Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, 
mon and Orange Trees begin to 
leave Growing, and fail to fhoot 
new Branches, which are Signs 
that the growing Virtue is decay- 
ed, being caufed by the abun. 
dant Bloffoming and Fruit-bear- 
ing ; then fhall ye cut the whole 
Head off within an Hands breadth 
and Tranfplant the Tree - into 
frefh Earth (as is taught before 
Cap. 8. ) after the Roots are well 
cleared: Whereby the fame ob- 
tains, as it were, a new Life, and 
_ We get again likewife, inftead of 
Trees decayed, young and flour- 
- ifhing ones. 
This pruning Work muft be The 
taken in hand in the Spring, viz, Time. « 
affoon as the Trees come out of 
the VVinter Placesor Green Houle, . 
and according to Ferrarius his Let 
fon, inthe VVain of the Moon ; a dp Bs 
but for the cutting away of Sear 
or dead VVood, no time is to 
be 
Or Nethetlandith Héfperides: 151 
‘Means be rid of them, and de» 
* fended againft them; if we will 
keep theny in Profperity and 
Health. - 
The comnion - Diftempers ; 
which wé find here in thefe Couna 
tries, are Gumims, growing Yel: 
 *low, Lice, Rottonnefsy and De- 
cay. 
Concerning the firft ; The fame cuitidii 
hath, or takes its Original *from 
fome ill natured cold) tough Mat- 
ter, which Nature feeksto throw 
off, or caft out atone place or of 
‘ther, in atoughand fharp Moift- 
nels, which Cankers and Cor 
rupts wherefoever it runs or flows; 
therefore as foon as this Evil is 
perceived, the gummy Place fhall 
* cut out with a fharp Knife to 
the quick Wood, and the outcut + 
Wound rubbed with Lime’ and 
Afhesof Turf, mixed together 
with Rain-Water, to a conveni- 
Bae eng 
149 
150 "The Belgiék 
be obferved for the taking off of | 
the whole Head; we can pre- 
cribe no Years, becaufe the fore- 
mentioned Signs about them mutt 
be only obferved. igi 
The ‘Inftruments, we have 
need of for this VVork , afte a 
_ Pruning Chiffel, a wooden Mal- 
let, fmall Saw, a crooked prun- 
ing Knife, grafting VVax to fe 
cure the made VVound from drip- 
Ping Moifture, and to further the 
Cure. 
+ CHAR XxxIx, 
Of the Means against many De- 
faults and Vermine, 
* 
BE as Men and Animals are 
i’, fubje& to Sicknefs > Ads 
and Enemies; fo alfo the Trees. 
and Plants, which muift needs byte. - 
Means, 
152. The Belgick, 
ént Thicknefg,' and then be cot 
vered over with Grafting Wax. _ 
- This hath been often ufed with 
good Advantage on this Occafion, 
Hefp.L.4. and is the fame Means which Ferra- 
6 22. ying Defcribes or Prefcribes againft 
the rotting of them. , 
Yellow-  Againft the growing Yellow 
nefs of - 1 4 kes 1 Ss 
Leaves, of the Leaves; which takes it 
Original from the ill Difpofition of 
the inward Parts, or from the 
Rottennefs of the Roots, and 
" fometimes alfo from too much 
“watering, whereby the Tree is 
Chilled, or from the long conti- 
nued Exficcation.of the Earth ; 
Soisict that the fame Author Re- 
commends to bury a dead Dogg — 
at the Roots of the Trees; and 
being fuch cannot well be done 
with us, becaufe we muft mifs 
the Ufe of the free Earth, and 
behelp our felves with narrow . 
Pots and Tubs; we have ie 
that 
