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stapfii. Distinctive species. From Namib desert. Derives moisture from fog/dew condensation, channels to roots. Leaves are flat, round, succulent, and collect...

Haplotaxida, but this may again soon change. Folk names for the earthworm include "dew-worm", "rainworm", "night crawler" and "angleworm" (due to its use as fishing...

to lavender again. Cutting in clear weather, in early blossom, before the dew is off and at once distilling give best results; but no delay should occur...

("little magical one") derives from the dew which collects on it - dew being formerly associated with magic. The dew was used as a beauty lotion by country...

cardinalis. The upper lip has red hairs which glisten ("fulgens") in the morning dew. A reddish-brown calyx remains long after the flowers drop. Inflorescences...

from the dew-like excretions on the tips of the leaf- hairs). Droseraceae. A group of carnivorous plants popularly known as the Sundews or Dew-plants. The...

Mary, but derives from the Latin name rosmarinus, which literally means "dew of the sea", though some think this too may be derived from an earlier name...

fruits are a deep, almost black, purple and are coated with a thin layer or 'dew' of waxy droplets. Thus, they appear sky-blue (caesius is Latin for pale blue)...

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Drosophyllum (dew-leaved). One of the 6 genera of the Droseraceae, comprising a single species...

ferns should not be subjected to pouring rain or showers, although they like dew. They should have some sprinkling of cool water once every day after sunset...

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Rosmarinus (Latin, sea-dew; the plant is common on the chalk hills of the south of France and near the...

and plant-lice. The aphids secrete a sweet liquid material known as honey-dew, of which the ants are very fond and which they are active in collecting and...

asparagus rust and probably of other rusts also is dependent on the amount of dew. In greenhouses it has also been found that the environment has much to do...

and require little mowing. This grass does not become coarse, does not hold dew or rain, and is particularly good for house lots and lawns. It does not need...

they grow. They are not parasitic but live for the most part on the honey-dew secreted by insects and sometimes on the insects themselves. Apparently little...

texture, kept clean by frequent cultivation, gathered on a dry day after the dew is off, dried in a current of warm, not hot air, rubbed fine and stored in...

Watering the plants from above should not be practised because of destroying the dew-like deposit on the surface of the leaves. The pans should be placed in saucers...

afford the best relief. Dusting completely with flowers of sulfur when the dew is on, and after the cutting season, is the best remedy; two applications...

reservoirs, the supply is gradually absorbed by the living tissues. Rain, dew, or moist substrata may furnish the water, but the view that these roots absorb...