[1522]. Geop. iv. 8.
[1523]. Geop. iv. 7.
[1524]. Geop. iv. 14.
[1525]. It has been remarked also by ancient naturalists that a fig-tree planted in a sea-onion, grows quicker and is more free from vermin. Theoph. Hist. Plant. i. 5. 5.
[1526]. Colum. v. 11.
—Adultâ vitium propagine
Altas maritat populos,
Inutilesque falce ramos amputans
Feliciores inserit.
Horat. Epod. ii. 9, seq.