 | David Henry - Agriculture - 1771 - 478 pages
...that he has aflerted the very contrary ; his words are thefe, " And earth is fo furely ct the food, of plants, that with the PROPER " SHARE of the other elements "which each *' fpecies of plant requires, I do not find but " that any common earth will nouriih any " plant."... | |
 | Alexander Burnett (land agent.) - 1859 - 266 pages
...additional earth is assimilated to the plant, it becomes an absolute part of it. " And earth is so surely the food of all plants, that with the proper share...requires, I do not find but that any common earth will nourish any plant. The only difference of soil (except the richness) seems to be the different... | |
 | Liberty Hyde Bailey - Agriculture - 1907 - 704 pages
...too much Earth a Plant never can have unless it be therein wholly buried." "And Earth is so surely the Food of all Plants, that with the proper Share...requires, I do not find but that any common Earth will nourish any Plant." Having shown, to his satisfaction, that earth is the true and only food of... | |
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And earth is so surely the food of all plants, that with the proper share of the other elements, which each species of plants requires, I do not find but that any common earth will nourish any plant. 