| John Claudius Loudon - 1822 - 1494 pages
...to sec the temperature of this house, in the middle of every bright day in summer, as high as 9O1 ; and after the leaves of the plants have become dry,...consequently it is very differently circumstanced in the day and in the night, though the temperature of the air in the shade at both periods may be very nearly... | |
| Thomas Andrew Knight - Horticulture - 1841 - 410 pages
...within the tropics, where the temperature, in the shade, does not vary in the day and night more then seven or eight degrees ; but in these climates the...and early in the night it is regularly drenched with heavy-wetting dews ; and consequently it is very differently circumstanced in the day and in the night,... | |
| Thomas Andrew Knight - 1841 - 406 pages
...within the tropics, where the temperature, in the shade, does not vary in the day and night more then seven or eight degrees ; but in these climates the...and early in the night it is regularly drenched with heavy-wetting dews ; and consequently it is very differently circumstanced in the day and in the night,... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - Gardening - 1849 - 788 pages
...satisfied that it is generally beneficial. Plants, it is true, thrive well, and many species of fruit acquire their greatest state of perfection, in some...these climates, the plant is exposed during the day to a full blaze of a tropical sun, and early in the night it is regularly drenched with heavy wetting... | |
| Gardening - 1851 - 632 pages
...many species of fruit attain their greatest state of perfection in some situations within the tropies, where the temperature in the shade does not vary in...plant is exposed during the day to the full blaze of the tropical sun, and early in the night it is regularly drenched with heavy wetting dews, and, consequently,... | |
| Robert B. Leuchars - Greenhouses - 1881 - 390 pages
...imagined among practical gardeners. " Plants, it is true, thrive well, and many species of fruit attain their greatest state of perfection in some situations...plant is exposed during the day to the full blaze of the tropical sun, and early in the night it is regularly drenched with heavy wetting dews, and, consequently,... | |
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