a ate, 
Saar to 
caufehe is apt to grow fowl, and 
to decay by reafon of the multi- 
tude of Boughs growing clofe to- 
gether and crofs one another ; and 
brings forth more Boughs and 
- Bloffoms, then he can feed conve- 
niently ; wherefore the Pruning 
Knife mutt be ufed about him, if ; 
we will enjoy the Fruits, which 
are very Fair, and preferve the 
Tree in its Vigour and Strength,. 
— 
CHAP. Xx. 
Of the Orange Tree with Ro- 
fed Frait.. 
‘His Tree, which is called oe 
BL by Ferrarins Aurantium Ro- Lib. 4. 
feu, the Rofe Orange, doth “. 6 
= ne not 
/ 
a 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. “Ss , ee 
you. This Fruit, is by reafon of 
its Beauty worthy to be preferved, 
being the Fruitfulnefs, befidesthe 
largnefs of the Apples, increafes 
the Efteem of the Tree, " 
CEA PAX XI, 
| Of the Orange Tree witb 
2° fpeckled’ Fruit, -'s 
O have the feveral Sorts 
and Varieties together, as 
much as is poffible, the tender 
Plant is well worthy tobe joined 
with the others. 
This Orange Tree is in refpeét to Hep. 
: ; Lib. 4 
the different Colonr: both. of the on . 
Leaves and Fruits called by Ferva- 
vins, Aurantium Virgatum, and by 
ns the fpeckled Orange. Trees. Teas shape. 
- much 
(ae Le neie Melgidle sours es 
hot much differ from the com- 
mon Orange Treeto look upon, 
but only the Leaves are long and — 
Narrower ; the Bloffoms alfo are 
like thofe of the common Orange _ 
Brees; bast ai stRRCE HC! 
The Fruit when it is full grown 
and Ripe, is of a convenient Size 
_ and Bignefs, dinted a little before — 
and behind, it fhows a little Rofe 
atthe top, and about the Stalk 
are likewife fome. raifed Particles, 
ike unto alittle Star, the out: 
ward Pill is of a pale yellow Coe 
tour, the inward Pill indifferently 
thick, formewhat Bitter ; thePulp — 
of itis of a bright Brimftone Co- — 
_lour, divided into nine Partitions, 
of a pleafane cart Taft, 3 
~ Thus have we found the fame 
in our Garden in the Year r672 
exactly to Correfpond with thar 
of Ferrarius, and is here exactly 
delineated and - defcribed unto 
Rea you, 
The Belgick, 
much tenderer then any other, as 
being not well able to endure the 
Cold ; shath many tender Boughs — 
which eafily break ; and {potted — 
in divers places with fome Brim- 
ftone coloured Streaks; the Leaves 
_ are in many parts leffer then thofe 
of the common Orange Tree,and 
have alto on many of them feve- 
ral Brimftone coloured Spots, 
whieh is delightful to the Eye. 
The Blofloms are like thofe of ~ 
the Common, but fmaller; the # 
Fruit is, before it beripe, orderly 
{peckled with green and white 
Brimftone-like Streaks, and as by 
certain unequal Lines diftinguifh- 
ed ; when the Fruit is grown Ripe, 
then the green Streaks are Yel 
low, and the other. turned into a 
Saffron Colour. 
The outward part of the Pill 
is fomewhat rongh, the inward 
part of the Pill chick; the ier | 
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