Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, tai. 
hath a good Smelt, fweee Taft, 
without any Slyminefs, which in 
the VVinter is fomewhat Luke- 
watm, and in the-Summer mode- __ 
rately Cool; for this is judged 
wholefom and pleafant, as well 
for’ Men as for Trees; but River, 
and Rain-VVater excelleth all o- 
ther; when enough may be had, 
we fhall keep to it. There be 
Perfons that prepare feveral Mix- 
tures, with Dung,. Salepeter, and 
- VVater, to water therewith ; but 
being we rejected that in the thir- 
tieth Chapter, and have fpoken 
of it before, we fhall fay no more 
to it now. 
VVe muft order our felves ac- Time. 
cording to the Difference of the 
Seafons to water Orange Trees. 
~Inhot and dry VVeather, it 
muft be done every fecond or 
third Day inthe Evening, when 
the Sun is going down, and 
Ren ge’ Shines 
Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 
and ‘Tubs, or wooden Troughs, 
whicli ftand ail the Day long in 
the Sun, and wherein the Water 
is put the Day before it is ufed. 
The time when this watering 
begins and ‘ends here in thefe 
Countries, is commonly May, to 
the latter end of Auguj?, or fomes 
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what longer, according as the - 
Days be Wet, Hot, or Cold. _ 
- We muff oblerve this general 
Rule in this Affair, which is above, 
in fome meafure touched upon, 
- viz, that we do not water thefe 
Trees too much; for if they be 
kept too wet, it cools and chills 
the Root, and the Leaves grow 
Yellow ; too much drinefs is alfo 
hurtful, fo that Moderation muft 
be obferved here ; which we may 
fufficiently know by the Earth it- 
felf; for thefe Trees mutt not be 
over-watered. ie 
As long asthe Trees ftand in Inwin- 
da. the tertine. 
of theD 
SAR, cule Miele 
Shines no more: upon the Trees ; 
orif they be watered in the heat 
» ne Vay, it will caufe aor 
Sicknefs ; wherefore we os il 
the Evening, by reafon that the 
heat of the Sun having layn upon — 
the Roots all the Day, they may 
thereby in fome meafure be Re- 
tefhed. . 
__ This watering mui be done 
with Care, fothat the Earth be 
‘pt moderately moift, and not 
foo wet, and reduced to.a dirty 
Myrinels ; we muft alfo beware | 
of the Stocks, left they chill by 
the Water which comes againit 
them, grow foul, moffy, and 
come to a pining Sicknefs, 
We mutt elpecially obferye 
that the Water we fhall ufe in 
Watering, muft be warmed in the 
Sun ‘before it be ufed » becanfe 
cold-Water is very hurtful to the 
Tees; therefore we ule Casks - 
and 
va The Belgick, 
the Winter-Place or Green-Houfe, 
they are feldom watered, except 
Neceffity requires it; which may . 
be difcerned by the fhrinking in of 
the Leaves,. and the limbernefS of 
their Fruits, and then the water- 
ing muft be but little, till the 
Faintnels ceafes, and the Fruits 
and Leaves return to their for- 
mer State. 
When this watering is to be 
done, we fhall warm a Pot with 
Water over the Fire,and fo temper 
it with cold VVater, that it is 
' fitly lukewarm, as if it had ftood 
a Summers Day in the Sun, for 
great Cold is very prejudicial to 
the Roots. 
In the Spring, from April to 
- May, we fhall feek to cherith thefe 
Trees by a flowifh Feeding, or « 
Refrefhing with VVater, which 
is fet upon the Tubs, in flat Pots © 
or Pans,wherein ly longifh Pieces 
of 
