ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, VI. vi. 5-8 



scent of the saffron-crocus/ a plant which seems to 

 vary in this respect more than any other). Roses can 

 be grown from seed, which is to be found below the 

 flower in the ' apple/ and is like that of safflower 

 or pine-thistle, 2 but it has a sort of fluff, so that it 

 is not unlike the seeds which have a pappus. 3 As 

 however the plant comes slowly from seed, they 

 make cuttings of the stem, as has been said, and 

 plant them. If the bush is burnt or cut over, it bears 

 better flowers ; for, if left to itself, it grows luxuriantly 

 and makes too much wood. Also it has to be often 

 transplanted ; for then, they say, the roses are 

 improved. The wild kinds are rougher both in 

 stem and in leaf, and have also smaller flowers of a 

 duller colour. 



4 The black ion (violet) differs from the white" 

 ion (gilliflower) not only in other respects but in 

 the plant itself, in that in the former the leaves 

 are broad, lie close to the ground, and are fleshy, and 

 there is much root. 



5 Krina (lilies) shew the variation in colour which 

 has been already mentioned. 6 The plant has in 

 general a single stem, but occasionally divides 

 into two, which may be due to differences 7 in position 

 and climate. On each stem grows sometimes one 

 flower, but sometimes more ; (for it is the top of 

 the stem which produces the flower 8 ) but this 

 sort is less common. There is an ample root, which 

 is fleshy and round. If the fruit is taken off, it 



6 Plin. 21. 25. The account of herbaceous coronary plants 

 seems to begin here. cf. 6. 6. 10. 6 6. 6. 3. 



7 SiaQopus U ; Siatyopa W. after Sch. 



8 &\affTavet. But this word in T. has usually a more 

 general sense. ? ' for in that case the top of the stem 

 branches ' (lit. ' makes fresh growth '). 



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