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THEOPHRASTUS ENQUIRY INTO PLANTS BOOKS

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Translated by

ARTHUR HORT

THEOPHRASTUS

of Eresus

Lesbos,

in

horn about jyo bc, is the author of the most important botanical works that have survived from classical antiquity. He was in turn the student, collaborator, and successor of Aristotle. Like his predecessor he

was interested in all aspects of human knowledge and experience, especially natural science. His writings on plants

form

a

counterpart to Aristotle's zoologi-

cal

works.

in

the

classifies

Enquiry

Plants

into

Theophrastus

and describes varieties

—

covering

trees, plants of particular regions, shrubs,

herbaceous plants, and cereals; in the last of the nine books he focuses on plant juices and medicinal properties of herbs.

The Loeb

edition

is

in

two volumes; the

second contains two additional On Odors and Weather Signs. In

De

treatises:

Theophrastus turns Books One and Two

Causis Plantarum

to plant phvsiology.

are concerned with generation, sprouting,

{lowering and fruiting, and the effects ot climate. In

Books Three and Four Theo-

phrastus studies cultivation and agricul-

Books Five and Six he diseases and other causes of death; and distincti\e llaNors and odors.

tural

methods.

discusses

In

plant

breeding;;

Theoj:)hrastus' celebrated Characters^ ot a

quite different nature,

character-writing and

of contemporarv

lite.

is

the earliest

know n

a striking reflection

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