BOOK V. X. 6-8 



tall, free from excrescences and with sound bark. 

 Such plants will take root well and quickly. If you 

 take branches from trees, choose them from those 

 which bear good and abundant fruit every year, 

 taking them from the " shoulders " which face the 

 rising sun. If you have set a plant with its root you 

 will perceive that the growth will be quicker than in 

 the other plants. A tree which is ingrafted is more 

 fruitful than one which is not, that is, than one 

 which is planted in the form of a branch or of a small 

 plant. But, before you transplant small trees, note 

 what winds they had formerly faced, and afterwards 

 get to work and transfer them from a sloping, dry 

 position to moist soil. Preferably plant a tree which 

 has three prongs, and let it project at least three 

 feet from the ground. If you wish to put two or three 

 small trees in the same trench, take care that they do 

 not touch one another, since then they will be killed 

 by worms. When you set plants, lower right into 

 the bottom of the trench, on the right and on the left 

 hand side, bundles of twigs of the thickness of the 

 arm in such a way that they project a little above the 

 soil, so that in summer you may with little trouble 



1* voles c : volens SAa. 



I'' constituere SAac. 



** puter SAac. 



1' constringat SAac. 



*° nam ita vermibus interibunt scripsi ex libra de Arboribvs 

 20, 2 : aut verbi ut interibunt 8 : aut verbi aut interibunt 

 Aac. 



^^ cum semina depones ex libra de Arboribus I.e. Schneider : 

 depone Aac : depones iS. 



22 usque ac : us SA. 



23 fasciculas SA. 



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