THEOPHRASTUS 



10 To Be rrjv avrrjv Bicfrope'iy, ev wrrep ye arraj~ al 

 a\\ai, ffvvopov ovaav /cal jjiiav OavfJiao-itorarov 

 avrr) /j,ev ovv ev fjieylarrj Bia<f)opa. 



Ta Be Kara rds aXXa? %a>pas ov 7ro\\rjv 97 

 ovBe/jiiav a>9 eljTetv TOV ye. %povov \afA/3dvi 

 Sida-rao-iv TT pore pel yap rat? wpai? ra *K6r)- 

 vrja't TWV irepl t Ei\\rf(T'7rovTOV rj/jiepais Tpid/covTa 

 fjLa\i(7Ta TI ov TroXXw 7T\eio(nv el pev ovv real 

 o (TTroprjTos Trporepov, ^eTaOea-^ av elr) rfjs wpas- 

 el &' ayua, 8fj\ov on, 7r\ei(i)v av o %p6vo<;. 



11 Ov /jbifcpdv Be iToiovo'L Bia<f)opdv ovBe ol TOTTOL, 

 KdiTrep evioi avveyyvs oWe?* rd yap ev SaXayiuw 

 irpoTepel TTO\V TWV d\\a)V TMV ev Trj A.TTiKrj KOI 



ra e7ri0a\aTTia KOI et? ravra real et9 TOU9 

 /capTTOvs, to? fa irepl Trjv 'A/crrjv Ka\ov- 

 jj,evrjv 7^9 HeKoTTovvijaov teal ra ev <&a\vK(p 

 T?)9 MeyapiBos' 7r\r}v evravOd ye (rv/j,{3d\\eTai 

 KOL rb \7rr6yea)V elvai /cal tyafftapav Trjv 

 Kal rd /j,ev jrepl rrjv yeveo~iv /cal rrjv 



III. kiafyepei Be Ka6' o\a ra 76^7; rd 

 fjbeva Tcov yevwv, olov crtro9 %eBpO7rd rd Oepivd, 

 /cal KaO^ e/caarov yevos rd opoyevr). rd fjiev ydp 

 TO (f>v\\ov e%ei Ka\dfJLOV, rwv Be %eBpo- 



1 i.e. and so in part account for the difference. ef?j rf)s 

 &pas conj. Sell.; fj TTJS xpos MP ; e^rj TTJS x^pas Ald.H. 



2 i.e. we cannot say how far the difference is due to climate 

 without knowing whether the seed-time at either place is 

 the same. 



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