 ... the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved by the absorbent power of their leaves ; and it is a beautiful circumstance in the economy of nature, that aqueous vapour is most abundant in the atmosphere...  The Farmer's Almanac and Calendar - Seite 53von Cuthbert William Johnson, William Shaw - 1844Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Humphry Davy, George Sinclair, John Russell Duke of Bedford - 1815 - 452 Seiten
...soil; such are the houseleek,- and different species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved...leaves: and it is a beautiful circumstance in the ceconomy of nature, that aqueous vapour is most abundant in the atmosphere when it is most needed for... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 Seiten
...soil ; such are the house-leek, and different species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved...circumstance in the economy of nature, that aqueous vapor is most abundant in-the atmosphere when it is most needed for the purposes of life ; and that... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1825 - 1250 Seiten
...soil; such are the house-leek, and different species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved...circumstance in the economy of nature, that aqueous vapor is most abundant in the atmosphere when it is most seeded for the purposes of life ; and that... | |
 | 1829 - 488 Seiten
...growth and t'ormaii.»i' ."••!- id * " In very intense heats, when the soil is dry, the life of the plants seems to be preserved by the absorbent power...beautiful circumstance in the economy of nature that the aqueous vapours are most abundant in the atmosphere, when it is most needed for the purj poses... | |
 | 1829 - 906 Seiten
...Tilloch's Philosophical Magazine. * " In very intense heats, when the soil is dry, the life of the plants seems to be preserved by the absorbent power...beautiful circumstance in the economy of nature, that the aqueous vapours are most abundant in the atmosphere, whe'h they are most needed for the purposes... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1831 - 1330 Seiten
...soil ; such are the house-leek, and different species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved...of nature, that aqueous vapour is most abundant in the atmosphere when it is most needed for the purposes of life ; and that when other sources of its... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 Seiten
...soil ; such are the houseleek, and different species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved by the absorbent powers of their leaves ; and it is a beautiful circumstance in the economy of nature, that aqueous... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 Seiten
...soil ; such are the houseleek, and different species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved by the absorbent powers of their leaves ; and it is a beautiful circumstance in the economy of nature, that aqueous... | |
 | William Whewell - 1833 - 298 Seiten
...and unconnected with the soil, as the house-leek and the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved by the absorbent power of their leaves." It follows from what has already been said, that, with an increasing heat of the atmosphere, an increasing... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 Seiten
...; such are the house-leek, and dînèrent species of the aloe. In very intense heats, and when the soil is dry, the life of plants seems to be preserved...of nature, that aqueous vapour is most abundant in the atmosphere when it is most needed for the purposes of life ; and that, when other sources of its... | |
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