The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius volume 2
The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius volume 2
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IT has been popularly written and believed, that the leaves of olive-trees undergo a change on the firft day of the winter or fummer folilice ; and that part of them which wats beneath and out of fight became uppermoft, vifible to the eye, and expofed to the fun ; which I myfelf; more than once, being defirous to obferve/ have feen actually take place.
1 Change of leaves. ~\ Aflertions made in this unequivocal form muft certainly have been the refult of fome obfervation, " however erroneous. Of... the fcience of botany the ancients with- out doubt kne\va great deal more than we are inclined to al- low ; but this remark of Gellius, with refpect to the olive, is unqueftionably a miftake. Some leaves, as for inftance thofe of the afpin and the poplar, which are fubject to a conftant and tremulous motion, might, from being in a greater degree af- feled by the equinoctial winds, deceive the eye ; and there are alfo other leaves, as thofe of the hyacinth, campanula, &c. ' which can perform their functions in any fituation.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
IT has been popularly written and believed, that the leaves of olive-trees undergo a change on the firft day of the winter or fummer folilice ; and that part of them which wats beneath and out of fight became uppermoft, vifible to the eye, and expofed to the fun ; which I myfelf; more than once, being defirous to obferve/ have feen actually take place.
1 Change of leaves. ~\ Aflertions made in this unequivocal form muft certainly have been the refult of fome obfervation, " however erroneous. Of... the fcience of botany the ancients with- out doubt kne\va great deal more than we are inclined to al- low ; but this remark of Gellius, with refpect to the olive, is unqueftionably a miftake. Some leaves, as for inftance thofe of the afpin and the poplar, which are fubject to a conftant and tremulous motion, might, from being in a greater degree af- feled by the equinoctial winds, deceive the eye ; and there are alfo other leaves, as thofe of the hyacinth, campanula, &c. ' which can perform their functions in any fituation.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Aulus Gellius to read onlineMoreLess
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