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Solon: Lycius: Olympias of Thebes: Philinus: Petridius: Miction. Claudius: Xenocrates
On the wonderful variety of flowers Ch. 1.
On the garland wreath, and who first began to mix flowers, and when the garland was first invented or named and why Ch. 2.
Who first gave a crown of gold and silver leaves, and on the honor of crowns among the ancients, and on Scipio's honor, and on woven crowns, and on the deeds of Queen Cleopatra Ch. 3.
On the rose in garlands, and on its kinds, and where it is grown Ch. 4.
On the lily, the three kinds, and the method of planting them Ch. 5.
On violets, and on marigold, baccharis foxglove or a fragrant plant, and combretum a climbing plant Ch. 6.
On ancient flowers and the diversity of scents, and on salvia sage and polium pulegium or germander Ch. 7.
On the emulation of garments with flowers, and amaranth, and chrysocome goldilocks or chrysitis Ch. 8.
On the honor of crowns, and cyclamen, and melotrum bryony, and trefoil, and its three kinds Ch. 9.
On oregano, and thyme, and Attic honey, and conyza fleabane, and the flower of Jove, and helenium elecampane, and ambrosinus, and leucanthemum ox-eye daisy Ch. 10.
On amaracus marjoram or sansucus, and nyctegretum, and melilot, and white violet, and codiaminum a plant, and on wild bulbs, and helichrysum everlasting flower, and lychnis, and on herbs beyond the sea Ch. 11.
On the care of bees and their fodder and their diseases and remedies Ch. 12.
On poisonous honey and on remedies for poisonous and mad honey Ch. 13.
On honey that flies do not touch, and on hives and their care if bees feel hunger, and how wax is made Ch. 14.
On herbs born spontaneously and those with thorns Ch. 15.
On the thistle and helxine pellitory and tribulus caltrop and anchusa alkanet Ch. 16.
On the difference of herbs by their leaves, and which herbs flower all year, and hastula regia king's spear, and pistana a plant, and on gladiolus sword lily Ch. 17.
On the six kinds of rush, and on cyperus galingale, and on their medicines, and on cypirus and fragrant rush Ch. 18.
Medicines from the rose, and from the lily and narcissus and from the violet and from baccharis and combretum and asarum hazelwort Ch. 19.
On Gallic nard, and on saffron for medicine, and magus saffron, and from iris and salvia and holochrysum and chrysocome and melilot Ch. 20.
On trefoil and thyme and homerocallis, and on helenium and ambrotone southernwood Ch. 21.
Medicines from leucanthemum and sansucus Ch. 22.
Medicines from anemone Ch. 23.
Medicines from oenanthe water dropwort Ch. 24.
Medicines from heliochrysum Ch. 25.
Medicines from hyacinth Ch. 26.
Medicines from periwinkle Ch. 27.
Medicines from colocasia Egyptian bean Ch. 28.
Medicines from anthallum a plant Ch. 29.
Medicine from parthenium feverfew Ch. 30.
Medicine from strychnus nightshade Ch. 31.
On corcorus corchorus Ch. 32.
On perfoliata thorow-wax Ch. 33.
On measures and weights Ch. 34.
Cato the Censor. M. Varro, Massurius: Antias. C. Helius Vestinus: Ulpius Ruffinus: Hyginus: Pomponius Mela: Pompeius Lenaeus: Corn. Celsus: Calpurnius Bassus. P. Lagius: Licinius Macer: Sextius who wrote in Greek: Julius Bassus: who did the same: Antonius Castor.
Theophrastus: Democritus: Orpheus: Pythagoras: Mago: Menander who wrote on biocrea: Nicander: Homer: Hesiod: Musaeus: Sophocles: Anaxilaus.
Mnestheus who wrote on crowns: Callimachus who did the same, Phanias the natural scientist: Simo Timanthos: Hippocrates: Chrysippus: Diocles: Opion: Heraclides: Nicesius: Dionysius: Apollodorus of Citium: Apollodorus of Tarentum: Protagoras: Phistonicos the Mede: Euches. Cleophantus: Philistion: Asclepiades: Crateuas: Petronius: Diodorus: Iollas: Erasistratus: Diagoras: Andreas: Mnesicles: Epicarmus: Damion: Dalion: Sosimenes: Theopolemus: Metrodorus: Solon the Lycian: Olympias of Thebes: Philinus: Petridius: Miction: Claudius: Xenocrates.
On nations that use herbs for the sake of appearance Ch. 1.
How garments are dyed with herbs Ch. 2.
On the grass crown Ch. 3.
On its variety Ch. 4.
Who alone were gifted with that crown Ch. 5.
Who alone may crown a centurion Ch. 6.
Medicines from remaining ornaments and erynge sea holly Ch. 7.
On the herb which they call "hundred heads" Ch. 8.
On acanus a thistle and liquorice, and stomach remedies Ch. 9.
On tribulus and its kinds and medicines Ch. 10.
On stoebe a plant and its medicines Ch. 11.
On hyppophyes a plant and its medicines Ch. 12.
On the nettle and its medicines Ch. 13.
On lamium dead nettle and its medicines Ch. 14.
On scorpion a plant, and its kinds and medicines Ch. 15.
On leucacantha white thistle or phinius or ischada and its medicines Ch. 16.