Note 2532 — BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
John Bostock translation
Fée remarks, that Pliny does not seem to know that the catkin is an assemblage of flowers, and that without it the tree would be totally barren.
John Bostock translation
Fée remarks, that Pliny does not seem to know that the catkin is an assemblage of flowers, and that without it the tree would be totally barren.