[297] In c. 54 and 60, and elsewhere. See B. xvii. c. 35.
[298] Probably, fitches.
[299] Fée suggests that this may be the Avena sterilis, or else the Avena fatua of Linnæus.
[300] De Re Rust. B. i. c. 31.
[301] “Medica,” in Latin, a kind of clover, the Medicago sativa of Linnæus.
[302] Fée is inclined to doubt this.
[303] Pliny exaggerates here: Columella, B. ii. c. 11, says, only “ten:” a field, however, sown with it will last, with a fresh sowing, as long as twenty years.
[304] See B. xiii. c. 47.
[305] Columella, B. ii. c. 11, says April.
[306] By the aid of careful watering, as many as eight to fourteen cuttings are obtained in the year, in Italy and Spain. In the north of Europe there is but one crop.