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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.
chapter:
CHAP. 1. (1.)—TASTE OF THE ANCIENTS FOR AGRICULTURE.
CHAP. 2. (2.)—WHEN THE FIRST WREATHS OF CORN WERE USED AT ROME.
CHAP. 3. (3.—THE JUGERUM OF LAND.
CHAP. 4.—HOW OFTEN AND ON WHAT OCCASIONS CORN HAS SOLD AT A REMARKABLY LOW PRICE.
CHAP. 5.—ILLUSTRIOUS MEN WHO HAVE WRITTEN UPON AGRICULTURE.
CHAP. 6.—POINTS TO BE OBSERVED IN BUYING LAND.
CHAP. 7. (6.)—THE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR A FARM-HOUSE.
CHAP. 8.—MAXIMS OF THE ANCIENTS ON AGRICULTURE.
CHAP. 9. (7.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRAIN.
CHAP. 10.—THE HISTORY OF the VARIOUS KINDS OF GRAIN.
CHAP. 11.—SPELT.
CHAP. 12.—WHEAT.
CHAP. 13.—BARLEY: RICE.
CHAP. 14.—POLENTA.
CHAP. 15.—PTISAN.
CHAP. 16.—TRAGUM.
CHAP. 17.—AMYLUM.
CHAP. 18.—the NATURE OF BARLEY.
CHAP. 19. (8.)—ARINCA, AND OTHER KINDS OF GRAIN THAT ARE GROWN IN THE EAST.
CHAP. 20.—WINTER WHEAT. SIMILAGO, OR FINE FLOUR.
CHAP. 21.—THE FRUITFULNESS OF AFRICA IN WHEAT.
CHAP. 22.—SESAME. ERYSIMUM, OR IRIO. HORMINUTM.
CHAP. 23.—THE MODE OF GRINDING CORN.
CHAP. 24.—MILLET.
CHAP. 25.—PANIC.
CHAP. 26. (11)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LEAVEN.
CHAP. 27.—THE METHOD OF MAKING BREAD: ORIGIN OF THE ART.
CHAP. 28.—WHEN BAKERS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED AT ROME.
CHAP. 29.—ALTCA.
CHAP. 30. (12.)—THE LEGUMINOUS PLANTS: THE BEAN.
CHAP. 31.—LENTILS. PEASE.
CHAP. 32.—THE SEVERAL KINDS OF CHICK-PEASE.
CHAP. 33.—THE KIDNEY-BEAN.
CHAP. 34. (13.)—THE RAPE.
CHAP. 35.—THE TURNIP.
CHAP. 36. (14.)—THE LUPINE.
CHAP. 37. (15.)—THE VETCH.
CHAP. 38.—THE FITCH.
CHAP. 39. (16.)—SILICIA.
CHAP. 40.—SECALE OR ASIA.
CHAP. 41.—FARRAGO: THE CRACCA.
CHAP. 42.—OCINUM: ERVILIA.
CHAP. 43.—LUCERNE.
CHAP. 44. (17.)—the DISEASES OF GRAIN: THE OAT.
CHAP. 45.—THE BEST REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF GRAIN.
CHAP. 46.—THE CROPS THAT SHOULD BE SOWN IN THE DIFFERENT SOILS.
CHAP. 47.—THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF CULTIVATION EMPLOYED BY VARIOUS NATIONS.
CHAP. 48.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PLOUGHS.
CHAP. 49. (19,)—THE MODE OF PLOUGHING.
CHAP. 50. (21.)—THE METHODS OF HARROWING, STUBBING, AND
HOEING, EMPLOYED FOR EACH DESCRIPTION OF GRAIN. THE
USE OF THE HARROW.
CHAP. 51. (22.)—EXTREME FERTILITY OF SOIL.
CHAP. 52. (23.)—THE METHOD OF SOWING MORE THAN ONCE
IN THE YEAR.
CHAP. 53.—THE MANURING OF LAND.
CHAP. 54. (24.)—HOW TO ASCERTAIN THE QUALITY OF SEED.
CHAP. 55.—WHAT QUANTITY OF EACH KIND OF GRAIN IS REQUISlTE
FOR SOWING A JUGEBRUM.
CHAP. 56.—THE PROPER TIMES FOR SOWING.
CHAP. 57. (25.)—ARRANGEMENT OF THE STARS ACCORDING TO THE
TERRESTRIAL DAYS AND NIGHTS.
CHAP. 58.—THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE STARS.
CHAP. 59.—THE EPOCHS OF THE SEASONS.
CHAP. 60.—THE PROPER TIME FOR WINTER SOWING.
CHAP. 61.—WHEN TO SOW THE LEGUMINOUS PLANTS AND THE
POPPY.
CHAP. 62.—WORK TO BE DONE IN THE COUNTRY IN EACH
MONTH RESPECTIVELY.
CHAP. 63.—WORK TO BE DONE AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE.
CHAP. 64.—WORK TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE WINTER SOLSTICE
AND THE PREVALENCE OF THE WEST WINDS.
CHAP. 65.—WORK TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE PREVALENCE OF
THE WEST WINDS AND THE VERNAL EQUINOX.
CHAP. 66.—WORK TO BE DONE AFTER THE VERNAL EQUINOX.
CHAP. 67. (27.)—WORK TO BE DONE AFTER THE RISING OF THE
VERGILIÆ: HAY-MAKING.
CHAP. 68.—THE SUMMER SOLSTICE.
CHAP. 69.—CAUSES OF STERILITY.
CHAP. 70.—REMEDIES AGAINST THESE NOXIOUS INFLUENCES.
CHAP. 71.—WORK TO BE DONE AFTER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE.
CHAP. 72. (30.)—THE HARVEST.
CHAP. 73—THE METHODS OF STORING CORN.
CHAP. 74. (31.)—THE VINTAGE, AND THE WORKS OF AUTUMN.
CHAP. 75. (32.)—THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE MOON.
CHAP. 76. (33.)—THE THEORY OF THE WINDS.
CHAP. 77. (34.)—THE LAYING OUT OF LANDS ACCORDING TO THE
POINTS OF THE WIND.
CHAP. 78. (35.)—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THE SUN.
CHAP. 79.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THE MOON.
CHAP. 80.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THE STARS.
CHAP. 81.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THUNDER.
CHAP. 82.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM CLOUDS.
CHAP. 83.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM MISTS.
CHAP. 84.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FIRE KINDLED BY MAN.
CHAP. 85.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM WATER.
CHAP. 86.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM TEMPESTS THEMSELVES.
CHAP. 87.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS,
AND BIRDS.
CHAP. 88.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM QUADRUPEDS.
CHAP. 89.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM PLANTS.
CHAP. 90.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FOOD.
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Table of Contents:
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.
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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