When the earth in which a plant grows is much warmer than the air, the plant grows very thick, ceases almost altogether to iccr. ase in height, and finally shows deep transverse rifts which make further growth an unpjs-i----bility. These effects were produced by iU. Prilleux, who used a large dish of « artb * which ho planted the seeds, and topt be earth XOdeg warmer thou the moist air of the. chamber.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6490, 15 December 1881, Page 5
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71Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6490, 15 December 1881, Page 5
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