BOOK I 



valuable properties ; nature of the olive and olive- 

 oil when forming ; 15 kinds of oHves ; nature of 

 oHve-oil ; cultivation of olive-trees ; storing of ohves ; 

 manufacture of ohve-oil ; 48 kinds of artificial ohve- 

 oil ; the kiki-tree or croto or sih or sesamum (castor- 

 oiltree); ohve-lees. (ix-xxxiv)The varieties of fruit, 

 their kinds and nature ; pine-cones, 4 kinds ; quinces, 

 4 kinds; sparrow-apples, 4 kinds ; pomegranate, 

 9 kinds ; peach, 7 kinds ; plum, 12 kinds ; the 

 persea-trea ; apple, 30 kinds ; foreign apples — dates 

 and sources of introduction into Italy : most recent 

 introduction ; pears, 41 kinds ; grafting of varieties, 

 and expiation when struck by hghtning ; storage of 

 fruit and grapes ; figs, 29 kinds ; researches as to ; 

 artificial ripening of ; medlars, 3 kinds ; service- 

 berry, 4 kinds ; nuts, 8 kinds ; chestnuts, 18 kinds ; 

 carobs ; fleshy fruits ; mulberries ; the arbutus ; 

 berries, varieties of ; hard fruit, varieties ; cherry, 

 9 kinds ; cornel-cherries ; mastic-trees ; juices, 13 

 different sorts ; (xxxv-viii) the myrtle, researches as 

 to ; 11 kinds. (xxxix f.) The bay-tree, 13 kinds. 

 Total : 520 facts, researches and observations. 



Authorities : Fenestella, Fabianus, Virgil, Corne- 

 Hus Valerian, Celsus, Cato the Censor, the Sasernae, 

 senior and junior, Scrofa, Marcus Varro, Decimus 

 Silanus, Fabius Pictor, Trogus, Hyginus, Verrius 

 Flaccus, Graecinus, JuHus Atticus, Columella, 

 Masurius Sabinus, TergiHa, Messalinus Cotta, Lucius 

 Piso, Pompeius Lenaeus, Maccius Plautus, Fabius 

 Dossennus, Scaevola, Lucius Aelius, Ateius Capito, 

 Sextius Niger, Vibius Rufinus. Foreign authorities : 

 Hesiod, Theophrastus, Aristotle, Democritus, King 

 Hiero, King Philometor, King Attalus, Archytas, 

 Xenophon, Amphilochus of Athens, AnaxipoHs of 



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