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BOOK I.
BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK V.
AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VI. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES
WHO NOW EXIST, OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS.
BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES
BOOK XIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS.
BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES.
BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XVIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GRAIN.
BOOK XIX.
THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XXI.
AN ACCOUNT OF FLOWERS. AND THOSE USED FOR
CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXIII.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XXIV.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XXV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WILD PLANT
BOOK XXVI.
A CONTINUATION OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
PLANTS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PARTICULAR
DISEASES.
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
BOOK XXVIII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXX.
REMEDIES DERIEVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXXI.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTION
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
BOOK XXXIII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXIV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXV.
AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
BOOK XXXVI.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES.
BOOK XXXVII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.
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CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE OLIVE.—HOW LONG IT EXISTED ONLY IN GREECE.
AT WHAT PERIOD IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED INTO ITALY, SPAIN,
AND AFRICA.
CHAP. 2.—THE NATURE OF THE OLIVE, AND OF NEW OLIVE OIL.
CHAP. 3. (2.)—OLIVE OIL: THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT IS
PRODUCED, AND ITS VARIOUS QUALITIES.
CHAP. 4.—FIFTEEN VARIETIES OF OLIVES.
CHAP. 5. (4.)—THE NATURE OF OLIVE OIL.
CHAP. 6. (5.)—THE CULTURE OF THE OLIVE: ITS MODE OF PRESERVATION. THE METHOD OF MAKING OLIVE OIL.
CHAP. 7. (7.)—FORTY-EIGHT VARIETIES OF ARTIFICIAL OILS. THE CICUS-TREE OR CROTON, OR SILI, OR SESAMUM.
CHAP. 8. (8.)—AMURCA.
CHAP. 9. (9.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FRUIT-TREES AND THEIR
NATURES. FOUR VARIETIES OF PINE-NUTS.
CHAP. 10. (11.)—THE QUINCE. FOUR KINDS OF CYDONIA, AND
FOUR VARIETIES OF THE STRUTHEA.
CHAP. 11.—SIX VARIETIES OF THE PEACH.
CHAP. 12. (13).—TWELVE KINDS OF PLUMS.
CHAP. 13.—THE PEACH.
CHAP. 14. (14.)—THIRTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF POMES. AT WHAT
PERIOD FOREIGN FRUITS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED INTO ITALY,
AND WHENCE.
CHAP. 15.—THE FRUITS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST RECENTLY
INTRODUCED.
CHAP. 16. (15.)—FORTY-ONE VARIETIES OF THE PEAR.
CHAP. 17.—VARIOUS METHODS OF GRAFTING TREES. EXPIATIONS FOR LIGHTNING.
CHAP. 18. (16.)—THE MODE OF KEEPING VARIOUS FRUITS AND
GRAPES.
CHAP. 19. (18.)—TWENTY-NINE VARIETIES OF THE FIG.
CHAP. 20.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE FIG.
CHAP. 21.—CAPRIFICATION.
CHAP. 22. (20.)—THREE VARIETIES OF THE MEDLAR.
CHAP. 23. (21).—FOR VARIETIES OF THE SORB.
CHAP. 24. (22.)—NINE VARIETIES OF THE NUT.
CHAP. 25. (23.)—EIGHTEEN VARIETIES OF THE CHESNUT.
CHAP. 26. (24.)—THE CAROB.
CHAP. 27.—TE FLESHY FRUITS. THE MULBERRY.
CHAP. 28.—THE FRUIT OF THE ARBUTUS.
CHAP. 29.—THE RELATIVE NATURES OF BERRY FRUITS.
CHAP. 30. (25.)—NINE VARIETIES OF THE CHERRY.
CHAP. 31. (26.)—THE CORNEL. THE LENTISK.
CHAP. 32. (27.)—THIRTEEN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS OF JUICES.
CHAP. 33. (28.)—THE COLOUR AND SMELL OF JUICES.
CHAP. 34.—THE VARIOUS NATURES OF FRUIT.
CHAP. 35. (29).—THE MYRTLE.
CHAP. 36.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES RELATIVE TO THE MYRTLE.
CHAP. 37.—ELEVEN VARIETIES OF THE MYRTLE.
CHAP. 38.—THE MYRTLE USED AT ROME IN OVATIONS.
CHAP. 39. (30.)—THE LAUREL; THIRTEEN VARIETIES OF IT.
CHAP. 40.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE LAUREL.
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BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
1 The common strawberry, the Fragaria vesca of Linnæus. See B. xxi. c. 50. A native of the Alps and the forests of Gaul, it was unknown to the Greeks.
2 The Arbutus unedo of Linnæus. It is one of the ericaceous trees, and its fruit bears a considerable resemblance to the strawberry—otherwise there is not the slightest affinity between them. The taste of the arbute is poor indeed, compared to that of the strawberry.
3 He suggests that it is so called from "unum edo," "I eat but one;" a rather fanciful etymology, it would seem.
4 This supposition is not warranted, from merely the fact of there being two names.
The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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