 ... winter and summer, obtain carbon through their leaves by absorbing carbonic acid which is not furnished by the barren soil on which they grow ; water is also absorbed and retained by their coriaceous or fleshy leaves with great force. They lose very...  American Agriculturist - Page 291844Full view - About this book
 | Justus freiherr von Liebig - 1843 - 208 pages
...or fleshy leaves with great force. They lose very little by evaporation, compared with other plants. On the other hand, how very small is the quantity...wheat of an equal weight receives in three months ! It is by means of moisture that plants receive the necessary alkalies and salts from the soil. In... | |
 | Agriculture - 1845 - 396 pages
...hand, how very small is the quantity of mineral substances which they withdraw from the soil daring their almost constant growth in one year, in comparison...requiring a larger amount of carbon in the soil than ether plants — witness all those races of evergreens that flourish only in peat. In the next place,... | |
 | Missouri - 1851 - 464 pages
...or fleshy leaves with great force. They lose very little by evaporation, compared with other plants. On the other hand, how very small is the quantity...wheat of an equal weight receives in three months ! It is by means of moisture that plants receive the necessary alkalies and salts from the soil. In... | |
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...or fleshy leaves with great force. They lose very little by evaporation, compared with other plants. On the other hand, how very small is the quantity...wheat of an equal weight receives in three months ! It is by means of moisture that plants receive the necessary alkalies and salts from the soil. In... | |
 | Justus Freiherr von Liebig - Chemistry - 1851 - 576 pages
...or fleshy leaves with great force. They lose very little by evaporation, compared with other plants. On the other hand, how very small is the quantity...wheat of an equal weight receives in three months ! It is by means of moisture that plants receive the necessary alkalies and salts from the soil. In... | |
 | David M. Knight - Atoms - 1998 - 576 pages
...or fleshy leaves with great force. They lose very little by evaporation, compared with other plants. On the other hand, how very small is the quantity...wheat of an equal weight receives in three months ! It is by means of moisture that plants receive the necessary alkalies and salts from the soil. In... | |
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