The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
31. Trees which grow on a dry soil: those which are found in
wet localities: those which are found in both
indifferently 372
32. Division of trees into various species 373
33. Trees which do not lose their foliage. The rhododendron.
Trees which do not lose the whole of their foliage.
Places in which there are no trees _ib._
34. The nature of the leaves which wither and fall 374
35. Trees which have leaves of various colours; trees with
leaves of various shapes. Three varieties of the poplar 375
36. Leaves which turn round every year 376
37. The care bestowed on the leaves of the palm, and the uses
to which they are applied 377
38. Remarkable facts connected with leaves _ib._
39. The natural order of the production of plants 379
40. Trees which never blossom. The juniper 380
41. The fecundation of trees. Germination: the appearance of
the fruit 381
42. In what order the trees blossom 383
43. At what period each tree bears fruit. The cornel 384
44. Trees which bear the whole year. Trees which have on them
the fruit of three years 385
45. Trees which bear no fruit: trees looked upon as
ill-omened 385
46. Trees which lose their fruit or flowers most readily 386
47. Trees which are unproductive in certain places 387
48. The mode in which trees bear _ib._
49. Trees in which the fruit appears before the leaves _ib._
50. Trees which bear two crops in a year. Trees which bear
three crops 388
51. Which trees become old with the greatest rapidity, and
which most slowly 389
52. Trees which bear various products. Cratægum 390
53. Differences in trees in respect of the trunks and
branches 391
54. The branches of trees 392
55. The bark of trees 393
56. The roots of trees _ib._
57. Trees which have grown spontaneously from the ground 394
58. How trees grow spontaneously—diversities in their
nature, the same trees not growing everywhere 395
59. Plants that will not grow in certain places 396
60. The cypress 397
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