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Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 
Here is to be obferved, when 
the Pot, whether it ftands to the 
Head,or below upon the Ground, 
mutt be faftned, for the leaft Mo- 
tion which happens to it, is pre- 
judicial, and caufes a fruiclefS and 
loft Labour. 
Thefe of laid Trees, ( when 
they are of a good and fruitful 
Bough ) {hall produce as fair Li- 
mons as an Inoculated Tree, as 
Experience hath often taught us, 
and likewife withal we may eafi- 
ly multiply Limon ‘Frees. on ghis 
wile. ee 
There are yet otherways of 
Propagation defcribed by Ferrari- ous 
us, butthe Execution is Unpradti- 1 
cable in Netherland, becaule of the 
fhortnefs of our Summers. We 
therefore omit all the reft, feeing 
thus may be done whatfoever can. 
be defired from the other ways. 
CHAP. 
Or Netherlandith Hefperides: 
Boxes, and earthen Pots, where- 
in the Trees are Planted, Re- 
_ moved,and Tran{ported. Though 
_ thefe Trees are by fome Lovers 
planted ac large, or in free 
Ground, yet it is rejected for 
thefe Reafons. 
_ Firff, Becaufe of the great 
Charges, which this Work ree 
quires, to defend our tender Plants 
againft the Cold; being there is - 
a winter-place,or green Houfe re- 
_ quired thereunto, which is taken 
away inthe Summer, and in the 
- Winter fet up again; as fuch an 
one is defcribed by Ferraris, and. 
found in the Garden of the Duke 
of Pama; but it would be too 
Chargeable for many to perform 
and make fuch. 
_ Secondly, Becaufe the Grounds 
are here in the winter-Seafon very 
_Moift, and accordingly Cold, 
which is very prejudicial to the 
ae Os Trees 
113° a The Belgick,; 
poo HAPs KRM IVb ssl 
Of Planting, and Tranfplanting.. 
A Double Handling comes : 
here to be Confidered ; the 
Planting,and Tranfplanting. 
The firft is done to Trees, 
_ which are brought to us out of E- 
taly ; and the other to thofe which 
ftand here in thefe Countries in 
full Growth. 
Before we come to this, it will 
be ufeful, that the neceflary In- © 
ftruments be propoled, becaufe « 
without them we cannot begin. _ 
It is not praéticable to’ Plant 
the Hefperial Trees in’ thefe | 
Countries at large in the free and 
natural Ground, as they do in 
warm Climates; wherefore Art 
hath invented wooden Tubs, 
Boxes, 
Tro: The ‘Belgick, 
Trees and Fruits; Wherefore we, 
to avoid all this, fhall follow our 
Predeceflors, who have for ma- 
ny Years found out Tubbs,Boxes, 
and Potts for this, which are all 
to be taken according to the big- 
~nefs of the Trees. 
ae The beft and fitteft Tubbs are 
made of Rhenifh-wine-Fats, or 
Casks, becaufe their Matter is 
hard, thick, firm,and good Oaken 
Wood ; the Hoops muft befron — 
Hoops, and have on each fide a 
{trong Iron Handle,to carry them, 
or remove them conveniently 
from one place to another; the 
Depth and Width above is ordi-, 
narily two Foot,but at the Bottom 
one Foot and an half: fo that the 
Narrownefs muft go flenting 
downward, and leffen by little 
and little, becaufe in the ‘Tranf- | 
planting of the Trees, the whole 
Mafs of Earth may be the more 
he conyeni- 
