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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 2813 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.

John Bostock translation

Or north north-east, as Fée says. He adds that this aspect in reality is not favourable to vegetation. Pliny commits the error of copying exactly from Theophrastus, and thereby giving advice to Roman agriculturists, which was properly suited to the climate of Greece only.

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