# Enquiry into Plants 7.1-6

Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants, ΘΕΟΦΡΑΣΤΟΥ ΠΕΡΙ ΦΥΤΩΝ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/enquiry-into-plants/7.1-6

VII. Τὰ δὲ ἕτερα πάντα μὲν ἀνθεῖ καὶ σπερμοφορεῖ, δοκεῖ δὲ οὐ πάντα διὰ τὸ μὴ φανερὸν εἶναί τινων τὸν καρπόν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ ἄνθος ἐνίων ἀμαυρόν· ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι βραδέως καὶ χαλεπωτέρως παραγίνεται, τῇ φυτείᾳ χρῶνται μᾶλλον, ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη καὶ κατ᾿ ἀρχάς.

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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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