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When you liave furniflied yourfelf v/lth a parcel of 

 trees, you muft prepare a moderate hot-bed" of tan- 

 ters bark, in length and breadth according to the 

 number of trees to be forced ; then put your trees 

 into a tub of water upright, about half way of the 



ftems, leaving the head and upper part of the ftem 



rumniertb flop'ftrong fhoots where thev grow irre^-u- 

 larly, to force out lateral branches to ViU the head ; 

 but do not pinch off the tops of all the fnoots (as is 

 the pra6lice of fome,) which will fill the tree with 

 fmall Ihoots too \vealc to fupport fruit ; but endea- 

 vour to form a regular head, and obtain ftrong fhoots, 

 taking away weak trifling branches where they are' 

 too clofe. 



During the fummer feafon, your Oranp-e-trees will 



out of the water, the better to draw and imbibe the 

 molfture. In this fituation they may remain two or 

 three days (according to their plumpnefs when you 

 received them ;) then take them out, and clean their 

 roots from all filth, cutting off all broken or bruifed 

 roots, and all the fmall fibres, which are quite dried 

 by being fo long out of the earth, and fcrub the 

 ftems with a hard hair-brufli, cleaning them after- 

 wards with a cloth; then cut off the branches about 

 fix inches from the ftem, and having prepared a 

 quantity of good frefli earth, mixed with very rotten 

 neats dung, plant your trees therein, obferving never 

 to put them into large pots ; for if they are but big 

 enough to contain their rootJ^, it is fufficient at firfl 

 planting ; and be fure to put fome potflicrds and large 

 llones in the bottom of each pot, to keep the holes 

 at the bottom of the pots from being ftopped with 

 earth, that the water may freely pafs off, and wrap 

 fome haybands round their ftems, from bottom to 

 top, to prevent the fun from drying their bark ; then 

 plunge thefe pots into the bark-bed, watering them 

 well to fettle the earth to their roots, frequendy re- 

 peating tlie fame all over their heads and ftems, be- 

 ing very careful not to over-water them, efpecially 

 before they have made good roots ; and obferve to 



fcreen the glafles of your hot-bed from the fun in the | In the performing this work, after you have drawn 

 heat of the day. 



If your trees take to grow kindly (as there is little I roots round the outfide of the ball of earth, and take 

 reafon to doubt of, if the diredions given be duly ob- , away all mouldy roots (if rfny fuch be ;) then with a 

 ferved,) they will have made ftrong ftioots by the be- I fharp iron inftrument, get as much of the old earth 



require frequent waterings in dry weather, cfpecially 

 if they arc large ; therefore youihould endeavour ta 

 have the water as near the trees as pofTible, to fave 

 the trouble of carrying it, which, in a large quantity 

 of trees, takes up much time. Your v/ater ftiould 

 be foft, and expofed to the air, but never add duno- 

 of any fort thereto ; which, although by many fre- 

 quently recommended, yet has always been found de- 

 ftruclive to thefe, and all other trees, if much ufed ; 

 it being like hot liquors to human bodies, which, at 

 firft taking, feem to add vigour, yet certainly leave 

 the body weaker after fome time than before. 

 Your Orange-trees will require to be ftiifted and new 

 potted eveiy other year, therefore you muft prepare 

 a quantity of good earth, at leaft a year before you 

 intend to ufe it, that it may be well mixed and per- 

 fedly rotten. The beft feafon for this work is about 

 t"he end of April, that they may have taken frelh root 

 before they are removed out of the grecn-houfe -, and 

 when this work is performed, it will be neceffar)^ to 

 let them remain in the houfe a fortnight longer than 

 ufual, to be well fettled. 



the trees out of the pots, you muft cut off* all the 



ginning of June \ at which time you ftiould ftop their 

 fhoots, to obtain lateral branches to furnifti their 



from between the roots as pofTibie, being careful not 

 to break or tear the roots ; then fet the root of the 



heads •, and now you muft give them air plentifully, tree into a large tub of water for about a quarter of 



and begin to harden them, that in the middle of July an hour, to foak the under part of the ball of earth ; 



they may be removed into the open air, in fome warm and afterwards fcrub the ftems of the trees with a hard 



fituation, defended from the great heat of the fun, hair-brulh, cleaning them and the heads with water, 



and from winds, that they may be hardened before and a foft woollen cloth. Your pots being prepared. 



winter. About the end of September you ftiould 



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houfe thefe plants, fetting them at firft in the front of put fome of your' frefli earth into the pot, about 

 the green-houfe, near the glafl!es, keeping the win- three or four inches thick •, and having placed your 

 dows open at all times when the weather will permit ; 

 and about the latter end of October, when you brin 



tree thereon, in the middle of the pot, upright, fill 

 it up with the fame rich earth, preffing it dov/ n hard 



in the Myrtles, and other lefs tender trees, you muft with your hands ; then water the tree all over the 

 fet your Oranges in the warmeft and bell part of head, with a watering-pot that has a rofe upon the 

 the houfe, placing lower plants or trees in the front, 

 to hide their ftems. During the winter, let your 



fpout, to let the water fall light and thick (as in a 

 fliower of rain \) and in watering tiiefe trees, do it in 



waterings be frequent, but give them not too much I the fame manner, during the time they abide in the 

 at a time ^ for now their heads are but fmall, and ' houfe after ftiifting ^ this will greatly refrefti their 

 therefore incapable to difcharge too great a quantity heads, and promote their taking frelh roots, 

 of moifture, and take great care to guard diem from When you firft fet thefe trees abroad after fliiftino-, 

 froft. . you ftiould place them near the ftielter of hedges, and 



In the fpring, when you begin to take out fome of | faften their ftems to ftrong ftakes, to prevent their be- 

 ing difturbed by winds, which fometimes will blow 

 frefti planted trees out of the pots, if too much ex- 

 pofed thereto, and thereby greatly injure their new 

 roots. 



If old Orange-trees have been ill managed, and their 

 -heads become ragged and decayed, the beft method 

 to reftore them, is to cut off* the greatcft part of their 

 heads early in March, and draw tliem out of the 

 tubs or pots, and lliake oft' the earth from their 

 roots, cutting away all firiall fibres and mouldy roots ; 

 and then foak and clean their roots, ftems, and 

 branches, planting them in good earth, and fetting 

 them into a hot-bed of tanners bark, as v/as directed 

 for fuch trees as came from abroad, managing them 

 in the fame manner : by this method they will pro- 

 duce new heads, and in t\vo years time become good 

 trees again. But if thefe are large trees, and liave 

 grown in tubs for feveral years, your beft way will 

 be to prepare a parcel of rough bafkets (fuch as are 

 ufed for bafkering Evergreens, when fent to a diftant 

 place :) let thefe be fomewhat lefs than the tubs you 

 defign to plant your trees into -, then plant your trees 



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your hardieft forts of plants to thin your houfe, 

 wafli and cleanfe the ftems and leaves of your Orange- 

 trees, taking out the upper part of the earth in the 

 pots, filling them up again with good, frefli, rich 

 earth, laying thereon a little rotten neats dung round 

 the outfide of the pots, but do not let it lie near the 

 ftem of the trees -, then place them at wider diftances 

 in the houfe, that the air may circulate round their 

 heads, giving them air difcredonally, as the weather 



but do not remove them into the 



prows warm 



open air until the latter end of May, that the wea- 

 tlier is- fettled ; for many times, when they are 

 removed out too foon, the mornings often proving 

 cold, give them at leaft a great check, which will 

 change the colour of their leaves, and many times kill 

 the extreme weak part of the flioots. Let the fitua- 

 tion for your Orange-trees, during the fummer feafon, 

 be as much defended from the fun in the heat of the 

 day, and ftrong winds,- as pofllble, by tall trees or 

 hedges ; both of which, if they are expofed thereto, 

 are very hurtful to them. 



A^ thefe trees advance, it will be nectflary in the 



