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very fweet, will perfume the Air of 

 the Place ; but thefe are feldom to 

 be found in good Health, becaufe 

 they muft be treated with more Care 

 than the common Orange and Le- 

 mon-trees : as muft alfo the Shad- 

 dock, otherwife the Fruit will always 

 drop off in Winter. This Sort was 

 brought from the Eaft- Indies by one 

 Capt. Shaddock^ from whom the In- 

 habitants of the Weft- Indies gave 

 this Fruit the Name. But they have 

 greatly degenerated the Fruit fince 

 it has been in the Weft-Indies, by 

 raifing the Trees from Seeds ; the 

 greateft Part of which produce an 

 harm four Fruit, greatly inferior to 

 the original Sort ; which, if they 

 would bud from the good Sort, they 

 might have in as great Plenty as they 

 pleas'd ; but there are few Perfons 

 in that Part of the World, who un- 

 derhand the Way of grafting or 

 budding Fruit trees ; and if they 

 did, they are fo negligent of their 

 Fruits, &c. as to leave the Whole to 

 Nature; feldom giving themfelves 

 any farther Trouble, than to put the 

 Seeds into the Ground, and leave 

 them to grow as Nature mall in- 

 cline. 



All the Sorts of Orange-trees with 

 ftrip'd Leaves are tender ; therefore 

 muft be placed in a warm Part of the 

 Green-houfe in Winter ; and muft 

 be treated with more Care than the 

 common Sort, otherwife they will 

 not thrive. Thefe areVarieties which 

 fome Perfons are fond of ; but they 

 never produce good Fruit, nor are 

 the Flowers produced in fo great 

 Plenty : therefore a few only mould 

 be preferved for the fake of Va- 

 riety. 



The ftarry Orange differs from 

 tne other Sorts, in the Fruit dividing 

 into five Parts, and the Rind expand- 

 ing in form of a Star : this, and the 

 ditto r ted Orange, are preferved by 



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fome curious Perfons for Variety ; 

 but they are not fo beautiful as the 

 common Orange. There are alfo a 

 great Variety of fweet Oranges both 

 in the Eaft and Weft-Indies, fome of 

 which are much more efteemed than 

 thofe we now have in Europe ; but 

 as they are much tenderer, they will 

 not thrive in this Country with the 

 common Culture : therefore I fhall 

 not enumerate them ; but fhall pro- 

 ceed to give Directions for the Ma- 

 nagement of Orange-trees in Eng- 

 land. 



Jf you purpofe to raife Stocks for 

 budding of Oranges, you mould pro- 

 cure fome Citron feeds which were 

 duly ripen'd ; for the Stocks of this 

 Kind are preferable to any other, 

 both for Quicknefs of Growth, as 

 alfo that they will take Buds of either 

 Orange, Lemon, or Citron ; next to 

 thefe are the Seville Orange-feeds. 

 The bell Seeds are ufually to be had 

 from rotten Fruits, which are com- 

 monly eafy to be procured in the 

 Spring of the Year : then prepare a 

 good Hot-bed, of either Horfe-dung, 

 or Tanners Bark ; the laft of which 

 is much the better, if you can eafi!y 

 procure it. When this Bed is in a 

 moderate Temper for Heat, you muft 

 fow your Seeds in Pots of good rich 

 Earth, and plunge them into the Hot- 

 bed : in three Weeks time your Seeds 

 will come up ; and if the young 

 Plants are not ftinted, either for want 

 of proper Heat or Moifture, they 

 will be, in a Month's time after their 

 Appearance, fit to tranfplant into 

 fingle Pots : you muft therefore re- 

 new your Hot-bed ; and having pre- 

 pared a Quantity of fmall Halfpeny 

 Pots (which are about five Inches 

 over at the Top), fill thefe half-full 

 of good frefh Earth, mix'd with very 

 rotten Cow-dung ; and then make 

 -out the young Plants from the large 

 Pots, with all the Earth about them, 

 h 4 that 



