Note 2947 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
John Bostock translation
B. xix. c. 48, and B. xx. c. 11. As Fée remarks, this is a fabulous assertion, which may still be based upon truth; as in gum-resin, for instance, we find occasionally the seeds of the parent tree accidentally enclosed in the tear-like drops.