The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 pages |
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Page 37
... taken to hold the pestle perpendicularly while pounding , the grains will only be splintered and the iron teeth broken . Throughout the greater part of Italy , however , they employ a pestle that is only rough " at the end , and wheels ...
... taken to hold the pestle perpendicularly while pounding , the grains will only be splintered and the iron teeth broken . Throughout the greater part of Italy , however , they employ a pestle that is only rough " at the end , and wheels ...
Page 49
... taken , in both cases , to manure it well . Rape , they say , will thrive all the better , if it is sown together with some chaff . They will have it , too , that the sower ought to be stripped , and that he should offer up a prayer ...
... taken , in both cases , to manure it well . Rape , they say , will thrive all the better , if it is sown together with some chaff . They will have it , too , that the sower ought to be stripped , and that he should offer up a prayer ...
Page 90
... taken to give an old vine one turning up at the roots , a young tree two . Sheep , too , are sheared at this period , lupines turned up for manuring the land , the ground dug , vetches cut for fodder , and beans gathered in and threshed ...
... taken to give an old vine one turning up at the roots , a young tree two . Sheep , too , are sheared at this period , lupines turned up for manuring the land , the ground dug , vetches cut for fodder , and beans gathered in and threshed ...
Page 187
... taken to protect the pith by cutting them aslant . Those plants which are intended for seed are never cut . There is another kind , again , that is held in peculiar esteem , and which never exceeds the height of an herbaceous plant ; it ...
... taken to protect the pith by cutting them aslant . Those plants which are intended for seed are never cut . There is another kind , again , that is held in peculiar esteem , and which never exceeds the height of an herbaceous plant ; it ...
Page 189
... taken not to pull up the young plants along with the weeds . The first year , he says , the plants must be protected from the severity of the winter with a covering of straw , care being taken to uncover them in the spring , and to hoe ...
... taken not to pull up the young plants along with the weeds . The first year , he says , the plants must be protected from the severity of the winter with a covering of straw , care being taken to uncover them in the spring , and to hoe ...
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