hae Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 145 a 
iG 
of woollen Selveges, which by 
little and little fuck it in, and fo. 
thence diftills again into the Earth, 
which thus in time begins to moift- 
en, and give Nourifhment to the 
Tree; burif we do water much 
in the Spring, the Fruic will 
“Mourn, and fall eff, which ac- ° 
cording to Ferrarius his Opinion, 4¢h-!.4 
comes to pafs, becaufe the Trees “?*" 
have fufficiene Moiftnefs and Sap 
in them, and afcends from the 
Root, whereby the Fruits are, 
asit were, loolned, and fall off. 
Hitherto now, what concern- 
eth watering; if it be well ob- 
ferved in the Blowing time, and 
{welling of the Fruit, we fhall 
find, that the Trees are Cheerly 
and Merry, and fhall richly Re-° 
ward the Mafter’s Labour and 
Pains wich Blofloms, Fruits, and 
~ pleafant Leaves. Aiovy 
CHAP, 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 147 | 
der them Ungraceful tothe Eye. 
Secondly, VVe muft alfo clear 
them of the dead VVood, which 
difcovers itfelf in the fore-part of 
the Year, while they yet ftandin 
the Houfe; and iscauled through - 
Moiftnefs, which falling down 
upon the Boughs and Leaves,pro- 
dices Stifling and Moldinefs, _ 
which by a fharp Property, bites 
and eats out the Life of' the tender 
VVood and Leaves; and caulesa | 
pernicious Deadnefs, and Infects 
the whole Bough in a fhort time, 
“if we be not careful about it, to * 
ftop the Malady by cutting-off ; 
therefore muft this be taken away 
to the Quick, and the VVounds 
covered up with grafting-VVax, 
to prevent further Corruption. 
_ The Orange Tree is likewife Orange 
« fubjeétto the forementioned Evil ; ™* 
wherefore he muft be handled as 
the Limon Tree in this cafe; But 
oe : yet 
146 
Limon 
Trees, 
A 
7 The Belgick: 
CHAP. XXXVIIL 
Of Cutting or Pruning: 
Two-fold Cutting ot Prufis 
ing is ufed about’ thefé 
Trees. 
Firft; That which is ufed year- 
ly, by taking atvay the dead 
VVood,and fuperfuous Branches: 
Secondly, The taking or cutting 
of the whole Head. Fir/t, 
The Pruning, which the Li- . 
mon Tree requires, is about thé 
fuperfluous VVood, which the. 
Tree often makes, and muft needs 
be cut off, as well in regard of 
the good Shapé of her Head, as 
of the common welfare’ of het 
Fruits; for through want of this 
work the Limon Trees get irre- 
* gular flender, Heads, which rene 
14 
der 
ee The Belgick, 
yet he hath this peculiar, thar he 
often produces at the fore-ends of 
the Boughs very Clofe, Churlifh, 
and many {mall Shoots ( and they 
efpecially with curled and wrink- 
‘led Leaves ) which do the more 
ftrongly draw and fuck away the 
Nourifhment, and hinder the far- 
ther fhooting of young Branches, 
_ and make the Trees to Bloffom 
too much, whereby at laft a Con- 
fumption is caufed. - 
To. prevent which, thefe fu- 
perfluous Twiggs or little Shoots. 
arein their beginning broken or 
taken off, and buttwo, or at moft . 
three left .together; or if you 
find that too many of thefe Shoots 
or Twiggs are left, they are tak- 
en away at the ordinary time of 
Pruning, to the endthe next new 
Thetak- coming, may come forth the 
ing off 
of the 
Head. 
moteftrongly, and luftily. 
When.we obferve that the Li- 
Ts mon 
