THEOPHRASTUS 



'H Se yjrcopa fMoXicrra jLverat orav vScop eVt 

 YlXeidSt yivtjrai /nrj iroXv' iav Se ttoXv, dno- 

 xXv^erat' avfx^aivei he Tore koi rd ipivd dirop- 

 peiv KOL Toy? o\vv9ov<i. roov Be ctkooXtjkcov tmv 

 iv Tat<{ crvKal<i ol fiev e^ avrrj<i yivovrat ol he 

 evTiKTovrai viro rod KoXovfievov Kepacnov 7rdvTe<; 

 he el<i KepdaT7]v dTroKadlaravrar ^Oeyyovrai he 

 olov TpLj/xov. vocrel he avKi) /cat edv eirofx^pLa 

 ryevrirat' rd re yap tt/jo? rrjv pl^av Kul avrr] rj 

 pl^a oiairep fxaha- tovto he KaXovat Xoirdv. 

 rj S'. dfj,7reXo<i Tpaya- rovro he /xdXiara avTr)<i 

 icrrt TT/Jo? rrS darpo^oXelcrdai, t) orav vrro 

 rrvev/uidrwv ^XaaroKOTrrjdfj rj orav rfj ipyaaia 

 av/xirddr] rj rpirov vTrrla r/jit]Of}. 



'Pvd<i he yiverai, o KaXovcrt rive<i -^LveGOai, 

 orav i7Tivi(f)6fj Kara rr)v aTrdvOrjatv rj orav 

 Kpeirrcodfj' rb he 7rd$o^ earlv cocrre diroppelv rd<; 

 pdya^ Kal rd<i emiievova-a'i elvat fiCKpd<;. evia he 

 Kal piywaavra voael, Kaddirep rj dp.7reXo<;' djx- 

 pkovvrat yap ol 6(}idaX/xol rrj<; irpcororofiov Kal 

 rrdXiv virepOepixavdevra' ^rjrel yap Kal rovrcov rrjV 

 avfifierpLav coarrep Kal t?}? rpo<p7]<i. 6X(jo<i he irdv 

 TO Trapd (^vcnv irriKivhwov. 



1 cf.aP. 5. 9. 10 ; Col. 5. 9. 15. 



2 c/. 5. 4. 5 ; G. P. 5. 10. 5 ; Plin. 17. 221. 



^ avTT] ri (ilCa 1 conj. ; outi> tV ^'Ca" U ; om. Aid. 



^ cf. C.F. 5. 9. 12 ; Plin. 17. 22"). 



^ i.e. shedding of the 'bark' of the roots, \oirav conj. 

 Sch., cf. G.P. 5. 9. 9 ; KoiriSa Ald.H., cf. 4. 14. 3; but the 

 word here points to a different disease. 



^ virria ToiJ.ii seems to be a technical term for pruning in 

 such a way that the growth of the new wood is encouraged 



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