THE

NATURAL HISTORY

OF

PLINY.

TRANSLATED,

WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE LATE

JOHN BOSTOCK, M.D., F.R.S.,

AND

H. T. RILEY, Esq., B.A.,

LATE SCHOLAR OF CLARE HALL, CAMBRIDGE.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLVI.

CONTENTS

OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

BOOK XVIII.

CHAP.

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GRAIN.

1. Taste of the ancients for agriculture

..

2. When the first wreaths of corn were used at Rome

3. The jugerum of land

4. How often and on what occasions corn has sold at a remarkably

low price

5. Illustrious men who have written upon agriculture

6. Points to be observed in buying land

7. The proper arrangements for a farm-house

8. Maxims of the ancients on agriculture ..

9. The different kinds of grain

10. The history of the various kinds of grain
11. Spelt

12. Wheat

13. Barley: rice

14. Polenta

15. Ptisan

19. Arinca, and other kinds of grain that are grown in the East

20. Winter wheat. Similago, or fine flour

21. The fruitfulness of Africa in wheat

27. The method of making bread: origin of the art
28. When bakers were first introduced at Rome

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