Note 3191 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES. (continued 2)
John Bostock translation
From Theophrastus, Hist. Plant. B. iv. c. 16. Fée is at a loss to know what is meant by these viscous dews, and is unable to identify the disease here mentioned as “scabies.” It is not improbable that it was caused by an insect.