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" ... be laid on with lime, chalk, marl, or soap ashes, so as to render the oily particles miscible with water. The book of nature may be displayed to show that oily particles constitute the nourishment of plants in their embryo state ; and, by a fair inference,... "
Georgical Essays: - Page 27
by Alexander Hunter - 1803
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Annual Register, Volume 20

Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 734 pages
...plants in their embryo ftate ; and, by a fair inference, we may fuppofe that fomething of the fame nature is continued to them as they advance in growth. The oily feeds, as rape, hemp, line, and turnip, confift of two lobes, which, when fpread upon the furface,...
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The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, manufactures and ...

Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture - 1803 - 546 pages
...grass only. To suit these different manures to their proper soils, requires the greatest judgement of the farmer ; as what may be proper for one soil...an emulsion for the nourishment of the plant. The sweetness of this balmy fluid invites the fly, against which ne sufficient remedy has, as yet, been...
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Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: Consisting of Original ...

Industrial arts - 1803 - 548 pages
...particles constitute the nourishment of plants in their embryo state ; and, -by a fair inference, \\c may suppose that something of the same nature is continued...moisture of the atmosphere penetrates the cuticle of the leave?, and, mixing with the oil, constitutes an emulsion for the nourishment of the plant. The sweetness...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 20

History - 1805 - 608 pages
...to render the oily particles miscible with water. — The book of nature may be displayed, to shew that oily particles constitute the nourishment of...leaves, and mixing with the oil constitutes an emulsion fur the nourishment of the plant. The sweetness of this balmy fluid invites the fly, against which...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...or soap-ashes, so as to. render the oily particles miscible with water. It must be further observed, that oily particles constitute the nourishment of...spread upon the surface, form the seminal leaves : in these the whole oil of the seed is contained. The moisture of the atmosphere penetrates the cuticle...
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The Guernsey and Jersey Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1836 - 784 pages
...manures for lands worn out by these crops are such as have a good deal of oil in their composition j but then they must be laid on with lime, chalk, marl,...an emulsion for the nourishment of the plant. The sweetness of this balmy fluid invites the fly, against which no sufficient remedy has, as yet, been...
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