The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 2 (of 3)St. John, James Augustus
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The History of the Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, Volume 2 (of 3)
St. John, James Augustus
Greece -- Social life and customs
This plant was brought from Mount Hymettos, to be cultivated in the
gardens of Athens. The Sicyonians, likewise, transplanted it to their
gardens from the mountains of Peloponnesos.—Theoph. Hist. Plant. vi.
7. 2.
Footnote 1299:
Theoph. Hist. Plant. vi. 7. 4.
Footnote 1300:
Dioscor. iii. 89. Sibth. Flor. Græc. t. i. tab. 14, tab. 192, seq.
tab. 310, tab. 518, tab. 549. Column. x. De Cult. Hort. 96, sqq.
Footnote 1301:
The basil-gentle was watered at noon, other plants morning and
evening.—Theoph. Hist. Plant. vii. 5. 2.
Footnote 1302:
Dioscor. iii. 114.
Footnote 1303:
Colum. x. 399, seq. Engl. Trans.
Footnote 1304:
The anemone among other flowers beautifies the fields of Attica, so
early as the month of February.—Chandler, ii. 211. “Les campagnes et
les collines sont rouges d’anémones.”—Della Rocca, Traité sur les
Abeilles, t. i. p. 5.
Footnote 1305:
Cultivated usually in pots, resembling the gardens of Adonis. Theoph.
Hist. Plant. vi. 7. 3. Thickets of this shrub constitute one of the
greatest beauties of the islands of the Archipelago. “Les lauriers
roses, que l’on conserve en France avec tant de soin, viennent à
l’aventure dans les prairies, et le long des ruisseaux qui en sont
bordés. Rien n’est plus agréable que de voir ces beaux arbres, de la
hauteur de douze à quinze pieds, variés de fleurs rouges et blanches,
se croiser par les branches d’en haut, sur un ruisseau ou sur le lit
d’une fontaine, et faire un berceau qui dure quelquefois un grand
quart de lieue.” Della Rocca, Traité Complet sur les Abeilles, t. i.
p. 6.
Footnote 1306:
Schol. Aristoph. Acharn. 253.
Footnote 1307:
Theoph. Hist. Plant. vi. 8. 2.
Footnote 1308:
Sibth. Flor. Græc. t. i. tab. 27.
Footnote 1309:
Known also by the names of νηρίον and ῥοδοδάφνη.—Dioscor. iv. 82.
Geop. ii. 42. 1.
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