V 
5 
mo 
5C0/&D 
DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE ILLUSTRATING 
HORTICULTURE AND HUSBANDRY. 
CERES, THE GODDESS OF CORN AND HARVEST, IS REPRESENTED WITH EARS OF 
WHEAT ENTWINED IN HER HAIR IN THE FORM OF A WREATH, ATTENTIVELY OB- 
SERVING THE PROGRESS OF THE REAPERS IN THE BACK GROUND; AT HER FEET 
LIES POMONA, WITH A BASKET OF FLOWERS AND SCATTERED FRUITS, AS AN OFFER- 
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ING TO THE GENERAL PATRONESS OF CULTIVATION, TO WHOM SHE APPEARS LOOK¬ 
ING UP WITH GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION, WHILST HER HUSBAND VERTUMNUS, 
WITH HIS CORNUCOPIA IN HIS HAND, AND CROWNED WITH FLOWERS, IS SILENTLY 
ADMIRING THE TWO GODDESSES. UPON THE RIGHT OF CERES IS REPRESENTED A 
RAM, WHICH WAS USUALLY SACRIFICED TO HER, AND IS AN EMBLEM OF FERTILIZA- 
TION TO THE EARTH BY FOLDING THE FLOCK, AND OF CLOTHING TO MANKIND BY 
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ITS WOOL. 
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