BOOK XIX
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THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.
1. The nature of flax—marvellous facts relative thereto 129
2. How flax is sown: twenty-seven principal varieties of it 131
3. The mode of preparing flax 135
4. Linen made of asbestos 136
5. At what period linen was first dyed 138
6. At what period coloured awnings were first employed in the theatres _ib._
7. The nature of spartum 139
8. The mode of preparing spartum 140
9. At what period spartum was first employed 141
10. The bulb eriophorus _ib._
11. Plants which spring up and grow without a root—plants which grow, but cannot be reproduced from seed 142
12. Misy; iton; and geranion 143
13. Particulars connected with the truffle 144
14. The pezica _ib._
15. Laserpitium, laser, and maspetum _ib._
16. Magydaris 147
17. Madder 148
18. The radicula _ib._
19. The pleasures of the garden 149
20. The laying out of garden ground 154
21. Plants other than grain and shrubs 155
22. The natural history of twenty different kinds of plants grown in gardens—the proper methods to be followed in sowing them respectively _ib._
23. Vegetables of a cartilaginous nature—cucumbers. Pepones 156
24. Gourds 158
25. Rape. Turnips 161
26. Radishes 162
27. Parsnips 165
28. The skirret 166
29. Elecampane 167
30. Bulbs, squills, and arum 168
31. The roots, flowers, and leaves of all these plants. Garden plants which lose their leaves 170
32. Varieties of the onion 171
33. The leek 173
34. Garlic 174
35. The number of days required for the respective plants to make their appearance above ground 177
36. The nature of the various seeds 178
37. Plants of which there is but a single kind. Plants of which there are several kinds 179
38. The nature and varieties of twenty-three garden plants. The lettuce; its different varieties 180
39. Endive 182
40. Beet: four varieties of it 183
41. Cabbages; the several varieties of them 185
42. Wild and cultivated asparagus 188
43. Thistles 190
44. Other plants that are sown in the garden: ocimum; rocket; and nasturtium 191
45. Rue _ib._
46. Parsley 192
47. Mint _ib._
48. Olusatrum 193
49. The caraway 194
50. Lovage _ib._
51. Dittander 195
52. Gith _ib._
53. The poppy 196
54. Other plants which require to be sown at the autumnal equinox 197
55. Wild thyme; sisymbrium _ib._
56. Four kinds of ferulaceous plants. Hemp 198
57. The maladies of garden plants 199
58. The proper remedies for these maladies. How ants are best destroyed. The best remedies against caterpillars and flies 200
59. What plants are benefitted by salt water 201
60. The proper method of watering gardens _ib._
61. The juices and flavours of garden herbs 202
62. Piperitis, libanotis, and smyrnium 203
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