PREFATORY NOTE 



words — but the fact that there are these two 

 versions has necessitated a larger apparatus criticus 

 in these chapters of Book \ than for any other part 

 of the work. 



I have to thank His Grace the Duke of Devonshire 

 for lending me [M. C. Curtius], L. Junius Moderatus 

 Columella on Husbandry in Twelve Books and his 

 Book concerning Trees (London 1745) (a very rare 

 work) from the Chatsworth Library, and Mademoi- 

 selle Helfene Rousseau for obtaining for me in Paris 

 a copy of M. Nisard, Les Agronomes Latins (Paris, 

 1844), for which I had been searching for many 

 months. 



Edward S. Forster. 



Upon the death of Professor Forster, the Editors 

 of this Library entrusted to me the responsibility 

 of completing the unfinished project. In the cir- 

 cumstances this assignment naturally extended to 

 the making of a thoi'ough examination of every 

 aspect of the work. The photostats mentioned by 

 my predecessor in the above lines were in due time 

 returned to America and were fully utilized in the 

 process of examination and study. In the checking 

 between these manuscripts, as well as in the verifi- 

 cation of references to important earlier editions of 

 Columella, very substantial assistance was furnished 

 to me by my wife, which I desire gratefully to ac- 

 knowledge here. It is to be hoped that the process of 

 restudying and reviewing has resulted in an improved 

 product. It is always a serious thing to find your- 

 self differing with another person on matters of a 

 scholarly nature ; to handle such materials when left 



