# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 3.7.3

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 3, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/3.7.3

Ἅπαν δὲ φυτὸν ὅταν ἐκβλάστῃ τὸ πρῶτον ἐᾷν ῥιζωθῆναι μηδὲν κινοῦντα τῶν ἄνω καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀμπέλων ποιοῦσιν ἀφιέντες τὰς ῥάχους, εἶθ' ὅταν ἰσχύωσιν τότε περιαιρεῖν τὰ ἄνω καταλιπόντα τὰ κάλλιστα καὶ τὰ ἐπιτηδειότατα πεφυκότα. [Κατὰ γὰρ τὰ δένδρα τοῦτ' ἀναγκαῖον, οὐδ' ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀφαιρεῖν ἐνδέχεται πάντα καὶ τέμνειν ἰσόγεων·] ἀρριζώτου γὰρ ὄντος ἐὰν περιαιρῇ καὶ κινῇ τις ἀσθενὲς ὂν κινδυνεύσει μᾶλλον, ἐὰν δ' ἐρριζωμένου καὶ ἰσχύοντος αὐτό τε ἀπαθὲς ἔσται καὶ τὴν τροφὴν ἀποδώσει πλείονα τοῖς καταλοίποις.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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