grass-plants

Updated: August 1, 2026

Carnagie saw grass-plants sprouting out of some of the intersected chambers. I found at Abinger in Surrey two burrows terminating in similar chambers at a depth of 36 and 41 inches, and these were lined or paved with little pebbles, about as large as mustard seeds; and in one of the chambers there was a decayed oat-grain, with its husk.

Charles Darwin - The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits