■■  lis.)


AORICULTUttA.
ba  the  3pl^  doKtibed  by  Oolen  (Z>e  Al^mL
Fnen/f.  i.  2)  aa  cnltiTBted  in  Thrwa  and  Macedonia
(but  thia,  in  all  pnhoUlity,  waa  a  coane  Tarie^  of
ipdt),  nor  by  (Ma,  Varre,  Columella,  nor  Pula-
diua.  Pliny  alone  (H.  N,  zriiL  40)  apeaka  of  il,
and  in  the  following  tenna: — "  Secale  Taorini  aub
Alplbna  ^liaH  rocant,  detnrimum,  et  tantnm  ad
erecndam  famem :  fbecnnda  aed  giaciU  Itipula,
nigritia  triate,  aed  pondere  piaedpiinm.  Admia-
celur  huic  br  ut  mitiget  amaiitadinem  ejna  i  «t
tamcn  aic  quoque  ingruiniinnm  tentii  eat,     Naa-


aomqne  pro  laetamioe  eat."  )n  the  prerioua
chapter  he  makei  it  identical  with  farrago^  that
ij,  com  aown  for  the  puipoae  of  being  cut  graoD  aa
ibdder.    See  ranaAa  upon  i'iim^  below.
Avtma,  the  oat  (^pjfiot  a.  fif&^iu,  Theophr.
/r.  P.TiiL4;  IKoacorid.iL  16),  theJ«Haa<i'(»
of  botaniita,  need  acarcely  be  noticed  in  thia  placv
lines  it  cannot  be  taiaed  ai  a  giwn  with  any  ad-
Tanlage  in  a  climate  lo  wami  ea  that  of  Oreetn  or
afltaly.    Columella  (iL  10.  g9)  andPliny  (a.  JV.
•hould  be  aown  fir  grean  fliddar,  and  the  latto'
remaika  that  it  became  a  lort  of  com  (Jrmimtift
water)  in  Qeimany,  where  it  formed  a  regular
croh  and  where  oatmeal  ponidge  waa  a  national
diah  (iH}a«  ottt  fuU*  nimU,  H.  N.  irilL  41.
S  I.  oimp.  It.  27,  tL  85).  In  another  poaaaga
(J{.  N.  xxiL  66)  the  nme  author  preaoibs  oat-
meal (oDeMKH  Jarina)  iteeped  in  Tiu^ar  ai  a
remedy  for  ipola  on  the  akin.  The  Avmtt  con-
damned  aa  B  tnmblevnne  Weed  by  Cato  (A.  R.
