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draw and imbibe the Moifture : In 

 this Situation they may remain 

 two or three Days, (according to 

 their Plumpnefs when you received 

 them) J then take them out, and 

 clean their Roots from all Filth, 

 cutting off all broken or bruis'd 

 Roots, and all the imall Fibres, 

 which are quite dry'd by being lb 

 long out of the Earth, and Icrub 

 the'Srems with an hard Hair-brufn, 

 cleaning them afterwards with a 

 Cloth i then cut off the Branches 

 about iix Inches from the Stem i 

 and having prcpar'd a Quantity of 

 good frefli Earth, mix'd 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 

 Roots, it is fufficient at firft Plant- 

 ing, and be fure to put fome Pot- 

 fheards and large Stones in the Bot- 

 tom ot each Pot, to keep the Holes 

 at the Bottom of the Pots from 

 being ftopp'd with Earth, that the 

 V/ater may freely pafs offj then 

 plunge theie Pots nito the Bark- 

 bed, watering them well to fettle 

 the Earth to their Roots, frequent- 

 ly repeating the fame as they may 

 require it; and obferve to fcrcen 

 the Glaffes of your Hot-bed from 

 the Sun in the Heat of the Day. 



If your Trees take to growing 

 kindly, (as there is little Rcafon to 

 doubt of it, if the Dircflions given 

 be duly obfervM) they will have 

 made ftrong Shoots by the Begin- 

 ning of ytme -y at which Time 

 you fhould ftop their Leaders to 

 obtain lateral Branches, to furniili 

 their Heads: and now you muft 

 give them Air plentifully, and be- 

 gin to harden them, that in tlie 

 Middle of July they may be re- 

 iMov'd into the open Air, in fbme 

 warm S ituation, defended from the 

 grtat |Ieat of the Sun and Winds, 



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that they may be hait^en'd before 

 Winter : About the End of Septem-^ 

 ber you fliould houfe theie Plants, 

 letting them at firft in the Front 

 of the Greca-houfe near the Glaffes, 

 keeping the Windows open at all 

 Times when the Weather will per- 

 mit; and about the latter End of 

 OchbeVy when you bring in the 

 Myrtles, and other lefs tender Trees, 

 you muft fet your Oravges in the 

 warmefh and beft Part of the Houfe, 

 placing lower Plants or Trees in 

 the Front to hide their Stems : 

 During the Winter, let your Wa- 

 terings be frequent, but give them 

 but little at a Time, for now their 

 Heads are but fmall, and therefore 

 incapable to difcharge too great a 

 Quantity of Moiflure, and take 

 great Care to guard them from 

 Froft. 



In the Spring, when you begin 

 to take out fbme of your hardieft 

 Sorts of Plants, to thin your Houfe, 

 walh and cleanfe the Stems and 

 Leaves of your Orange-Trees, take- 

 ing out the upper Part of the Earth 

 in the Pots, filling them up again 

 with good freili, rich Earth, lay- 

 ing thereon a little rotten Ncat's- 

 Dung round the Outer-fide of the 

 Pots, but do not let it lie near the 

 Stem of ilie Trees ; then place them 

 at wider Dilfances in the Houfe, 

 that the Air may circulate round 

 their Heads, giving them Air dif- 

 cretionally as the Weather grows 

 warm, but do not remove them 

 into the open Air until the Middle 

 of May, that the Weather is fet- 

 tled i for many times, when they 

 are removed out too loon, the 

 Mori>ings often proving Cold, gives 

 them at leaft a great Check, and 

 fometimes kills the extreme weak 

 Part of the Shoots : Let the Situa- 

 tion for your Orange-Trees, during 

 th? Summer Seafgnj be as much 

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