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fler eighteen or twenty Years,as thefe 

 will have when brought over ; and 

 although their Heads are fmall when 

 we receive them, yet, in three Years, 

 with good Management, they will 

 obtain large Heads, and produce 

 Fruit. 



In the Choice of thefe Trees, ob- 

 ferve, firft, the Difference of their 

 Shoots and Leaves (if they have any 

 upon them), to diftinguifh their dif- 

 ferent Sorts ; alfo prefer thofe that 

 have two good Buds in each Stock 

 (for many of them have but one, 

 which will always produce an irre- 

 gular Head) : the Straitnefs of the 

 Stem, Frefhnefs of the Branches, and 

 Plumpnefs of the Bark, are neceffary 

 Obfervations. 



When you have furnifhed your- 

 felf with a Parcel of Trees, you muft 

 prepare a moderate Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark, in Length and Breadth 

 according fo the Number of Trees ; 

 then put your Trees into a Tub of 

 Water upright, about half-way of 

 the Stems, !eavi g the Head and up- 

 per Part of the Stem out of the Wa- 

 ter, the better to draw and imbibe 

 the Moifture. In this Situation they 

 may remain two or three Days (ac- 

 cording to their Plumpnefs when you 

 received them) ; then take them out, 

 and clean their Roots from all Filth, 

 cutting off all broken or bruifed 

 Roots, and all the fmall Fibres, which 

 are quite dried by being fo long out 

 of the Earth ; and fcrub the Stems 

 with an hard Hair-bruin, cleaning 

 them afterwards with a Cloth ; then 

 cut off the Branches about three 

 Inches from the Stem ; and having 

 prepared a Quantity of good frefh 

 Earth, mix'd with very rotten N eats- 

 dung, plant your Trees therein, ob- 

 ferving never to put them into large 

 Pots ; for if they are but big enough 

 to contain their Roots, it is fuffi- 

 cient at hVff planting : and be fure 



to put fome Potfheards and large 

 Stones in the Bottom of each Pot, to 

 keep the Holes at the Bottom of the 

 Pots from being ftopp'd with Earth, 

 that the Water may freely pafs off ; 

 then plunge thefe Pots into the Bark- 

 bed, watering them well to fettle 

 the Earth to their Roots, frequently 

 repeating the fame as they may re- 

 quire it ; and obferve to fcreen the 

 Glaffes of your Hot-bed from the 

 Sun in the Heat of the Day. 



If your Trees take to grow kind- 

 ly (as there is little Reafon to doubt 

 of, if the Diredtions given be duly 

 obfcrved),rhey will have made ftrong 

 Shoots by the Beginning of June ; at 

 which time you mould flop their 

 Leaders, to obtain lateral Branches 

 to furnifh their Heads : and now you 

 muft give them Air plentifully, and 

 begin to harden them, that in the 

 Middle of July they may be remov'd 

 into the open Air, in fome warm 

 Situation, defended from the great 

 Heat of the Sun, and from- Winds, 

 that they may be harden'd before 

 Winter. About the End of Septem- 

 ber you mould houfe thefe Plant?, let- 

 ting them, at firft, in the Front of 

 the Green-houfe, near the Glaffes, 

 keeping the Windows op'en at all 

 times when the Weather will per- 

 mit ; and about the Latter-end of 

 O<f?0£<?r,when you bring in the Myr- 

 tles, and other lefs tender Trees, you 

 muft fet your Oranges in the warm- 

 eft and beft Part of the Houfe, place - 

 ing lower Plants or Trees in the 

 Front, to hide their Stems. During 

 the Winter, let your Waterings be 

 frequent, but give them not too 

 much at a time ; for now their Pleads 

 are but fmall, and therefore incapa- 

 ble to difcharge too great a Quan- 

 tity of Moifture ; and take great 'Cara 

 to guard them from Froft. 



In the Spring, when you begin to 

 take out feme of your hardieft Son s 



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