The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS . 1. The properties of plants 2. Plants used by nations for the adornment of the person 3. Employment of plants for dyeing . sagmen , verbena , and clarigatio 4. The grass crown : how rarely it has been ...
... PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS . 1. The properties of plants 2. Plants used by nations for the adornment of the person 3. Employment of plants for dyeing . sagmen , verbena , and clarigatio 4. The grass crown : how rarely it has been ...
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... properties they possess — all of which have been engendered by her with a view to either the preser- vation or the gratification of the human race . On entering , however , upon this branch of my subject , it is my wish in the first ...
... properties they possess — all of which have been engendered by her with a view to either the preser- vation or the gratification of the human race . On entering , however , upon this branch of my subject , it is my wish in the first ...
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... properties ; for we find the fact still kept in remembrance by some letters of his , that the late Emperor Augustus was cured by its agency . Five modii will sow as much ground as a yoke of oxen can plough in a day . If sown in the ...
... properties ; for we find the fact still kept in remembrance by some letters of his , that the late Emperor Augustus was cured by its agency . Five modii will sow as much ground as a yoke of oxen can plough in a day . If sown in the ...
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... properties . Anaxilaüs48 makes a statement to the effect that if a tree is surrounded with linen made of this substance , the noise of the blows given by the axe will be deadened thereby , and that the tree may be cut down without their ...
... properties . Anaxilaüs48 makes a statement to the effect that if a tree is surrounded with linen made of this substance , the noise of the blows given by the axe will be deadened thereby , and that the tree may be cut down without their ...
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... properties . There is a fourth kind , 9 also , which bears a similar degree of resemblance to the parsnip ; by our people it is called the " gallica , " while the Greeks , who have distinguished four varieties of it , give it the name ...
... properties . There is a fourth kind , 9 also , which bears a similar degree of resemblance to the parsnip ; by our people it is called the " gallica , " while the Greeks , who have distinguished four varieties of it , give it the name ...
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