# Pliny — Essays character guide

> Pliny in Essays by Henry David Thoreau.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-natural-history-of-massachusetts

## Who they are

Roman naturalist; author of Natural History.

## In the story

### [The Scarlet Oak](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/the-scarlet-oak)

Mentioned in comparison of the Morea's form to a plane-tree leaf.

### [The History of the Apple-Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/the-history-of-the-apple-tree)

Quoted on the weight of apples and the distinction between wild and civilized trees.

### [The Wild Apple](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/the-wild-apple)

Referenced as Pliny, who classified apple trees as 'urbaniores'.

### [Night and Moonlight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/essays_2_se/chapters/night-and-moonlight)

Mentioned for his description of the Selenites stone, which increases and decreases with the moon.

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