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them a gentle Hot- bed in the 

 Spring, which will greatly forward 

 them, but harden thf^m by the Be- 

 ginning of June, that they may be 

 in ri;2;ht Older to bud in Auguft, 

 when you flioald make Choice of 

 Cuttings trom Trees that are heal- 

 thy and fruitful; of whatever Kinds 

 you plcale, obferving that the 

 Shoots are round, the Budsof thefe 

 being much better and eaher to 

 part from the Wood than fuch as 

 are flat : When you have budded 

 the Stocks, you fhould remove 

 them into a Green-houie to defend 

 them from Wet, turning the Buds 

 from the Sun, but let them have 

 as much free Air as poHTille, and 

 refrefli them often with Water : 

 In a Month's time after budding, 

 you will fee which of them has 

 taken J you muft then untie them, 

 that the Binding may not pinch 

 their BuJs, and let them remain in 

 the Green-houfe all the Winter, and 

 in the Spring prepare a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners-bark J and af- 

 ter having cut ofF the Stocks about 

 three Inches above the Buds, plunge 

 their Pots into the Hot-bed, ob- 

 ferving to give them Air and Wa- 

 ter, as the Heat of the Weather 

 fliall require; but be fure to fcreen 

 them from the violent Heat of the 

 Sun during the Heat of the Day: 

 In this ManagcTient, if your Buds 

 Ihoot kindly, they will grow to 

 the Height of three Feet by July j 

 at which time you muft begin to 

 harden them before the cold Wea- 

 ther comes on, that they may the 

 better ftand in the Green-houfe the 

 following Winter: And as this will 

 be a fiiflScient Height for the Stems, 

 you may flop the leading Shoot, in 

 order to force out lateral Branches : 

 In the firft Winter after their 

 fhooting, you muft keep them very 

 warm, for by foicing tkem in the 



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Bark-bed, they will be fomewhat 

 tenderer, but it is very necellary to 

 raife them to their Height in one 

 Seafon, that their Stems may be 

 ftrait : for in fuch Trees which are 

 two or more Years growing to 

 their heading Height, the Stems 

 are always crooked: In the fuc- 

 ceeding Years, their Management 

 Will be the fame as in full-grown 

 Trees, which will be hereafter 

 treated of; I fhall therefore now 

 proceed to treat of the Manage- 

 ment of fuch Trees as are brought 

 over every Year in Chefts from 

 Italy; which is, indeed, by much 

 the qu'cker Way of furnifhing a 

 Grccn-houfe with large Trees, for 

 thofe which are rais'd from Seeds 

 in England, will not grow fo large 

 in their Stems under ten or twelve 

 Years as thefe will have when 

 brought over; and although their 

 Heads are fmall when we receive 

 them, yet in three Years, with 

 good Management, they will obtain 

 large Heads, and produce Fruit. 



In the Choice of thefe Trees, 

 obfervelirft, the Difference of their 

 Shoots and Leaves, (if they have 

 any upon them) to diflinguifh their 

 diiferent Sorts j alfb prefer thofe 

 that have two good Buds in each 

 Stock, (for many of them have but 

 one, which will always produce 

 an irregular Head); the Straitnefs 

 of the Stem, Frefhnefs of the 

 Branches, and Plumpnefs of the 

 Bark, arc necefTary Obfervations. 



When you have furnifh'd your- 

 felf with a Parcel of Trees, you 

 muft prepare a moderate Hot -bed 

 of Tanners-bark, in Length and 

 Breadth according to the Number 

 of Trees j then put your Trees in- 

 to a Tub of Water upright, about 

 half-way of the Stems, leaving the 

 Head and upper Part of the Stem 

 out of the Water, the bet:ir t* 



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