The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6) — John Shaqi
The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
33. The kidney-bean 47
34. The rape _ib._
35. The turnip 48
36. The lupine 49
37. The vetch 51
38. The fitch _ib._
39. Silicia _ib._
40. Secale or asia 52
41. Farrago: the cracca _ib._
42. Ocinum: ervilia _ib._
43. Lucerne 53
44. The diseases of grain: the oat 54
45. The best remedies for the diseases of grain 57
46. The crops that should be sown in the different soils 59
47. The different systems of cultivation employed by various
nations 60
48. The various kinds of ploughs 62
49. The mode of ploughing _ib._
50. The methods of harrowing, stubbing, and hoeing, employed
for each description of grain. The use of the harrow 66
51. Extreme fertility of soil 67
52. The method of sowing more than once in the year 68
53. The manuring of land _ib._
54. How to ascertain the quality of seed 69
55. What quantity of each kind of grain is requisite for
sowing a jugerum 71
56. The proper times for sowing 72
57. Arrangement of the stars according to the terrestrial days
and nights 74
58. The rising and setting of the stars 77
59. The epochs of the seasons 78
60. The proper time for winter sowing 79
61. When to sow the leguminous plants and the poppy 81
62. Work to be done in the country in each month
respectively _ib._
63. Work to be done at the winter solstice 82
64. Work to be done between the winter solstice and the
prevalence of the west winds 83
65. Work to be done between the prevalence of the west winds
and the vernal equinox 84
66. Work to be done after the vernal equinox 86
67. Work to be done after the rising of the Vergiliæ:
hay-making 88
68. The summer solstice 92
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