Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- ERRATUM
- Contents
- THE THEORY OF HORTICULTURE
- BOOK I OF THE PRINCIPAL CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH VEGETABLE LIFE WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE OPERATIONS OF GARDENING
- CHAPTER I GERMINATION
- CHAPTER II GROWTH BY THE ROOT
- CHAPTER III GROWTH BY THE STEM
- CHAPTER IV ACTION OF LEAVES
- CHAPTER V ACTION OF FLOWERS
- CHAPTER VI OF THE MATURATION OF THE FRUIT
- CHAPTER VII OF TEMPERATURE
- BOOK II OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH THE OPERATIONS OF HORTICULTURE ESSENTIALLY DEPEND
- INDEX
CHAPTER II - GROWTH BY THE ROOT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- ERRATUM
- Contents
- THE THEORY OF HORTICULTURE
- BOOK I OF THE PRINCIPAL CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH VEGETABLE LIFE WHICH ILLUSTRATE THE OPERATIONS OF GARDENING
- CHAPTER I GERMINATION
- CHAPTER II GROWTH BY THE ROOT
- CHAPTER III GROWTH BY THE STEM
- CHAPTER IV ACTION OF LEAVES
- CHAPTER V ACTION OF FLOWERS
- CHAPTER VI OF THE MATURATION OF THE FRUIT
- CHAPTER VII OF TEMPERATURE
- BOOK II OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH THE OPERATIONS OF HORTICULTURE ESSENTIALLY DEPEND
- INDEX
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- The Theory of HorticultureOr, An Attempt to Explain the Principal Operations of Gardening upon Physiological Principles, pp. 11 - 22Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1840