Or Netherlandith Hefperides, Re . _ 
_ following Year the good Gentle- 
man found,that moft of his Trees 
were fpoiled, and fome quite 
dead. ; i 
_*° Wedo then with Reafon reject 
‘thefe Preparations, which bring 
more Hurt then Profit to their 
Praétitioners; but deem it beft to 
follow the ordinary Way, leaving 
all artificial Preparation of Dung 
and Earth, and ufe a Ground en- 
dowed with all good Properties, 
which we may fufficiently di- 
ftinguifh by Feeling, Smelling, 
3 The Belgick, = 
Countries require much time, be- 
fore they come to be Trees, -yet 
this is done by many Lovers with 
Advantage, efpecially in Brabant, 
where be divers Perfons, who by 
following this yearly, have ‘ob- 
tained great and fruitful Nurferies, 
and hereby excited others to the - 
fame Inclination. 
To do this Sowing well, we 
muft make Choice for it of the 
Seed of Oranges, not of Limons, 
much lefs of Citrons, as being too 
_ tender, according to the Teftimo- 
ing. from the mean and Hep. ny of Ferrarius; the Limons 
et posing, #20 6 %- Sceds are feldom fown in Italy, be- 
aca “P °9* caufe they cannot well refit the 
Hardfhips; thenis it much more 
‘ Unimicable in thefe Climates., | 
: 18 : é 
CHAP RXS He that will begin this, muft 
shy: Soabintciod Dees, make Choice of the fulleft, 
fish Sebinonp and ripeft Seed, -of fair per eétly 
PAO HE Sowing of Orange ripe Oranges, as they come out of 
(ae | Kernels doth in thefe cold Ltaly, Spain, or Portugal; wath the 
pee G 4 Countries fame 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. wee = 96 The Belgick, 
fame with Rain-water, and make 
them clean from all Corruption 
and Dirt, and afterwards dry the 
fame three or four Days in the 
Shade, in the beginning of May ; 
and according to the faying of 
Ferrarius, we mutt fow themtwo 
Days before the full of che Moon, 
after thismanner, and fill co that 
end a Pot wich good fat and fifted 
Hefp. 
Libe 2. 
Cap. 8. 
Earth, put the Seed therein an 
Inch deep, and two good Inches 
breadth afunder; fer the Pot to 
the Sonth, in an open airy Warm, 
and to the Sun ftanding place,and 
{prinkle this you have fown im- 
mediately, wich lukewarm Rain- . 
water, and alfo every third Day ; 
yet this Earth mnft not be too 
wet, but only moderately kept 
moift. : 
To further the fpringing out, 
Glaffes muft be put upon the Pots, 
which will exceedingly forward . 
the Work. Jn 
Inthe fpringing up of the Seed 
it happens many times, that the 
Shoots come forth double, viz.two 
together ; thefe Twins mutt we 
patt, pull out the weakeft, that 
it may not hinder and take away 
the Nourifhments of the other. 
Thefe young Seedlings are 
frequently troubled with Ea;- 
Wiggs, Ants, Snails , Woodlice, 
which eat the fame off, and hinder 
their Growth, wherefore there 
muft be Provifion made againft 
them: Atche third Year muft ec 
very Seedling be tranfplanted 
particularly and fingly by icfelf in 
a Pot, in good Earth, and put in 
a place as before, where they may 
be free and fafe from all bad 
Winds. Without any Oppofiti- 
on or Hindrance they fhall be at 
five Years old a Finger thick, fic 
for {Inoculation 3; and in the 
twelfth Year, or le allo, bring » 
forth Fruit. This 
