# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.2.8

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.2.8

καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πάντα κελεύουσι τοῦ μετοπώρου μᾶλλον φυτεύειν ὅσα δύναται βλαστάνειν· ἔνια γὰρ οὐ δύναται καθάπερ ἄπιος καὶ μηλέα καὶ ὅλως τὰ λεπτὰ καὶ ξυλώδη· καὶ γὰρ ξηρὰ φύσει καὶ διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν οὐχ ὑπομένει τοὺς χειμῶνας. ἔτι τὸ μὲν μετοπωρινὸν ἔγκυμον εἶναι καὶ ἐπίφορον τὸ δὲ ἐαρινὸν ἄρτι κυΐσκεσθαι· τὸ δὲ τίκτειν ἀμφοτέροις τὴν αὐτὴν ὥραν ὥστε συμβαίνειν τῷ μὲν ἄρτι κυϊσκομένῳ πολλὰ τυφλὰ τίκτειν τῶν βλαστημάτων τῷ δὲ πάλαι κύοντι καὶ ἐπιφόρῳ τὰ πλεῖστα τέλεα καὶ καλά. σχεδὸν γὰρ ταύτας καὶ τοιαύτας λέγουσι τὰς αἰτίας.

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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/.