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Page 21
... Fee says , but it is the same with all the graminea . A characteristic of the Panicum miliaceum in particular . Or porridge ; " puls . " 7 It has been suggested that this was maize , but that is indigenous to South America . Fée has ...
... Fee says , but it is the same with all the graminea . A characteristic of the Panicum miliaceum in particular . Or porridge ; " puls . " 7 It has been suggested that this was maize , but that is indigenous to South America . Fée has ...
Page 53
... Fee is inclined to doubt this . Pliny exggerates here : Columella , B. ii . c . 11 , says , only " ten : " a field , however , sown with it will last , with a fresh sowing , as long as twenty years . See B. xiii . c . 47 . 6 Columella ...
... Fee is inclined to doubt this . Pliny exggerates here : Columella , B. ii . c . 11 , says , only " ten : " a field , however , sown with it will last , with a fresh sowing , as long as twenty years . See B. xiii . c . 47 . 6 Columella ...
Page 58
... said , will be exempt from the attacks of maggots , if bruised cypress ... say , neither sparrows nor worms will attack the crop . The frog , however , must be ... Fee thinks , might possibly keep away noxious insects . " 35 The " always ...
... said , will be exempt from the attacks of maggots , if bruised cypress ... say , neither sparrows nor worms will attack the crop . The frog , however , must be ... Fee thinks , might possibly keep away noxious insects . " 35 The " always ...
Page 179
... Fée remarks , will not shoot again when cut down . 88 This puerility , Fee observes , runs counter to the more moral adage , that " stolen goods never prosper . " 89 See B. xi . c . 15 . 90 This variety , Fée says , is the Apium ...
... Fée remarks , will not shoot again when cut down . 88 This puerility , Fee observes , runs counter to the more moral adage , that " stolen goods never prosper . " 89 See B. xi . c . 15 . 90 This variety , Fée says , is the Apium ...
Page 199
... says , in his book entitled Cepurica , " , " 32 which he dedicated to Mæcenas , that it is not advisable to touch ... Fee thinks , now known as " puc- cinia , " or " uredo . " 30 See B. xvii . c . 47. Fée says that he has met with ...
... says , in his book entitled Cepurica , " , " 32 which he dedicated to Mæcenas , that it is not advisable to touch ... Fee thinks , now known as " puc- cinia , " or " uredo . " 30 See B. xvii . c . 47. Fée says that he has met with ...
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