. . Or Netherlatdith Hefperides, 4 4 ae 
‘that inftead thereof is ufed the 
Shavings or Scrapings ‘of Neats 
Horns, rotten before, and fcalded; _ 
whereby thefé Trees feemed to . 
live again anew: But hete Caré 
muft be taken, that the Scrapings, 
or Shavings of Horns, be ufed 
* moderately, that the Trees may 
not be Damnified through the . 
Sharpnefs they have in them. 
But if it proceed from the Rot- 
“@ tennefs or Corruption of © thé 
Roots, it is moft fit to take the 
Treé up, to put away the old. 
Earth, and to clear the Root of 
_ all corrupt Fibres and Branches; 
and fo Plant him again in new 
Earth , ~whereby thé fame fhall 
fhoct to a more flourifhing 
Growth. . : hie he taka 
— [fit be caufed by too shuch 
Wert’, which Chills the Root, 
then the beft means is that Wwe 
look ro the Tulis anid Pots ; for it 
; ) £4 happers 
Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 154 
_ feafe; for it is not enough that” 
one Tree is tainted therewith, but 
all.chat ftand about it become Par- 
takers of the fame. Evil. ° 
This Vermin, or Greature , if 
we may fo callit, isin its begin- 
ning of a white Colour, of Shape 
longifh Round; when it is per- 
fect, .it is of the bigne(s of an ordi- 
nary wall-Loufe, of a Cheffnize 
Colour, upon the Back befet with 
long Hairs, but they perifhin few 
Days ; within ie is full of grayifh 
*. Moifture, which is of a fweet 
Taft, wherefore the Ants are 
‘much about it, and like of the 
Sweetnefs. 
_ This Wet or Moiftnefs feems 
to ferve this Creature for Nourifh- 
« ment," which it draws out: of the 
Bark ofthe Tree: But it fits moft ~ 
upon the Leaves, and moft flours . 
ifhing Branches, and we cannot 
eafily abferve that it moves from 
L 3 its 
i? 
ms |) 
154 The Belgick — ; 
happens fometimes that the Holes - 
underneath are ftopt, whereby the 
Water cannotrun out, but keeps ~ 
ftanding about the Root, and 
. -caufes this Evil’ to it; therefore 
' they muft be opened, that there 
may be a due Courfe for the Wa- 
ter. Or if irhappens through the — 
Earths being too clofe cling’d to- 
gether, or for want of Air, then 
the Tranfplanting is the next 
Means. . 
What hath here the name of 
Lice, we find to be much rather 
a Diftemper, which hath its Ori- 
ginal from the Trees. being Foul, - 
which is often caufed by Mildew, 
too many ‘moift Vapours in the 
winter Place, or green Houle, 
through the little airing, and too 
clofe ftanding together of the 
Trees(as well as an Enemy which 
comesupon them from without ) 
and is rightly called'the lonfy Di 
feafe ; 
Lice. 
156 ‘The Belgick 
its Place, though it doth fo very 
fowlyyote3: naeay Be 
When now againft the declin- 
ing of the Summer, this little Ani- 
mdi begins to dye, and its Sap and 
- Moifture. dryeth up, it voids a 
multicude of white Matter, which’ 
are Eggs, Nits, or Seed, whereby 
it is Propagated again. 
We have Experienced , that 
where this white. Matter. takes 
place, yea even in Vines, Peach, 
Laurel, and Myrtletree, that they 
were the next Year tainted with 
~ this Evil, and that inftead of one, 
hundreds came to light; fo that 
they by fucking the natural Nour- 
ifhment from the. Trees, killed 
them, as hath happened to feveral 
‘Trees. : 
. This Vermine doth not. dye 
through Cold, but endures even 
the coldeft Winter; and what 
Means foever have been ufed to 
drive 
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