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Enquiry into Plants, Vol. 2 (1916) - Page 13 - Source Library

Enquiry into Plants, Vol. 2

Theophrastus (trans. Sir Arthur Hort) · 1916

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CONTENTS

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Of degeneration of cereals, and of the weeds which infest particular crops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	193
Of the conditions in the seeds of pulses known as ‘cookable’ and ‘uncookable,’ and their causes . .	197
Of the grains and pulses which most exhaust the soil, or which improve it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	199
Of the diseases of cereals and pulses, and of hurtful winds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	201
Of seeds which keep or do not keep well . . . . . . . . . . . .	205
Of the age at which seeds should be sown . . . . . . . . . .	209
Of artificial means of preserving seed . . . . . . . . . . . . .	211
Of the effect of heat on seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	211
Of certain peculiarities of the seed of lupin and aigilops	213

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	217
Of resinous trees and the methods of collecting resin and pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	223
Of the making of pitch in Macedonia and in Syria . . .	229
Of frankincense and myrrh: various accounts . . . . . .	233
Of cinnamon and cassia: various accounts . . . . . . . . .	243
Of balsam of Mecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	245
Of other aromatic plants—all oriental, except the iris .	247
Of the medicinal juices of plants and the collection of them: general account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	251
Of the cutting of roots for medicinal purposes, and of certain superstitions connected therewith . . . . . . . . .	255
Of the medicinal uses of divers parts of plants . . . . . .	261
Of hellebores, the white and the black: their uses and distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	265
Of the various kinds of all-heal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	269
Of the various plants called strykhnos . . . . . . . . . . . . .	271
Of the various kinds of tithymallos . . . . . . . . . . . . .	275

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