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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.—THE NATURE OF FLAX—MARVELLOUS FACTS RELATIVE
THERETO.
CHAP. 2. (1.)—HOW FLAX IS SOWN: TWENTY-SEVEN PRINCIPAL
VARIETIES OF IT.
CHAP. 3.—THE MODE OF PREPARING FLAX.
CHAP. 4.—LINEN MADE OF ASBESTOS.
CHAP. 5.—AT WHAT PERIOD LINEN WAS FIRST DYED.
CHAP. 6.—AT WHAT PERIOD COLOURED AWNINGS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED IN THE THEATRES.
CHAP. 7. (2.)—THE NATURE OF SPARTUM.
CHAP. 8.—THE MODE OF PREPARING SPARTUM.
CHAP. 9.—AT WHAT PERIOD SPARTUM WAS FIRST EMPLOYED.
CHAP. 10.—THE BULB ERIOPHORUS.
CHAP. 11.—PLANTS WHICH SPRING UP AND GROW WITHOUT A ROOT—PLANTS WHICH GROW, BUT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED FROM SEED.
CHAP. 12. (3.)—MISY; ITON; AND GERANION.
CHAP. 13.—PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE TRUFFLE.
CHAP. 14.—THE PEZICA.
CHAP. 15.—LASERPITIUM, LASER, AND MASPETUM.
CHAP. 16.—MAGYDARIS.
CHAP. 17.—MADDER.
CHAP. 18.—THE RADICULA.
CHAP. 19. (4.)—THE PLEASURES OF THE GARDEN.
CHAP. 20.—THE LAYING OUT OF GARDEN GROUND.
CHAP. 21.—PLANTS OTHER THAN GRAIN AND SHRUBS.
CHAP. 22.—THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TWENTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS WHICH GROW IN GARDENS—THE PROPER METHODS TO BE FOLLOWED IN SOWING THEM RESPECTIVELY.
CHAP. 23. (5.)—VEGETABLES OF A CARTILAGINOUS NATURE—CUCUMBERS. PEPONES.
CHAP. 24.—GOURDS.
CHAP. 25.—RAPE. TURNIPS.
CHAP. 26.—RADISHES.
CHAP. 27.—PARSNIPS.
CHAP. 28.—THE SKIRRET.
CHAP. 29.—ELECAMPANE.
CHAP. 30.—BULBS, SQUILLS, AND ARUM.
CHAP. 31. (6.)—THE ROOTS, FLOWERS, AND LEAVES OF ALL THESE
PLANTS. GARDEN PLANTS WHICH LOSE THEIR LEAVES.
CHAP. 32.—VARIETIES OF THE ONION.
CHAP. 33.—THE LEEK.
CHAP. 34—GARLIC.
CHAP. 35. (7.)—THE NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED FOR THE RE-
SPECTIVE PLANTS TO MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE ABOVE GROUND.
CHAP. 36.—THE NATURE OF THE VARIOUS SEEDS.
CHAP. 37.—PLANTS OF WHICH THERE IS BUT A SINGLE KIND
PLANTS OF WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS.
CHAP. 38.—THE NATURE AND VARIETIES OF TWENTY-THREE
GARDEN PLANTS. THE LETTUCE; ITS DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
CHAP. 39.—ENDIVE.
CHAP. 40.—BEET: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT.
CHAP. 41—CABBAGES; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF THEM.
CHAP. 42.—WILD AND CULTIVATED ASPARAGUS.
CHAP. 43.—THISTLES.
CHAP. 44.—OTHER PLANTS THAT ARE SOWN IN THE GARDEN:
OCIMUM; ROCKET; AND NASTURTIUM.
CHAP. 45.—RUE.
CHAP. 46.—PARSLEY.
CHAP. 47.—MINT.
CHAP. 48.—OLUSATRUM.
CHAP. 49.—THE CARAWAY.
CHAP. 50.—LOVAGE.
CHAP. 51.—DITTANDER.
CHAP. 52.—GITH.
CHAP. 53.—THE POPPY.
CHAP. 54.—OTHER PLANTS WHICH REQUIRE TO BE SOWN AT THE
AUTUMNAL EQUINOX.
CHAP. 55.—WILD THYME; SISYMBRIUM.
CHAP. 56. (9.)—FOUR KINDS OF FERULACEOUS PLANTS. HEMP.
CHAP. 57. (10.)—THE MALADIES OF GARDEN PLANTS.
CHAP. 58.—THE PROPER REMEDIES FOR THESE MALADIES. HOW
ANTS ARE BEST DESTROYED. THE BEST REMEDIES AGAINST CATER-
PILLARS AND FLIES.
CHAP. 59.—WHAT PLANTS ARE BENEFITTED BY SALT WATER.
CHAP. 60. (12.)—THE PROPER METHOD OF WATERING GARDENS.
CHAP. 61.—THE JUICES AND FLAVOURS OF GARDEN HERBS.
CHAP. 62.—PIPERITIS, LIBANOTIS, AND SMYRNIUM.
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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 Or "little root;" though, in reality, as Pliny says, it had a large root. Some writers have supposed, that by this name is meant the Reseda luteola of Linnæus, the "dyer's weed" of the moderns; but neither Pliny nor any of the Greek writers mention the Radicula as being used for dyeing. Some, again, identify it with the Gypsophila struthium of Linnæus, without sufficient warranty, however, as Fée thinks.
2 The Gypsophila struthium grows in Spain, and possibly, Fée says, in other countries. Linnæus has "pretended," he says, that the Spaniards still employ the root and stalk of the Gypsophila for the same purposes as the ancients did the same parts of the Radicula. He himself, however, though long resident in Spain, had never observed such to be the fact.
3 This description, Fée says, does not correspond with that of the Gypsophila struthium, the stalk of which does not at all resemble that of the ferulaceous plants, and the leaf is quite different in appearance from that of the olive.
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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