 | Benjamin Smith Barton - Science - 1812 - 390 pages
...be 560, 000. The samelearned naturalistestimates the annual produce of a single stalk of Spleen-wort (Asplenium) to be upwards of one million of seed....24,000 seed ; and, consequently, five hundred and seventy -six millions of seeds, at the second crop! ! Well might Virgil say, that the Tfhistle becomes... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1819 - 520 pages
...Woodward has calculated, that one thistle seed will produce at the first crop twenty -four thousand, and consequently five hundred and seventy-six millions of seeds at the second crop. What particular species of thistle Virgil meant is not certain : perhaps it was the Carduus solstifialis,... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1826 - 420 pages
...Woodward, that one seed of the common spear-thistle "will produce at the first crop twenty-four thousand, and consequently five hundred and seventy-six millions of seeds at the second." This profusion can only be intended as a supply of food for animals, especially the smaller birds;... | |
 | Virgil - Didactic poetry, Latin - 1829 - 348 pages
...Woodward has calculated, that one thistle seed will produce, at the first crop, twenty-four thousand ; and, consequently, five hundred and seventy-six millions of seeds at the second crop. The epithet segnis is generally interpreted inutilis, infcecnndus : I have ventured to translate it... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1829 - 342 pages
...Woodward has calculated, that one thistle seed will produce, at the first crop, twenty-four thousand ; and, consequently, five hundred and seventy-six millions of seeds at the second crop. The epithet segnis is generally interpreted inutilis, infoecundus : 1 have ventured to translate it... | |
 | Virgil - Agriculture - 1830 - 348 pages
...Woodward has calculated that one thistle seed will produce at the first crop twenty-four thousand; and consequently five hundred and seventy-six millions of seeds at the second crop.—Stawell. The harvest perishes; with prickles crown'd, The burr and caltrop bristle all around... | |
 | Mrs. Lincoln Phelps - Botany - 1832 - 448 pages
...sunflower four thousand. A capsule of the poppy has been found to contain eight thousand seeds. It has been calculated that a single thistle seed will produce, at the first crop, twenty-four thousand, and at the second crop, at this rate, five hundred and seventy -six millions.... | |
 | Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1834 - 314 pages
...Woodward has calculated that one thistle-seed will produce at the first crop twenty-four thousand, and consequently five hundred and seventy-six millions of seeds at the second crop. — Stawell. 172 The land caltrop is an herb with a prickly fruit, which grows commonly in Italy and... | |
 | William Paul Crillon Barton, Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1836 - 416 pages
...360,000. The same learned naturalist estimates the annual produce of a single stalk of Spleen-wort (Asplenium,) to be upwards of one million of seed. Dr. Woodward has calculated, that a single Thistle-seed will produce at the first crop 24,000 seed; and, consequently, five hundred and seventysix... | |
 | William Paul Crillon Barton, Benjamin Smith Barton - Botany - 1836 - 414 pages
...360rOOO. The same learned naturalist estimates the annual produce of a single stalk of Spleen-wort (Asplenium,) to be upwards of one million of seed. Dr. Woodward has calculated, that a single Thistle-seed will produce at thefirst crop 24,000 seed; and, consequently, five hundred and seventysix... | |
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... equal in weight to one grain; and that the weight of the whole quantity of seed in a single stalk of Tobacco, is such, that the number of seeds, according to the above-mentioned proportion, must be 3 60, 000. 
