The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... FLOWERS , AND THOSE USED FOR CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY . 1. The nature of flowers and gardens .. 304 2. Garlands and chaplets ib . 3. Who invented the art of making garlands : when they first re- ceived the name of " corollæ , " and ...
... FLOWERS , AND THOSE USED FOR CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY . 1. The nature of flowers and gardens .. 304 2. Garlands and chaplets ib . 3. Who invented the art of making garlands : when they first re- ceived the name of " corollæ , " and ...
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... flowers 14. How the several varieties of the violet are respectively produced , grown , and cultivated . The three different ... flower of Jove . The hemerocalles . The helenium . The phlox . Plants in which the branches and roots are ...
... flowers 14. How the several varieties of the violet are respectively produced , grown , and cultivated . The three different ... flower of Jove . The hemerocalles . The helenium . The phlox . Plants in which the branches and roots are ...
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... flower . which are always in flower The arachidna . The aracos . The candryala . 53. Four varieties of the cnecos Plants 54. Plants of a prickly nature : the erynge , the glycyrrhiza , the tri- bulus , the anonis , the pheos or stobe ...
... flower . which are always in flower The arachidna . The aracos . The candryala . 53. Four varieties of the cnecos Plants 54. Plants of a prickly nature : the erynge , the glycyrrhiza , the tri- bulus , the anonis , the pheos or stobe ...
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... flowers , and indeed of all the other productions , with the exception of the trees and shrubs , which the Earth , in her bounteousness , affords us — a boundless field for contemplation , if even we regard the herbs alone , when we ...
... flowers , and indeed of all the other productions , with the exception of the trees and shrubs , which the Earth , in her bounteousness , affords us — a boundless field for contemplation , if even we regard the herbs alone , when we ...
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... flower of the lupine for one day in the juice of hemlock , and then watering the roots of the trees with it . 84 CHAP . 9. ( 7 . ) - THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRAIN . 85 As the field is now prepared , we shall proceed to speak of the ...
... flower of the lupine for one day in the juice of hemlock , and then watering the roots of the trees with it . 84 CHAP . 9. ( 7 . ) - THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRAIN . 85 As the field is now prepared , we shall proceed to speak of the ...
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