of the reach of the usual effects of frost ; and as seeds buried at such a depth are known not to vegetate,...are perfected, and to sow them at a proper season" (With., Brit.-Plants). COLCHICUM AUTUMSALE. 203 milky juice ; it is very feculent, and has an acrid,... | |
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Seeds, though perfected, are known not to vegetate at this depth in the earth. Our seeds therefore, though so safely lodged, would, after all, be lost to the purpose for which all seeds are intended. Lest this should be the case, " a second admirable... 
