204 PLINY" S NATURAL HISTORY. [Book XIX. 



^Thus far, then, we have treated of the garden plants, viewed 

 as articles of food only ; it remains for us now (for up to the 

 ])resent we have only spoken of their various methods of culti- 

 vation, with some succinct details relative thereto), to enlarge 

 upon the more elaborate operations of Is^ature in this respect ; 

 it being quite impossible to come to a full understanding as to 

 the true characteristics of each individual plant, without a 

 knowledge of its medicinal effects, a sublime and truly myste- 

 rious manifestation of the wisdom of the Deity, than which 

 nothing can possibly be found of a nature more elevated. It 

 is upon principle that we have thought proper not to enlarge 

 upon the medicinal properties of each plant when treating of 

 it; for it is a quite different class of persons that is interested 

 in knowing their curative properties, and there is no doubt 

 that both classes of readers would have been inconvenienced in 

 a very material degree, if these two points of view had engaged 

 our attention at the same moment. As it is, each class will 

 have its own portion to refer to, while those who desire to do 

 so, will experience no difficulty in uniting them, with reference 

 to any subject of which we may happen to treat. 



Summary. — Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, 

 one thousand one hundred and forty-four. 



Roman authors quoted. — Maccius Plautus," M. Yarro,** 

 D. Silanus,^^ Cato the Censor,"'' Hyginus,'^ Virgil,"^ Mucianus,'' 

 Celsus,'^ Columella,^* Calpurnius Bassus,"^ Mamilius Sura,*^ 

 Sabinus Tiro,"^ Licinius Macer,'^ Quintus Hirtius,®*' Yibius 



^^ Fee suggests, though apparently without any good reason, that this 

 paragraph, to the end of the Book, is an interpolation of the copyists. 



"'" See end of B. xiv. «» See end of B. ii. 



«9 See end of B. xiv. 7o Spg end of B. iii. 



'1 See end of B. iii. 72 ggg e^i q^ i^ y[[_ 



"■» See end of B. ii. 74 ggg end of B. vii. 



" See end of B. viii. "s gee end of B. xvi. 



'■^ See end of B. x. 



'8 Beyond the mention made of this writer in c. 57, nothing whatever is 

 known of him. 



79 C. Licinius Maccr, a Roman annalist and orator, born about b.c. 110. 

 Upon being impeached by Cicero, he committed suicide. He wrote a His- 

 tory or Annals of Rome, which are frequently referred to by Livy aud 

 Dionysius of Halicarnassus. 



'^ Nothing whatever appears to be known of this writer. 



