The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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... - work chaplets . Nard - leaf chaplets . Silken chaplets .. .. .. 307 308 ib . 309 9. Authors who have written on flowers . An anecdote relative to Queen Cleopatra and chaplets CHAP . 10. The rose : twelve varieties of it CONTENTS . xi.
... - work chaplets . Nard - leaf chaplets . Silken chaplets .. .. .. 307 308 ib . 309 9. Authors who have written on flowers . An anecdote relative to Queen Cleopatra and chaplets CHAP . 10. The rose : twelve varieties of it CONTENTS . xi.
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Pliny (the Elder.) CHAP . 10. The rose : twelve varieties of it 11. The lily four varieties of it .. .. 12. The narcissus : three varieties of it Page 310 .. 314 316 317 13. How seed is stained to produce tinted flowers 14. How the ...
Pliny (the Elder.) CHAP . 10. The rose : twelve varieties of it 11. The lily four varieties of it .. .. 12. The narcissus : three varieties of it Page 310 .. 314 316 317 13. How seed is stained to produce tinted flowers 14. How the ...
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... rose 74. Twenty - one remedies derived from the lily 75. Sixteen remedies derived from the narcissus 76. Seventeen remedies derived from the violet 77. Seventeen remedies derived from the bacchar . One remedy de- rived from the ...
... rose 74. Twenty - one remedies derived from the lily 75. Sixteen remedies derived from the narcissus 76. Seventeen remedies derived from the violet 77. Seventeen remedies derived from the bacchar . One remedy de- rived from the ...
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... . " 35 The Stipa tenacissima of Linnæus , Fée says ; or else the Lygeum spartum of Linnæus . 36 As to the cereal so called , see c . 10 of this Book . it will produce roses more odoriferous by far than the Chap . 29 . 41 ALICA .
... . " 35 The Stipa tenacissima of Linnæus , Fée says ; or else the Lygeum spartum of Linnæus . 36 As to the cereal so called , see c . 10 of this Book . it will produce roses more odoriferous by far than the Chap . 29 . 41 ALICA .
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Pliny (the Elder.) it will produce roses more odoriferous by far than the cultivated rose : for the earth here is never tired of producing , a circum- stance in which originated the common saying , that Campania produces more unguents 7 ...
Pliny (the Elder.) it will produce roses more odoriferous by far than the cultivated rose : for the earth here is never tired of producing , a circum- stance in which originated the common saying , that Campania produces more unguents 7 ...
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