Instead, he found that they developed erratically and sometimes experienced periods of dormancy before reawakening.
The activity of the plague in London in 1563 made up for its dormancy in the years preceding.
The most remarkable thing about them is the length and intensity of their dormancy in hibernation.
That has been during their season of dormancy, but in every case they have pushed at the proper time.
The change of seasons, and an annual period of dormancy, demand forethought and prudence.
Men wonder at mummy-wheat germinating after a thousand years of dormancy.
