Book 1, Chapter 3

Ὅσα δὲ πλείους γεννᾶται τρόπους ἔχει καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς διαφοράν. τὰ γὰρ ἀπὸ παρασπάδος καὶ ῥίζης καὶ κλωνὸς οὐ πάντως δύναιντ᾽ ἂν καὶ ἀπὸ ξύλου καὶ ἀπὸ ἀκρεμόνος καθάπερ ἄμπελος καὶ συκῆ, τὰ δὲ πάλιν οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν βλαστῶν ὥσπερ καὶ ἡ ἐλάα. τὸ δὲ αἴτιον ἐν ἀμφοῖν ταὐτὸν καὶ παραπλήσιον. ἀμπέλου μὲν γὰρ καὶ συκῆς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων ξηρὰ καὶ ξυλώδη τὰ μέσα καὶ ἐνίων τραχέα, τὸ δὲ τραχὺ δυσβλαστές· τὰ δὲ ἄκρα καὶ ἁπαλὰ καὶ ἔνυγρα καθάπερ τὸ κλῆμα καὶ ἡ κράδη·