Majois's Palais de Scaure quoted,
296.

Malleolus, what, 151.
Mandragora, 274.

Manure, of less importance in early
times, 23. kinds distinguished by
Varro, 37; by Columella, 133.
whether they act as stimuli, 80.
value according to Cato, 21.
Maritari, meaning of the word as
applied to vines, 163.
Marling, 134.
Marra, 105.

Martial, quoted with respect to Ro-
man gardens, 214. as to eating
mutton, 174. respecting gardens
in windows, 213. respecting Ro-
man conservatories, 291, 293. on
the country-house of his friend
Faustinus, 218. on an inhospita-
ble though ostentatious friend,
291. on the forcing of roses, 293.
Martyn on the Virgilian plough, 102.
Meadow-land, its kinds, 135.
Mediastinus, 73-

Medica, 115.

Medicago arborea, shewn to be the
cytisus, 170.

Medicinal plants, list of, 287.
Megaris bulbi, 277.

Melanthium, 233.

Meleagrides, what, 189.
Melisphyllum, 284.

Melons, whether known to the Ro-

mans, 262. water, not known, 264.
Melopepo, mentioned by Pliny, 262.
Mentha, 276.

Mercenarii, 59.

Mergites, 138.

Metæ, hayricks, 137.

Metayer system of farming alluded
to; Sismondi's remarks upon it;
Arthur Young's ditto, 63.
Milesia vellera, alluded to, 184.
Milium, 109.

Millet seed may retain its vitality
for 100 years according to Varro,
37.
Mimulus, what plant meant, 137.
Misletoe of the Druids, the Loran-
thus, 284.

Momordica elaterium, 261.
Morum, 265.

Musa, the physician, said to have
cured Augustus by means of let-
tuce, 255.
Myrica, 276.

N.

Napus, 118.

Narcissus, 234.

Nero, his taste in gardening better
than that of his age, 218.
Nessotrophium, 189.
Nicander quoted, with reference to
the plants used as garlands, 248.
with reference to the Hyacinth,
237.

Novalis, as applied to land, 125.
Nubilarium, 139.

0.

Oborator, God thus named, 123.
Occatio, 130.

Ocinum of Cato, 137.

Ocymum of Columella, 137, 277-
Odart, Count, his Ampelographie
quoted, 146.

Olive, its culture, 165. not requir-

ing much care, 166. localities
favourable to it, 166. different
kinds, 259.

Olus pullum, or atrum, 255.
Olyra, 108.

Operations of Husbandry, 119 to

139.

Orchades, a kind of olive, 259.

Ornamental plants, list of, 285.

Ornithones, two kinds, 187.

Plautus on the contents of the Ro-
man markets, 174.

Pliny the Elder, on the reproduction
of bees, 207. respecting the me-
lopepo, 262. his opinion as to the
cause of the decline of Agricul-
ture, 60, 299. list of flowers used
as chaplets, 247. on the term
prevaricare, 122. on grafting one
tree upon another, 157. on honey-
dew, 194. on the domestic eco-
nomy of bees, 201.

Pliny the Younger, his villa, 47. his
sentiments as to slave labour, 60.
his garden, 215.

Plough derived from the hoe, 96.
of Hesiod, 98. of Virgil, 100.
wheeled, mentioned by Pliny, 102.
Ploughing, 119.

Plutarch quoted with respect to me-
lons, 263. with reference to gar-
dens, 225. censures Cato's con-
duct towards his slaves, 12.
Polenta, a preparation of barley,
113.
Politor, 63.

Pompeii, mimic garden in, 213.
Pope quoted with respect to land-
scape gardening, 220.
Porcæ applied to land, 123.
Porrum, 250.

Pot-herbs mentioned by Columella,
249. list of, 285.

Poultry, feeding and fattening, di-
rections for, 187, 188.

Prasia, plots, origin of the name,

224.

Prevaricare, origin of the term, 122.
Procurator, his province, 57.
Prunus, its several kinds, 258.
Pulla terra, what, 83.

Punica, 259.

Putre solum, what, 84.

R.

Ranunculus, probably some species
of, was the Herba Sardoa, 283.

Sea-birds, dung of, not valued, 37-
Seamna, 122.

Semen adoreum, 107.

Seneca, quoted on the produce of
his vineyard, 148. on the use of
specularia in forcing-houses, 290.
with respect to Roman gardens,

214.

Serpyllum, 285.
Secale, 108.
Sesamum, 108.

Sheep, their different sorts, 180.
their fleeces, 183. their migra-
tions, 184. their cheeses, 181.
little used for food, 180.
Sibthorp, Dr., his two journies in

Greece, 2. presented with a copy
of the plates of V. MS. of Diosco-
rides, 232. quoted, respecting the
Cytisus, 170. the Cerinthe, 267.
Sicilire prata, what, 140.
Siebold, quoted respecting the re-
production of bees, 208.

Siligo, 111.

Sinapis, 255.
Siser, 256.

Sismondi, his Tuscan villa, 53. on

the metayer system, 63.

Slaves, their treatment in ancient
Rome, 59. in modern times, 68.
Cicero's remarks concerning
them, 69, 72.
Juvenal's, 70.

value of their labour, 79. cost of
maintenance, 76. amount of re-
turn from it, 77.

Snails, preserves for, according to
Varro, 38.

Soil, whether it has become effete,

79. its different kinds according
to Varro, 32. according to Schü-
bler, 34. fragrance of it newly
turned-up, according to Pliny, 90.
classification of, according to Co-
lumella, 81.

Sophocles, quoted respecting the
olive, 168.
Sorbus, 265.

Sowing, 130.

Spartium villosum, 242.

Specularia, 291.
Sphæristerium, 51.

U.

Ulpica, 250.

Valeriana celtica, supposed to be
the saliunca, 246.

Varro, his life, 27. his work De
Linguâ Romanâ, 28. De Re
Rustica, ib. his classification of
the science of agriculture, 29. his
fondness for etymologies, 39.
Vegetius, his treatise alluded to, 3.
Verbena, 246.

Vervactum, what; Vervactor, god
presiding over the vervactum,
123.
Vicia, 116.

Villa, according to Varro, 36. Ho-
ratian, ib. Pliny's Laurentine de-
scribed, 47. according to Colu-
mella, 46, 51. Sismondi's, 53.
urbana, 54. rustica, 55. fruc-
tuaria, 58.

Villicus, his duties, 66.
Vindemiator, why insolent and
stubborn, 74.

Vines, culture, 142. situation fitted
for, 143. varieties of, 145. their
produce in ancient times, 148.
preparing the ground for, 152.
grafting, 153. pruning, 163. sup-
porting on trellis, ib.
labour required, 164.
Viola, 239.

constant

Virgil alludes to manure, 24. his
description of the clearing of a
forest, 80. Georgics of, its merits
as a didactic poem, Mr. Glad-
stone's remarks on, 4. description
of the Mantuan plough, 100.
his opinion as to grafting, 157.
quoted, as to the fable respecting
the impregnation of brood mares,
180. as to the qualities of a good
bullock, 177. as to the qualities of
a good steed, 177. with reference