Contents of the sixth part: trees and greenery
Table of chapters on the branching, leaves and growth of plants
This page opens the table of contents to the sixth part of the treatise, headed "Of trees and greenery." Its chapter headings, each keyed to a numbered leaf, cover the qualities of flowers in herbs, the branching of trees and plants, the birth of leaves upon the branches, and the growth of trees. It is a clean scribal index in Melzi's compilation.
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Branching of trees and plants and the birth of leaves
The sixth part opens with chapters on how trees and herbs branch: the qualities of flowers in the branchings of herbs, the lesser branchings, the proportion among the branchings, and the birth of leaves upon their branches. Each heading is keyed to a numbered leaf of the treatise.
Growth, grain, nourishment and bark of trees
Later entries treat why timbers are often not straight in their grain, the yearly regrowth from cut branches, and the proportion of branches to their nourishment. Others address the direction in which trees grow most, their bark, and their northern side.