ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS, III. ii. 2-5 



vated — the latter class corresponding to those animals 

 which live with man and can be tamed. ^ 



But perhaps it does not matter which way this 

 should be put. Any tree which runs wild deteriorates 

 in its fruits, and itself becomes dwarfed in leaves 

 branches bark and appearance generally ; for under 

 cultivation these parts, as well as the whole 

 growth of the tree, become closer, more compact - 

 and harder ; which indicates that the difference 

 between cultivated and wild is chiefly shown in these 

 respects. And so those trees which show these 

 characteristics under cultivation they say are really 

 wild, for instance fir cypress, or at least the ' male ' 

 kind, hazel and chestnut. 



Moreover these wild forms are distinguished by 

 having greater liking for cold and for hilly country : 

 for that too is regarded as a means of recognising 

 wild trees and wild plants generally, whether it is so 

 regarded in itself or as being only incidentally a 

 distinguishing mark. 



So the definition of wild kinds, whether it should 

 be thus made or otherwise, perhaps makes no 

 difference for our present purjjose. But it is certainly 

 true, speaking ^ broadly and generally, that the wild 

 trees are more to be found in hilly country, and that 

 the greater part of them flourish more in such regions, 

 with the exception of those which love water or grow 

 by river sides or in woods ; these and such-like trees 

 are rather trees of the plain. However on great 

 mountams, such as Parnassus Cyllene the Pierian and 

 the Mysian Olympus, and such regions anywhere 



2 ov\6repa conj. W. from G, spUsiora ; opOSripa MSS. cf. 

 C.P. 6. 11. 8. 

 ' 5s 7« conj. Sch. ; 5<rT« UM ; is iv Ald.H. 



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