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...as to spend extra cash for the purchase, two the seeds which are used in his soil may give a better yield than the new seed purchased by him for th... ... very sure of good yield for no one is sure how the yield would be in Indian soil for the Indian soil itself is very distinctly different from regi... ...e globalization for at times one is made to research when the seed of our own soil is used it would with stand the monsoon failure and the loss may... ...emicals banned by other court C 2 – Pollution of air C 3 – Pollution of soil C 4 – Pollution of food crops. Now the health problems faced...

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...Iceland, and Japan, and Tunis, and Portugal. No doubt many children will like to look out these places on the map, and study their mountains, rivers, soil, products, and fiscal policies, in the geography books. The peoples who tell the stories differ in colour; language, religion, and almost everything else; but they all love a nursery tale. The stories have mainly been ad...

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...le underbrush and mushrooms lined the bottom of many of the trees. Huck-leberries, blueberries, and blackberries were growing out of the soft, tender soil. The trees got thicker the further he trod. In ten minutes, he had seen enough. He headed back to the clearing so he could erect his tent for the night... ...

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...% irrigated Environment: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; soil degradation, desertification, overgrazing, deforestation, pollution ... ...peros are violent windstorms that can strike Pampas and northeast; irrigated soil degradation; desertification Special notes: second largest country i... ...and floods; cyclones along coast; limited freshwater availability; irrigated soil degra- dation; regular, tropical, invigorating, sea breeze known as ... ... km total; 243,750 km paved, 228,396 km gravel, crushed stone, or stabilized soil surface, 365,726 km unimproved earth Inland waterways: 8,368 km; mai... ...; 19% other; includes NEGL% irrigated Environment: due to steep slopes, poor soils, and cold temperatures, population is concentrated on eastern lowla... ...n air of high pla- teau makes physical activity very difficult; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification Special notes: landlocked; shares control o... ...es; 2% forest and woodland; 12% other; includes NEGL% irrigated Environment: soil exhaustion; soil erosion; deforestation Special notes: landlocked; s... ...hern and 50 eastern coasts), damaging floods, earth- quakes; deforestation; soil erosion; indus- trial pollution; water pollution; desertifica- tion ... ...ps; 7% meadows and pastures; 16% forest and woodland; 34% other Environment: soil degradation and ero- sion; deforestation; cyclones possible dur- ing...

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...confined within a Polar region, unable to raise sufficient sustenance from the soil, and cut off from communication with other countries, the Greenlan... ...he use of this hot water, which they distributed by means of pipes through the soil, they were enabled to bring into cultivation a considerable parcel... ...ers they fled quickly into their holes. The country appeared so favorable, the soil being good and watered by a large river, that Zichmni conceived th... ...or silver. Nor did he make any considerable progress in the cultivation of the soil. This latter information, however, comes entirely from tradition, ... ...o an end. The dramatic feature of the tale lies in the fact that the captain's soil undertakes his redemption, and filled with a filial purpose follow... ...cterized the conduct of Cortez from the first moment that he landed on Mexican soil. Among his other crimes, during this march he seized a pretext for... ...out Cape Joy though the climate was represented as mild and salubrious and the soil rich and fertile. Troops of wild deer of gigantic size were seen o... ...ith gold, while pure silver, they believed, was found so richly mixed with the soil that every hundred- weight of common earth yielded, on a moderate ...

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..."Most of water on the earth is salty and yet most of the land is not. Over the millennia, salts have been washed from rocks and soils into the oceans where they have accumulated. Where the oceans meet the land then saline areas can form that have an unusual flora, one that tolerates salt concentrations lethal to most of our plant species. These salt-t...

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...rgies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of i... ...s great a mistake as he who framed his plans in complete disregard of what soil, climate, etc., permit. One of the evils of an abstract or remote exte... ... set up a purpose of farming, without any reference to these conditions of soil, climate, char- 112 Democracy & Education acteristic of plant growth,... ...they are means for making a study of the facts of growth, the chemistry of soil, the role of light, air, and moisture, injurious and helpful animal li... ... life, and will find, moreover, its natural correlations with the facts of soil, animal life, and human relations. As students grow mature, they will ... ...wer as an organ; the flower apart from the plant; the plant apart from the soil, air, and light in which and through which it lives. The result is an ... ...24 Democracy & Education history of work, when the conditions of using the soil, forest, mine, of domesticating and cultivating grains and animals, of...

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... the beauty and freshness of its verdure, and the extreme fertility of its soil, and its solitary position in the midst of the wide expanse of the... ...with trees. These were chiefly aromatic, and the largest was the myrtle. The soil is very loose and rich, and wherever it is broken up, there spring ... ...out twenty yards in width from high water mark to a slight bank at which the soil begins, and so hard that it is a favorite place for running horses. ... ...n looking fellow, with a slouched hat, blanket cloak, dirty under dress, and soiled leather leggins, appeared to me to be speaking elegant Spanish. I... ... character of the people prevents Monterey from becoming a great town. The soil is as rich as man could wish; climate as good as any in the world; w... ... these, we came to what is called the landing place, at high water mark. The soil was as it appeared at first, loose and clayey, and except the stalks... ...at bay was a small, desolate looking island, steep and conical, of a clayey soil, and without the sign of vegetable life upon it; yet which had a pe... ...grass grew green and rank, and there were many bushes and thickets, and the soil is said to be good. After a pleasant ride of a couple of miles, we ... ...ntura, which is the finest mission in the whole country, having very fertile soil and rich vineyards. The last, and most southerly, is San Diego, in...

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...9) Dutch Physician and Plant Physiologist 299 JULIUS VON SACHS (1832 - 1897) German Botanist 301 THE PRINCIPLE OF VEGETATION, PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL CHEMISTRY 303 JEAN SENEBIER (1742 - 1809) Swiss Scholar and Plant Physiologist 304 THEODORE De SAUSSURE (1767 - 1845) Swiss Chemist and Plant Physiologist 306 JEAN BAPTISTE BOUSSINGAULT (1801 - 1887) French Chemist 3...

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...is followed by four sections on the physical, biotic, cultural, and social aspects of the Hawai'i environment. Geology, climate, the ocean, water, soils, and astronomy are among the topics discussed in "The Physical Environment." Next the special character of terrestrial and marine ecosystems is described in "The Biotic Environment." "The Cultural Environment" considers...

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...- Volcanic Hazards on the Island of Hawai'i -- 72 -- Hurricanes -- 74 -- Tsunamis -- 76 -- Coastal Hazards -- 79 -- The Ocean -- 82 -- Water -- 87 -- Soils -- 92 -- Astronomy -- 97 -- Biogeography -- 103 -- Evolution -- 107 -- Marine Ecosystems -- 111 -- Terrestrial Ecosystems -- 121 -- Birds -- 130 -- Native Plants -- 135 -- Insects and Their Kin -- 140 -- Hawaiian Tree ...

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...business required her to go at once to Barchester, begged that Farmer Sub- soil would take her thither in his tax-cart. The farmer did 229 Anthony Tr... ... her brain. Perhaps it was necessary that races doomed to live on the same soil should give way to each other, and adopt each other’s pursuits. Per- h...

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...hat you will; it takes root, and lives and even grows, never mind what the soil may be in which it is planted, or the bitter weather it must bear— oft...

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...e, where they were well liked and treated with affec- tion; but it was the soil of Galloway that they kissed at the extreme end of the hostile lowland... ... of his existence; and I remember it as the only occasion on which he ever soiled his lips with slang – a thing he loathed. We were both Roberts; and ... ...ve growths. The caves were all embowelled in the Surreyside formation; the soil was all betrodden by the light pump of T . P . Cooke. Skelt, to be sur...

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...ining the best account that had been given of that country, the climate, the soil, husbandry, etc., for in those matters he was very judicious. I prin...