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Page 143
... globular and somewhat piriform , grows to the size of a walnut , and sometimes of an orange , and is said to be most delicate eating . markable for the sweetness of its smell and taste , Chap . 12. ] 143 MISY , ITON , AND GERANION .
... globular and somewhat piriform , grows to the size of a walnut , and sometimes of an orange , and is said to be most delicate eating . markable for the sweetness of its smell and taste , Chap . 12. ] 143 MISY , ITON , AND GERANION .
Page 144
Pliny (the Elder.) markable for the sweetness of its smell and taste , but more fleshy than the truffle : the same , too , as to the iton 1 of the Thracians , and the geranion of the Greeks . 82 CHAP . 13. - PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH ...
Pliny (the Elder.) markable for the sweetness of its smell and taste , but more fleshy than the truffle : the same , too , as to the iton 1 of the Thracians , and the geranion of the Greeks . 82 CHAP . 13. - PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH ...
Page 149
... smell . It is somewhat thorny , and has a stalk covered with down . It has an ex- tremely diminutive seed , and a large root , which is cut up and employed for the purposes already mentioned . CHAP . 19. ( 4 . ) — THE PLEASURES OF THE ...
... smell . It is somewhat thorny , and has a stalk covered with down . It has an ex- tremely diminutive seed , and a large root , which is cut up and employed for the purposes already mentioned . CHAP . 19. ( 4 . ) — THE PLEASURES OF THE ...
Page 158
... smell , is the fact that , when ripe , although they do not hang from the stem , they separate from it at the stalk . Columella 62 has given us a plan of his , by which we may have cucumbers the whole year round : the largest bramble ...
... smell , is the fact that , when ripe , although they do not hang from the stem , they separate from it at the stalk . Columella 62 has given us a plan of his , by which we may have cucumbers the whole year round : the largest bramble ...
Page 171
... smell , which " draws tears from the eyes , those of Cyprus more particularly , and those of Cnidos the least of all . In all of them the body is composed of a cartilage of an unctuous nature . The variety known as the setanian is the ...
... smell , which " draws tears from the eyes , those of Cyprus more particularly , and those of Cnidos the least of all . In all of them the body is composed of a cartilage of an unctuous nature . The variety known as the setanian is the ...
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