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The earliest systematic botany to survive, describing and classifying the plant world.
The Edition
- Original language
- Greek
- Translated by
- Arthur F. Hort
Publication
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Series volume
- 79
- Date published
- 1916-01-01
- Print status
- In print
The Physical Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dust jacket
- Yes
- Total pages
- 512 pages
- ISBN-13
- 9780674990883
Reference
- Read online
- Read Here
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
Contents
- Book VI: of under-shrubs
- Of the classification of under-shrubs: the wild kinds: the chief distinction that between spinous and spineless
- Of spineless under-shrubs and their differences
- Of certain specially important spineless under-shrubs—silphium and magydaris—belonging to ferula-like plants
- Of spinous under-shrubs and their differences
- Of cultivated under-shrubs (coronary plants), with which are included those coronary plants which are herbaceous
- Of the seasons at which coronary plants flower, and of the length of their life
- Book VII: of herbaceous plants, other than coronary plants: pot-herbs and similar wild herbs
- Of the times of sowing and of germination of pot-herbs
- Of the propagation of pot-herbs, and of differences in their roots
- Of the flowers and fruits of pot-herbs
- Of the various forms of some pot-herbs
- Of the cultivation of pot-herbs; manure and water
- Of the pests which infest pot-herbs
- Of the time for which seed of pot-herbs can be kept
- Of uncultivated herbs: the wild forms of pot-herbs
- Of other uncultivated herbs, which may be classed with pot-herbs
- Of the differences in stem and leaf found in all herbaceous plants
- Of other differences seen in herbaceous plants in general
- Of the seasons at which herbs grow and flower
- Of the classes into which herbaceous plants may be divided
- Of herbs which have fleshy or bulbous roots
- Of certain properties and habits peculiar to certain herbaceous plants
- Book VIII: of herbaceous plants: cereals, pulses, and ‘summer crops’
- Of the three classes and the times of sowing and of germination
- Of differences in the mode of germination and of subsequent development
- Of differences in development due to soil or climate
- Of differences between the parts of cereals, pulses, and summer crops respectively
- Of the differences between cereals
- Of the differences between pulses
- Of sowing, manuring, and watering
- Of the degeneration of cereals into darnel
- Of the peculiar character of chick-pea
- Of special features of ‘summer crops’
- Of treatment of cereals peculiar to special localities
- Of cereals which grow a second time from the same stock
- Of the effects of climate, soil, and manuring
- Of different qualities of seed
- Of degeneration of cereals, and of the weeds which infest particular crops
- Of the conditions in the seeds of pulses known as ‘cookable’ and ‘uncookable’
- Of the grains and pulses which most exhaust the soil
- Of the diseases of cereals and pulses, and of hurtful winds
- Of seeds which keep or do not keep well
- Of the age at which seeds should be sown
- Of artificial means of preserving seed
- Of the effect of heat on seeds
- Of certain peculiarities of the seed of lupin and aigilops
- Book IX: of the juices of plants, and of the medicinal properties of herbs
- Of the various kinds of plant-juices and the methods of collecting them
- Of resinous trees and the methods of collecting resin and pitch
- Of the making of pitch in Macedonia and in Syria
- Of frankincense and myrrh: various accounts
- Of cinnamon and cassia: various accounts
- Of balsam of Mecca
- Of other aromatic plants—all oriental, except the iris
- Of the medicinal juices of plants and the collection of them: general account
- Of the cutting of roots for medicinal purposes, and of certain connected superstitions
- Of the medicinal uses of divers parts of plants
- Of hellebores, the white and the black: their uses and distribution
- Of the various kinds of all-heal
- Of the various plants called strykhnos
- Of the various kinds of tithymallos
- Of the two herbs called libanotis
- Of the two kinds of chamaeleon
- Of the various plants called 'poppy’
- Of roots possessing remarkable taste or smell
- Of the time for which roots can be kept without losing their virtue
- Of the localities which specially produce medicinal herbs
- Of the medicinal herbs peculiar to Crete
- Of wolf’s-bane and its habitat, and of meadow-saffron
- Of two famous druggists and of the virtues of hemlock
- How use diminishes the efficacy of drugs, and how they have not the same effect on all constitutions
- Of plants that possess properties affecting lifeless objects
- Of plants whose properties affect animals other than man
- Of plants possessing properties which affect the mental powers
- Of plants said to have magical properties
- A problem as to cause and effect
- Of certain plants, not yet mentioned, which possess special properties
- Minor Works
- introduction to the treatises concerning odours and concerning weather signs
- concerning odours
- Introductory: Of odours in general and the classification of them
- Of natural odours; of those of animals and of the effect of odours on animals
- Of smell and taste
- Of odours in plants
- Of artificial odours in general and their manufacture: of the use of perfumes in wine
- Of the oils used as the vehicle of perfumes
- Of the spices used in making perfumes and their treatment
- Of the various parts of plants used for perfumes, and of notable perfumes
- Of the properties of various spices
- Of the medicinal properties of certain perfumes
- Of rules for the mixture of spices, and of the storing of various perfumes
- Of the properties of certain perfumes
- Of other properties and peculiarities of perfumes
- Of the making of perfume-powders and compound perfumes
- Of the characteristic smells of animals, and of certain curious connected facts
- Of odours as compared with other sense-impressions
- concerning weather signs
- Introductory: general principles
- The signs of rain
- The signs of wind
- The signs of fair weather
- Miscellaneous signs
- index of plants
- key to the index
- I. List of plants mentioned in the Enquiry under botanical names
- II. List of plants mentioned in the Enquiry under popular names