# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.11.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.11.5

περὶ δὲ τῶν σπερμάτων ἐπείπερ ἰσχυρότατα δεῖ διὰ τοῦτό τινες κελεύουσιν ὡς ἐκ ψυχροτάτης χώρας λαμβάνειν· πυκνότατα γὰρ ὄντα μᾶλλον ἀντέχειν ὥστε καὶ ἐν ταῖς λεπταῖς ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐπομβρίαις μὴ ἐκσήπεσθαι. διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ τὰ μοσχεύματα δεῖν ἐς τὰς ἐπομβρίους μᾶλλον ἐμβάλλειν ἢ τὰ φυτεύματα πάντων τῶν δένδρων ὅτι τὰς ῥίζας τὰς καθιεμένας τῶν φυτευμάτων ἀσθενεῖς οὔσας ἐκσήπει τὰ δὲ τῶν μεμοσχευμένων ἰσχυρότερα καὶ εὐθὺς ἀντιλαμβάνεται.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.