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Page 97
... plants are on the table ; pictures adorn the walls not occupied by maps and blackboards . I visited another in West Springfield , of twenty or thirty pupils , which , in addition to all that is named above , was supplied with leaves , ...
... plants are on the table ; pictures adorn the walls not occupied by maps and blackboards . I visited another in West Springfield , of twenty or thirty pupils , which , in addition to all that is named above , was supplied with leaves , ...
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... plants as a means of liveli- hood , to him whose success or failure depends upon under- standing the principles of plant - nutrition and upon being able successfully to apply them , the question is one of more than ordinary interest ...
... plants as a means of liveli- hood , to him whose success or failure depends upon under- standing the principles of plant - nutrition and upon being able successfully to apply them , the question is one of more than ordinary interest ...
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... plant - nutrition . At one time it was believed and openly advocated that plants depend for their nutrition upon the organic matter , or humus , in the soil . The humus theory had its day ; and yet , when the touch of chemistry was put ...
... plant - nutrition . At one time it was believed and openly advocated that plants depend for their nutrition upon the organic matter , or humus , in the soil . The humus theory had its day ; and yet , when the touch of chemistry was put ...
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... plant might starve for want of phosphoric acid , because it was utterly unavailable . And thus for forty years have scientific men been moving backward and forward in relation to the principles of plant - nutrition , -experimenting ...
... plant might starve for want of phosphoric acid , because it was utterly unavailable . And thus for forty years have scientific men been moving backward and forward in relation to the principles of plant - nutrition , -experimenting ...
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... plant obtains that nutri- tion . It is the universal belief of scientific men who have examined this subject , that ... plant - nutrition in a solvent form , and in no other form . These alone can nourish plants . Then they are agreed in ...
... plant obtains that nutri- tion . It is the universal belief of scientific men who have examined this subject , that ... plant - nutrition in a solvent form , and in no other form . These alone can nourish plants . Then they are agreed in ...
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