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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)
the Elder, 24?-79 Pliny and John Bostock
Pliny catalogs the trees and their sympathies in this fifth volume, from the lotus of Italy to acorns and the kermes-berry, counting the remedies each one yields. Botany braids with folk medicine on every page. Sprawling, curious, and gloriously ancient. The continuing epic of Roman natural history among the trees. Wander the groves and orchards of antiquity with the great collector of lore.
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674 chapters
- 1THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.
- 2CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.
- 3BOOK XXIV. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.
- 4CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST AMONG TREES AND PLANTS.
- 5CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE LOTUS OF ITALY: SIX REMEDIES
- 6CHAP. 3. (3.)—ACORNS: THIRTEEN REMEDIES
- 7CHAP. 4. (4.)—THE KERMES-BERRY OF THE HOLM-OAK: THREE REMEDIES.
- 8CHAP. 5.—GALL-NUTS: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES.
- 9CHAP. 6.—MISTLETOE: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
- 10CHAP. 7.—THE EXCRESCENCES WHICH GROW ON THE ROBUR: ONE REMEDY. THE CERRUS: EIGHT REMEDIES.
- 11CHAP. 8.—THE-CORK TREE: TWO REMEDIES.
- 12CHAP. 9. (5.)—THE BEECH: FOUR REMEDIES.
- 13CHAP. 10.—THE CYPRESS: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES.
- 14CHAP. 11.—THE CEDAR: THIRTEEN REMEDIES.
- 15CHAP. 12.—CEDRIDES: TEN REMEDIES.
- 16CHAP. 13.—GALBANUM: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES.
- 17CHAP. 14 (6.)—HAMMONIACUM: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
- 18CHAP. 15.—STORAX: TEN REMEDIES.
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