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feafon they muft have a large Share 

 of Air, when the Weather ^'favour- 

 able ; tor nothing is more injurious 

 to thefe Trees than Rifling of them ; 

 nor fhoald they be placed too near 

 each other in the Green houfe ; but 

 fet them at fuch Diftance, that their 

 Branches may be clear of each other, 

 and that the Air may circulate freely 

 round their Heads. In Summer they 

 fhould be placed where the Winds 

 are not vioient, and fo as to have 

 the morning and evening Sun ; for 

 if they are too much expo fed in the- 

 mid-d.iy Sun, they will not thrive. 

 The beft Situation for them is near 

 fome large Plantation of Trees, 

 which will break the Force of the 

 Winds, and lcreen them from the 

 violent Heat of the Sun. In fuch a 

 Situation they may remain until the 

 Eeginning of October, or later, ac- 

 cording as the Seafon proves favour- 

 able ; for if they are curried into the 

 Green-houfe early, and the Autumn 

 fhould prove warm, it will occafion 

 the Trees to make frefh Shoots, 

 which will be weak and tender, and 

 fo liable to perifh in Winter ; and 

 fometimes it will occafion theirFJow- 

 ering in Winter ,which greatly weak- 

 ens the Trees : nor fhould they re- 

 main fo long abroad as to be.injured 

 by morning F rolls. 



The beft Compoft for Orange- 

 trees is two-thirds of frefh Earth from 

 a good Pailure, which fhould not 

 be too light, nor over-ftiff, but ra- 

 ther an Hazel -loam : this fhould be 

 taken about ten Inches deep with 

 the Sward, which mould be mixed 

 with the Earth to rot, and one-third 

 Part of Neats-dung: thefe fhould 

 ,be mixed together, at leaft twelve 

 Months before it is ufed, cbferving 

 to turn it over every Month, to mix 

 it well,* and to rot the Sward ; this 

 will a'fo break the Clods, and caufe 

 the Mould to be foer. Before you 



make ufe of this Earth, you fhould 

 pafs it thro' a rough Screen, to fepa- 

 rate the great Stones and the Roots 

 of the Sward therefrom ; but by no ' 

 means fift the Earth too fine; for 

 this is very prejudicial to moll Plants, 

 but particularly to Orange-trees. 



Of late Years there have been 

 many of thefe Trees planted againft 

 Walls, and Frames of Glafs made 

 to fix over them in Winter; and 

 fome few curiousPerfons have planted 

 thefe Trees in the full Ground, and 

 have ere£led moveable Covers over 

 thefe Trees in Winter, which are 

 fo contrived as to be all taken away 

 in Summer : where thefe have been 

 well executed, the Trees have made 

 great Progrefs in their Growth, and 

 produced a much larger Quantity of 

 Fruit, which have ripened fo well, as 

 to be extremely good for eating. If 

 thefe are planted either againft Walls 

 with Delign of training the Branches 

 to the Walls, or in Borders at a finall 

 Diftance, fo as to train them up as 

 Standards, there fhould be a Contri- 

 vance of a Fire-place or two, in pro- 

 portion to the Length of the Wall, 

 and Flues carried the whole Length 

 of the Wall, to warm the Air in very 

 cold Weather, otherwife it will be 

 "very difficult to preferve the Trees 

 in very hard Winters alive ; or, if 

 they do live thro' the Winter, they 

 will be fo much weakened by the 

 Cold, as not to be recovered the fol- 

 lowing Summer to a proper Strength 

 for bearing ; fo that where-ever thefe 

 Trees are intended to be placed 

 againft or near old Walls, the Flues 

 fhould be built up againft the Front, 

 allowing four Inches Thicknefs of 

 the Brick- work, on each Side the 

 Flues, obferving to faften this with 

 Irons, at proper Diftances, to fecure 

 it from feparating from the old Wall. 

 The manner of making thefe Flues 

 is fully explained under the Article 



