INDEX. 



511 



41, 42, 48, 49— their in- 

 fluence on human life, ii. 

 •/<.»4. 



Phmgiis, ii. 482. 



Plant of Fulvins, v. 187. 



Plantago, v. 109, 129, 130. 



Plants, wines made from, 

 lii, 257, 258— propagated 

 by seed, 460, 461— propa- 

 gation of, 461-487— prog- 

 nostics derived from, iv. 

 125— growth of, 155, 156 

 —roots of, 170— blossoms 

 of, 170, 171 — growth of, 

 177, 178— of which there 

 is but one kind, 179 — 

 sown at the autumnal 

 equinox, 197 — garden, ma- 

 ladies of, 199, 200 — for 

 bees, 339, 340— stems of 

 355, 356— leaves of, 356— 

 eared, 357 — properties of, 

 389 — for colouring the 

 body, 389, 390— for dye 

 iug, 390, 391— that grow 

 on the head of a statue 

 V. 68, 69— on the banks of 

 a river, 69 — in a sieve. ( 



— upon a dunghill, 69 

 moistened with the urine 

 of a dog, 69— wild, 77, 78, 

 79— delineated in colours, 

 80 — authors who have 

 written upon, 80, 81, 82— 

 medicinal pi-operties of, 

 83, 84, 85 — enquiries of 

 the ancients into, 217, 218 



— ages of, 270— how their 

 efficacy may be ensured, 

 271. 



Plastse, vi. 284. 



Plaster of Paris, vi. 330. 



Plastering, vi, 374. 



Plastice, vi. 163. 



Platanista, ii. 384. 



Plata, i. 291. 



Platea, ii. 522. 



Plating, vi. 215. 



Plato, i. 148 ; ii. 174 ; iv. ' 

 — his works quoted, i. 120; 

 vi. 174. 



Platyceros, iii. 44. 



Platyophthalmon, vi. 115. 



Platyphyllos, v. 188. 



Plautus, mentioned, iii. 275 

 —quoted, i. 261, 396 ; iv. 

 40, 107, 145, 150, 346 ; v. 

 391, 485. 



Plinthia, Fountain of, v. 480. 



Pliny, addresses Titus Ves- 

 pasianus, i. 1-11 — states 

 the object of his work, 5, 

 6 — the sources whence 

 derived, 6, 7~alludes to 

 his Roman History, 6, 7 — 

 iuveighs against plagiar- 



ism, 7, 8 — against empty 

 titles of books, 8 — states 

 the general design of his 

 work, 9 — his work on 

 Grammar, 9 — his con- 

 tempt for his slanderers, 

 10, 11 — his opinions on 

 tlie Deity, 20-25 — does 

 not believe in a superin- 

 tt'nding Providence, 22, 

 23 — inveighs against su- 

 perstition and infidelity, 

 23 — against human pride, 

 24-considers Nature iden- 

 tical with God, 25 — la- 

 ments the perverseness 

 of mankind, 93— enlarges 

 in praise of Italy, 181— 

 guilty of adulation, 181 — 

 his death noticed, 197 — 

 censures others for credu- 

 lity, 37 6-inveighs against 

 falsehood, 381— proofs of 

 his own credulity, 405, 

 406 — exclaims against 

 luxury, ii. 55— a probable 

 lapse of memory by, 80 — 

 his gloomy views of hu- 

 man life, lis, 119 — his 

 credulity, 121 — possible 

 error by, 127 — his credu- 

 lity, 132 — his visit to 

 Africa alluded to, 138- 

 repines at the frail te- 

 nure of life, 141— his me 

 taphorical style, 142 — his 

 superstition, 151, 152, 155 

 — his opinion on the final 

 conflagration of the world 

 156 — his hatred ofwar,166 

 — his desponding views 

 on human happiness, 187 

 — repines at the frailty of, 

 207— thinks a short life 

 desirable, 207— cousid 

 sudden death a blessing, 

 213 — his singular notion 

 as to a happy death, 216 

 — denies the immortality 

 of the soul, 218— censures 

 the credulity of the 

 Greeks, 283, 284— a mis 

 take made by, 318— his 

 work on the use of the 

 javelin, 320 — exclaims 

 against luxury, 438, 439 

 — errors committed by, 

 488; iii. 104 — exclaims 

 against extravagance in 

 perfumes, 137— a mistake 

 made by, 155— inveighs 

 against luxury, 167, 168 

 — his ignorance of vege- 

 table physiology, 197 — 

 errors committed by, 203, 

 205 — exclaims against 



avarice and disregard of 

 knowledge, 216, 217 — 

 against drunkenness, 270 

 -274— refers to his visit 

 to the Chauci, 339— a mis- 

 take probably committed 

 by, 352 — errors commit- 

 ted by, 359, 365, 374— a 

 mistake probably made 

 by, 387— errors commit- 

 ted by, 390, 392— error in 

 transcribing, 441 — takes 

 a more cheerful view of 

 things, iv. 3 — commends 

 old times, 8, 9 — misquotes 

 Columella, 27 — error com- 

 mitted by, and his pro- 

 bably imperfect know- 

 ledge of Greek, 56, 57— 

 his ambiguous language, 

 99 — accidental omission 

 by, 114— contemplates a 

 work, probably, which he 

 did not write, 150 — in- 

 veighs against luxury, 

 150, 151 — against glut- 

 tony, 152— mistakes made 

 by, 163, 179, 180— contra- 

 dicts himself, 206, 207— 

 mistakes probably made 

 by, 216, 266— two errors 

 committed by, 279 — con- 

 tradicts himself, 321 — 

 mistake made by, 323 — 

 errors probably commit- 

 ted by, 334, 338— a lapse 

 of memory by, 361 — ex- 

 claims against profligacy, 

 390 — against luxury and 

 effeminacy, 395 — against 

 the derision of his ene- 

 mies, 395— mistakes pro- 

 bably made by, 397, 3S9, 

 406 — error committed by, 

 410 — mistakes probably 

 made by, 413, 422, 460— 

 errors committed by, 404, 

 492 — mistake probably 

 made by, 495- -his singu- 

 lar notion as to peaches, 

 508— error proliably com- 

 mitted by, 508— his cre- 

 dulity, 520 — commends 

 the ancient manners, v. 

 3 -errors probably com- 

 mitted by, 3, 4, 23— in- 

 stances of his credulity, 

 64-67 — repines at the 

 general indifference to 

 knowledge, 77, 78 ~ re- 

 fuses to credit some mar- 

 vels, 82-inveighs against 

 magic, 87 -a possible lapse 

 of memory by, 100 — mis- 

 take made by, 101— mis- 

 take probably made by, 



