Note 154 — CHAP. XI. Of Blight.
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Ut enim Mulieres habent ad Partum Dies certos, sic Arbores ac Fruges. Varro, Lib. 1. Cap. 44.
Mense Maio florent; sic Frumenta, & Ordeum, & quæ sunt Seminis singularis, Octo diebus florebunt, & deinde per Dies 40. grandescunt Flore deposito usque ad Maturitatis Eventum. Palladius, Pag. 114, 115.
Quindecim Diebus esse in Vaginis, Quindecim florere, Quindecim exarescere, cum sit maturum Frumentum. Varro, Lib. 1. Cap. 32.
But the different Heat that there is in different Climates, may alter both the Time that Plants continue in Blossom, and the Time betwixt the Blossoming and the Ripening.