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Enquiry into Plants, Vol. 2 (1916) - Page 14 - Source Library

Enquiry into Plants, Vol. 2

Theophrastus (trans. Sir Arthur Hort) · 1916

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CONTENTS

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Of the two herbs called libanotis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	277
Of the two kinds of chamaeleon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	277
Of the various plants called 'poppy' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	279
Of roots possessing remarkable taste or smell . . . . . . . . . .	281
Of the time for which roots can be kept without losing their virtue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	287
Of the localities which specially produce medicinal herbs	289
Of the medicinal herbs peculiar to Crete . . . . . . . . . . . .	295
Of wolf's-bane and its habitat, and of meadow-saffron .	299
Of two famous druggists and of the virtues of hemlock .	303
How use diminishes the efficacy of drugs, and how they have not the same effect on all constitutions . . .	305
Of plants that possess properties affecting lifeless objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	309
Of plants whose properties affect animals other than man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	309
Of plants possessing properties which affect the mental powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	311
Of plants said to have magical properties . . . . . . . . . .	313
A problem as to cause and effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	313
Of certain plants, not yet mentioned, which possess special properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	315

MINOR WORKS


INTRODUCTION TO THE TREATISES CONCERNING ODOURS AND CONCERNING WEATHER SIGNS . . . . . . . . . .	324

CONCERNING ODOURS


Introductory : Of odours in general and the classification of them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	327
Of natural odours ; of those of animals and of the effect of odours on animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	329
Of smell and taste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	331
Of odours in plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	333
Of artificial odours in general and their manufacture : especially of the use of perfumes in wine . . . . . .	333

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