CONTENTS 



BOOK VI 



OF UNDER-SHRUBS 



PAGE 



Of the classification of under-shrubs : the wild kinds : 

 the chief distinction that between spinous and 



spineless 3 



Of spineless under-shrubs and their differences .... 7 

 Of certain specially important spineless under-shrubs 

 silphium and magydaris belonging to ferula-like 



plants 15 



Of spinous under-shrubs and their differences 21 



Of cultivated under-shrubs (coronary plants), with 

 which are included those coronary plants which are 



herbaceous 35 



Of the seasons at which coronary plants flower, and of 



the length of their life 49 



BOOK VII 



OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS, OTHER THAN CORONARY PLANTS : 

 POT-HBRBS AND SIMILAR WILD HERBS 



Of the times of sowing and of germination of pot-herbs 59 

 Of the propagation of pot-herbs, and of differences in 



their roots 67 



Of the flowers and fruits of pot-herbs 75 



Of the various forms of some pot-herbs 81 



Of the cultivation of pot-herbs ; manure and water . . 93 



Of the pests which infest pot-herbs 95 



Of the time for which seed of pot-herbs can be kept . . 97 



Of uncultivated herbs : the wild forms of pot-herbs . . 99 



