[1155] Probably the artichoke, the Cinara scolymus of Linnæus. See further on this subject, B. xx. c. [99].
[1156] About £24 sterling. “Sestertia” has been suggested, which would make the sum a thousand times as much.
[1157] The ass, of course, excepted, which is fond of thistles.
[1158] Seventh of March.
[1159] Thirteenth of November.
[1160] “Si Dîs placet.”
[1161] Oxymel.
[1162] This is evidently said contemptuously.
[1163] See further as to the identity of this plant, B. xx. c. [48].
[1164] Twenty-second of April.