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Gradually they also started to weed the fields, to guard them against parasites, and to water and fertilise them. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Our labour tills the soil, our dung fertilises it, and yet there is not one of us that owns more than his bare skin. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
During these five years she is almost constantly pregnant, and is fertilised within 60 to 120 days after giving birth in order to preserve maximum milk production. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
His wife did not want to go through with this last attempt to fertilise her remaining frozen embryos. The male infertility crisis: ‘My failure at fatherhood ate away at my very being’ 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z
On the first day of digging the team found that a redbrick flower bed, dug up regularly to fertilise the roses, covered a rectangle of stone which Halliwell-Phillips believed was Shakespeare's bow window. Dig seeks William Shakespeare's shards for ale in his Stratford back garden 2010-04-05T16:33:00Z
She had five rounds of IVF and spent £20,000 in the process, travelling to India to have six fertilised donor eggs transferred to her womb. The agony and ecstasy of becoming an older mother 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z
If you are hoping to fertilise a human egg someday and haven’t given much thought to these matters … well, Big Sperm reckons it is time you did. The rise of Big Sperm: does the tech world have the answer to our semen crisis? 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z
Identical twins are a unique test of genes in action because, having come from a single fertilised egg, they have identical genomes, all 3bn letters of them. Identically Different: Why You Can Change Your Genes by Tim Spector – review 2012-08-08T09:30:03Z
By creating more fertilised eggs than are generally reimplanted in the uterus, IVF produces “spare embryos” that may be used, with consent, for scientific research. Seven ways IVF changed the world – from Louise Brown to stem-cell research 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z
Often “old sperm” simply flail and perish around an egg they are trying to fertilise. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z
Malone has said she wants another child with the other fertilised embryos. The agony and ecstasy of becoming an older mother 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z
Behind it at a distance of two miles, in the twilight, is this massive combine harvester that’s fertilising this ground. Ridley Scott reveals details of opening scene of Blade Runner sequel 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z
But they should also hold up their hands and admit that they not only fertilise the star system, they participate in the culture of ignoring contracts. Debate: have modern opera singers got the wrong attitude? 2013-03-16T18:00:02Z
It’s a female-only space; pollen from males would fertilise them, rendering the bud seedy and worthless. The wild west of weed: will legalisation work for Canada? 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z
Once a male finds a female, it attaches itself to its underside and remains there as a parasite, feeding from the female until needed to fertilise her eggs. The Natural History Museum's wonders of The Deep 2010-05-15T23:08:00Z
Surprisingly, freezing is associated with better outcomes for babies and their mums than IVF with freshly fertilised eggs. Our twins were born two years apart 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z
One cause of this is an egg being fertilised by two sperm at once – as random and unavoidable as that. My four miscarriages: why is losing a pregnancy so shrouded in mystery? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z
Evil lab assistant sells embryos on baby black market; evil doctor fertilises eggs with own sperm to create own private colony of children; evil research director conducts clandestine experiments to grow babies full-term ex-uterus ... IVF: 'I had the dread feeling that I was part of some greater experiment' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z
We burn it to ash, and we will fertilise our garden with it. The question we came to dread: ‘Are you going for a second child?’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z
I can’t recall how I started my sex explanation – I definitely had no plan – but I’m sure I began by explaining that it was the process by which eggs got fertilised, women pregnant, children born. 'I've been good and bad, caring but useless': Tim Dowling on two decades of fatherhood 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z
The eggs are fertilised in a petri dish, then implanted into a genetically inferior, womb-for-rent sheep. Wild Shepherdess with Kate Humble – TV review 2013-07-06T07:00:08Z
In the long term, they contain potential for finding new ways of treating infertility, or vice versa, of preventing the sperm from fertilising the egg cell. Membrane transporter ensures mobility of sperm cells 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z
To fertilise the total 1.3 million acres of these trees, honeybees are trucked to California from across the US for the almond flowering season. Farmers turn to tech as bees struggle to pollinate 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z
Coral spawn are collected and fertilised in a lab. Robots are trained to help revive coral reefs 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z
"It can be the difference between fertilising an egg - or just stopping treatment," he says. How AI may be a powerful tool in treating male infertility 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z
The first weeks after a sperm fertilises an egg is a period of dramatic change - from a collection of indistinct cells to something that eventually becomes recognisable on a baby scan. Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z
The sperm cells cannot reach and fertilise the egg cell. Membrane transporter ensures mobility of sperm cells 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z
This allows an embryo created by fertilising a human egg to be grown for 14 days. First synthetic human embryo raises ethical issues 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z
Sexual reproduction in species such as humans needs sperm to fertilise eggs and create an embryo. Crocodile’s ‘Virgin Birth’ Is a First for Science’s History Books 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z
Some birds, such as hens, lay eggs even when not fertilised, though unfertilised eggs do not produce offspring. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ailsa had only found out she was pregnant hours earlier but as the pregnancy was ectopic, where a fertilised egg implants itself outside of the womb, the baby could not be saved. 'Time to recognise the invisible loss of our babies' 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z
When she and her husband travelled to the IVF clinic for the first fertilised egg to be implanted in her womb, Catherine was waiting, glamorous and beautifully dressed. The joy and the trauma of carrying a celebrity's baby 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z
The echinoderm is moving its arms and swaying its body, perhaps to sweep eggs and sperm into the currents where they can fertilise together in the water. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Frenzied bee ball wins top prize 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z
The problem has been exacerbated by inbreeding, very low fertility - only 50% of eggs are fertilised - and as they only breed every two or three years when native rimu trees fruit. New Zealand's endangered kakapo parrot gets a big population boost 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z
In Arkansas, where abortion is banned except to save the woman's life, legislation states that the removal of a potentially life-threatening ectopic pregnancy - where an egg is fertilised outside the womb - is "not an abortion". Abortion in US: How misinformation has fuelled the debate 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z
This includes the puzzle of delayed implantation, where badgers mate and an egg is fertilised, but the process of pregnancy is put on hold until it's the best time of year to have a cub. Huge plan to map the DNA of all life in British Isles 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z
Catherine was making disparaging comments about surrogates, including women who had miscarried her fertilised eggs. The joy and the trauma of carrying a celebrity's baby 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z
The collection includes echidnas, platypuses and marsupials at varying life stages - from fertilised egg to adolescence. Cambridge University museum finds 150-year-old platypus specimens 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilised egg implants itself outside the womb, usually in one of the fallopian tubes. Kenny has had miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z
To fertilise the crops, India depends on imports for its entire annual consumption of 4 million to 5 million tonnes of potash and ships in a third of this from Belarus and Russia. Exclusive: India boosts fertiliser imports from Canada, Israel as Russian supply disrupted 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z
IVF is a procedure during which a woman's eggs are fertilised by man's sperm in a laboratory before the embryos are implanted into a woman's uterus. California couple sue clinic for alleged IVF swap 'horror' 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z
The last male of the species died in 2018, but its sperm was collected and has been used to fertilise eggs. One of world's last northern white rhinos retired from breeding scheme 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z
According to the Natural Environment Research Council, this is caused by excess phosphorous from sewage, and run-off from fields fertilised with phosphorus compounds. River pollution in Wales: Swimmers warned over sewage 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z
This indicates that the female's adaptations do indeed lower the extra-pair male's chances of successfully fertilising her. The secret sex lives of ducks 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z
However, female pandas can show signs of pregnancy after their ovulation period even if they have not been fertilised. Japan panda: Possible pregnancy bumps restaurant stock price 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z
As they entered his reproductive system he fertilised them. The secret world of pygmy seahorses, where males give birth – photo essay 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z
For example, icebergs bring with them enormous quantities of dust that will fertilise the ocean plankton around them, and this benefit will then cascade up the food chain. A68 iceberg on collision path with South Georgia 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z
The next step was to fertilise the egg with the sperm. The audacious plan that could save a species 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z
It mines polyhalite, a mineral used in fertilising crops, from underneath the North York Moors National Park. 'You feel sorry for people who've invested a lot' 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z
"Cool burning replenishes the earth and enhances biodiversity - the ash fertilises and the potassium encourages flowering. It's a complex cycle based on cultural, spiritual and scientific knowledge." Why Aboriginal planners say the bush 'needs to burn' 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z
They fertilise and aerate soil, and disperse seeds. Half a million crabs killed by plastic, study says 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z
The eggs were fertilised chicken eggs on their way to an incubator. Scramble to clear up after 136,000 eggs fall off truck in Pennsylvania 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z
So they moved on to trying to make an embryo - an egg fertilised by sperm - in the lab. The audacious plan that could save a species 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z
Modi profited from an exuberant consensus about India among Anglo-American elites: that democracy had acquired deep roots in Indian soil, fertilising it for the growth of free markets. The west’s custodians of democracy failed to notice it rotting away | Pankaj Mishra 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z
“We are happy to announce that two northern white rhino embryos have been successfully matured and fertilised,” the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya tweeted Wednesday. Scientists create northern white rhino embryos in milestone that could save the species from extinction 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z
“Then we fertilised them and added Crispr reagents to alter their genetic structure before implanting the embryos into a surrogate sheep’s uterus.” Mutant sheep are being bred in lab to fight lethal child brain disease 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z
Last year, a team removed eggs from female southern rhinos and fertilised them with frozen sperm from a male northern white rhino, to create hybrid embryos. Eggs taken from rare rhinos in bid to save species 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z
Such schemes involve fertilising the sea with iron salts which promote the growth of plankton. Radical plan to repair Earth's climate 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z
Best known is the pollination that fertilises most of the world’s crops and wildflowers, including the tiny midge essential to cacao. Humanity must save insects to save ourselves, leading scientist warns 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z
The eggs were fertilised with sperm from Eledge, giving Uma genetic material from both sides of the family. US woman, 61, says being surrogate was 'gift' for her son and his husband 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z
This sperm was then used to fertilise eggs from female rhesus monkeys. Birth of monkey could help ensure boys with cancer can have families 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
It is hoped the harvested eggs will be fertilised using frozen sperm from a deceased northern white rhinoceros. Eggs taken from rare rhinos in bid to save species 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z
Around four in 10 fertilised eggs developed into early stage embryos. 'Baby Grady' gives hope to infertile boys 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z
These are then fertilised in the laboratory and returned to the uterus to develop. The 'controlled chaos' of raising sextuplets 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z
In the case of fraternal, or non-identical, twins, two eggs are fertilised, each by a different sperm. Scientists stunned by discovery of 'semi-identical' twins 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z
Non-identical, or dizygotic, twins occur when two separate eggs are fertilised, each by a different sperm, and develop in the womb at the same time. The exceptional 'semi-identical' twins 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z
Look, normally, a female stickleback lays eggs in a nest, which are then fertilised by the male stickleback who went to the trouble of building the nest. Virgin births: is there something fishy about Mary the stickleback’s little miracles? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z
The great majority of eggs, whether from ducks or chickens, will not be fertilised. Does every box of eggs contain a potential chick? 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z
That was down to the high amount of energy used to produce and fertilise cotton yarn. Plastic or paper: Which bag is greener? 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z
In a year’s time they expect to be sending 500,000 fertilised eggs a week to a sister hatchery on the Tanzanian coast, where millions of one-day-old chicks will be sold to local farmers. ‘It’s God’s plan’: the man who dreams of bringing intensive chicken farming to Africa 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z
And doctors were able to remove eggs, fertilise them with the father-to-be's sperm and freeze them. First baby born after deceased womb transplant 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z
And here’s the best bit: it looked as if Mary fertilised her own eggs. Virgin births: is there something fishy about Mary the stickleback’s little miracles? 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z
There are schemes for fertilising the oceans to encourage plankton to flourish, absorb CO₂ and drag it to the ocean floor - but there are risks of unintended consequences. Race to pull greenhouse gases from air 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z
Prof Quinn said the study highlighted the importance of long-term studies when observing ecological changes or influences because changes, such as dead fish fertilising soil, would not be detected in shorter studies. Tossing dead salmon is good for plants 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z
In July, one team took eggs from female southern rhinos - which number around 20,000 in the wild - and fertilised them with frozen sperm from a male northern white rhino, to create hybrid embryos. IVF hope for white rhino rescue 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
After seven months, the fertilised eggs were implanted. First baby born after deceased womb transplant 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z
Crops are fertilised and sprayed with pesticides en masse; harvesting takes place on an industrialised basis, which leaves no space for judging, plant by plant, a crop’s needs or readiness for harvesting. ‘We'll have space bots with lasers, killing plants’: the rise of the robot farmer 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z
We have 19 types of earthworm – keystone species responsible for aerating, rotavating, fertilising, hydrating and even detoxifying the soil. If you want to save the world, veganism isn’t the answer | Isabella Tree 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z
My takeaway from the flamingo story is that the eggs weren’t fertilised, so will never hatch. Loss is an unavoidable part of life – but something magical can come out of it | Rhik Samadder 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z
The root system of the gao is nearly as big as its branches, and unusually it draws nitrogen from the air, fertilising the soil. Regreening Niger: How the magical gaos transformed the land 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z
By killing seabirds, this study revealed, rats disrupt a healthy ecosystem that depends on the seabird droppings, which fertilise the reefs surrounding the island. Killing rats could save coral reefs 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z
Last year, a Swiss company called Climeworks unveiled a direct air capture installation that extracted carbon and supplied it to a neighbouring greenhouse to fertilise tomatoes and cucumbers. 'Step forward' in removing CO2 from air 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z
Nestling among a plantation of high-rises in a business district of Tokyo, the clinic implants fertilised eggs in an average of 75 women a day. No country resorts to IVF more than Japan—or has less success 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z
At the spawning grounds, the females deposit their eggs and the males fertilise them. Kings of the wild frontier 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z
Once people discovered that “one gao was equal to 10 cows” for fertilising, as Tougiani put it, the tree’s popularity took off. Regreening Niger: How the magical gaos transformed the land 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z
With fire you could cook meat and clear land for planting; with ash you could fertilise the soil; with smoke you could make signals. Why Silicon Valley can’t fix itself 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z
The question of who had it first was neither here nor there and a fertilised egg was a grown adult, temporarily inconvenienced by being a few hundred cells large. Time for change: Anne Enright on Ireland's abortion referendum 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z
That something better is the space it will create within me to fertilise my own work and creativity. I was assaulted by a director. Now I'm giving up sex | Sarah Doyle 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z
He and Laurence milk eight cows by hand, grind flour and collect manure to fertilise the crops that feed his livestock. Farming the old-fashioned way 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z
It would be legal to fertilise one of the lab-made eggs to create an embryo for research purposes in the UK. First human eggs grown in laboratory 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z
Or it may be possible to boost embryos during IVF by growing them in a different culture media - a fertiliser for fertilised eggs. UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z
Another space test showed fish eggs could be fertilised and develop normally during a 15-day orbital flight, suggesting a brief trip into space might not be too harmful for reproduction - at least for vertebrates. Frozen 'space sperm' passes fertility test - BBC News 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z
More than 50 million sperm embark on the journey to fertilise an egg when a man and woman have sex. Swimming technique of sperm 'all down to simple maths' - BBC News 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z
"Plain stupid," said one on Twitter, saying that only a fertilised embryo needs protecting, and asking if she would also use the law on menstruating women. Texas lawmaker Jessica Farrar wants men fined for masturbating - BBC News 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z
“From the time eggs are fertilised, Pacific oyster larvae precipitate roughly 90% of their bodyweight as calcium carbonate shell within 48 hours,” George Waldbusser at Oregon State University told the Climate News Network. How warming seas are forcing fish to seek new waters 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z
During IVF, of 100 fertilised eggs, fewer than 50 reach the blastocyst stage, 25 implant into the womb and only 13 develop beyond three months. UK scientists edit DNA of human embryos 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z
Although sperm DNA was slightly damaged by the trip, it still did the job of fertilising mouse eggs and creating apparently healthy "space pups". Frozen 'space sperm' passes fertility test - BBC News 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z
Only one sperm can penetrate the woman's egg and fertilise it, so the race is on. Swimming technique of sperm 'all down to simple maths' - BBC News 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z
For example, the ability of developmental biologists to culture, manipulate and fertilise embryos in a petri dish, then to transfer the embryos to a mother, led to “test-tube babies”. 2017’s big ideas – part one: from driverless cars to interstellar travel 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
Promiscuity increases the risk that a female will be inseminated by another male before the first male’s spermatozoa have had a chance to fertilise the female’s eggs. Why do some mammals have a bone in their penises? 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z
Bees and other pollinators fertilise about three-quarters of the world’s food crops and have seen widespread declines due to habitat loss, disease and pesticide use. Pesticides stop bees buzzing and releasing pollen, says study 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z
Louisiana is considered a "pro-life" state and under its law a fertilised egg is seen as a "juridical person". Sofia Vergara: US actress faces lawsuit 'from own embryos' - BBC News 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z
That is something the researchers plan to explore in the lab by checking if training-induced changes affect the fertilising potential of sperm. 'Exercise boosts men's sperm count' - BBC News 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z
Though the young females are also not mature enough to conceive immediately, the sperm is stored in their two sperm storage organs until they reach adulthood, when it fertilises their eggs. Male redback spiders evade cannibalism by mating with immature females 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z
Tomatoes are able to fertilise themselves, without need of a pollinator, yet even this self-pollination can be assisted by a bee visiting a flower. Bee kind to viruses 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z
The world’s most widely used insecticides harm the ability of bees to vibrate flowers and shake out the pollen to fertilise crops, according to preliminary results from a new study. Pesticides stop bees buzzing and releasing pollen, says study 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z
The case has again thrown the spotlight in the United States on the issue of when a fertilised egg should be considered a human being. Sofia Vergara: US actress faces lawsuit 'from own embryos' - BBC News 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z
He also recorded fights among males, with interlopers forcefully barged out of the way, and predation of the frogs’ fertilised eggs, with 80% of a female’s clutch being eaten by nearby snakes. Froggy style: unique mating position of Bombay night frogs finally revealed 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z
And, in the conditions we’ve got at the moment, the seaweed tends to win because it’s warm and it’s got lots of rotting stuff around to fertilise it.” The Great Barrier Reef: a catastrophe laid bare 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z
“If that’s a fertilised egg at day one, then,” he says making a slightly larger full stop next to it, “that’s an embryo at day 14.” Inside the ‘black box’ of human development 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z
It might be weeding or it might be fertilising or it might be seeding.” Transforming the bush: robots, drones and cows that milk themselves | Paul Daley 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
It happens when a woman's eggs are fertilised by two men within a short period of time. Vietnam twins found to have different fathers in rare case - BBC News 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z
"And because food is so scarce in the cave system, she eats the ones that are not fertilised." Olm eggs: Tense wait for baby Slovenian 'dragons' - BBC News 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z
The losses are mainly caused by farmers collecting manure from grasslands and using it to fertilise croplands. Global food production needs 'significant' fertiliser boost - BBC News 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z
Humans begin as one fertilised cell but develop into perambulating structures of a hundred trillion cells of around 300 different varieties. 'Bioprinter' creates bespoke lab-grown body parts for transplant 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z
Robots that can plant, fertilise, spray, weed, monitor and, ultimately, harvest, pack and transport crops will inhabit the countryside. Transforming the bush: robots, drones and cows that milk themselves | Paul Daley 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
The scientists aboard the Investigator are seeking to prove that iron from underwater volcanoes influences the phytoplankton blooms that fertilise the Southern Ocean. Rare glimpse of erupting Australian sub-Antarctic volcano - BBC News 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z
Then the eggs are harvested by doctors, fertilised and implanted in the woman's womb. Zika fears: The women postponing IVF - BBC News 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z
Of 100 fertilised eggs, fewer than 50 reach the blastocyst stage, 25 implant into the womb and only 13 develop beyond three months. Kathy Niakan: Scientist makes case to edit embryos - BBC News 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z
I have a feeling there’s some great things going to happen in this town, a feeling the soil’s been fertilised, the atmosphere’s been set for something good. Poorest town in poorest state: segregation is gone but so are the jobs 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z
Robots that can plant, fertilise, spray, weed, monitor, harvest, pack and transport crops will inhabit the countryside Such traditional, driven machines – even those adapted with GPS – are, however, already threatened with obsolescence. Transforming the bush: robots, drones and cows that milk themselves | Paul Daley 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
The Baalshamin temple is dedicated to the Phoenician god of storms and fertilising rains. Destruction of Palmyra's Baalshamin temple 'a war crime' - BBC News 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z
In June, farmers burn the remaining plant residue to fertilise the soil for the maize crop. Satellite Eye on Earth: June 2015 – in pictures 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z
Their “contributions” are being collected in specially designed storage tanks, which will then be transported to nearby fields to fertilise malting barley for brewing beer. Out on the piss? Danish festival recycles urine to make beer 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z
The gene-editing technique works by taking a fertilised egg and using molecular scissors to snip the pig genome at the target site – in this case an immune gene called RELA. Could these piglets become Britain's first commercially viable GM animals? 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z
Researchers at the University of Sheffield said the tumours were effectively "fertilising" the bone to help themselves grow. Breast cancer 'alters bone to help it spread' - BBC News 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z
They claim she wanted her eggs to be fertilised by a sperm donor and implanted into her mother's womb. Mother in legal battle to have dead daughter's baby - BBC News 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z
Mitochondria are passed to a child from the mother, and the proposed technique involves adding healthy mitochondria from a donor woman to an egg from another, then fertilising it with one man's sperm. Churches oppose three-person babies 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z
When a cell is fertilised, both parents provide an equal number of chromosomes, which recombine in the nucleus. Female Vikings? That's Just 'Vrøvl' 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z
But critics say that, if “personhood” became law, it might make contraceptives such as intra-uterine devices illegal, because they could prevent the implantation of a fertilised egg. High, tolerant and Republican? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z
The Amazon is being fertilised by the remains of ancient fish from Africa. African fish nourish Amazon 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
It was then fertilised with her husband's sperm. The girl with three biological parents 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z
"If we fertilise a sow now, it's twelve months until the pigs are ready for market. Even if we stop today, it'll be a year before it affects our output." UK pork farmers face sanctions hit 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z
Once the doctors had thawed and fertilised several of McKay’s eggs with the donor sperm, she had one course of in vitro-fertilisation which worked on the first round. How Women Are 'Freezing' The Biological Clock
I wondered if these new blocks were seeded by poppy money or fertilised by Western cash, then chided myself for cynicism. Equality rules at 'Sandhurst in the Sand' 2014-01-28T00:23:18Z
Out of nine eggs, we only got four which fertilised normally, one was transferred and one was frozen. The IVF gamble: Readers' stories 2013-11-04T09:52:19Z
Exactly how it is done still needs to be determined as there are two ways of doing the procedure, depending on when the eggs are fertilised. The girl with three biological parents 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z
At the Corion clinic in Mumbai, the couple's eggs and sperm were fertilised to create embryos, which were then implanted in two different surrogates to increase the chances of a pregnancy. Four babies by two surrogates 2013-10-28T01:24:16Z
The three remaining fertilised embryos – potential future siblings for her future child – were put back in the deep freeze for safe-keeping. How Women Are 'Freezing' The Biological Clock
Uralkali said last September it was looking to buy a distribution network for its products in China, Brazil and Russia with a view to directly overseeing fertilise shipments. Russia's Uralkali eyes potash distributors on key markets - paper 2013-08-26T06:32:00Z
Once released, gametes float to the surface to be fertilised and if successful they will sink down to the seabed and grow into coral. Can we restore the world’s coral reefs? 2013-08-21T09:23:03Z
We believe that large animals once played a vital role in fertilising their landscape, so that the naturally occurring deposits in rock were less important. Extinctions 'cut nutrient arteries' 2013-08-12T06:01:51Z
From a male, they would be sperm, and they might be able to fertilise eggs to produce a new mammoth embryo. Produce Woolly Mammoth Stem Cells, Says Creator of Dolly the Sheep 2013-08-01T19:45:00.567Z
For some religious groups, IVF has always been a troublesome ethical issue because in most standard procedures, a number of eggs are fertilised at once and the excess embryos are either frozen or discarded. How Women Are 'Freezing' The Biological Clock
It remains unclear what the fate of phytoplankton carbon, at the base of the food chain is, however, and the role of iron for fertilising the oceans is a developing field of research. Key to ocean life is widely variable 2013-07-19T20:36:18Z
The growth of colonies depends on these bees being able to mate properly so they can lay fertilised eggs. Bad winter sees 'huge loss of bees' 2013-06-13T00:03:54Z
The female will then extract mature eggs from her mantle and pass them against the stored spermatophores before depositing them, now fertilised, at the base of seagrasses, seaweeds or rock crevices. Australian squid eat sperm for better bodies and babies 2013-06-06T21:17:16.863Z
It would be interesting to know if mammoth sperm could fertilise eggs of the elephant. Produce Woolly Mammoth Stem Cells, Says Creator of Dolly the Sheep 2013-08-01T19:45:00.567Z
The female will then extract mature eggs from her mantle and pass them against the stored spermatophores before depositing them, now fertilised, at the base of seagrasses or seaweeds. Australian squids eat sperm for better bodies and babies 2013-06-05T00:15:02.003Z
"The quantity of its fertiliser imports is expected to continue rising during the second and third quarters as the Brazilian market prepares for the peak of its fertilising season, which begins in September," ICL said. China fertiliser demand boosts Israel Chemicals profit 2013-05-13T06:16:19Z
A microscopic view of sperm fertilising an ovum. The internet is a dangerous wild west of DIY-assisted conception 2013-04-29T18:49:25Z
Every year it supplies local schools with fish tanks and other equipment and fertilised trout eggs. Trout – the most 'alive' fish of all – are spearheading a national river revival 2013-04-25T07:00:04Z
"They carry the fertilised eggs and care for them until hatching," he explained. Are these animals too 'ugly' to be saved? 2012-11-20T01:27:34Z
Previous studies into similar species have found that a higher proportion of eggs are fertilised by the last mate. Paternity testing for tortoises 2012-11-16T04:00:27Z
Only one in five of the original eggs obtained fertilised normally and made it through to the implantation stage. Three-person IVF trial 'success' 2012-10-24T17:01:18Z
He then fertilised the result with sperm and allowed the fertilised eggs to start dividing and thus begin taking the first steps on the journey that might ultimately lead to them becoming full-fledged human beings. Gene therapy: Hello mothers, hello father 2012-10-25T15:00:58Z
When a sperm fertilises an egg there is just one type of cell. Stem cell experts win Nobel prize 2012-10-08T13:58:25Z
A Kyoto University team used mice stem cells to create eggs, which were fertilised to produce baby mice. US team aim to make human sperm 2012-10-09T02:25:55Z
Of the clutches that were fertilised by three tortoises they reported that a "significant contribution" of previous years' partners was found in the distribution of sperm. Paternity testing for tortoises 2012-11-16T04:00:27Z
Those that did fertilise normally developed to blastocyst stage - five or six days later, the point at which IVF embryos are normally transferred into the mother's womb - at a similar rate to the controls. Three-person IVF trial 'success' 2012-10-24T17:01:18Z
Nearly all of the experimental eggs survived the replacement of their nuclei, and three-quarters were successfully fertilised. Gene therapy: Hello mothers, hello father 2012-10-25T15:00:58Z
The cells were used to create eggs, which were fertilised to produce baby mice. Skin cells become 'grandparents' 2012-10-04T22:31:43Z
Earthworms break down and recycle decaying plant matter, and loosen, mix and fertilise soil by bringing nutrients closer to the surface. Earthworm invasion 2012-09-24T01:27:03Z
The results indicate that males that contribute more sperm fertilise a greater proportion of an egg clutch; a theory which has been found to be valid in some aquatic turtles. Paternity testing for tortoises 2012-11-16T04:00:27Z
Most of the time in IVF clinics in the UK, eggs are taken, fertilised and the resulting embryos implanted. IVF freezing methods debate call 2012-09-04T00:21:20Z
Freezing the sperm enables the team to pick the optimum time to fertilise the female and works out much cheaper, the zoo says. Elephant grows from frozen sperm 2012-08-14T15:57:03Z
Perhaps, fertilised by Olympic exposure, volleyball can rise from the leisure centre floor and leap for the strip-lights. London 2012: Quartet provide a glorious starburst of British failure 2012-08-06T22:33:17Z
Once the female’s oviduct is filled with sperm, she is able to lay eggs that were internally fertilised. Get on your bike, Phallostethus cuulong 2012-07-25T17:45:06.547Z
"Farmers plough, they fertilise, they sow, they treat for pests and they harvest," he says. How I fell in love again with our beautiful land 2012-07-21T23:04:31Z
No, not at all: there’s not enough of the ocean which is iron poor for us to fertilise to absorb all emissions. The Cheap Way To Deal With Climate Change: Iron Fertilisation Of The Oceans 2012-07-19T13:22:39Z
Until then, lawn purists should continue to mow and fertilise if they want to achieve the fresh-scented, lush green that their gardening dreams are made of. The cult of lawn 2012-05-23T14:12:58Z
They are effectively fertilising the soil for the returning plants. Bacteria clean up fire aftermath 2012-05-22T17:06:23Z
This method of internal fertilisation is extremely rare in fish, as the eggs of over 90% of known bony fish species are fertilised outside the female’s body. Get on your bike, Phallostethus cuulong 2012-07-25T17:45:06.547Z
The fertilised egg, now called an embryo, is then returned to the woman's womb to grow and develop. IVF age limit 'should be raised' 2012-05-22T01:09:08Z
The role of insects in fertilising plants was one of the great steps in the evolution of life on Earth. Amber preserves pollen carriers 2012-05-15T11:25:47Z
Yet, when the existing number of artesian wells has been doubled or trebled, it seems not improbable that many of them will become sub-artesian, and only yield their fertilising streams in response to pumping-power. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z
Owing to its wealth of fertilising power, it is sometimes called by the Arabs “Nahar-as-Salam,” the River of Peace. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z
It has grown truly, and the growth has been of the steady nature which gives flavour and solidity; but lacking the fertilising medium of gold, there is no luxuriance, no profusion. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
What a variety of things came into my imagination when I first became acquainted with you, during that delicious May-shower in the Usser Observatory, and which to me also was a fertilising one! Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z
She holds a licence to fertilise them experimentally. Human reproduction: Life begins at 45 2012-03-01T16:00:40Z
It was believed that in the last year the amount of land so fertilised had largely increased. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z
In the fertilised germ we have two groups of physiological units, slightly different in their structures. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z
From time immemorial the Nile had been likened to a milch-cow, and the fertilising water which it spread over the soil to the milk that sustains human life. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z
They are certainly well fertilised, as it were – as fit now as they were for the World Cup, and buoyed by their away win in Dublin. Scotland seek Six Nations resurrection against Wales after sorry start 2012-02-11T22:55:01Z
Pollen, pol′en, n. the fertilising powder contained in the anthers of flowers: the male or fecundating element in flowers.—v.t. to cover with pollen.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z
He is also coloured green, to signify, as it would seem, that lie is a god favourable to vegetation, and possessed of a fertilising power. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z
In the majority of cases, we admit, the reproductive cells are not to be seen in early segregation, and the continuous lineage from the fertilised ovum cannot be traced. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z
In the same way if the pollen of species of A. proves to be capable of fertilising the egg-cell of species B. we may call it incidental. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z
In this drawing the Ganges rises from the male, the idea being that the stream from Mahadeva is as copious and fertilising as that mighty river. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z
If the waters cease to flow they stagnate, and corrupt and poison the very land it was their mission to fertilise. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z
To this valley the mighty river not only gives a refreshing coolness and moisture by the mass of its waters, it fertilises and manures it from year to year by its overflow. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z
But the reproductive cells are set apart; they take no share in the differentiation, but remain virtually unchanged, continuing unaltered the protoplasmic tradition of the original fertilised ovum. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z
Out of this lake the water-clouds rise, which are to bring the fertilising rain to the earth. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z
Yes; and yet this river so cursed fertilises its shores. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z
This male organism energises both its developmental and its functioning power, and fertilises it; although the potential of structure, of growth, of function and of reproduction are engendered in the female organism. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z
Wherever the overflowing waters have covered the land, there is left behind a fertilising mud or slime. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z
It fertilised him with the evil purposes which the heart contained. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland 2011-10-31T02:00:30.820Z
Though the tropic storms are wanting in Iran, the fertilising of the land by the water of the springs, rivers, and lakes, and by rain was of no less importance there than in the Panjab. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z
On the hill-sides, fertilised by the ashes, the undergrowth sprang up more luxuriantly than ever. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z
This happens by the repeated and continued division of the fertilised germ-cell, a division which constitutes growth, and which under suitable conditions of nourishment and protection and exercise will ultimately produce a human being. Embryology The Beginnings of Life 2011-09-12T02:00:28.483Z
Instead of fertilising water, the Tigris often sends down destructive floods over the plain, and changes it, down to the marshy Delta at the mouth, into a broad and rolling sea. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z
Even the hills grew green again, for the ashes and débris from the fire-hill, as the natives called it, had fertilised the ground. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z
"We praise Tistrya, the brilliant majestic star, which drives away the Pairika; he blows her away from Lake Vourukasha; then the clouds draw up, spreading themselves afar, which contain the fertilising water." The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z
The ashes had only served to fertilise the ground, and the vegetation pushed more vigorously than ever. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z
That original single cell is termed, in animal Embryology, the “fertilised ovum.” Embryology The Beginnings of Life 2011-09-12T02:00:28.483Z
And so, in a recently published work, I stated that the growing embryo, especially in its early stages, must conform in many ways to the shape of the fertilised egg. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
The system can also send text alerts and emails with instructions on when irrigation should next take place, whether to fertilise, and if pesticides can be used. Dry as dust 2011-08-05T05:25:42Z
Drought, gloom, and night were numbered among the injurious forces; the clear sky, the light, and fertilising water were beneficent. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z
This was then used to successfully fertilise eggs. Stem cell sperm 'fertility hope' 2011-08-04T16:26:45Z
Sometimes a landowner or a farmer, anxious to make improvements, tries to enclose the approach or to utilise the water in fertilising meadows, or in one way or another to introduce an innovation. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z
Plainly, the blastosphere cannot be pre-existing as a structure of particles in the fertilised nucleus; there cannot be blastosphere determinants. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
Day by day there descend from the Press ideas in fertilising showers, falling on the parched and arid plains of life, which in due season become verdant and variegated. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z
He wants to know nothing of the manure which fertilises the soil—of this we are masters absolute; but we must remember doomsday.” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z
But, as far as is known, the female never willingly spawns except in the close presence of a male, and the male never fertilises the ova except in the close presence of a female. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z
The ashes of this conflagration may fertilise anew the whole earth. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z
It has been shown fully by experiment and by observation that the fertilised eggs of the queen bee may become either workers or queens. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
He thought the calumnies beneath contempt, that they sprang up in theological soil and that they would wither of themselves, if not fertilised by disturbance. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z
Grain was grown on a patch of sandy ground which was sometimes fertilised by the river when at its highest flood. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z
The ova are fertilised during the act of deposition and are not subsequently tended by either parent. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z
Unlike the Nile, it has carved for itself a deep and narrow channel, through which it hurls its fertilising load with resistless momentum into the ocean which needs it not. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z
The fertilised nucleus, thus consisting of chromosomes from male and female, then divides by a complicated process known as karyokinesis, in which each chromosome splits longitudinally, one half passing to each daughter-nucleus. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
Accordingly, her sun shines with equal warmth upon the Gardens of the just and the unjust; and her rains fertilise the Fields of all alike. Mirror of the Months 2011-05-21T02:00:10.227Z
Under the transfer treatment, the idea is to replace the faulty mitochondria in the eggs or fertilised embryos with those from eggs or early embryos from a healthy, unaffected donor. Three-way IVF 'needs more study' 2011-04-19T01:24:50Z
The ova are fertilised immediately after being deposited, and when this process lasts for several days, as in the case of the salmon,30 the female, during the whole time, is attended by the male. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z
Culture, criticism, in certain sterile natures, are like Sheridan's famous apophthegm: they lie "like lumps of marl on a barren moor, encumbering what it is not in their power to fertilise." Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z
Then chromosomes of definite size and form, and corresponding in number to those present in the fertilised egg-cell, again appear. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
Milk kept over night in one of these cups, or an amulet made from the cup materials, are believed to exercise a most potent influence over the male fertilising element. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z
The hunting season and shooting parties bring life and activity for a time, but "twice-told tales of foxes killed" do not carry any fertilising intellectual ideas into the byways of upper-class life. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z
Using data from crop trials risks exaggerating the problem, because the plants in such trials are usually well fertilised—unlike most normal maize planted in Africa. Climate change and crop yields: One degree over 2011-03-17T11:53:59Z
Then there is the suggestion that they might have evolved to remove "mating plugs" - material that some male species deposit in the female genital tract to block other males' attempts to fertilise the same female. How man 'lost his penile spines' 2011-03-09T18:13:00Z
Thus, among bees, unfertilised eggs give rise to drones, fertilised eggs to females. The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development 2011-08-29T02:01:04.170Z
Every Saturday morning he irrigated the whole town with fertilising gold. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z
But the pearl mussel also depends on healthy fish stocks, as its fertilised eggs must latch on to fish to develop. VIDEO: Pearl mussel project at next stage 2011-03-02T10:29:50Z
Contact with so many foreign cultures, the vicinity of such contradictory nations, has fertilised them; healthy rural labour has steeled their limbs; the near sea has opened their eyes to the great distances. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z
The hamlet is often concealed by a dark forest of juniper overhanging the deep ravine, whose ever foaming torrent fertilises the adjacent pastures. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z
For I prefer the dream that we are divinely dispersed to bless it, wind-sown seeds to fertilise its waste places. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z
Whatever happens, he is sure to have a good harvest by sowing upon this ground, fertilised by the ashes of the trees which grew on it. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z
These sperm are paralysed - unable to move and therefore unable to to fertilise eggs. Male-producing sperm 'paralysed' 2011-01-20T09:41:35Z
The damage may reduce fertility by lowering sperm counts or reducing the sperm's ability to fertilise a woman's eggs. Antioxidants may help men with fertility problems, study reveals 2011-01-19T06:00:01Z
If they stay long enough they will carry away, cart after cart, the rich, fat earth of our soil, to spread over and fertilise the barren ground of Prussia. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z
The female coccus, whilst young, attaches itself by its proboscis to a plant; sucks the sap but never moves again; is fertilised and lays eggs; and this is its whole history. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z
These whippings widened the breach between the races, led to deeper suspicion and hatred, fertilised the soil for future outbreaks. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z
Here the fertilising mass is gummed automatically between the eyes of the exploring bee, and then bent round by the drying of its stalk so as to come in contact with the stigmatic surface. Charles Darwin 2010-12-24T03:00:33.847Z
Sperm from several males must therefore compete to fertilise an egg. Sexual selection: The hunk and the show-off do not always get the girl 2010-06-03T14:01:00Z
The research, funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, Medical Research Council and the Wellcome Trust, used newly fertilised eggs left over from IVF treatment. Three-person embryos offer hope 2010-04-14T17:00:00Z
They certainly discover flowers by colour, and, as I have elsewhere shewn, the plants which are fertilised exclusively by the wind never have a conspicuously-coloured corolla. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z
The scientists from Syracuse University say that by making the fly's sperm glow green or red they can learn more about the battle to fertilise eggs. Sperm created to glow in the dark 2010-03-18T22:58:00Z
"Entire communities would live on them; indeed at this point on the Severn they were even used to fertilise the fields." Slippery slope 2010-03-03T16:16:00Z
Ganges swelling high in silence with its seven calm streams, or the Nile when with its fertilising flood it ebbs from the plains, and has already subsided within its channel.’ ix. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil
His breath, alone, animates and fertilises the new existence which he has given me in directing me to console those who suffer. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6
The waters of Arcadia are evidently more calculated to fill up the deep ravines and hollows of that country, or to produce irregular inundations, than to fertilise the soil by quiet and gentle streams. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2
But whenever a female of any species mates with more than one male there is a bizarre battle between the sperm of the potential fathers as they attempt to fertilise the eggs. Sperm created to glow in the dark 2010-03-18T22:58:00Z
As she has chosen, so her life-faculty will be fertilised by good or evil; so will be the new life that arises within her, and so will be her future joy or sorrow. Dialogues on the Supersensual Life
These customs seem clearly to imply a belief that twins and their mother possess a special power of fertilising the seed. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II
But no thought can be fertilising and suggestive which neglects real and deep resemblances, resemblances of principle as well as incident, resemblances which are due to the mind of God or the character of man. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus
He, with Rabelais, remained a well of undefiled French, which all the artificial filtering of Malherbe and Boileau could not deprive of its refreshing and fertilising power. A Short History of French Literature
And if I can, does that power of pinning the butterfly of my soul down upon the board—does that power, too, bud, blossom from a soil mysteriously fertilised by illness? Bye-Ways
If the latter are fertilised, bright-red berries result. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens
Neither can His power to sanctify be transmitted by God to the Son externally, in the same way in which the Creator bestows on nature its vital, fertilising energy. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews
Emotions are like the swellings of the Nile: they subside again; but they ought to leave a fertilising deposit behind. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus
“And the latter utilised for fertilising the earth and making it return a hundredfold.” Sir Hilton's Sin
Few insects remain, apparently, adapted to fertilise it and it cannot fertilise itself. The Woodlands Orchids
Being mainly dependent upon the wind for their fertilisation, they have none of the varied or bright colours that are characteristic of flowers fertilised by insect agency. Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens
Oh, it is not the monied wealth dispensed by the resident great man; it is not the stream of affluence, flowing in its thousand tiny rills, and fertilising as it goes, we want. St. Patrick's Eve
One solitary patch of verdure marked the place where the rising spring had fertilised the land; but around this patch of green the ground was rich only in purple heather. Under False Pretences A Novel
Such a development is strange in Switzerland, and above all in this republic of Geneva, whose historic origins and whose reasons for existence were free opposition and fertilising heresy. The Forerunners
This fertilising and regenerating process can only be obtained by living under one government. The History of Freedom
But if strong colonies of bees are close at hand, they will rarely fail to fertilise some blossoms. The Book of Pears and Plums
Again surface-parched Australia has vast areas of underground water which only require to be tapped and brought to the surface, to irrigate and fertilise the soil. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1
This is a way of loving not logically suitable, perhaps, to a divine essence, but it is the lovingness which fertilises the soul, and makes flowers bud and birds sing in the heart of man. Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion
These I used to collect and mingle with the mould of my own garden, by which means I frequently made useful discoveries in fertilising the soil and increasing the quantity of food. The History of Sandford and Merton
But who would give up the Sun, which has warmed, lighted, and fertilised the earth for millions of years, and will do so for millions of years after the death of Christianity? Flowers of Freethought (First Series)
Thin whenever there is a large crop, but do not begin too soon, as some fruits are not fully fertilised, and may fall. The Book of Pears and Plums
By this method there is of necessity great waste in the production of offspring, many thousands of eggs are never fertilised. The Truth About Woman
Some of them, the bees of a working hive will consent to fertilise; from others they will turn decidedly away. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle
For she indulged no stormy sorrow; her grief was a still rain that fertilised and made fragrant her higher self. A Singer from the Sea
In olden times, the histories said, Ireland had sent a stream of scholars over the waste places of Europe to fertilise them and make them fruitful. Changing Winds A Novel
The flowers should be fertilised by the admission of bees, by shaking the trees in fine weather about mid-day, or by passing a light brush gently over the blooms from flower to flower. The Book of Pears and Plums
It seems evident that their sole function is to fertilise the female. The Truth About Woman
As a virgin she could enter, when fertilised she cannot henceforth go out. The Industries of Animals
In connection with this he further says "that even when the seed is taken away along with the lint, cotton still removes smaller amounts of fertilising materials from the soil than either oats or corn." The Story of the Cotton Plant
Fourthly, the degree of sterility often differs greatly in two species when reciprocally crossed; for the first will readily fertilise the second; but the latter is incapable, after hundreds of trials, of fertilising the former. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
Bees should be kept close at hand to fertilise the blooms. The Book of Pears and Plums
Life ought to be a struggle of desire towards adventures of expression, whose nobility will fertilise the mind and lead to the conception of new and glorious births. The Truth About Woman
In his turn the male approaches, shakes himself over it, and fertilises it. The Industries of Animals
Hence of our 2x "tall" ovules, x will be fertilised by "tall" pollen grains and x will be fertilised by "dwarf" pollen grains. Mendelism Third Edition
But we shall presently see that certain plants, either normally or abnormally, are more or less sterile, even in the first generation, when fertilised by their own pollen. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
He could not, in looking back, trace the originating power of any book on his own mind; the ideas of others had rather acted in fertilising the germs which lay dormant in his own heart. Beside Still Waters
The Northmen fancied he hurled it only against ice giants and rocky walls, reducing the latter to powder to fertilise the earth and make it yield plentiful fruit to the tillers of the soil. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas
In the fertilised ovum, it is supposed, the rudiment of sex already exists, likewise the rudiment of the reproductive gland, and the rudiments of the appropriate sexual characters. The Sexual Life of the Child
It is perhaps hardly necessary to add that strict biological cleanliness must be exercised during the fertilising operations. Mendelism Third Edition
Hence ovules and pollen-grains,—the fertilised seed or egg, as well as buds,—include and consist of a multitude of germs thrown off from each separate atom of the organism. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are fertilised by Insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. Life of Charles Darwin
The flower is adapted to be fertilised by Moths. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In
Her mind, wonderfully fertilised, teemed again—not with vain imaginings, however, as heretofore, but with something more substantial. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
It is obvious that a "tall" ovule has an equal chance of being fertilised by a "tall" or a "dwarf" pollen grain. Mendelism Third Edition
Experiments have not been tried on the effects of fertilising flowers with their own pollen during several generations. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
He loves better the “Virgin” than “Aquarius;” and lingering to take a fond look on that fair land he has fertilised by his beams, dispels for a time his intruding antagonist, the hoary Boreas. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness
Nay it would be a distinct disadvantage, because it would render them liable to be robbed of their honey and pollen, by insects which are not capable of fertilising them. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In
The majesty of that vast sheet of water laden with fertilising mud produces an almost religious impression. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt
Each of the 2x dwarf ovules, again, has an equal chance of being fertilised by a "tall" or by a "dwarf" pollen grain. Mendelism Third Edition
Prevost and Dumas, on the employment of several spermatozoids to fertilise one ovule, ii. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
Water was conveyed in stone-built aqueducts for hundreds of miles, from some snow-fed lake in the mountains, fertilising all the dry and sandy places through which it passed. The Red True Story Book
They soon, however, detach themselves altogether, rise to the surface, and thus are enabled to fertilise the female flowers among which they float. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In
The quantity of fertilising ingredients, especially potash, which a large crop of cabbage removes from the soil is very great. Manures and the principles of manuring
When this happens an ovum of any one of the four types has an equal chance of being fertilised by a spermatozoon of any one of the four types. Mendelism Third Edition
It is remarkable that the prepotency of one species over another in transmission is quite independent, as shown by G�rtner, of the greater or less facility with which the one fertilises the other. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
That purpose we now know to be the attraction of insects, who in sucking the orchid's honey will unconsciously carry on their wings or backs the flower's pollen to fertilise another orchid. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty
A second and scarcely less important is that they tend to secure "cross fertilisation"; that is to say, that the seed shall be fertilised by pollen from another plant. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In
It thus quickly distributes its fertilising elements throughout the soil. Manures and the principles of manuring
We are led, therefore, to suppose that an ovum carrying the yellow factor is unproductive if fertilised by a spermatozoon which also bears this factor. Mendelism Third Edition
The fact of these plants having spontaneously acquired so peculiar a constitution, that they can be fertilised more readily by the pollen of a distinct species than by their own, is remarkable. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
Besides this, the flowers, having been fertilised by the insects, develop into fruits or berries containing seeds; and these fruits, berries, and seeds form food for monkeys, birds, bats, and rodents. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty
From those fertilised eggs grow young polyps, which fix themselves to rocks or weeds, and grow up to bud and multiply by fission, and eventually to produce again by fission a generation of jelly-fishes! More Science From an Easy Chair
When sewage is continuously applied to the same land, what generally takes place is this: At first the sewage is purified, and the soil derives corresponding benefit from the valuable fertilising ingredients it thus extracts. Manures and the principles of manuring
So far, very little attention has been given to its growth, few persons knowing how to fertilise the flowers or even taking the trouble to see that they have plants of both sexes. Fruits of Queensland
Such cells may be said to be fertilised by the gemmules which come next in the order of development. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
I fear our artificial manure manufacturers will hardly look with a favorable eye on the advent of a crop into our agriculture which can get on so well without the intervention of any fertilising agents. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
The egg is thereupon said to be "fertilised"—that is to say, "rendered fertile." More Science From an Easy Chair
Thus there are substances which act upon the soil's inert fertilising matter, and by their action convert it into a more speedily available form. Manures and the principles of manuring
There is no more fertilising manure for a struggling young faith than the rotting remains of a dead superstition.  Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions
"In the fertilised germ we have two groups of physiological units, slightly different in their structures." The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
Attention will be given to improvement of wheat, soil renovation, fertilising and tillage methods, rotation of crops, &c. Wheat Growing in Australia
Thus Virgil in his "Georgics" cites as a fact that mares are fertilised by the wind. More Science From an Easy Chair
Thus, in the case of a stiff soil, tillage increases its power for absorbing the atmospheric gases, chiefly oxygen, which are so necessary for rendering its fertilising matters available. Manures and the principles of manuring
In the rainy season, the rivers, overflowing their banks, inundate the plains—leaving behind, however, a thick deposit of fertilising soil, from which, as elsewhere, rich crops are capable of being produced. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
On certain Hermaphrodite Plants which, either normally or abnormally, require to be fertilised by pollen from a distinct individual or species. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2)
They low over their pasture; they are gathered by the winds; and milked by the bright rays of the sun, they drop from their heavy udders a fertilising milk upon the parched and thirsty earth. Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion
They discharge thousands of egg-cells into the sea and fertilise them with sperms! More Science From an Easy Chair
They contain large quantities of the fertilising ingredients—nitrogen, phosphates, and potash—and may be regarded as exceedingly exhaustive crops. Manures and the principles of manuring
Here, under the influence of the heat and moisture, they rapidly decompose and disappear, fertilising the soil. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America
On the high barren mountain-tops the dew and the rain slide off and find their way down to the lowly valleys, where they run as fertilising rivers. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
Those that distinguish themselves by vividly contrasting colours from the surrounding green leaves are most readily seen, most frequently visited by insects, most often fertilised, and hence most favoured by natural selection. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
He wanted to see these lands heavily fertilised with capital. Gossamer 1915
This is especially the case with regard to mangels, which make particularly large demands on a soil's fertilising ingredients. Manures and the principles of manuring
Besides these two great oases, there are thousands of others, of all sizes—from fifty miles in breadth, to the little spot of a few acres, formed by the fertilising waters of some gurgling spring. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness
The elasticity, the concreteness, of your temperament fertilised the too-brooding introspectiveness of my own. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
In this way the fertilising pollen is spread abroad. Fragments of science, V. 1-2
In short, a sterile, treeless expanse, or “travesia”—for such there are in the Chaco—not barren because of infertility in the soil, but from the want of water to fertilise it. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco
It may be said, in this respect, that the potato is less able to utilise the fertilising ingredients of farmyard manure than any other of the farm crops. Manures and the principles of manuring
The most perfect degree of fertility is obtained when the stigma of one form is fertilised by the pollen taken from stamens of a corresponding height. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The East has its seat in the vast plains watched over by the snow-peaked mountains and fertilised by rivers carrying mighty volumes of water to the sea. Creative Unity
The Gulf Stream fertilises the earth for the benefit of man, and it likewise carries food to regions frequented by the mighty whales. A Voyage round the World A book for boys
Bees fertilising flowers, 73. ——, hive, not sucking the red clover, 95. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
There must be fertilising matter present in the soil if it is to act favourably. Manures and the principles of manuring
Specimens of Ranunculus bulbosus may be met with in which every flower is furnished with carpels, most of which have evidently been fertilised, although there are no perfect stamens in the flowers. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
This little moth has a sickle-shaped appendage to its mouth-parts which occurs hi no other Lepidopteron, and which is used for pushing the yellow pollen into the opening of the pistil, thus fertilising the flower. Evolution in Modern Thought
See the beautiful provision of Nature to supply with fertilising moisture the many districts of the earth! A Voyage round the World A book for boys
We are reminded by this latter fact of the extraordinary case of Hippeastrum, Lobelia, &c, which seeded much more freely when fertilised with the pollen of distinct species, than when self-fertilised with their own pollen. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
In the Rothamsted experiments, the slow action of farmyard manure in supplying fertilising ingredients to the potatoes is strikingly demonstrated. Manures and the principles of manuring
It is, however, doubtful if the ovules can be fertilised in these flowers. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
And, though the flood subsides as rapidly as it comes, it leaves behind fertilising silt to enrich the soil. My Reminiscences
Whilst I ate I nearly forgot that I had come to the fireside of this priest to exchange the soreness of remorse for the fertilising dew of repentance. Balthasar and Other Works - 1909
And thus, the strange fact of the increase of fertility in the successive generations of artificially fertilised hybrids may, I believe, be accounted for by close interbreeding having been avoided. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)
According to the commonly accepted theory, much of the available mineral fertilising matter of the soil is retained in the form of these hydrated silicates. Manures and the principles of manuring
Semi-double flowers will produce seed, but it is necessary that they should be fertilised with the pollen from the single blooms. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
The Baigas formerly practised only shifting cultivation, burning down patches of jungle and sowing seed on the ground fertilised by the ashes after the breaking of the rains. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
Her friends had all deserted it, and had left her as we say high and dry on the barren bank, while they had been carried away by the fertilising stream. Kept in the Dark
The former weeping is a pelting shower; this is the close, prolonged downpour, which penetrates deep and fertilises the plants of the soul at their very roots. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion
The fertilising ingredients of a soil are present in the soil for the most part in an inert condition, from which they are only slowly converted into an available form. Manures and the principles of manuring
They rarely, however, if ever, produce really double flowers when so fertilised, and the number of semi-double flowers, even, is always small, the remainder, and, consequently, the larger part, proving single. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
This probably symbolises the fertilising action of rain. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
Having fertilised the fields, it flows back to its parent ocean, laden with a superabundant cargo of earthy substances, which it soon parts with in exchange for salt. The Ocean and its Wonders
It then broke, the sea became smooth as before, and the messenger of heaven flew away upon the wings of the wind, to dispense its burden over the parched earth in refreshing and fertilising showers. The Pacha of Many Tales
But then only a very small amount of this fertilising matter is in a readily available form. Manures and the principles of manuring
This fertilising spring rises under a hill to the east, where a large reservoir has been dug out. Southern Arabia
The practice may symbolise the fertilising influence of rain. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
Yes; and the ground covered with the rich, fertilising ashes of the forest. To The West
It may seem a sad waste of good timber, but it is the least expensive way of getting rid of what cumbers the ground; besides which, the ashes very much assist to fertilise it. The Log House by the Lake A Tale of Canada
The fertilising ingredients are capable of considerable movement in the plant, and are only absorbed up to a certain period of growth. Manures and the principles of manuring
Three considerable streams run from southward of Mount Haghier, fertilising three splendid valleys, until the waters, as the sea is approached, lose themselves in the sand. Southern Arabia
It is more than wealth, it is life itself; it fertilises, it invigorates, it cleanses, it blesses. Manco, the Peruvian Chief An Englishman's Adventures in the Country of the Incas
Water, which collects at short depths below the surface, fertilises a number of tobacco-fields, and gives to the vegetation around a very rich character. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley
It would be an error to suppose that these and the other streams that have sprung from the same source, did not in the days of their fulness fertilise and gladden many lands. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 2: Carlyle
The tendency of fertilising matters is to move upward in the plant as it matures, and finally to become lodged in the seed. Manures and the principles of manuring
There the earth is constantly fertilised by the manure of animals and their corpses and by dead vegetation, and there new generations are continually rising up from the graves in nature's inexhaustible kingdom. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
Cultivators are often glad to sublet their fields for the purpose of having a crop of hemp grown upon them, because the stalks are left for manure and fertilise the ground. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
The ashes are then scattered over the fields to fertilise them and the remainder of the body is eaten.” The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
The spermatozoon fertilises the ovum, introducing 2 chromosomes. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
The urine, on the other hand, contains those fertilising substances which have been digested. Manures and the principles of manuring
Having thus fertilised the lower region, he announced to Adiri, the lord of the subterranean realm, that he was the precursor of many more men and women who would descend thereafter into the spirit world. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
In all this wearisome period of Theodoric's life his action seems to be merely destructive; there is nothing constructive, no fruitful or fertilising thought to be found in it. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
They did not eat the strips of flesh, but each householder buried his piece in his field, which they believed would thereby be fertilised and caused to produce the grain which they would eat. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
The fertilised egg has divided into two cells. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
Another condition which determines the rate at which the fertilising matters in bones become available is the nature of the soil. Manures and the principles of manuring
The teeth of the old women were taken to the yam plantations and were supposed to fertilise them; and their skulls were set up on poles in the plantations for the same purpose. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
He knew that instant how the fertilising pollen of the West was needed here, and how the West needed the enfolding spiritual culture which is the breath within the breath of the East. Son of Power
It won't gush out at a fixed hour and on a fixed day, but it will irrigate, it will fertilise, it will brilliantly adorn your conversation. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
A human being begins as a microscopic fertilised egg-cell, within which there is condensed the long result of time—Man's inheritance. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
The largest percentage of the fertilising matter in this 5 per cent is potash, which varies in the ashes of the straws of the commoner crops from 30 to 15 per cent. Manures and the principles of manuring
A good distance from home, that is, from the tents, we reached the source of all that fertilising water the channel of which we had followed up. Daisy in the Field
But so a river bursting forth may irrigate and fertilise a whole country, and yet destroy the increase of that particular channel in which its waters run. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
On one side barren rocks and parched sands, and on the other the fertilising powers of the sacred stream. Nature Mysticism
Every human being begins his or her life as a single cell—a fertilised egg-cell, a treasure-house of all the ages. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
This objection, to have any weight, must mean that nitrate of soda produces a crop which takes out of the soil an abnormal quantity of fertilising matter. Manures and the principles of manuring
It was the sedimentary deposit thus formed which was to fertilise the soil of patriotism which had grown so barren in the civil wars. The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome
But the indigenous art of Padua was dependent on Venice, and needed some fertilising element. Donatello, by Lord Balcarres
It is true, these persons were guided by false views, yet they made most useful researches; and Lord Bacon has justly compared them to the husbandman who, searching for an imaginary treasure, fertilised the soil.  Consolations in Travel or, the Last Days of a Philosopher
The fertilised egg, shed in the gravelly bed of the river. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
Autumn leaves, however, contain a very small percentage of fertilising matter. Manures and the principles of manuring
Think you such gleams of sunshine wouldn't fertilise that poor neglected field, nor make its crops abundant, and its peasants happy? My Life as an Author
The remarkable fertilising qualities of guano gave it great value as an article of commerce, and a large number of vessels were despatched from various ports to take in cargoes at the island. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852
Thousands of slaves were working at the sluices of the stream which fertilised the land. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross
The male, who is in attendance, fertilises these with the milt, and then the female covers them deeply with gravel. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
The influence it exerts in its decomposition upon the fertilising ingredients present in the soil is also by no means inconsiderable. Manures and the principles of manuring
P: And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
This is fertilised by a male cell, and within the body of the parent, nourished by the blood of the parent, grows up into the solitary form. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work
The flower, however, is fertilised by the wind, which carries the pollen grains from one bunch of blossoms to another. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
Secondly, it is a luminous fact that every many-celled animal from sponge to man that multiplies in the ordinary way begins at the beginning again as a "single cell," the fertilised egg-cell. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
There can be no doubt that composting is a useful process for increasing the fertilising properties of different more or less inert manurial substances. Manures and the principles of manuring
The expiring wood, beneficent to its ungrateful destroyer, fertilises for his use by its ashes and their salts the earth which it so long adorned. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
Then it was ready for raking and fertilising, and for the lines. Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling
It was barren soil, whose strength had been exhausted long since by years of production without returns, tilled by hands that had forced without fertilising. The Voice of the People
The fertilised ovum, with 4 chromosomes, 2 of paternal origin and 2 of maternal origin. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told
The popular belief that plants in ripening exhaust the soil of its fertilising matters is consequently a fallacy. Manures and the principles of manuring
M. d'Indy is not a man hedged in by the boundaries of his art; his mind is open and well fertilised. Musicians of To-Day
The bones of the last of the Barrabools still rest under somebody's house, or fertilise a few feet of a garden plot. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned
I may add parenthetically that in most fish families the eggs are fertilised after they have been laid, instead of before, which no doubt accounts for the seeming anomaly. Science in Arcady
The blossoms need to be artificially fertilised with a camel's-hair pencil, choosing midday as the best time for this operation. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
Potatoes repay the application of a mixed manure containing all the fertilising ingredients—nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash—better than most crops. Manures and the principles of manuring
She is the one fertilised, and therefore she is the one to guard herself against fertilisation. Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity
He argues that it is the undeveloped germs or gemmules of the fertilised ovum that form the sexual elements of the offspring, and thus heredity and atavism are explained. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
You compare the nation, perhaps to a parched tract of land, and the tax to a fertilising rain. Essays on Political Economy
The label becomes covered with pollen, and by gently touching each flower with a slight upward pressure a great number can be fertilised in a few minutes. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
The former, as already stated, are undigested food-substances: any fertilising matters which they contain are such as have failed to be digested or absorbed into the animal system. Manures and the principles of manuring
You cannot put it upon the soil; there is no fertilising virtue in it. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
As to "structures organised to serve certain definite purposes," surely they offer no more difficulty as regards "scientific" explanation than the apparatus by which an orchid is fertilised. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
The stream flowed underground which was yet to fertilise the modern world. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
If properly done, the result will be a black ash of the most fertilising nature, such as a mere fire will not produce. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
While richer in fertilising substances than horse-manure, it is not so rapid in its fermentation. Manures and the principles of manuring
The Prophet smooths it all out into one great plain, and high above all towers the Temple-mount, and from it there rushes down on to the low levels the fertilising, life-giving flood. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
He was never tired of admiring their varied forms and colours, or explaining to friends the wonderful apparatus by which many of them were fertilised. Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
The deep fountains of her nature have never been unsealed; she has never been fertilised throughout her whole nature by their liberating influence; her erotic personality has never been developed. Little Essays of Love and Virtue
It is not necessary to fertilise the female flowers of the Cucumber, but it is certainly desirable, if not absolutely necessary, to operate on those of the Melon to insure a crop. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
That it contains a very small quantity of the three fertilising ingredients. Manures and the principles of manuring
Fertility comes second, the reception of the fertilising agent comes first. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII
The female cod spawns about 6,000,000 eggs at a time, of which at most one-third—perhaps much less—are afterwards fertilised. Outspoken Essays
When the yellow flower has withered and the seed fertilised, there is nothing left but the bare stem which had supported it. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
The flowers must be fertilised, and in this respect the treatment differs from that advised for Cucumbers. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
The great object to be aimed at is the prevention of loss of valuable fertilising constituents. Manures and the principles of manuring
And so he preferred her to live in his heart, warming and watering his imagination, glowing in cold, dark places, gilding the tips of his fancies, fertilising his soul. Balloons
One would have said that he had made these sciences, and was still at work, adding, extending, fertilising, ever engendering. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2)
The adhesive nature of the clay retains moisture in an eminent degree, and the fertilising qualities of the loam are well known to every bottom land farmer. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.
The only way of obtaining double seedlings is to save seed from the finest single blooms fertilised with pollen of good double flowers. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
With regard to the former of these two methods, it has been found that even the amount of fertilising matter dissolved out by pure distilled water varies. Manures and the principles of manuring
The soil, being of volcanic origin, is readily fertilised by moisture, and at once produces some kind of vegetation. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
Perhaps we have here a hint of the rite of the sacred marriage, for the purpose of magically fertilising the fields against next year's sowing. The Religion of the Ancient Celts
I will meet them on their own parched ground, making them fertilise it by shedding there the last drop of the water that flows through their veins. A Christmas Garland
In him, too, there is a strict and mutually fertilising relation between the moral and the æsthetic values. Aspects of Literature
This loss not only affects the water and other less valuable constituents of farmyard manure, but also its most fertilising ingredients. Manures and the principles of manuring
A simple windmill for lifting the fertilising water is sold for only 4 yen. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People
The earth was sprinkled with his blood and fed with his flesh in order to fertilise it, and possibly the worshippers partook sacramentally of the flesh. The Religion of the Ancient Celts
Most of these, however, may be insect fertilised occasionally, and may, therefore, come under the rule that no species are perpetually self-fertilised. Darwinism (1889)
It then broke, the sea became smooth as before, and the messenger of heaven flew away upon the wings of the wind, to dispense its burthen over the parched earth in refreshing and fertilising showers. The Pacha of Many Tales
It is not merely the amount of fertilising ingredients removed by the crop we have to take into account in estimating the value of certain manurial ingredients for the different crops. Manures and the principles of manuring
The night-flowering species must, of course, be fertilised either at night or very early in the morning. Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
The two ideas could never be separated: the fertilising flood was the waters of life, that conveyed every blessing, and even existence itself, to the provinces through which they flowed. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History
P. lanceolata has polymorphic flowers, and is visited by pollen-seeking insects, so that it can be fertilised either by insects or the wind. Darwinism (1889)
These flow over extensive plains in directions nearly parallel to the main stream, and thus irrigate and fertilise a large extent of rich country. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2
That even in the case of a fattening animal, the loss of fertilising matter sustained by the food in passing through the system is not great. Manures and the principles of manuring
After becoming fertilised, the ovary grows down into the joint, and, ultimately the whole joint is changed into a succulent, juicy, often coloured "fruit." Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation
He says—"this tale is an allegory of the Teutonic Al-fader, the red hen representing the all-producing sun: the moneybags, the fertilising rain; and the harp, the winds." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 17, 1891
Many flowers change their colour as soon as fertilised; and this is beneficial, as it enables bees to avoid wasting time in visiting those blossoms which have been already fertilised and their nectar exhausted. Darwinism (1889)
Is this all our destiny below, That our bodies, as they rot, May fertilise the spot Where the harvests of the stranger grow? Poems
Moreover, it possesses a very small percentage of fertilising matter. Manures and the principles of manuring
Perhaps he forgot too much that from the ice and snow of the mountain comes the river which fertilises the land. Cavour
The Pope, you see, had the pull in the matter of gorgeous Church ceremonies, but he couldn't have the fertilising barbarians dancing in the Vatican once a week! What I Remember, Volume 2
The flowers, therefore, have to be fertilised with the pollen from other varieties in order to produce fruit. Darwinism (1889)
This plain is fertilised by several rivers of wholesome water, of which the largest is navigable and empties into a bay situated half a stadium from the town. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera
Rimmon, name of a Syrian god who had a temple at Damascus called the house of Rimmon, a symbol of the sun, or of the fertilising power of nature. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
The former is critical and negative; the latter is life-giving, fertilising, positive. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters
Mr. Mechi’s machinery and process are admirably adapted to the work of distributing a river of this fertilising material over any farm to which it may be conducted.  A Walk from London to John O'Groat's
The little German florist on the corner had sent in two loads of richly fertilised soil and a barrel of forest mould. Ailsa Paige
All the rubbish, leaves, trimmings, &c., which he swept from the gardens he burnt, and spread the ashes abroad to fertilise his miniature farm. Hodge and His Masters
Canaanites, a civilised race with towns for defence; dependent on agriculture; worshippers of the fertilising powers of nature; and the original inhabitants of Palestine, from which they were never wholly rooted out. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge
Its course has been diverted into a thousand channels, and so fertilising are its waters that the rich alluvial deposits which they bear render the use of manure unnecessary. Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out"
It throws upon a field a quantity of the fertilising fluid equal to one inch of rainfall at a time, or 100 tons per imperial acre.  A Walk from London to John O'Groat's
It is not necessary to sketch the growth of scholasticism, with its barrenness of results in spite of its keen intellectual power, upon ground already fertilised by ecclesiastical pioneers. Christianity and Islam
When we look down on their old, grey houses nestling among the great trees which thrive by the banks of the fertilising stream, we cannot but speculate on their future fate. A Cotswold Village
Once more he was looking wistfully on the river, thinking how it freshened and fertilised all about it as it passed by. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
Its kind, beneficent aspect fertilises all it shines upon.  The Existence of God
It was followed by a curious tingling feeling, as some dormant cells in my mind answered to the thought-transfer, and were filled and fertilised! Gulliver of Mars
Such was the environment in which Islam was planted: its deepest roots had been fertilised with Christian theory, and in spite of Muhammed's call to repentance, its most characteristic manifestations were somewhat worldly and non-ascetic. Christianity and Islam
It was almost completely thawed, and already the banks were clothed with a species of vegetation, as if the sun had done his best to fertilise the soil. The Field of Ice Part II of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras
The boatman told me that this small-sized fish goruki has too many tiny bones and tastes too poor to be fit for eating, but they could be used for fertilising. Botchan (Master Darling)
The overflowings of your kindness, if I know anything of my own heart, will fertilise the land, but will not destroy the landmarks. The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1
Even sun and rain cannot fertilise the dividing walls of the rich and riant vegas. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I
This is what the two rivers are engaged upon now, and instead of strewing their embouchures with pebbles, they distribute over them, or would do so, if permitted, a film of fertilising mud. In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
He went deeper and deeper into my mind, till he came to a spring of gratitude, which rose and overflowed, vivifying and fertilising the seemingly barren waste. Tales and Novels — Volume 10
It must be remembered that the fertilised ovum which forms one individual gives rise also to dozens or hundreds or thousands or millions of gametes. Hormones and Heredity
The Spirit is not only refreshing and satisfying, but also productive and fertilising. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
In Christ, God is well pleased; and from Him incarnate, streams of divine complacent love pour out to freshen and fertilise the earth. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
Hundreds of tons of cuttlefish are caught, cured, and prepared for exportation month after month; and many hundreds of acres are fertilised with the entrails and other refuse. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
The latter degenerate and die, the former fertilise the ova, and the fertilised ova develop only into females. Hormones and Heredity
So this water will cleanse, it will satisfy and refresh, it will be productive and will fertilise, and 'everything shall live whithersoever that river cometh.' Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
The river which devastates a nation, dammed up within banks, may fertilise half a continent. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
Still, if the capacity had no independent development, it had a subservient effect on all my criticism, and the conversations with Mill had a fertilising and helpful influence on my subsequent intellectual life. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
There was some moral awakening in it; he had some real qualms about sin, some real aspirations after holiness, and, so far, the self-consciousness which had first stirred at Haworth was deepened and fertilised. The History of David Grieve
Now that we fix our attention on the fertilised ovum or the gametes by which it is formed we see that the characters are determined by some properties in the constitution of the gametes. Hormones and Heredity
There is elevation, transcendency, like that of the eternal heavens, high, boundless, the home of light, the storehouse of beneficent influences which fertilise. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah
The flat plain of Lombardy is most beautiful when its flatness is seen girdled by the giant Alps, where lies the purity of the snow which feeds the rivers that fertilise the levels below. Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII
But in childhood's years, and during the first years of boyhood they were fertilising. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth
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