LEADER 02946oam 22004334 450 001 996214862703316 005 20230213224034.0 010 $a0-674-99088-9 035 $a(CKB)3820000000012033 035 $a(OCoLC)646847608 035 $a(MaCbHUP)hup0000571 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012033 100 $a20141025d1976 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDe Causis Plantarum /$fTheophrastus ; edited and translated by Benedict Einarson and George K.K. Link 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aLoeb Classical Library ; $v471, 474-475 327 $av. I. Books 1-2 -- v. II. Books 3-4 -- v. III. Books 5-6. 330 $aEnquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370-c. 285 BCE) are a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. In the latter Theophrastus turns to plant physiology.$bTheophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos, born about 370 BCE, is the author of the most important botanical works that have survived from classical antiquity. He was in turn student, collaborator, and successor of Aristotle. Like his predecessor he was interested in all aspects of human knowledge and experience, especially natural science. His writings on plants form a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological works. In the Enquiry into Plants Theophrastus classifies and describes varieties--covering trees, plants of particular regions, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and cereals; in the last of the nine books he focuses on plant juices and medicinal properties of herbs. The Loeb Classical Library edition is in two volumes; the second contains two additional treatises: On Odours and Weather Signs. In De Causis Plantarum Theophrastus turns to plant physiology. Books One and Two are concerned with generation, sprouting, flowering and fruiting, and the effects of climate. In Books Three and Four Theophrastus studies cultivation and agricultural methods. In Books Five and Six he discusses plant breeding; diseases and other causes of death; and distinctive flavours and odours. Theophrastus's celebrated Characters is of a quite different nature. This collection of descriptive sketches is the earliest known character-writing and a striking reflection of contemporary life. 606 $aBotany$vPre-Linnean works 606 $aBotany$3(OCoLC)836869$2fast 606 $aPlants$3(OCoLC)1065823$2fast 615 0$aBotany 615 7$aBotany 615 7$aPlants 700 $aTheophrastus$069807 702 $aEinarson$b Benedict$f1906-1978, 702 $aLink$b George K. K.$g(George Konrad Karl),$f1888- 801 0$bMaCbHUP 801 2$bTLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214862703316 996 $aDe causis plantarum$921308 997 $aUNISA