The Trees, Shrubs, and Plants of Virgil

akin ancient Apennines appears applied Arcangeli August authorities Avena bees berries blossoms branches called clear cloth colour Columella comes common covers cultivated describes doubt early England English feet Flower followed former fruit garden gathered gave give grafted Greek green ground grow grown habit Hedera held Hyacinthus implies Italian name Italy July June kind known least leaves less lily March Martyn means mention native naturalized olive origin passage pear perhaps phrase places plant Pliny poets probably produced purple reason reed refers Roman roots rose says scent seeds seems seen sense shrub soil sometimes southern speaks species spring stand stem summer supposed tells Theocritus Theophrastus timber tree usually varieties viii vines Virgil Virgil's epithet wild winter wood yellow