Natural Magic

...be, with esparto original: "spartho." A fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of North Africa and southern Europe, used for ropes and paper. 235; nettle, Indian aloe, asbestos 236.
To throw flame from a distance 482.
Flowers, how they may be born in different colors 115; that we may always have them 174; how they may be preserved 192; that they may be made more fragrant 150; early-blooming 120; so that they may fall from the tree 664; how they may change colors 148; how to extract fragrant water from them 449; and oil 416, 450.
To counterfeit a bloody flux original: "Fluxum sanguineum mentiri." This refers to an illusion or medical deception to mimic a hemorrhage. 355.
Females, how they are generated 92; that they may cast off their clothes and be stripped naked 665.
To make fennel sweet 155; to press oil out of it 410.
Offspring born in various forms through the imagination 88.
Foils Foliola: thin sheets of metal (foils) placed behind a gemstone to enhance its color or brilliance. of gems, how they are made 281; how they are polished 283; how they are colored 284; of a violet color, or sapphire 285; of emerald, red, or amethyst color, made from copper 286; of a red color, or green 287.
A fountain throwing water 639.
A furnace, how it should be made for counterfeiting gemstones 269.
To have strawberries in winter 130.
To remove wrinkles from the forehead 388.
Fruit composed of diverse parts, how it is made 105,

109, 113; variously colored 110; so that one may be enclosed within another 115; unseen original: "inuisi." This may refer to fruits grown in hidden ways or rare varieties., made better or worse 118, 119; that it may become more perfect, or early-ripening 120, 125; so it may ripen faster, or last forever 125; late-ripening 127; larger than usual 130; without pits or seeds 137; without skin or shell 142; how it may acquire different colors 144; more fragrant 150; how it may become sweeter 152; so that it may take on all shapes 158; more beautiful and better 161; to be made medicated 165; how it may be preserved on the tree 171; how its stem is to be treated so it lasts 181; from what place it should be gathered 184; enclosed without air 186; in must original: "musto." Unfermented grape juice. 193; in honey 195; in distilled wine 195; in pickles original: "salgamis." Preserved or pickled foods. 200; mixed with various things 208.
To make wine from crops 223.
Grain, how it is to be preserved 203, 209; in olive-dregs original: "amurca." The bitter, watery sediment from olive oil production, used here as a preservative. 204; bread is made from it 215; oil is extracted 421; to increase its weight 650.
Deceptions from feasts 55.
Makeup original: "Fucus." This term refers to dyes, cosmetics, or any deceptive coloring., so that it cannot be detected 382; how it may be recognized 396.
To blind the eyes with smoke 484.
Mushrooms, how they are born 100.