# Enquiry into Plants 6.4-2

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, B, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/6.4-2

Μεταφυτεύουσι δὲ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι τοῦ ἦρος· οἱ δὲ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι περὶ τὸ ἄστρον, ὅτε καὶ ὅλως οἵ γε πολλοὶ φυτεύουσιν, ὡς καὶ παραγινομένου καὶ αὐξανομένου θᾶττον. νέου μὲν ὄντος οὐχ ἅπτονται, πλὴν ἀναδοῦσι τὴν κόμην, ὅπως ὀρθοφυῆ τ᾿ ᾖ καὶ αἱ ῥάβδοι μὴ ἀπαρτῶνται. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα περιτέμνουσιν, ὁπόταν ἁδρὸς ἤδη γένηται καὶ πάχος ἔχῃ. ἀπολείπουσι δὲ ὅσον σπιθαμὴν τῶν ῥάβδων. φέρει δὲ ἕως μὲν ἂν ᾖ νέος ἀπύρηνον τὸν καρπόν, μετὰ δὲ τοῦτο πυρηνώδη.

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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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