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Or Netherlandith Hefperides, . gy 
(CHAP. XXVIII 
How me get thefe Trees ous 
of otbers Countries, 
a | T-will not be ami& to thers 
how thofe Hefperial Trees are 
come by in thefe Countries, for 
thofe that have not Patience ta- 
ftay for them by Sowing of them, 
» Here is to be obferved Time, Time, 
and Place, and Manner how we 
are to handle them, 
_ Itis firft necefflary, thar the tak. 
ing them up and fhipping be done 
in the Months of December, or at 
furthef in January; that in May, 
theymay be Unpackr, and Plant. 
€d for if it be later in the Sum. 
mer, 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 
tugal, it will certainly be in Vain 
andto no Purpofe ; becaufe they 
cannot well endure~ our cold 
changeable and uncertain Air. 
When now the Orange or Lie Orde- 
mon Trees are taken up, at the "6 
faid time, with.a good lump of 
Earth about the Root, they mutt 
be provided with Turf, or earth 
Mofs, that the Mafs may conti- 
nue whole, and no Earth fall 
off. 
Let them be packt with the 
whole Head, eight or ten, more 
or lefs, according as they are in 
Bignefs, in a fugar Cheft, cove- 
red and fet into the Ship in an ai- 
ry place; and fo they may keep 
good fix or eight Weeks ; but the 
fhorter the Voyage is, the bet- 
ter. 
Here muft we be Cautious, 
that Care be taken, there be no 
opening, nor any Holes made a 
Borie the 
Place. 
tot TheBelgick =) 
mer, theréis great Danger, and 
- We run great Hazard of lofing 
the Trees, or at leaft we are much 
_ behind-hand to make them Grow. ~ 
The place whence they muft 
be fetched, is St. Remo, Situated 
by or upon the ‘River Nervi, 
whence they are brought to Genoa. 
We mutt bring no Trees out of | 
any other Climates to Plant or 
Order here in our Netherlands, 
becaufe the Condition of that 
place, doth, above all other pla- 
ces in Italy, agree beft with our 
Climate, as lying about forty 
three Degrees Altitude be-North 
the Equator. 
Secondly, The beft and moft 
experienced Gardiners of all Italy 
are found there; neither come ° 
there freighter Stocks, nor fairer. 
‘Fruits then out of this He/perides, 
If Trees be brought out of any 
other Countries, as Spain, or Por- 
; tugal, 
84 The Belgick, 
the Chefts, left the Rats, which 
often are many in Ships, f{poil the 
Stocks, for we have had the Ex- 
perience hereof to our Sorrow, 
that the Barks have been eaten 
ft 
tound about from off the Trees, - 
whereby our long Expectation 
was fruftrated: And this is what 
concerneth the Tranfportation out 
of Italy, whereby our He/perides 
hath taken her firft Rife and Be- 
ginning in Netherland. 
CHAP. XXIX. 
Of the Placing of the Limon 
and Orange Trees, 
Hey that will Order arid 
Husband thefe Trees a- 
right, miuft firt make a good 
Choice of a fit and convenient 
ftanding- 
