THEOPHRASTUS 



dve/3\daTr)ae' TO, 6' olov drrerreo'ev. ijfciara B' 

 t'cr<w<? TO, ToiavTa drorra Bia rd fyavepas ey^eiv ra? 

 am'a?j d\\a ^a\\ov TO pi] K TWV olfceiwv TOTTWV 



Tot/? Kapjrovs rj fjiif oliceiovs' /cal 

 el TT}? 6'X?;? </)ucrea)? yiferat, yu,6Ta/3oX?;, 



irepl /j,ev ovv ra BevBpa TOtavrai 





IV. Twi Be a\\wv TO re aiav^^iov et? 

 &OKi /ATa/3dX\eiv, eav f^rj KaTe^Ta 



i o KCU, peTatfivTevovcri, 7ro\\.dKis, KCLI 

 6 TTf/oo? et? alpav. TCLVTO, /JLCV ovv ev rot? SevSpois 

 eirrep ^LveTat,. ra 3' eV rot9 67TTtot? 



Trapa<JKvr)S' olov rj Ti<j)i] Kal rj 

 (3d\\ovGiv et? rrvpbv eav TTTiaOelaai 

 Kal TOUT' OUA: ev&vs d\\a Tto TpiTu> 

 Be TrapaTr\r)o-iov TOVTO ye TW TO, aTrep/naTa 



eicdo~Tr)V -^aypav Kal a^eBbv ev TU> tcrro 

 Kal TI Ti>(f)r]. }JLeTaf3d\\ovcri Se Kal ol 

 aypioi Trvpol Kal al KpiOal BepaTrevo/JLevai 

 %r)ij,epov/Aevai KaTa TOV LVOV %povov. 



Kat TavTa f^ev eoiKe %co/oa? TC /j.Ta{3o\f) 

 Oeparreia yiveaOai' Kal evia dp,(f)OTepois, TO, Be TJJ 

 OepaTreia JJLOVOV olov TTyoo? TO TO, ocrTrpia 



/3pe^avTa Ke\evovaiv ev 



1 oiKflovs' Kal I conj. ; oiKfiovrai UM V; o(/fws Ald.H. ; eoixoras 

 conj. W. 2 ci ins. Sch. 3 2. 3. 1. 



4 c/. 6. 7. 2; Plin. 19. 176. 

 8 i.e. to prevent the change which cultivated soil induces. 



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