The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... Greeks relative thereto 35. Cabbage - sprouts 36. The wild cabbage : thirty - seven remedies 37. The lapsana : one remedy 38. The sea - cabbage ; one remedy 39. The squill twenty - three remedies 237 .. 239 240 241 ib . ib . .. 40 ...
... Greeks relative thereto 35. Cabbage - sprouts 36. The wild cabbage : thirty - seven remedies 37. The lapsana : one remedy 38. The sea - cabbage ; one remedy 39. The squill twenty - three remedies 237 .. 239 240 241 ib . ib . .. 40 ...
Page xvi
... Greeks called phoenice one remedy 445 66. Ptisan four remedies 446 67. Amylum : eight remedies . Oats : one remedy ib . 68. Bread : twenty - one remedies .. 447 69. Beans : sixteen remedies ib . 70. Lentils seventeen remedies 448 71 ...
... Greeks called phoenice one remedy 445 66. Ptisan four remedies 446 67. Amylum : eight remedies . Oats : one remedy ib . 68. Bread : twenty - one remedies .. 447 69. Beans : sixteen remedies ib . 70. Lentils seventeen remedies 448 71 ...
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... Greeks . It consists of two varie- ties , the single grained , the Triticum monococcum of Linnæus , and the double - grained , the Triticum spelta of Linnæus , which is still called " farra " in Friuli . 89 Hordeum sativum of Linnæus ...
... Greeks . It consists of two varie- ties , the single grained , the Triticum monococcum of Linnæus , and the double - grained , the Triticum spelta of Linnæus , which is still called " farra " in Friuli . 89 Hordeum sativum of Linnæus ...
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... Greeks , that marked them as the peculiar growth of a rich soil . On the other hand , they recommended for sowing in ... Greek writers of a later period have made any reference to it . 28 From Theophrastus , De Causis , B. iv . 29 That ...
... Greeks , that marked them as the peculiar growth of a rich soil . On the other hand , they recommended for sowing in ... Greek writers of a later period have made any reference to it . 28 From Theophrastus , De Causis , B. iv . 29 That ...
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... Greeks give to these wheats the name of " setanion . " It is said that in Bactria the grains of wheat are of such an enormous size , that a single one is as large as our ears of corn.38 chap . 13. — barley : rice . Of all the cereals ...
... Greeks give to these wheats the name of " setanion . " It is said that in Bactria the grains of wheat are of such an enormous size , that a single one is as large as our ears of corn.38 chap . 13. — barley : rice . Of all the cereals ...
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