[2814] This is borrowed from Theophrastus; but, as Fée remarks, if suitable to the climate of Greece, it is not so to that of Italy or France, where vegetation is much more promoted by a south wind.
[2815] This assertion, Fée says, is erroneous. See B. xvi. c. [46].
[2816] B. xviii. c. 66.
[2817] See c. [30] of this Book. These notions as to critical periods to plants connected with the constellations, Fée says, are now almost dispelled; though they still prevail in France, to some extent.
[2818] “Coitus.” See B. xvi. cc. [39] and [42].
[2820] From Theophrastus, De Causis, B. ii. c. 1.
[2821] He alludes to the words of Virgil, Georg. i. 100:—
“Humida solstitia, atque hiemes orate serenas,
Agricolæ; hiberno lætissima pulvere farra.”