Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, 4 29 
Spring, or forepart of the Year 
is moft fit. : | 
_ When this Tranfplanting _ is 
done: in Autuma, ye muft let the 
Tree ftand ftill till the Spring , 
and water the Earth but modes 
rately, till the time it is brought 
into the Houfe, and then water 
no more,. except Neceffity re- 
quires it. 
When a Pot or Tub becomes Chang: 
-toolittle, or is broken, ye muft 78, 
e take the Tree out,with the Earth Pots. 
© thatcleaves to itinone Lump: is _ 
the Tub perifhed or decayed, cut 
off the Hoopes or Staves round 
about, dnd after the impoverifh- 
_ed Earth is taken away an Hands 
breadth next to the knitted Net of: 
Fibres at the Root, _ which are 
commonly at the Bottom, then 
order your Bufinefs further as is 
faid above. | | 
CHAP. 
+ Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 134 
fhoot out, and fecure them the 
better againft all Dammage ; but | 
if the Voyage be long by Sea, 
the Removal muft be fooner in 
the forepart of the Year, thatthe 
Trees may be at the defigned 
place before the warm Weather, 
and not partake of the forefaid 
Harms. 
_ Inthis Removing is yet ano- 
ther Danger, befides the break- Againtt 
ing and {poiling of the Boughs, Rats. 
and ftifling of them, viz, that of 
Rats, againft which we mutt take 
Care, that the Stocks and Heads 
_ may be kept whole and unfpoil- 
ed; forit may happen that 'this 
hurtful: Vermine, being pinched 
with great Thirft, eat the Barks 
of thefe Trees; and fo fpoil, 
mangle, and Kill them, as. hath 
* happened to. us.: 
_ The beft means againft this, is, 
to caufe fome Ports with frefh . 
: Water 
"eyo Us We. Belgick; 
CHAP. XXXV. | 
Of Removing of Trees. 
"WO Remove tender Trees 
(which are in thefe Cli- 
"mates, and maintained in narrow 
Tubs and Pots ) from one City to 
another, or places farther remote ; 
~ it muft be done in the Months o 
March or’ April. 
If it be done by Water, that is’ 
the fitteft time. 
Firft, Becaufe the heat of the 
Sun as then doth not caufe any 
Soultrynefs in the Veffels, where- 
by the Trees might be ftifled,and_ 
lofe their Leaves and Fruits. 
Secondly, This time muft be 
_ obferved, that the Trees may be 
at the place where ye would 
have them, ‘before’they come to 
SO te 
A The Belgick 
Water to be fet in che Ships about 
the Room where the Trees ftand, 
that this Vermine may quench 
their Thirft, and thee tender 
‘Fravellers be brought over in 
the moft comely manner to their 
Matter. If this removal muft be . 
done by Land, ye are to take 
Care only that they may be’ fafe 
in the Waggons from breaking 
and hitting againft fomething, or 
~ againft one another. 
ofthe  Tothis belongs the removing, 
time to as into, fo alfoout of the winter . 
bring Place or green Houfe; when the 
to, and Summer begins to draw to an 
oof End, and it is come to about the 
ter Place eight of Oéfober, or the twenty 
Hoon cighth: of September, the Trees 
* fhall be brought under a Shelcer 
or Cover, in a fair, a clear Day, 
when the Leaves aré well dry, 
(whether it be a Gallery, niade 
of Reed or Straw, or otherwife, 
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