. 
' fandy and gravelly clay Ground, 
and about Haerlem in Holland the 
- Gardiners ufe a well dunged fan- 
_- dy Ground, wherein thefe Trees 
do bring forth cheir Fruit in too 
luxuriant a manner. + 
In fhort; we may,at. all. times 
prepare a fit Mold; with Sand, — 
_ Earth, and Dung, whereia thefe 
Hefperial Plants hall: thrive moft 
luftily and petulantly, if old rot- 
_ ten Dung be nog wanting therein, 
_ Ieis certain, that che purer the 
Dung is, the better it-is; we ufe 
a well dunged Eareh, with white 
and foft Sand mixt rogether. 
For the preparation and fitting 
of this Ground, all Earth or Sand 
— isnotalike fic; the roffe Clay,be- 
caule of its Coldnels, muft be res © 
jected, and another Earthchofen, ~~ 
which is brown, foft, lufty, fweer, 
fat, and of a good {weer Smell, 
which we may try by. letting the 
eh a aie melee eae Barth 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. OL 
The Dung thatis here required, 
mult be of Cowes, Horfes, or 
Sheep, according asit can be got; 
no. Man needs to ty himfelf ftrict- 
ly to ic, one of the three is fuffi- 
cient; if it be but obferved that 
the fame be -not too new and 
frefh, but old,the fharpnefs there- 
_ of being well fpent and rotten. 
> Fknow that there are yet other 
things ufed for Dung, as of Hens, 
Doves, Shavings of Horns, Lu- 
pins, and the like; but to us the 
plaineft way feemeth beft, and 
Caution every one again{ft the 
coftly Preparation which fome 
make,and ufe as one Species, Kind, 
of Dung to force the Orange 
Trees ovt ; which is defcribed by 
Munting in his Ordering of Plants mid. 
in thefe Words. 
Take Pidgeons Dung,or Sheeps 
Dung, not too old, as much as 
you will, or of both a like Quane 
Gy tity, 
Or Netlierlandith Hefperides, : 89 ” > as 4 
Curf. 
Sorgh. 
2. part. 
The Belgick 
Earth ftand fome hours in {weet 
Water; now if the Water keep 
its fweet Taft and Smell, it isa 
fign of good and fit Earth,where- 
as otherwife ic is contrary; and 
Sand is neceflary toit, according — 
to this Prefcripr. ie 
White fine and foft Sand duly prepared, 
Gives Fruits, when laid on with Reafon, 
The forementioned Earth,Sand 
and Dung, divers times digged _ 
cat lye the whole 
Vinter, to be frozen thorough : 
_ When the Froft is-done, it fhall 
Order- 
ing of 
Plants, 
be wrought together divers times, 
to ufe it; which then will be fer- 
viceable and ufeful for the Work. 
The Preparation of the Sieur 
Muntng is unneceflary to Res 
hearfe, who makes his Mixture 
hite2. of fixteen Parts and Ingredients, 
92 
becaufe it can be done of lefs. 
The 
- The Belgick 
tity, puticinto a Glafs, fec ic in 
the Sun, and pour Rain-water 
upon it; when the Strength theres 
of is drawn and gon into the fame, 
then pour off that Water, and put 
2 lictle frefh Rain-warer to it, 
wherein alittle bit of Salt-pecer 
hath been fteeped or foaked four 
and twenty Hours: Water there- 
with your Trees fometimes, and 
~ you fhall find a wonderful force- 
ing Power in the fame, ¢c Hi- 
therta Munting. 
Certainly I can by no means 
judg fuch a forcing about this 
Work for good; Whereof we 
have feen an Inftance at Amfterdam 
inthe Year 1662, with the Sieur’ 
Paulo de Rageau, who alfo ufed 
fuch Water, wherewith he was 
tered his Trees, and forced them 
thereby fo Rrongly out, that they — 
blowed abundantly, yer produced 
but little Wood and Fruit, and the 
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