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
25. The petilium: the bellio _ib._
26. The chrysocome, or chrysitis 329
27. Shrubs, the blossoms of which are used for chaplets _ib._
28. Shrubs, the leaves of which are used for chaplets _ib._
29. The melothron, spiræa, and origanum. The oneorum or
cassia; two varieties of it. The melissophyllum or
melittæna. The melilote, otherwise known as Campanian
garland 330
30. Three varieties of trefoil: the myophonum _ib._
31. Two varieties of thyme. Plants produced from blossoms and
not from seed 331
32. Conyza 332
33. The flower of Jove. The hemerocalles. The helenium. The
phlox. Plants in which the branches and roots are
odoriferous 333
34. The abrotonum. The adonium: two varieties of it. Plants
which reproduce themselves. The leucanthemum 334
35. Two varieties of the amaracus _ib._
36. The nyctegreton, or chenamyche, or nyctalops 335
37. Where the melilote is found _ib._
38. The succession in which flowers blossom: the spring
flowers. The violet. The chaplet anemone or phrenion.
The herb œnanthe. The melanthium. The helichrysos.
The gladiolus. The hyacinth 336
39. The summer flowers—the lychnis: the tiphyon. Two varieties
of the pothos. Two varieties of the orsinum. The
vincapervinca or chamædaphne—a plant which is an
ever-green 337
40. The duration of life in the various kinds of flowers 339
41. Plants which should be sown among flowers for bees. The
cerintha _ib._
42. The maladies of bees, and the remedies for them 340
43. The food of bees _ib._
44. Poisoned honey, and the remedies to be employed by those
who have eaten it 341
45. Maddening honey 342
46. Honey that flies will not touch 343
47. Beehives, and the attention which should be paid to them 344
48. That bees are sensible of hunger 345
49. The method of preparing wax. The best kinds of wax. Punic
wax _ib._
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