The Natural History of Pliny, Volum 4H. G. Bohn, 1856 - 544 sider |
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Side 38
... beneficial to millet or panic when they are coming into blade . It is re- commended not to sow them among vines or fruit - trees , as it is generally thought that these crops impoverish the soil . chap . 26. ( 11 ) —the various kinds of ...
... beneficial to millet or panic when they are coming into blade . It is re- commended not to sow them among vines or fruit - trees , as it is generally thought that these crops impoverish the soil . chap . 26. ( 11 ) —the various kinds of ...
Side 55
... beneficial to grain while in the blade ; it is injurious to wheat and barley while they are in blossom , but is not detrimental to the legu- minous plants , with the exception of the chick - pea . When grain is beginning to ripen , rain ...
... beneficial to grain while in the blade ; it is injurious to wheat and barley while they are in blossom , but is not detrimental to the legu- minous plants , with the exception of the chick - pea . When grain is beginning to ripen , rain ...
Side 105
... beneficial to grain , a thing that surprises me , as that wind is generally a very parching9 one . Some persons recommend that , before housing the corn , a bramble - frog should be hung up by one of the hind legs at the threshold of ...
... beneficial to grain , a thing that surprises me , as that wind is generally a very parching9 one . Some persons recommend that , before housing the corn , a bramble - frog should be hung up by one of the hind legs at the threshold of ...
Side 173
... beneficial effect upon the voice . See B. xx . c . 21 . 63 Fée says , that it is a practice with many gardeners , more harmful than beneficial , to cut the leaves of the leek as it grows , their object being to increase the size of the ...
... beneficial effect upon the voice . See B. xx . c . 21 . 63 Fée says , that it is a practice with many gardeners , more harmful than beneficial , to cut the leaves of the leek as it grows , their object being to increase the size of the ...
Side 192
... beneficial effect whatever . 72 This is not the fact ; for its branches never come in contact with the ground . 73 Pliny has derived the greater part of this Chapter from Theophrastus , Hist . Plant . B. vii . c . 5 , and Columella , B ...
... beneficial effect whatever . 72 This is not the fact ; for its branches never come in contact with the ground . 73 Pliny has derived the greater part of this Chapter from Theophrastus , Hist . Plant . B. vii . c . 5 , and Columella , B ...
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