THEOPHRASTUS 



12 'Ey Be rat? rwv a\\wv fyvreiais dvdrra\iv 

 rWevrai rd (frvrevrtjpia, KaOdrcep rwv K\riiJidrwv. 

 ol fjiev ovv ovOev Bia(f)epeiv (fracrlv rj/ciara Be em 

 rwv dfirreXwv evioi be poav BacrvveffOai teal 

 crKid^eu' //.aXXoy rov Kapirov GTL Be TITJOV UTTO- 

 (Bd\\eiv Tou? KVTLVOVS. (TV^alv&iv Se rovro (fracri 

 KOI fcVt rrjs GVKT)<;' ov <yap dTro(Sd\\eiv dvdTTa\iv 

 , ert S 1 evfiarcdTepav ^IveaQai' OVK 

 Se ov& edv 



TO aicpov. 



At jj,ev ovv (j)VTLai, KCU yeve&eis ov 



cr^eBov co? TVTTW TrepiXaftelv eipqvrat. 



VII. Ilept Be TT)? epyacrias Kal TT}? 

 ra /jLev eVrt KOiva ra Be iBia KaO* ercacrTov. KOIVCL 

 fjiev r) re (TKaTrdvTj Kal rj vBpeia Kal 77 KOTrpcD&is, 

 en Be r) BiaKaOapGis Kal dfyaipeais rcov avcov. 

 Bia<j)pov(Ti Be TO) /jba\\ov Kal T)TTOV. ra fiev 

 <f)i\vBpa Kal (friXoKOTrpa rd S' ov% o/ioto)?, olov t] 

 Kvrrdpirros, rjrrep ov <^i\oKorrpov ovBe <f>i\uBpov, 

 d\\d Kal drrb\\V(r6ai (pacrtv edv ye veav ovaav 

 e(pvBpeva)O'i TroXXw. poa Be Kal a/tTreXo? (pi\vBpa. 

 avKrj Be ev^Kaarorepa /xev vBpevo/jLevrj rov Be 

 Kaprcov i&xei, xeipto rr\rjv TT}? AaKcoviKijs' avrrj Be 



1 avd-naXiv conj. Sch.; ravdva\tv Aid. cf. C.P. 2. 9. 4; 

 Qeop. 10. 45; Plin. 17. 84. 2 olv ins. H. 



3 Saffvftffdat : see LS. reff. *.v. 5ars. 



4 cf. C. P. 2. 9. 3. 



6 evBarurepav (i.e. 'more manageable'). The reference is 

 to a method of keeping the tree dwarf (Bod.). Plin. I.e. has 



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