"Or Netherlandith Hefperides, 46, 
hindered and kept off. | 
When the Trees in the Winter Againit 
"are Houfed, they are often troub- = 
CHAP. XI. 
led with Mice and Rats, becaufe 
they cannot come by Water ; 
wherefore it is not amifs to pros 
Of the winter Place, or green ne 
Houfe, and its Ue. 
Ecaule it is impoffible to Or: 
Houle with ‘Trapsgand Pans of . der thefe Outlandifh Plants 
Water, that this Verfhine may. ¢i- 
‘ther be catcht, or their Thirft 
quencht,to @ompel them to excufe 
and leave the ‘Irees, as we have 
feen that very much happened to 
Sieur William Vanden-Heuyell, 
_ vide the winter Place, or greén B 
well in thefe Countries, except 
we know how conveniently to 
defend them in the winter Seafon 
againft the Froftand-‘Cold, which 
cannot be done, if there be nor a- 
good winter Place provided, — 
What concerneth Snails and Snails & — * We fee that in Brabant and 
| tee ee ine ate oe ea , Flanders. they ufe arched Cellars, 
> ’ 
a 
poffible to the South. 
Harm to thefe Plants, and there- 
fore Unneceffary upon this Occa- 
fion, to Admonifh or Mention of 
them: If.they be found on them, 
the beft Means again{t them, is 
to catch, them. . 
CHAP. | 
Or Netherlandith Helperides. 63 
~ out of the Cellar into a lightiom 
toom, as foon as the froft is over; 
. Which is not well to be done for 
~ any one that hath a great number 
of Trees, by reafon the labour 
would be too great and charge- 
able, becaufe of the multitude ; 
befides with the frequent remov- 
‘ing we run the hazard to {poil the - 
heads by hitting them againft 
fome thing or other,. iy he 
To this Work is at leat a 
lightfom Room required, which 
ing in the Winter, may refreth 
‘thefe tender Strangers, with her 
pleafane and grateful Beam. 
What manner of Winter-place 
or Green-houfe foevef we prepare, 
Care muft be had that it ftand 
with the open part as much as is. 
“2 
Here . 
- 
to avoid the inconveniency of 
making Fire. But thereby they 
alfo commonly lofe their fruic, » 
which through or by reafon of the 
¥e 
lictle air,and moift Vapours,which 
the Trees receive, decay and fall 
off except they be again carried 
? sed 
Feet "The Belgick 
" Here Imight give the defcription* 
and the dimention of feveral 
Green houfes’ fee down by the 
Author, but think it needles, be- 
caufe as the Author faith, every 
One may and doth make them’ 
as he thinketh good and Conve- 
nient. is 
Yet the Ufe is one and the 
fame. Viz, for the prefervation 
of tender plants) ‘which cannot 
endure and ftand out againft ° 
our Cold Winter ftorms and Tem- 
_ is free from all Cold Piercing pefts. eet 
‘Winds, «and hath Glafs-Windows Uf of — From the time that the Trees 
to the South, @hat the Sun Shin. ate are fetyinto the Green houle ot 
orGreen Winter place we muft begin to 
Honfe. 
take Careto watch againft all In- 
cident inconveniencies and mit 
chances ; for through ? carelef- 
nefs more harm may be done in 
eone night, then we can again 
‘overcome and repair in an whole 
year; but on what time fuch mut 
be 
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