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45. Trees wliicli bear no fruit : trees looked upon as ill-omened . . 385 
46. Trees which lose their fruit or flowers most readily 886 
47. Trees which are unproductive in certain places 387 
48. The mode in which trees bear ib, 
49. Trees in which the fruit appears before the leaves ib. 
50. Trees which bear two crops in a year. Trees which bear three 
crops 388 
51. Which trees become old with the greatest rapidity, and which 
most slowly 389 
52. Trees which bear various products. Crataegum 390 
53. Differences in trees in respect of the trunks and branches . . . . 391 
54. The branches of trees 392 
55. The bark of trees 393 
56. The roots of trees ib, 
57. Trees which have grown spontaneously from the ground . . . . 394 
58. How trees grow spontaneously — diversities in their nature, the 
same trees not growing everywhere 395 
59. Plants that will not grow in certain places . . . . rt. . . . . 396 
60. The cypress .. , 297 
61. That the earth often bears productions which it has never borne 
before 399 
62. The ivy — twenty varieties of it ib. 
63. The smilax 402 
64. Water plants : the rush : twenty-eight varieties of the reed .. 403 
65. Eeeds used for arrows, and for the purpose of writing . . . . 404 
66. Flute reeds : the reed of Orchomenus ; reeds used for fowling 
and fishing 405 
67. The vine-dresser's reed 408 
68. The willow : eight varieties of it 409 
69. Trees, in addition to the willow, which are of use in making 
withes 410 
70. Bushes: candle-rushes: rushes for thatching 411 
71. The elder: the bramble ib. 
72. The juices of trees 412 
73. The veins and fibres of trees 413 
74. The felling of trees 415 
75. The opinion of Cato on the felling of timber . . 416 
76. The size of trees : the nature of wood: the sappinus 417 
77. Methods of obtaining fire from wood 421 
78. Trees which are proof against decay : trees which never split . . 422 
79. Historical facts connected with the durability of wood , . . . 423 
80. Varieties of the teredo 425 
81. The woods used in building 426 
82. Carpenters* w^oods 427 
83. Woods united with glue ib, 
84. Veneering 428 
85. The age of trees. A tree that was planted by the first Scipio 
Africanus. A tree at Eome five hundred years old . . , . 429 
86. Trees as old as the City 430 
87. Trees in the suburban districts older than the City ib. 
