Book VI

Of Under-Shrubs

Of the classification of under-shrubs: the wild kinds: the chief distinction that between spinous and spineless

Of spineless under-shrubs and their differences

Of certain specially important spineless under-shrubs— silphium and magydaris—belonging to ferula-like plants

Of spinous under-shrubs and their differences

Of cultivated under-shrubs (coronary plants), with which are included those coronary plants which are herbaceous

Of the seasons at which coronary plants flower, and of the length of their life

Book VII

Of Herbaceous Plants, Other Than Coronary Plants: Pot-Herbs And Similar Wild Herbs

Of the times of sowing and of germination of pot-herbs

Of the propagation of pot-herbs, and of differences in their roots

Of the flowers and fruits of pot-herbs

Of the various forms of some pot-herbs

Of the cultivation of pot-herbs; manure and water

Of the pests which infest pot-herbs

Of the time for which seed of pot-herbs can be kept

Of uncultivated herbs: the wild forms of pot-herbs

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• Enquiry into Plants, I, Books 1-5
• De Causis Plantarum, I, Books 1-2
• De Causis Plantarum, II, Books 3-4
• De Causis Plantarum, III, Books 5-6
• Characters. Herodas: Mimes. Sophron and Other Mime Fragments

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• Enquiry into Plants, I, Books 1-5