THEOPHRASTUS 



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1 cf. C.P. 4. 12. 1. 2 c/. C. P. 4. 8. 3. 



3 Plin. 18. 120; Varro 1. 23. 3 ; Col. 2. 10. 7. 



4 8. 7. 2. 



6 i.e. dig in the bean-plants if the soil is poor, before the 

 pods are formed enough to make it worth while to gather 

 the beans. So Varro I.e. 6 Cited by Galen, 



198 



