Note 600 — BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
This was a common notion with the Romans. Virgil, Georg. B. iii. l. 415, says:—
“Galbaneoque agitare graves nidore chelydros.”
Though considered to produce a pleasant perfume by the ancients, it is no longer held in estimation for that quality, and is only employed in some slight degree for medical purposes.