Ov Netherlandith Hefperides, 133 
as aMan hath the Conveniency ) 
letting them ftand there fome 
Days, till ye feethat ic begins to 
be time to puc them into the win- . 
tet Place or green Houle, which 
is ordinarily about the middle of | 
Oétober, or fomewhat later, ac- 
cording as the Days are fair, and 
the Weather good. 
In the fetting of the Trees,you 
muft obferve, that they ftand Ai- 
ry, and as little as is poffible into ° 
one another, left, bythe hanging 
of the Heads in one another, the — 
Leaves and Boughs ftifle, neither 
muft they be placed too near the 
Stove, or fire-Place, to receive 
any Hurt by the Heat; and ye 
muft niake the placing fo, that 
ye may eafily come tothe Trees, | 
to help them upon all Inconveni- 
ency. 
Inthe Spring, about the tenth 
_ of May, when it is mild and rainy 
Weather, 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, 13 5 
“CHAP. XXXVI 
Of Dunging, Refrefhing, and digg 
ing about the Trees. 
HE dunging of Limon Ferra: 
T and Orange Trees is done ao 
according to the Diverfity of 
Climates; and becaufe we intend 
to direct this Ordering according 
to the Condition of our Belgium, 
Netherland: this Work mutt be 
done inthe Month of May, as foon 
as ‘the Trees come out ‘of the 
Winter-Place, ‘or Green-Houfe, 
and that every two or three years, 
according as Neceffity requires. 
Digg the old Earth one Hands - 
breath or more: round, with a 
fharp Trowel, or {mall Spade, 
outof the Tub or Pot, wherein 
the Tree -flands, as deep as you. 
Galea K .: Can 
» 
The Belgick; 
‘Weather, remove the Trees 4- — 
gain out of the winter Place or 
green Houfe, into the open Air, 
but not at firft into the hor Sun- 
Thine, becaufe they cannot fo fud- 
denly endure the fame, but lofe 
thereby their Leaves and Fruits ; 
therefore you muft flay fot a Day 
that it{ rains, or otherwife you. 
fhall bring the Trees for fome 
' Days into afhady Place, to ule. 
them again by degrees to the Air 
and Sunfhine ; how you are fur- 
ther to Order them in the winter 
Place, or green Houle, fhall be 
faid afterward. 
CHAP, 
The Belgick 
can come, withal taking away _ 
the old fibrous Roots, fpent and 
worn out Earth; this being done, 
fill the Tubs up again with fat- 
dunged light fine fifted Earth, 
which hath been prepared fome 
time before for- it, and often 
wrought together with old Cow | 
and Horfe-dung, till the fame be 
well mixed and rotten; and af 
ter the faid filling up, make the 
_ tppermoft Earth even, letting 
the fame ly lightly, to further the 
Influence og foaking in of the Wa- 
ter, which by Rain or Watering 
comesuponit. 
By means of this Dunging and 
Retrefhing, can this noble Plane 
be Nourifhed in narrow clote 
Veflels,with great eafe, and mains 
tained in Fruicfulnefs. 
We,have only propounded the 
- moft fimple and plain Way, as 
being the fireft, leaving the Arti- 
4 =< bg ¢ ficial, 
