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48. The trees and shrubs of the Mediterranean. The phycos, prason, 
or zoster 209 
49. The sea bryon ..210 
50. Plants of the Red Sea 2U 
51. Plants of the Indian Sea ib, 
52. The plants of the Troglodytic Sea ; the hair of Isis : the Charito- 
blepharon ..212 
BOOK XIV. 
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES. 
1 and 2. The nature of the vine. Its mode of fructification . . 215 
3. The nature of the grape, and the cultivation of the vine .. . . 218 
4. Ninety-one varieties of the vine • . . 222 
5. Remarkable facts connected with the culture of the vine . , . . 233 
6. The most ancient wines 236 
7. The nature of wines 238 
S. Fifty kinds of generous wines . . . . 239 
9. Thirty-eight varieties of foreign wine 245 
10. Seven kinds of salted wines .. 247 
11. Eighteen varieties of sweet wine. Raisin-wine and hepsema 248 
12. Three varieties of second-rate wine , 251 
13. At what period generous wines were first commonly made in 
Italy ..251 
14. The inspection of wine ordered by King Romulus 252 
15. "Wines drunk by the ancient Romans 253 
16. Some remarkable facts connected with wine-lofts. The Opimian 
wine 254 
17. At what period four kinds of wine were first served at table . . ib. 
18. The uses of the wild vine. What juices are naturally the coldest 
of all .. .. ^ 255 
19. Sixty-six varieties of artificial wine 256 
20. Hydromeli, or melicraton 261 
21. Oxymeli ib. 
22. Twelve kinds of wine with miraculous properties 262 
23. What wines it is not lawful to use in the sacred rites 263 
24. How must is usually prepared ib. 
25. Pitch and resin 264 
26. Vinegar — lees of wine 268 
27. Wine-vessels — wine-cellars ib. 
28. Drunkenness 270 
29. Liquors with the strength of wine made from water and corn . . 274 
BOOK XV. 
THE NATURAL HISTORY OP THE FRUIT-TREES. 
1. The olive. — How long it existed in Greece only.— At what period it 
was first introduced into Italy, Spain, and Africa 277 
2. The nature of the olive, and of new olive oil 275 
