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Directions for heading down Orange Trees, 



Just as the manuscript was going to the press, 

 Mr. Rademaker, the Portuguese agent in London, 

 called and told me, that he had received a letter 

 from the Chevalier d' Almeida, the late Ambassa- 

 dor from Portugal at this court, informing him, 

 that on his return home, he had found the Orange- 

 trees on the Prince of Brazil's Plantations in a XQry. 

 unhealthy and decayed state ; and requesting him 

 to apply to me for some of Ihe Composition, and a 

 copy of the Pamphlet " On the Diseases, &c. in 

 Fruit and Forest Trees," as he wished to make a 

 trial of it on the trees of that country. 



Accordingly, I have sent a cask of the Compo- 

 sition, with directions for preparing the trees and 

 laying it on. 



When it is found necessary to head down Orange- 

 trees, I would advise not to cut them quite down 

 to the stem ; but to leave two or three inches of 

 the branches ; some more, some less : always re- 

 membering to cut near to a joint, and in such a 

 manner as to form a handsome head, and to apply 

 the Composition immediately. In doing this, how- 

 ever, it will be necessary to leave a few young 

 shoots to draw up the sap. If the trees are infest- 

 ed with insects, the stems must be washed with 

 soap-suds and urine, and well scrubbed with a hard 

 brush. 



About twelve years ago the Orange-trees in the 

 green-house in Kensington gardens were so much 



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