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4 4 Or Netherlandifh Hefperides., 4 65 
be done,cannot be well prefcribed 
in regard of the Months, becaufe 
‘the Condition of the Weather 
mutt fhew it. 
For it happeneth many timeshere 
in this Country in fome mild ~ - 
" Winter that the Glafs-Windows > 
are whole days open, and there- 
fore it {érves for a general rule, . 
that as long as it is fair Weather, 
and doth not freeze, the Wooden ree 
Shutters fhall be leftopen day and pening 
© 
night to the middle of November, ata Shut 
~ and then fhall they be fhut before pho °- 
the Sun goes down ; But when it wooden 
_is mifty, mifly, and frofty Wea- oS 
‘ther, they fhall be kept clofe,and ters’ 
it muft not be tedious toa practi . 
tioner ‘to open and fhue the. 
Windows, though ofgen in one 
day, for the more the Trees are © 
aired, the better it is to prevent all - 
_, ftifling and moulding. 
Now when it begins to freeze, 
tho 
Or Netiertandith Hefperides. 164 
Now wher it Freezeth fo hard , The 
that there is no longer keeping ‘with= te of 
ee : Se f makin 
in’ Doors, without making. Fire } Fire. 
which we may obfetve by putting 
. fome Pans or Pots with Water here 
and thefe in the Green-Houfe, and 
when we fee that Freeze, then is it 
time to make Fire in the Stoves; 
which is commonly done early in 
the Morninig,and at Night about nine 
of the Clock. But if it comes to 
pals, that thefe two Fires are not e- 
notigh in the Day, then alfo a Fire: 
muft be made at Noon-Day; and 
in making this Fite, keep alfo this 
common Rule. : 
As long as the Water doth not The 
_ Freeze inthe Pans, we need not to se 
_ make a Fire, and when the Watér Rule to 
_ doth Freeze, wé muft make no gteat- meee 
er Fire, then that we fee the Ice. to 
grow loofe, and that the Froft can 
_ day no hold thereon; for ifwe make 
‘too hota Fire, itfhalldo mote Hurt, 
_ thentif ir came to Freeze once ini the , 
hs Cae M Green- 
TTR 
windows 
Moitt- , ae 
nefs ia that in che Green-Houfe, or VVintere 
. Green- 
Houfe. 
gigs IE 
FER66 ahh iow ‘The Belgick; AS 
tho not fo hard as that it freezeth 
_ within the houfe, ‘then open only 
the Wooden Shutters, to the end, 
that the Sun fhining into the 
winter place or green houfe may 
refrefh: the Trees and the Fruits; 
and againft the evening before thé 
Sun is fet, the fame muft be fhut 
_ again, that in the night they may 
not fuddenly be« furprized by the 
Cold. ah 
- Now when the Froft begins to 
increafe, the Green houfe fhall’ . 
be wholly kepr fhut, and we muft’ . 
take Care there be no holes or’ 
_ chinks for the Wind to come in’ 
or through, for where the fame 
-doth light, it doth great harm, 
and caufeth Froft the fooner with- 
in doors : Neverthelefs when it 
is a fair Sun fhine at noon day, the 
fame may be let inthrough the: 
Glafs-Windows, and being gone; 
Shut them again Clofe. 14 Ook 
3 Now 
Shi odPtel Balgidkdls: 
>»! Gteen-Houfes It once happened to 
~ eames that the Froft took the Trees 
‘by Night,and the Leaves and Fruits 
were ftiff, asif they had been white 
with the fame which was: caufed 
by the Carelefnefs of the Gardiner. 
Torepair this Mifchance, there was 
a flow Fire made in the Stove, and 
not an hot or great one at firft ; 
‘through which Sweet, pleafantly in- 
- eteafing VVarmth,the frozen Leaves _ 
arid’ Fruits began by Degrees to 
Thaw; and to come to their former 
Condition; “yea, I’ had never more 
fipe Fruirs’¢then’ in that fame 
Year, 1668. HOMasROD 
“Fc comes'alfo fometimes to pafs,. 
Place, there hang many Drops ‘of 
VVater atthe Ceiling ( when many 
Days together a Fire is made, “with 
out opening thé wooden VVindows; 
reafon of the continual  Froft,:) 
which falling down uponthe Trees, 
do then great wrong, “viz. cafe 
ee © “moulding 
