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dure the Cold of our ordinary Win- 

 ters in the open Air, provided they 

 are planted upon a dry Soil, and in a 

 warm Situation j tho' in fevere 

 Winters they are often, demolifhed, 

 or at leaft lofe, their Heads, or are 

 kill'd to the Surface ; but this is 

 what they are liable to in the South 

 Parts of France, in which Country 

 thefe Trees abound 5 and yet in very 

 Iharp V/inters are moil of them de- 

 ftroy'd. There was a Parcel of 

 theie Trees growing in the Gardens 

 of Cambden-Houfe near Xe-rifington a 

 few Years lince, which were icven 

 or eight Feet high, and in Ibme 

 good Seafons did produce very good 

 Fruit : Thefe were planted againft 

 a South- Wall, but were permitted 

 to grow up rude without pruning, 

 or fattening to the Wall, (which 

 they do by no means care for) j and 

 during the Time they were below 

 the Top of the Wall, they throve 

 very well j but after their Heads 

 were gotten above the Wall, the 

 North- Winds did ufually every Win- 

 ter greatly prejudice them, and I 

 believe the late hard Winter [1729] 

 did entirely demolifh them. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by laying down of their tender 

 Branches, (in the manner praftis'd 

 for other Trees) which fhould re- 

 main undifturb'd twoYearsi in which 

 time they will have taken Root, 

 and may then be taken off from 

 the old Plants, and tranfplanted 

 cither into Pots fill'd with frcfh 

 light Earth, or into the open 

 Ground in a warm Situation. The 

 beft Seafon for tranfplanting them 

 is the Beginning of April i when 

 you Ihould, if polTible, take the 

 Opportunity of a moift Seafon, and 

 thofe which are planted in Pots, 

 (hould be plac'd in a (hady Part of 

 the Green-houfe until they have 

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the Ground fliould have Mulch laid 

 about their Roots, to prevent thd 

 Earth from drying too fad, and 

 now and then refreflVd with Wa- 

 ter, but you muft by no means let 

 them have too much Moifture,- 

 which will rot the tender Fibres 

 ot their Roots, and deftroy the 

 Trees. When the Plants have taken 

 frefn Root, thofe in the Pots may 

 be expos'd to the open Air, with 

 other ihardy Exoticks, with which 

 they fhouid be hous'd in Winter, 

 and treated as Myrtles and other iels 

 tender Trees and Shrubs j but thofe 

 in the open Air will require no 

 farther Care until the Winter fol- 

 lowing, when you fhould mulch 

 the Ground about their Roots, to 

 prevent the Froft from penetrating 

 deep mto it : And if the Froft 

 fliould prove very fevere, you fliould 

 cover them with Mats, which will 

 defend them from being injur'd 

 thereby i but you muft be cautious 

 not to let the Mats continue over 

 them after the Froft is pafs'd, left 

 by keeping them too clofe, their 

 Leaves and tender Branches fhould 

 prove mouldy for want of fi-ee 

 Air, which wiH be of as bad 

 Confcquence to the Trees as if they 

 had been expos'd to the Froft, and 

 many times worfe, for it feidont 

 happens, if they have taken much 

 ot this Mould, or have been long 

 cover'd, fo that it has enter'd the 

 Bark, that they are ever recoverable 

 again ; whereas it otten happens; 

 that the Froft only deftroys the 

 tender Shoots, but the Body and 

 larger Branches remaining unhurt, 

 do put out again the fucceeding- 

 Spring. 



Thefe Trees are generally brought 

 over from Italy every Spring, by 

 the Perfons who bring over the 

 Oranges, Ja^mims, Sec. from whom 

 they may be procur'd pretty rea- 



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