Columella Res Rustica 2.10.21

ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner

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[21] Cannabis solum pingue stercoratumque et riguum vel planum atque umidum et alte subactum deposcit. In quadratum pedem seruntur grana sex eius ¹²³⁴ seminis Arcturo exoriente, quod est ultimo mense Februario, circa sextum aut quintum Kalendas Martias; nec tamen usque in aequinoctium vernum, si sit pluvius caeli status, improbe seretur.

Res Rustica. Columella. ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner. London. 1941-1955.

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Res Rustica. Books I-IX (Columella. On agriculture, Volume 1-2. Ash, Harrison Boyd; Foster, Edward Seymour; Heffner, Edward H., editors. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1941.)

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Res Rustica

1. colligi M: et per tolli om. SA.

2. Cicer aut om. R plerique, Ald., Gesn., Schn.

3. tamen om. SA.

4. arietillum Lundstrōm cum codd.: arietinum vulgo. a Oct. 15th. b Congesticia, earth brought together from different places; cf. II. 15. 4-5; Palladius X. 7; Theophrastus, De Caus. Plant. III. 25.

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