 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 pages
...former, because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find, that the earth without worms would goon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation, and consequently steril : and, besides, in... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 392 pages
...former, because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...hard-bound, and void of fermentation, and consequently steril : and, besides, in favour of worms it should be hinted, that green corn, plants, and flowers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1834 - 396 pages
...unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their preen corn. But these men would find, that the earth without...hard-bound, and void of fermentation, and consequently steril : and, besides,-in favour of worms it should be hinted, that green corn, plants, and flowers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1842 - 342 pages
...former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work, and the latter bacause, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...hard-bound, and void of fermentation, and consequently steril ; and besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1850 - 458 pages
...former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...hard-bound, and void of fermentation ; and consequently steril : and besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers,... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1851 - 534 pages
...former, because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...in favour of worms, it should be hinted, that green com, plants and flowers are not so much injured by them as by many species of coleoptera (scarabs),... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1853 - 386 pages
...former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...hard-bound, and void of fermentation, and consequently steril ; and besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers,... | |
 | John Fleming - 1859 - 262 pages
...which form a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hilla and slopes when the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes,...void of fermentation, and consequently sterile ; and be* A good illustration of this occurs in connection with the Entoaoa. Owen reduces the divisions of... | |
 | John Marius Wilson - 1859 - 476 pages
...them much work; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men woukl find that the earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentaJion, and consequently sterile." " Each worm, each shell, each insect holds a place Important... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1861 - 532 pages
...former, because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...the earth without worms •would soon become cold, hard-bonnd, and void of fermentation: and, consequently, sterile : and, besides, in favour of worms,... | |
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... provide new soil for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms ; the former because they render their walks unsightly,... 
