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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)

Note 784 — BOOK XXV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD PLANTS.

John Bostock translation

“Suum venenum ei est.” Gerard seems to have had a worse opinion of it than our author; for he states in his Herbal, p. 845, that he had experienced great misfortunes owing to his imprudence in having cultivated Cyclamen in his garden.

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