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... grows best . What flowers were known at the time of the Trojan war 319 18. The nature of odours 19. The iris 20. The saliunca 21. The polium or teuthrion 22. Fabrics which rival the colour of flowers 23. The amaranth .. 24. The cyanos ...
... grows best . What flowers were known at the time of the Trojan war 319 18. The nature of odours 19. The iris 20. The saliunca 21. The polium or teuthrion 22. Fabrics which rival the colour of flowers 23. The amaranth .. 24. The cyanos ...
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... grows white with hoary wheat . " : - And it is this whiteness that is still one of the peculiar merits of the Italian wheat ; a circumstance which makes me the more surprised to find that none of the Greek writers of a later period have ...
... grows white with hoary wheat . " : - And it is this whiteness that is still one of the peculiar merits of the Italian wheat ; a circumstance which makes me the more surprised to find that none of the Greek writers of a later period have ...
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... grows with two points.51 In Bætica and Africa , the kind of barley from which this food is made is that which Turranius calls the " smooth " 52 barley : the same author expresses an opinion , too , that olyra 3 and rice are the same ...
... grows with two points.51 In Bætica and Africa , the kind of barley from which this food is made is that which Turranius calls the " smooth " 52 barley : the same author expresses an opinion , too , that olyra 3 and rice are the same ...
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... grows wild in most countries , as in those islands of the Northern Ocean , for instance , which for that reason have been called by us the " Fabariæ . " 59 In Mauritania , also , it is found in a wild state in various parts , but so ...
... grows wild in most countries , as in those islands of the Northern Ocean , for instance , which for that reason have been called by us the " Fabariæ . " 59 In Mauritania , also , it is found in a wild state in various parts , but so ...
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... grows ; and it is far from being the least nutritious plant in the fields for various kinds of birds , when boiled in water more particularly . Cattle , too , are remarkably fond of the leaves of rape ; and the stalks and leaves , when ...
... grows ; and it is far from being the least nutritious plant in the fields for various kinds of birds , when boiled in water more particularly . Cattle , too , are remarkably fond of the leaves of rape ; and the stalks and leaves , when ...
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