LECTURES

ON

ROMAN HUSBANDRY.

ON

ROMAN HUSBANDRY,

DELIVERED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD;

COMPREHENDING SUCH AN

ACCOUNT OF THE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE,

THE

TREATMENT OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS,

THE

HORTICULTURE &c., PURSUED IN ANCIENT TIMES,

As may be collected from

THE SCRIPTORES REI RUSTICE,

THE GEORGICS OF VIRGIL, AND OTHER CLASSICAL AUTHORITIES,
WITH NOTICES OF THE PLANTS MENTIONED IN COLUMELLA AND VIRGIL;

BY

CHARLES DAUBENY, M.D., F.R.S., M.R.I.A., &c.

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY, AND RURAL ECONOMY,

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

OXFORD:

PRINTED BY JAMES WRIGHT, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY.

SOLD BY J. H. & JAS. PARKER, OXFORD,
AND 377, STRAND;

AND BY

HENRY BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

M.DCCC.LVII.

1857