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[4] progerminet. Tempus autem non aliud magis 1 2 [p. 386] idoneum est hunc mergum amputandi quam ab Idib. Octob. in Idus Novemb., ut hibernis mensibus suas radices confirmet. Nam si vere id fecerimus, quo gemmare palmites incipiunt, matris alimentis subito destitutus 3languescit.
1 praeducitur c.
2 resecta SAacM, vett. edd. a I.e. missing vines must be replaced. b The mergus, " layer," was so called because, without being separated from the nurse vine, it " dives " (mergit) into the ground and then reappears, like a diving bird (mergus). Cf. Palladius, III. 16. 1, Mergum dicimus, quoties velut arcus supra terram relinquitur, alia parte vitis infossa. c I.e. the bend under ground. d Closer to the parent vine.
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