BOOK V. XII. 4-5 



be quite conveniently propagated by planting 

 boughs round the fence of a field, since it easily takes 

 root and stands up to rough usage. If you give it 

 dry, give it rather sparingly, since it has more 

 strength, and soak it first in water and after taking 

 it out of the water, mix it with chaff. When you wish 

 to dry it, cut shrub-trefoil about the month of 

 September, when its seed begins to grow large, 

 and keep it in the sun for a few hours until it 

 withers ; then dry it in the shade and store it. 



In what has gone before I have given ample instruc- 

 tion about trees ; in the next book I intend to deal 

 with the care of cattle and the remedies for their 

 diseases. 



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