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Science has disclosed to us the fact , that the living plants and the dead manure ,
whether animal or vegetable , are resolvable into ... we in fact furnish the same
essence which enters into the composition of the germinating and living plant .
Science has disclosed to us the fact , that the living plants and the dead manure ,
whether animal or vegetable , are resolvable into ... we in fact furnish the same
essence which enters into the composition of the germinating and living plant .
Page 126
The salt is decomposed by the living plant . The various acids combine with the
alkalies , as they are eliminated , from the decomposition of the silicates , and the
lime , liberated , acts ever as lime . It acts in its caustic state , as a converter of ...
The salt is decomposed by the living plant . The various acids combine with the
alkalies , as they are eliminated , from the decomposition of the silicates , and the
lime , liberated , acts ever as lime . It acts in its caustic state , as a converter of ...
Page 127
A single plant in one season will effect a greater amount of decomposition of a
given portion of soil , than that produced by all the atmospheric agents in many
years . The galvanic agency of plants is not confined to the soil , in immediate ...
A single plant in one season will effect a greater amount of decomposition of a
given portion of soil , than that produced by all the atmospheric agents in many
years . The galvanic agency of plants is not confined to the soil , in immediate ...
Page 129
The first escape and are lost ; the second poisons : animals , and affords no
nourishment to plants , and a small part of the ... Here also is almost a total loss of
portions of the plant , which by the putrefactive process , would have been
converted ...
The first escape and are lost ; the second poisons : animals , and affords no
nourishment to plants , and a small part of the ... Here also is almost a total loss of
portions of the plant , which by the putrefactive process , would have been
converted ...
Page 100
We add , if indeed we should not begin there , the action of growing plants upon
silicates , evolving bases whose action upon geine renders it easily soluble . I
think these causes of the solubility of geine enough , and no small argument to ...
We add , if indeed we should not begin there , the action of growing plants upon
silicates , evolving bases whose action upon geine renders it easily soluble . I
think these causes of the solubility of geine enough , and no small argument to ...
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