The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)
By Pliny, the Elder
Classic work by Pliny, the Elder.
Table of Contents
THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS. CHAP. Page 1. The extreme smallness of insects 1 2. Whet...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES. 1. The honourable place occupied by trees in the system of nature 101 2. The early his...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS. 1. Unguents—at what period they were first introduced 159 2. The various kinds of unguents—twelve pr...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES. 1 and 2. The nature of the vine. Its mode of fructification 215 3. The nature of the...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES. 1. The olive.—How long it existed in Greece only.—At what period it was first introduced into Italy, Spain, and Africa ...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES. 1. Countries that have no trees 339 2. Wonders connected with trees in the northern regions 340...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. 1. Trees which have been sold at enormous prices 438 2. The influence of weather upon trees: what is the proper ...
THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS. CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS. We shall now proceed to a description of the insects, a subject replete with endless difficulties;[3...
would appear, indeed, to be much nearer the truth, were it not the case that here another difficulty meets us—the circumstance that sometimes, at the extremity of the combs, there ...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES. CHAP. 1.—THE HONOURABLE PLACE OCCUPIED BY TREES IN THE SYSTEM OF NATURE. Such, then, is the history, according to their various species and their pe...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS. CHAP. 1. (1.)—UNGUENTS—AT WHAT PERIOD THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED. Thus far we have been speaking of the trees whi...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES. CHAPS. 1 & 2. (1.)—THE NATURE OF THE VINE. ITS MODE OF FRUCTIFICATION. Those which have been hitherto mentioned, are, nearly all of them, ...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES. CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE OLIVE.—HOW LONG IT EXISTED ONLY IN GREECE. AT WHAT PERIOD IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED INTO ITALY, SPAIN, AND AFRICA. Theophr...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES. CHAP. 1.—COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NO TREES. We have given the precedence in this account to the fruit-trees and others which, by their delicio...
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. CHAP. 1. (1.)—TREES WHICH HAVE BEEN SOLD AT ENORMOUS PRICES. We have described the trees which grow spontaneously on land and in the ...
bud. It is for this reason that, in the seed-plots even the slips that are thus planted sometimes bear the same year the fruit that they would have borne if they had remained upon ...