# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.13.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.13.1

Τὰς δὲ τομὰς πανταχοῦ τῶν φυτῶν βραχείας ὡς ἂν ῥιζωθῶσι καὶ αὐξηθῶσι· ἅμα δὲ ἡ γῆ αὐχμηρὰ καὶ τρέφειν ἀδύνατος τὰ πολλά. κατὰ δὲ τὴν ὀρεινὴν καὶ ψυχρὰν ἢ καὶ ὅλως ἔναυρον κατὰ τὸ ἔαρ τέμνειν εὐλαβοῦνται, τὸ γὰρ ψύχος ἀποξηραίνει. ὥραν δὲ τῆς τομῆς σχεδὸν τὴν αὐτὴν πᾶσιν ἀποδιδόασιν ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν τὴν βλάστησιν ὅπως τὸ φυτὸν πλῆρες ὂν τοῦ ὑγροῦ πρὸς τὴν ἀφαίρεσιν ὁρμήσῃ καὶ ὁ βλαστὸς ὅτι κάλλιστος γένηται·

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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.
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