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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.)—TREES WHICH HAVE BEEN SOLD AT ENORMOUS
PRICES.
CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER UPON THE TREES:
WHAT IS THE PROPER SITUATION FOR THE VINE.
CHAP. 3.—WHAT SOILS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED THE BEST.
CHAP. 4. (6.)—THE EIGHT KINDS OF EARTH BOASTED OF BY THE
GAULS AND GREEKS.
CHAP. 5. (9.)—THE EMPLOYMENT OF ASHES.
CHAP. 6.—MANURE.
CHAP. 7.—COPS WHICH TEND TO IMPROVE THE LAND: CROPS
WHICH EXHAUST IT.
CHAP. 8.—THE PROPER MODE OF USING MANURE.
CHAP. 9. (10.)—THE MODES IN WHICH TREES BEAR.
CHAP. 10.—PLANTS WHICH ARE PROPAGATED BY SEED.
CHAP. 11.—TREES WHICH NEVER DEGENERATE.
CHAP. 12.—PROPAGATION BY SUCKERS.
CHAP. 13.—PROPAGATION BY SLIPS AND CUTTINGS.
CHAP. 14.—SEED-PLOTS.
CHAP. 15.—THE MODE OF PROPAGATING THE ELM.
CHAP. 16.—THE HOLES FOR TRANSPLANTING.
CHAP. 17. (12.)—THE INTERVALS TO BE LEFT BETWEEN TREES.
CHAP. 18.—THE NATURE OF THE SAD THROWN BY TREES.
CHAP. 19.—THE DROPPINGS OF WATER FROM THE LEAVES.
CHAP. 20. (13.)—TREES WHICH GROW BUT SLOWLY: THOSE WHICH
GROW WITH RAPIDITY.
CHAP. 21.—TREES PROPAGATED FROM LAYERS.
CHAP. 22. (14.)—GRAFTING: THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF IT.
CHAP. 23.—INOCULATION OR BUDDING.
CHAP. 24.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GRAFTING.
CHAP. 25.—GRAFTING THE VINE.
CHAP. 26. (16 )—GRAFTING BY SUTCHEONS.
CHAP. 27.—PLANTS WHICH GROW FROM A BRANCH.
CHAP. 28.—TREES WHICH GROW FROM CUTTINGS; THE MODE OF
PLANTING THEM.
CHAP. 29. (18.)—THE CULTIVATION OF THE OLIVE.
CHAP. 30.—TRANSPLANTING OPERATIONS AS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT
THE VARIOUS SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
CHAP. 31.—CLEANING AND BARING THE ROOTS, AND MOULDING
THEM.
CHAP. 32. (20.)—WILLOW-BEDS.
CHAP. 33.—REED-BEDS
CHAP. 34.—OTHER PLANTS THAT ARE CUT FOR POLES AND
STAKES.
CHAP. 35. (21.)—THE CULTURE OF THE VINE AND THE VARIOUS
SHRUBS WHICH SUPPORT IT.
CHAP. 36.—HOW GRAPES ARE PROTECTED FROM THE RAVAGES
OF INSECTS.
CHAP. 37.—THE DISEASES OF TREES.
CHAP. 38. (25.)—PRODIGIES CONNECTED WITH TREES.
CHAP. 39. (26.)—TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES OF TREES.
CHAP. 40.—METHODS OF IRRIGATION.
CHAP. 41.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH IRRIGATION.
CHAP. 42. (27.)—-INCISIONS MADE IN TREES.
CHAP. 43.—OTHER REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF TREES.
CHAP. 44.—CAPRIFICATION, AND PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH
THE FIG.
CHAP. 45.—ERRORS THAT MAY BE COMMITTED IN PRUNING.
CHAP. 46.—THE PROPER MODE OF MANURING TREES.
CHAP. 47.—-MEDICAMENTS FOR TREES.
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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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