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thick; and having placed your Tree 

 thereon, in the Middle of the Pot, 

 upright, fill it up with the fame rich 

 Earth, prcifing it down hard with 

 your Hands ; then water the Tree 

 all over the Head, with a Watering- 

 pot that has a Rofe upon the Spout, 

 to let the Water fall light and thick 

 (as in a Shower of Rain) ; and in 

 watering thefe Trees, do it in the 

 fame manner, during the time they 

 abide in the Houfe after fhifting : 

 this will greatly refrefh their Heads, 

 and promote their taking frefh 

 Roots. 



Wlien you firft fet thefe Trees 

 abroad after fhifting, you mould 

 place them near the Shelter of 

 Hedges, and fallen their Stems to 

 ftrong Stakes, to prevent their be- 

 ing difturbed by Winds ; which,fome- 

 times, will blow frefh-planted Trees 

 out of the Pot?, if t o much expos'd 

 thereto, and thereby greatly injure 

 their new* Roots. 



If old Orange-trees have been ill 

 managed, and their Heads become 

 ragged and decayed, the beft Me- 

 thod to reftore them is, to cut off the 

 greateft Part of their Heads early in 

 March, and draw them out of the 

 Tubs or Pots, and fhake off the Earth 

 from their Roots, cutting away all 

 fmall Fibres, and mouldy Roots ; 

 and then foak 2nd clean their Roots, 

 Stems, and Branches, planting them 

 into good Earth, and fetting them 

 into an Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, 

 as was directed for fuch Trees as 

 came from Abroad, managing them 

 jn the fame manner : by this Method 

 they will produce new Heads, and, 

 in two Years time, become good 

 Trees again. But if thefe are large 

 Trees, and have grown in Tubs for 

 feveral Y ears, your beft Way will be, 

 to prepare a Parcel of rough Bafk- 

 ets (fuch as are ufed for baiketing 

 Ever- greens, when fcnt to a diflanc 

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Place) : let thefe be fomew^iat lefs 

 than the Tubs you defign to plant 

 your Trees into ; then plant your 

 Trees herein, plunging them into 

 the Hot bed ; and about the Begin- 

 ning of July, when your Trees have 

 made good Shoots, you may remove 

 them into the Tubs, with their Bask- 

 ets about them, filling the empty 

 Space with the fame good Earth : 

 this will prclerve your Tubs from 

 rotting in the Bark, and the Trees 

 will do equally well as if planted in- 

 to the Tubs at firfl: ; provided you 

 are careful, in removing the Bafkets, 

 not to difturb their Roots ; and alfo, 

 let them remain in the Green-houfe 

 a Fortnight or three Weeks after 

 planting, before you fet them abroad. 



Thele Trees being new-potted or 

 tubb'd every other Year, thofe Years 

 in which they are not fhifted, you 

 muft in April obferve to take out as 

 much of the old Earth from the 

 Tops of the Pots and Tub?, and alfo 

 round the Sides of them, as pofiible. 

 without injuring the Roots of the 

 Trees, and fill them up with frelh 

 Earth ; you muft aifo wafh and clean 

 their Stems and Leaves from Filth, 

 which will greatly ftrengthen their 

 Flowering, and caufe them to moot 

 vigoroufly the following Summer. 



In the Management of Orange- 

 trees which are in good Health, the 

 chief Care mould be to fupply them 

 with Water duly, and not (as is fome- 

 times pra&ifed) ftarve them in Win- 

 ter, whereby their Fibres are dried, 

 and become mouldy, to the great 

 Prejudice of the Trees ; nor to give 

 themWater in too great Abundance; 

 but rather let their Watetings be fre- 

 quent, and given in moderate Quan- 

 tities. You muft alfo obferve, that 

 the Water has free PaiTage to drain 

 off; for if it be detained in the Tubs 

 or Pots, it will rot the tender Fibres 

 of the Trees, During the Winter- 



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