# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.16.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.16.1

Ἐπεὶ δ᾽ ὅμοιον τῷ τοιούτῳ καὶ ὥσπερ δεύτερον ἡ βλαστολογία δεῖ καὶ ταύτην εὐθὺς ποιεῖσθαι καὶ βλαστολογεῖν ὅταν διαφαίνωσι τὸν καρπόν. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα εὐθὺς τὸ δεύτερον σκάπτειν ὅπως ὅ τε καρπὸς καὶ ὁ βλαστὸς νέος ὢν καὶ ἐν ὁρμῇ τοῦ βλαστάνειν ὡραίαν λάβῃ τὴν σκαπάνην, ἔπειτα πάλιν βλαστολογεῖν πρὸ τοῦ ἀνθεῖν. συμβαίνει γὰρ ἐν τούτῳ τὸ βοστρύχιον αὔξεσθαι διὰ τὸ μήπω συνεστᾶναι τὰς ῥάγας, ὅταν δὲ ἀπανθήσῃ τὸ μὲν συνέστηκεν αἱ δὲ συνίστανται καὶ αὔξονται.

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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/.