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Agriculture/' Simmons, 1889; "Hand Book of 

 "Fruit Culture under Glass/' Thomson; "Travels 

 to the City of the Caliphs/' Wellsted, 1840, Vol- 

 ume II; "California Fruits and How to Grow 

 Them/' Wickson, 1889. The foregoing are printed 

 in the English language; publications in foreign 

 languages are somewhat more numerous, and in- 

 clude such ancient classics as Plinius, Lib. XV, Cap. 

 19; Aristotle, "Historia Animalium," Lib. 5, Cap. 

 XVI, 3; Cato, Scri. Rei Rustici, Vol. 1, page 19, 

 Cap. 8, 1; Theophrastus, C. pi. iii, 6, v. 2; and 

 Varro, Script. Rei Rustici, Vol. 1, page 268, Lib. ii, 

 Cap. XI, 5. 



