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| r Netherlandith Hefperides, 
CHAP I, 
Of the Canfe and Order of 
this Work, Renee 
Eing the Ordering or 
Management of. the Li- 
' mon and Orange Trees is 
much Increafed within thefe few 
Years, by many Inhabirants of 
our 
Or Nethetlandith Hefperides. 3 
cules, and bend all. his Strength, 
_ that he may break through by the — 
waking Dragon into the moft in- 
ward Garden, to fatisfy the fweet- 
nefs of his Invited Defires to this 
Exercife.. 
CHAP II, 
"The Fable of Helperides, 
Nder the Name of He/pee 
U rides is nothing elfe Under- 
ftood by Modern Authors, but 
the Ordering and Management of 
Citron, Limon, and Orange 
Trees. 
To Rehearfe all Fi@ions made 
_ hereof by the Poets, feems un- 
neceflary to us, becaufe we only 
: See intend 
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our Country, and would yet In- 
create more, if Ignorance ing un- . 
skilfulnefS were not in the Caufe.. 
To openthe Door to this Scie 
ence, this- He/perides is.come to 
Light, offering her Golden Ap- 
les to every one, tho net with: 
out prudent Labour: Which we 
aall here Propound in order, ~ 
Ferft,A fhort Introdudtion fhall 
be givento the Knowledg of the 
Trees and Fruits, which are Des 
{cribed every one in their particu- 
Jar Kinds and Parts, 
Secondly, The Ordering and Ufe 
“of the Fruits, with their moft ex. 
ecllent Profic and Uefulnels ; 
wh\ch are all fhortly and plainly 
Conimuniicated to ail Managers, 
that whof  rever is pleafed to T ras 
vel in our , Ele/perides, to Advance 
this Husbar 1dry to the higeft pitch 
of Perfectio 0; whereunto every 
one muft the w himfelf as an Her- 
“i cules, 
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intend to be fhort. - 40 
Where this Hefperial Gardén 
was Scituated, is as Uncertain 45 
the Truth of the mentioned Fi@ti- 
ons: Even as thatthe fame was 
@nid. Guarded by a Dragon, which was 
44 Overcome and Slain by Hercules, 
whereof Virgil makes Mention. 
Flefperides is the Name of the 
/ Diod.Si- Daughters of He/perus, Brother 
Pee toy Atlas King in Africa, and were 
Lib. 2, three, Aglen, Arethufa, and Heefpers’ 
thufa, and called after their Pa- 
rents, Hlefperides, and Attlantides, 
That the Place where this 
Garden was Scituate, is uncercaifi, 
asis mentioned above, is alfo Fe- 
ftified by Ferrarins ; for- the Anci- 
ent Writers differ about it, 
Plintus Defcribes the fame with 
Hepp. 
Lib, 1; 
. tur, Lib, thele Words, by Sertim is ‘the great 
37-C. 2. Garden of Hefperides; | 
The Garden of Hesperides , as 
fome fay, is Scituated in the Mores 
7 Country, 
Strengel, 
Afortor. 
Hit. 1. 2, 
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