 | Massachusetts - 1875 - 692 頁
...out a root of common clover, one year old, growing in the alluvial soil near the Connecticut River, and found that it descended perpendicularly to the...officer in India reports that the root of a leguminous tree — the frosopis spicigera — is often dug for economical purposes, and that he has seen an excavation... | |
 | Charles Gleason Elliott - 1882 - 116 頁
...reach a depth of twenty and even thirty feet. Alderman Mechi, in England, tells of a neighbor who ' dug a parsnip, which measured thirteen feet six inches in length, but was unfortunately broken at that depth.'" It will be seen by this that maximum crops can not be expected... | |
 | State Pomological Society of Michigan - 1875 - 592 頁
...the reason clover is usually so short-lived, is the fact that the lower roots are either unable fco penetrate the subsoil or to find in it the requisite...officer in India reports that the root of a leguminous tree — the Prosopis spicigera — is often dug for economical purposes, and that he has seerj an... | |
 | 1875 - 406 頁
...to find in it the requisite supplies of food. He also states that his neighbor, Mr. Dixon, of lliven Hall, dug a parsnip which measured thirteen feet six...further. A British officer in India reports that the roots of a leguminous tree — the Prosopis spicigera — is often dug for economical purposes, and... | |
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Stockbridge, last fall, washed out a root of common clover, one year old, growing in the alluvial soil near the Connecticut River, and found that it descended perpendicularly to the depth of eight feet. Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall, England, tells us that... 