Note 2821 — BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
John Bostock translation
He alludes to the words of Virgil, Georg. i. 100:—
“Humida solstitia, atque hiemes orate serenas, Agricolæ; hiberno lætissima pulvere farra.”
Fée remarks, that the cultivators of the modern times are more of the opinion of the poet than the naturalist.