# Enquiry into Plants 4.10-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, Η, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/4.10-2

ἅπαντα γὰρ πηγνύμένα καὶ βελτίω καὶ θᾶττον παραγίνεται. πάντα δὲ φυτεύεται μετ᾿ Ἀρκτοῦρον ἔτι θερμῆς οὔσης τῆς γῆς, ὅπως τὰ ὕδατα πεφυτευμένα καταλαμβάνῃ. καὶ ὅλα δὲ φυτεύεται καὶ διατεμνόμενα παρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν. οὐχ ὅμοιαι δὲ αἱ ἐκβλαστήσεις, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ μὲν τοῦ κάτω γίνεται κρόμυον, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἄνω χλόη μόνον· ὀρθὸν δὲ διατμηθὲν ὅλως ἀβλαστές ἐστι. τὸ δὲ γήτειον καλούμενον ἀκέφαλόν τι καὶ ὥσπερ αὐχένα μακρὸν ἔχον, ὅθεν καὶ ἡ βλάστησις ἄκρα· καὶ ἐπικείρεται πολλάκις, ὥσπερ τὸ πράσον, δι᾿ ὃ καὶ σπείρουσιν αὐτὸ καὶ οὐ φυτεύουσι. τὰ μὲν οὖν κρόμυα σχεδὸν ταύτας ἔχει τὰς ἰδέας.

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Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ed. Arthur Hort. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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