The Natural History Volume 4

03 - Book 16, Chapters 16-23: The pine; the pinaster; the peach-tree; the fir; the larch; the torch-tree; the yew; methods of making tar; methods by which thick pitch is prepared; how the resin called zopissa is prepared

07 - Book 16, Chapters 62-69: The ivy; twenty varieties of it; the smilax; water plants; the rush; 28 varieties of the reed; reeds used for arrows; flute reeds; the vine-dressers reed; the willow; eight varieties of it; trees in addition to the willow

10 - Book 17, Chapters 1-4 : Trees that have been sold at enormous prices; the influence of weather upon trees; what soild are to be considered the best; the eight kinds of earth boasted of by the Gauls and Greeks

12 - Book 17, Chapters 14-19 : Seed-plots; the mode of propagating the elm; the holes for transplanting; the intervals to be left between trees; the nature of the shadow thrown by trees; the dropping of water from the leaves

14 - Book 17, Chapters 29-34: The cultivation of the olive; cleaning and baring the roots; willow-beds; reed-beds; other plants that are cut for poles

15 - Book 17, Chapter 35: The culture of the vine

16 - Book 17, Chapters 36-39 : How grapes are protected; the diseases of trees; treatment of the diseases of trees

18 - Book 18, Chapters 1-7: Taste of the ancients for agriculture; the first wreaths of corn at Rome; the jugerum of land; the price of corn; writers upon agriculture; on buying land; arrangements for a farmhouse

19 - Book 18, Chapters 8-17 :Maxims of the ancients on agriculture; the different kinds of grains; the history of grain; spelt; wheat; barley; rice; polenta; tragum; amylum

20 - Book 18, Chapters 18-29: Barley; arinca and other kinds of grain; winter wheat; wheat in Africa; sesame; the mode of grinding corn; millet; leaven; the method of making bread; when bakers were first introduced in Rome; alica

21 - Book 18, Chapters 30-45: Leguminous plants; the bean; the chick-peas; the kidney-beans; the rape; the turnip; the lupine; the fitch; silicia; farrago; lucerne; the diseases of grain; the remedies for the diseases of grain

22 - Book 18, Chapters 46-53: Crops sown in different soils; cultivations by various nations; various kinds of ploughs; the mode of ploughing; extreme fertility of soil; the manuring of land

24 - Book 18, Chapters 67-71: Work for spring; hay-making; the summer solstice; causes of sterility; remedies against noxious influences

25 - Book 18, Chapters 72-77: The harvest; the methods of storing corn; the vintage; the revolutions of the moon; the theory of winds; the laying out of lands

27 - Book 19, Chapters 1-9: The nature of flax; how flax is sown; principal varieties of flax; the mode of preparing flax; linen made of asbestos; the nature of spartum; the mode of preparing spartum

28 - Book 19, Chapters 10-21: The bulb eriophorus; misy; geranion; maspetum; magydaris; the pleasures of the garden; plants other than grain

29 - Book 19, Chapters 22-31: Twenty different plants that grow in garden; cucumbers; gourds; turnips; radishes; parsnips; skirret; elecampagne; bulbs; the roots, flowers andf leaves of all these plants

30 - Book 19, Chapters 32-40: Varieties of the onion; the leek; garlic; growth of plants; the nature of the various seeds; different kinds of plants; the nature of garden plants; endive; beet

31 - Book 19, Chapters 41-52: Cabbages; wild and cultivated asparagus; thistles; rue; parsley; mint; olusatrum; caraway; lovage; dittander; gith

32 - Book 19, Chapters 53-62: The poppy; wild thyme; the maladies of garden plants; the proper method of watering gardens; the juices and flavours of gaden herbs; piperitis; summary; Roman author quoted; foreign authors quoted

33 - Book 20, Chapters 1-14: Introduction; remedies made from the wild cucumber; elaterium; anguine; the cultivated cucumber; pepones; the gourd; colocynthis; rape; turnips; wild radish; the cultivated radish; the parsnip

34 - Book 20, Chapters 15-29: Remedies made from the wild parsnip; gingidion; the skirret; sile; elecampane; onions; cutlerk; garlic; the lettuce; hawk-weed; beet; endive

35 - Book 20, Chapters 30-45: Remedies made from cichorium; seris; the cabbage; opinions of the Greeks; cabbage-sprouts; the sea-cabbage; the squill; bulbs; bulbine; garden asparagus; parsley; aplastrum

36 - Book 20, Chapters 46-55: Remedies made from olusatrum; ocimum; rocket; nasturtium; rue; wild mint; mint; pennyroyal; wild pennyroyal

37 - Book 20, Chapters 56-73: Remedies made from nep; cummin; ammi; caper; lovage; cunila bubula; piperitis; origanum; gith; anise; where the best anise is found

38 - Book 20, Chapters 74-86: Remedies made from dill; white and black poppy; the wild poppy; purslain; coriander; orage; the mallow; wild lapathum; cultivated lapathum

39 - Book 20, Chapters 87-100: Remedies made from mustard; marrubium; wild thyme; linseed; blite; meum; fennel; hemp; the thistle; the comoposition of thesiaca; summary; Roman authors quoted; foreign authors quoted