| 1875 - 610 pages
...plants. The rainy seasons in these climates are not continuous cloudy days, but successions of suHden showers, with the sun shining hot in the intervals....rapidly exhaled, and springs and streams diminish.' Mr. Vogel cites a report by Mr. Hough, President of the United States Association for the Advancement... | |
| Institution of Surveyors (Great Britain). - Surveying - 1879 - 530 pages
...the vertical sun rapidly dries up the moisture, and prevents the rain from sinking to the roots of plants. The rainy seasons in these climates are not...rapidly exhaled, and springs and streams diminish." Governor Gregory, in reply, enumerates the causes to which, in his opinion, the diminution of timber... | |
| United States. Department of Agriculture - Forests and forestry - 1878 - 668 pages
...which affords a melancholy confirmation of what I have urged above: " The contrast between neighboring islands similarly situated is most striking. The sad...of forest trees useful for timber and in the arts. Sin-!: plantations would serve the double object of retaining the desired humidity and of yielding... | |
| United States. Forest Service - Forests and forestry - 1878 - 662 pages
...which affords a melancholy confirmation of what I have urged above : " The contrast between neighboring islands similarly situated is most striking. The sad...but also to the object, no less important, of making now plantations of forest trees useful for timber and in the arts. Such plantations would serve the... | |
| Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - Agriculture - 1879 - 560 pages
...the vertical sun rapidly dries up the moisture, and prevents the rain from sinking to the roots of plants. The rainy seasons in these climates are not...rapidly exhaled, and springs and streams diminish." Governor Gregory, in reply, enumerates the causes to which, in his opinion, the diminution of timber... | |
| Vermont. State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1884 - 454 pages
...cause of the present evil. The opening of the soil to the vertical sun rapidly dries up the moisture. Without shade upon the surface, the water is rapidly exhaled, and springs and streams are dried up." ISLAND OP SANTA CRUZ. The famous West Indian island of Santa Cruz is at present suffering... | |
| John Bradley Peaslee - Arbor Day - 1884 - 76 pages
...cause of the present evil. The opening of the soil to the vertical sun rapidly dries up the moisture. Without shade upon the surface, the water is rapidly exhaled, and springs and streams are dried up." ST. HELENA. The Island of St. Helena, the well-known scene of Napoleon's banishment,... | |
| Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - Forests and forestry - 1888 - 162 pages
...cause of the present evil. The opening of the soil to the vertical sun rapidly dries up the moisture. Without shade upon the surface, the water is rapidly exhaled, and springs and streams are dried up." ST. HELENA. The Island of St. Helena, the well-known scene of Napoleon's banishment,... | |
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