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drive away this Diftemper, the 
only Means is found to be, the 
making of the Trees clean from 
their Filth and FoulnefS, with a’ 
Spunge wetted in Rain-Water, 
wherewith we caufed-the Leaves 
_ and Boughs in the Spring to be 
wafhed and wiped, before the 
fame began to fhoot out, and 
hereby was this Evil quite over: 
come, which otherwife was fufs 
ficient wholy to deftroy the Infect- 
ed Trees. - | 
We being now freed of ithis, 
have thought fit not to hide this 
_ eafy and otdinary Means from o- 
thers, but have been therefore — 
fomewhat longer in -relating fo 
darigerous an Ayl, and its Cure. 
~ Againft Rortennefs in ‘the Rotten. - 
Stocks or Boughs of the Trees, "** 
“nothing elfe isto be ufed bur what 5, 
is {aid above of the Gumms. 
When the Trees begin to wax 
b4 - Old, 
Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 159 | 
drive away this Vermine. But in 
our time we have feen better 
_ Weaponsto keep off thefe ill na- 
~ tured Guefts, viz, Leaden or La-. 
tin Rings of an Hands Breadth, 
which were made or fet together 
round about the Stock, «and of an 
~ Inch ortwo deep, which are kepe 
full of Water, wherewith the 
_ Tree being compafled about, as it 
were with @ Ditch , this Vermin 
is hindred from climbing up, and 
_ defended alfo againft thefe Ene- 
mies. | vd 
This Invention was firft brought 
to light by the Sieur John Rocters, - 
in his Life time Secretary of Anz — - 
fterdam, and a great Lover of this 
_ Husbandry, — 
_. Further, others have fet their - 
_. Trees upon little Benches, ot 
Frames, of half a Foot above. 
_ Ground, whofe Feet being made - 
_ Sflittle thick fhore pieces of Wood, 
fland 
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‘Branches, but dye by little and 
lietle from the’ Top; then the 
only Means is to take off- the 
- whole Head in the Spring, with- © 
in an Hands breadth above the Ins 
oculation, that they may fprout. 
out again, and come again by a 
new Growth to their firft Lufti- 
nefs, and Vigour, and frefh. 
Strength, asis fhewed before. 
Now we are to confider the — 
outward Enemies, which come to 
affaule and difquiet thefe He/perial 
Inhabitants, viz, the Aunts, Ear- 
Wiggs, and Spiders, _ 
-_ The two firft endammagethele . 
Trees, efpecially in their young 
Shoots and Bloffoms. _ 
_ Againft which many Means are 
Invented 3) Ferrarivs will, that we 
ftrow Athes about>the Stock, or. 
lay about it Cotton dipt in’ Oyl of 
Stone, which by. its tench doth 
isu 
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ftand in little Troughs, which are 
kepe full of Water, and keep thefe 
Pernicious Creatures’ from the 
Trees, 
The Earwiggs, which devour 
and fpoil thefe young tender 
Shoots, may be catcht with pieces 
of coarfe Linnen laid in the Trees, 
and fo kept in and Curbed. 
aidere _ Spiders hurt the ‘Limon and 
Orange Trees by Spinning the 
Leaves together, and by pulling - 
the young Shoots together, where- 
by the Leaves become Black, 
Foul, and are hindred much in 
their Growth. . 
The only Remedy againft this - 
Evil is to catch the fame, and fo 
chafing away thefe Tyrants, to 
make thefe Plants free from {uch a 
filthy Cry. 3 
Againft Concerning other Mifchances 
bad 
Winds, 
of Winds, bad Airs,. thereof is 
taught before how they may be 
ofATL hindered 
