LEADER 02901oam 22004094 450 001 996214862903316 005 20230213224047.0 010 $a0-674-99077-3 035 $a(CKB)3820000000012032 035 $a(OCoLC)903198825 035 $a(MaCbHUP)hup0000170 035 $a(EXLCZ)993820000000012032 100 $a20141025d1916 my 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEnquiry into plants /$fTheophrastus ; with an English translation by Arthur F. Hort 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cHarvard University Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aLoeb Classical Library ; $v70, 79 300 $aIncludes indexes. 327 $av. I. Books 1-5 -- v. II. Books 6-9. On odours. Weather signs. 330 $aEnquiry into Plants and De Causis Plantarum by Theophrastus (c. 370-c. 285 BCE) are a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological work and the most important botanical work of antiquity now extant. In the former Theophrastus classifies and describes. His On Odours and Weather Signs are minor treatises.$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 $aBotany$xPre-Linnean works 606 $aBotany$3(OCoLC)836869$2fast 615 0$aBotany$xPre-Linnean works. 615 7$aBotany 700 $aTheophrastus$069807 702 $aHort$b Arthur$cSir,$f1864-1935, 801 0$bMaCbHUP 801 2$bTLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996214862903316 996 $aEnquiry into plants$91046632 997 $aUNISA