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Palladius
quoted
on the Gallic harvester
Palma, palm
Partridges
Pastures
care of
vs. arable land
Pâté de foie gras, known and prized by Romans
Peacocks, discussion of
Perfumes among the Romans
Persius, cited
Petrarch
on Varro
on the loss of Varro's books
Philippus, L. Marcius
Pigeon houses
Pigeons
manure of
kinds and care of
Pigs, weanling, called "sacred"
Planting
field crops
olives
vines
time of
Plants
four methods of propagating
transplanting
cuttage
graftage
inarching
time for using different methods of propagation
mechanical action of
Plautus
Menaechmi of
quoted
Plautius
Pleasure as a main purpose of agriculture
Pliny
quoted
use of marl as manure noted by
on the Gallic harvester
cited
Pliny the Younger, study in garden of
Ploughing, importance of thorough
of rotten land
Plough land, as distinguished from corn land
Polecats
Pollio, Asinius, library at Rome founded by
Polybius, quoted
Pome fruits, storing
Pomegranates, preserving
Poultry, kinds, feeding, and care of
Poultry houses
Protection of nurseries and meadows
Prothero, quoted
Punning, Varro's use of
Pythagoras
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