(eon “|| SActherlandilh | |HESPERIDES. HACE AT § =| -andUtotthe Ligtow and || Orance Trees, ee Ol Hieed tothe Mare and Climate of the Netherlands. J . By s. Conmelyn. _ Made Englith by G. VN, + iS LON®D 0X, take Printed for #. Holford Bookfeller, at the | ~ | * Crown in the Pail-mall, and are to be Sold: eee... by Langly Curtis, 1683. | |BELGICK,|| | | The Management , Ordering, | ES Te . nae I tte in Fe " $i £86 T othe Right Honorable Tho- mas Belafyfe, Lord Vif count Fauconberg, Barron. of Yarome, Lord Lieute- nant of the North-Riding of Yorkthire, aud one of » his Majefties moft Hono- rable Privy Council. si a i ree ‘ 2 age 3%. ioe | OF THE SAUTER * Small part of Gardening comes : here to light, being the Ordes ring of outlandifh "Trees, Loved by many, but known by few; of which fome thing hath been Publifhed by fome of our (ountry Writers, but by none perfected as it ought: It is the Nure fing, Raifing , and Ordering of the Limon and Orange ‘Tree, which comes ~ forth under the Name of the Nether- fandifh Hefperides , and is by the Experience of many Years Arrived to - A this, af + XN Fe ; Dedicated, - “His Belgick Hefperi- des ( in an Englith Dreis ) is humbly “ By your Lordfhips, Ee ov ici i Moft Humble, ant moft Obliged Servant, deifure Flows committed to Paper. “Tt was never intended to be made common _ bythe Prefs, -but that the frequent Im portunity of fome worthy Friends did promote it, and to- overcome the mani- fold Difficulties which difcovered theme _ Selves in this Work 3 and the more, bez cane this Prattice here in this Country — _ ots undertaken by-many eminent Perfons, who throueh-felf-Tenorance truft all to ther Gardiners, who themfelves are but little acquainted therewith, ie This Hefperides sis opened to every one, and: fheweth itfelf under a range Name; having berein for. Patterns the “excellent. Jovianus Pontanus, and the Learned Fefuite Joannes Bap- tifta Ferrarius,. who both have effetts ‘¢€d and pexformed their Defcriptions, une der the Name of Hefperidess the one inVerfes, the other in an high filed » Proje ; yet only according tothe Condie tion of their Countries, which differs ‘4 munch andl throagh the fparing of fome ee Ae me ee fare OF the Author. much from ours, fo that theirs could not ferve-us but mn a few things, which | we have followed, and have found true by Experience. ‘ Confidering the Order, by. us Obe ferved, we have borrowed from Fer- rarius, being the fame cannot be A- ‘mended: But we have further Endeas voured to bring and order the Work in- to fuch a Manmer, as the Air and (ondition of thefe Northern Countries doth require, which are fubject to many intemperate Summers and Winters. ‘The Report of many Fiktions, with their Circumftances which belong to the Gare den of Helperides , are upon good reafon paffed by, and whiat is chief, only touched uponin a few Words, fee ing vnnecef[ary Narration is nothing but ufelefs Labour. Our only Aim was, chiefly the ‘Dee feription of the Trees, and their Fruits, in particular; and afterward the Orde ring of. them, ‘with whatfoever belong-_ A 3 eth Of the Atithor _ true Knowledg of this Praétife : It is true indeed, the Netherland bas mia- ny eminent Perfons which are Experiene ced and Skilled herein, but yet more who take this Work in hand without Know- ledg. We hope that this our Labour will not be Unacceptable, tho perhaps it may fem : Strange to fome, that for fuch {mall things [omuch Paper is blotted, as tho it were of fome Concern, being it,fcems more the Work of an Hbisbandman then of fome confiderable Perfons.' Thefe _ Men we fend to the ancient. Hifto- vies, and the yet daily Experiences which are both fufficient Witne[fes; bow that Kings, Princes, and eminent Pers fons have employed them{elves in Gard- ening, and rwhereof our Netherland has not a few Examples. For which Reafon then doth the _Belgick or Netherlandifh Hefpe- rides prefent her noble Fruits to every one that fhall not be afraid of the Pains a * of eae FERS + es a ae are b ae prove what others have alveady Written. a Pee te pen ae Ag) ss MS orgy ey ages el oa e’ Prefa Re from Seeds. moSt clearly ‘Propofed the fimplest and plaineft Way, avoiding all Artificial Taz 4 ventions, Which are Communicated to the World for Wonders, ‘and muft jufte ly be Rejeéted by a true Praétitioner ; becaufe Experience hath often Taught, that they who followed and. ufed them, have been much Deceived by them. The Mifchifs and Decayes which | fometimes happen to thefe Trees, with the Helps and Means againft them,are ~ Likewife duly Noted ; and afterward the Ufe of the Leaves; Bloffoms, and Fruits fet down, -, ‘Lhis.is briefly the Sum of the He- {petides, which doth not appear to ree theveofsbut only to Impart to our Country that which as yet it wanted, viz, The ; THE ge ed Beis rau ‘a ,a tay ‘naa “aswell of thom thatare ight ont of Tealy, as of them ere im thefe. Countries raifed ay ~-Inall this we have Obferved, and. BEDS ek ae i ) = 1QOR : | r Netherlandith Hefperides, CHAP I, Of the Canfe and Order of this Work, Renee Eing the Ordering or Management of. the Li- ' mon and Orange Trees is much Increafed within thefe few Years, by many Inhabirants of our Or Nethetlandith Hefperides. 3 cules, and bend all. his Strength, _ that he may break through by the — waking Dragon into the moft in- ward Garden, to fatisfy the fweet- nefs of his Invited Defires to this Exercife.. CHAP II, "The Fable of Helperides, Nder the Name of He/pee U rides is nothing elfe Under- ftood by Modern Authors, but the Ordering and Management of Citron, Limon, and Orange Trees. To Rehearfe all Fi@ions made _ hereof by the Poets, feems un- neceflary to us, becaufe we only : See intend 773) RSTO: ] de eal ote ‘ \ Hift.Na- z e oe ’ ses nya a ai = our Country, and would yet In- create more, if Ignorance ing un- . skilfulnefS were not in the Caufe.. To openthe Door to this Scie ence, this- He/perides is.come to Light, offering her Golden Ap- les to every one, tho net with: out prudent Labour: Which we aall here Propound in order, ~ Ferft,A fhort Introdudtion fhall be givento the Knowledg of the Trees and Fruits, which are Des {cribed every one in their particu- Jar Kinds and Parts, Secondly, The Ordering and Ufe “of the Fruits, with their moft ex. ecllent Profic and Uefulnels ; wh\ch are all fhortly and plainly Conimuniicated to ail Managers, that whof rever is pleafed to T ras vel in our , Ele/perides, to Advance this Husbar 1dry to the higeft pitch of Perfectio 0; whereunto every one muft the w himfelf as an Her- “i cules, Bs st x _ The! Belgick, intend to be fhort. - 40 Where this Hefperial Gardén was Scituated, is as Uncertain 45 the Truth of the mentioned Fi@ti- ons: Even as thatthe fame was @nid. Guarded by a Dragon, which was 44 Overcome and Slain by Hercules, whereof Virgil makes Mention. Flefperides is the Name of the / Diod.Si- Daughters of He/perus, Brother Pee toy Atlas King in Africa, and were Lib. 2, three, Aglen, Arethufa, and Heefpers’ thufa, and called after their Pa- rents, Hlefperides, and Attlantides, That the Place where this Garden was Scituate, is uncercaifi, asis mentioned above, is alfo Fe- ftified by Ferrarins ; for- the Anci- ent Writers differ about it, Plintus Defcribes the fame with Hepp. Lib, 1; . tur, Lib, thele Words, by Sertim is ‘the great 37-C. 2. Garden of Hefperides; | The Garden of Hesperides , as fome fay, is Scituated in the Mores 7 Country, Strengel, Afortor. Hit. 1. 2, €r:0n to 7 Seas mee Pidaee os RE EET, Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. . Country, in which golden Ap- pels grow and. axe produced, which _ is Guarded by the ever waking and) vigilant Dragon, | The moft common: Opinion is, that the Garden of Hefperides was opia, or the Mores, Country,.»where | : Scituated in the Weft Part of Lithie Bervavic Lib. He~ now arethe Kingdoms of Fetz and * * Marocco, about the old River and City of Lixo; and here is, accord- ing to the Opinion of many, the _ Native Country of the He/perial Fruits. Of the City of Marocco is it thus Written; Near the Walls of the ’ O. Dap- : per’s: A- Pallace,about half an Hours Jour- fisca.. ny from the City, lyes a Noble Pleafant Orchard, or Garden of Pleafure belonging to the King, Called Montferat, planted with a- bove fifty Thoufand LimonTrees, andthe fame Number of Orange Trees, fo that it is notftrange that thefe Ferrari: thefe Count - Hefp.l. 9- de Cit. << The Belgick, ries and Regions are fuppofed the Garden of Hefpes rides. ~ By the Diligence of Paladins are the Citrons brought over out of Media and Perfia' into Italy 2 ~ ~there: Ordered and Raifed ; and thence carried further into Spain, Portugal, and other Countries, till: at laft our Belgium, or Netherland got its part and fhare.n Tho now atthat time the dif- ferent Variations and Kinds of Li- mons, Citrons, and Oranges are many, which is caufed by the Na- vigation of the Spaniards, Portus gees, who have brought feveral Be 3 ftrange Sorts and Kinds into Ene rope. ‘ That both the Indies are plen- - tifully provided and ftored with’ - this Fruit, Teftify the Deferipti- ons of thofe who have Travelled through thofe Countries, Linfchoten 3 The Belgick, Ur Nethetlandifh Hefperides, ay Linfchoten faith, That in Guineaare Cop. 49% Limons, Citrons, | and efpecially very Toothfom Oranges ; and in China there are Oranges that are beyond Sugar in Sweetnefs, _ Baldews in the Defcription ‘of (eilon, That there are . the beft Oranges, Limons, and Citrons, ~ which excell others of the whole. Indies; yea, even thofe of Spain and Portugal, whither, as is {aid, they are brought by Navigation ; _ and therefo Multiplyed, Raifed, and bred, that thefe ‘Trees feem to be become a Native and In- _ landifh Plant ; and asthe daily Ex- _ perience alfo fheweth by the Sreat quantities of the Fruits which yearly are brought to us out of thofe Countries, \ And except the Ancients had in fome meafure pointed out unto us the place of the Garden of Hefperi« des; who would have ventured Bs 9 A Lake to place it any where, but along — in Italy not far, from Brizia. the Coaft of the Mediterranean Sea: and efpecially the fruitful Benacus, from whence our Hefperi- des muft be brought with great Diligence and Pains into’ our » Country. : of the Kinds ids CHAP. IIL. of the’ Fruits ‘in General, A, Ccording to the Number of LY the Hejperial Virgins are their Fruits Divided. | Ziglen, the Citron Tree ; Aves * thufa,the Limon Tree ; Hefperthu- _ fa, the Orange Tree. This Appellation is no other- wile : | JSperides by thefe three Names ; and | _ the Reafon why largely handled; 1 i RI peks Ferrarius hath Divided his He- Under thefe three Sorts and ~ Kinds are all the Hefperial Trees Comprehended. The Citron Tree, broughtiout «4, of Media by, Paladins above Tree twelve Hundred Years ago, and Planted and Ordered a'sout Naples, isthe firftin Order, hathfomeof — - the fame kind, confifting of Sowre and Sweet. OF Digit _ The Sowre are only different in the outward Form and Shape ; for the one is Oval, Long, and — wife ufed by the Modern Writers, then. to Exprefs the three diftinet forts of Fruits, . Roundlike; the other Calabas Fafhi- on; and the other again of an ill- _ fhapen Form, The Sweet Citron Tree hath not fo much Variety; yer ‘tis 2 se ba = Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. - Bauhinus reckons them nine, But © Bad» above all Ferrarins makes them a- a ies all different from one «. : : Ferrare. another, and at this day known Hep. in Italy, and noted by none but zibr,3: bove fifty, “himfelf ; Only. fome few are but as yet and at this day known ‘in - our Gardens ; which we hall : hereafter decipher and defcribe in -. . order. The Orange ‘Tree was unknown Pinax: Lib rt, Sed. 6. tothe Ancients; and by Baubinus diftinguifhed into four forts, gr ee 11 At this day is the fame made Hep. known to us by Ferrarins under 4 more kinds and are almoft all found in Netherland, yet the one ~ ‘more fruitful chen theother; We _ fthall relate them orderly in their due place , and whatfoever fhall be further neceffary thereun- to . Here it might be ufefulto put down all the particular alterations, © changes : x j ¢ f if aR RRA. ro cS eens The Belgick; > ‘ The Cruel Northern Storms fhe cannot refift, and the long Win- ter caufeth her merry Leaves to fall to the Ground, and loofe all the Beauty of her Head Attire: — and therefore itis better to leave - this tender one in her own Coun- try, then to make her dye for Sor- ~ xow in this our hard Cowntry,and _ 12 fevere Climate. Arethufa, the Limon ‘Tree, \is ftronger, and will wich her Sifter | _Hefperthufa, the Orange Tree, thrive better in this Netherland ; and therefore we fhall more large- ly {peak of their feveral kinds; becanfe thefe two do above allo- _ ther Plants adorn our Belgick Fefperides. (Soy aes? The Limon Tree hath many forts ; aS Bauhinus. The Belgick, changes and forts which are obfer- ved by Ferrarius. hs But being he makes,many forts of fuch, as are but faulty in their | Growth, &we enly purpofe to de- {cribe thofe that are found here in our Netherlandifh Gardens,we have judged fuch long and tedious rela- lations unneceffary, CHAP. IV, Of the Firft Pribticers Or Inventors. % 7 E have touched: before, ; how that the (tron Tree (and perhaps others were brought — out of Media into Italy byPalladine, WT LG O08 LR bug Sgt to be Lamented, that the Intem- -perance of our Netherlandifh Cli- mate, doth not permitustoSet or Place glen in our Hefperides: _ firft in Netherland, is not well = This Ordering and Managing Hep. . 5 Fo Ca, rins relates to us of the Noble yy Netherlandith Hefperides. 15 who raifed and ordered chem known to us, + © Teis certain that this Work isin few years come to perfection here; — that our Fore-Fathers an hundred ~ Years ago, knew but little of it, appears by the Writings of Carolus Stevensinhisimprovement of Land, and others more. (lufins is, according to my Opi- nion, among the firft, who hath brought thefé Trees into Nee — therland: forthere be as yet to this day fome Limon and Orange Trees in being in the Univerfiry Garden at Leyden which were rai- | fed by him from theSeed but only — ~ Wild and unfruicfal, without an y pie es Inoculation. Lib.a. hath been known in Flanders and cup.iq. Brabant thefe many Years,as Ferras\ Sener Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. “415 - whofe Fame and Renown fpread it felfnot only in Netherland; but ~ alfo in divers’ other Countries ; fo thar the fame was vifited by many Eminent Princes,and hath had the Honor that the moft Iluftrious Prince (ofomus de Medicis, Great. Duke of Florence, exc. was taken © with great admiration at this Hee fperial Plantation, when he beheld the perfect knowledge of this -ancreale 5 moft ExceHent orderer, and mae nager.. © | Ho: No lefs Eminent in this Science -was the Sieur William Vanden Hewe mv vel Merchant at Amfterdam, by whofe means this affair did much and all Spectators were ftirred up with an inflamed defire of thefe Golden Fruits, ~ wherewith the He/perial Gardens of thefe Perfons abounded ; for through may years experience , they attained to the defired end, - We Sewer Guilielmus de Blafero at’ Gaunt _ in Flaunders,: who was moft emi- _. + -hentin this Science, and doth with _ pa be Belgidetnit Oe rt Admiration take notice of it. And fuch there are as yet many found at-this day in. Brabant at Bruffels, and Antwerp, where the moft Trees are raifed from the on Seed , and brought to perfecti- Pleafant Italy hath fick farnithed our Netherland out of her Hefperides ss and communicated to us of her - -. Fruits. ‘The right knowledge of. their. Ordering is found out in Holland, by the Sieur John Roeteis, in his : life time Secretary of the Cit _ Amiterdam, whole Lond iedes [ this Science hath excelled above all others, a$ the truch-hath affu- ted ta many eye-witnefles yet by his immature death is this Noble ; Ain|terdam Hlefperides difanulled, na whole 16 ~The Belgick We fhall give thera the Honor, and are certainly perfwaded that they muft be numbered among the firft Inventors; Viz, among — thofe that have brought this Work to perfection among us. And we thought good to inferr their names here, To keep them ont of the Grave of Forgetfulnefs, and to make them flourifh among pofteriry, as Long as the evergreen Afpect — _ of our Hefperides fhall be ac- ceptable, and delightfome to. , all true) Lovers and Practicers — thereof. CHAP. : ) f ij - Or Netherlandith Hefperides. ; wy x — Poet Virgil. ot simeneamd Y - CHAP.V. Of the Citron Tree, ~ Hough the Citron Tree can- Mi not bring her fruit to perfes Gion in Netherland, yet we fhall vouchfafe her the firft place in this Hlejperides, in hope that fome may yet find out a better’ means to nurfe and raife up this tender Ag | pity ‘eae _ This Tree is ofa middling big- The fhape, | nefs, the Stems or Boughs are thin and weak, armed with many pricks. oe with us they are the ftronge reens of thofe.Kinds. The leaves - ~ fike thofe of the Bay tree, bur of all the forts of ever- much Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 9 oo thitiwe may obferve therein. _a wonderful difplay of Nature, a Pane ; bignefs. and weight is not alike, but very different; in rep. Calabria they commonly weigh a 2 ~ from fix to nine pound: But’ a- “ * bout Genoa they have been feen, _ according to Ferrarius his faying of -abouc thirty: the outward Pill and Rind is of ‘a Gold. Colour - wrinkled and. fomewhat ‘Warty, _ the inward Pill is white and {weet, the Pulpe full of fowre Juice and Liquor, ftored with many long and roundlike Seeds and Ker. nels. * 08 | This Plant is brought out. of pigcr Medlia.into Italy, as we have faid, before, and is alfo defcribed bythe Fe. < The Citron Tree is called in La- C. Bau tin Malus Medica. B. P. Gitrium Ce Malus. Citria, in the Greek muaéx ‘teh 2. wndnt Malus Medica and Affyrias (oe hee ~~ fully ripe in fixceen or eighteen _ Months after their blowing. The Fruits are ofan oval Shape, though fomewhar rounder; and More drawn in; of a pale yel- _ lowifh Colour, weak Sent, fome- what like the Citron Apple, and is __. by Art of Ordering and Dreffing brought fo fur in bignef3 and faire nels, that it needs not to give place to ic, and elpecially in varie- ty of Kinds, in which it is enlarg- ed and increafed by Sowing and _ Inoculating, The Limon Tree is diftinguifhed into Limon, Powrin, Adam's Apple, _ Paradife Apple, Limia, and Limas. The Limon Tree. js called in La- tin Malus Limonia; and the Fruit Limon in Greek, éeov. They which’are found in our ’ Netherlandith Gardens, fhall fol- A low in their Order. C2 CHAP. Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 29 fift of five, fix, or fomerimes of more Leaves, which, before they open, are of a purple Colour, and white within. The Fruits are indifferently bigg and large; of a different Shape, the one roundifh,tho long and round-like, and fome alfo Ill-fhapen: The outward Pill is of afair Yellow, fmooth, and of a pleafant Smell : The inward part of the Pill is thin, the Pulp greenifh Yellow, divided into eight or nine Veins or ‘Partitions off a pleafant Taft, full of Juice and Liquor, common- ly hollow inthe midle, and doth bear very well. — In the Year 1670, I have cut inone day fourfcore ripe Fruits, Limons, of a little Tree ; fo that itis in all particulars worthy the Ordering and Husbanding. This Limon is called by the ‘Managers and Practifers that Or- C3 dex’ a Shape. 28 ery ke a, ahr * lad 5 hin - ity 4 bg 4 ~ 3 > ~ ote cearmmee, ye C-H.A P. VIEL ae Of the Ordering White. imon, A. Mong all the Limons, which ~M here in this Country come _ to: Maturity, this is none of the leat. {HIVTOE fi by _ The Tree which produces this Fruit {preads its Boughs (which are fet with many Prickles in ma- ny places) wide afundér: The Bark: is pale, «the | Leaves ‘light Green, broad,running tound-like’ . together at the end? The fall Shoots are“fomewhat of a reddifh Colour;-whieh afterward become fairly Green; The ‘Bloffoms ve i obi The Belgick sb ¢ der. and-Husband thofe Plants and Fruits,the White Limon’: Andis the Limon, Vulgaris Ferrari, the com- . Mon Limon of Ferrariys. _oHathe feveral farts which dif- fer one’ from another in Shape, but little in Taft: the greateft Diffe- rence lying herein that the Leaves of the one are fomewhat more fharp Pointediand jagged then the other ; which alfo oblerved in the “Fruits, which differ and, are, di- ftinguifhed: from one another in length and roundnefs;, _. We haye at feveral times taken Notice, that the Fruits of one and — the fame Tree were very unlike ' in Fafhion-and Shape one to the other, CHAP, +e ‘ : ; SE Ss BRE 9 Piety «1 por). 3) aan Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, 29 ae The “Be gick, Hest o | Ne 2O€ 72 The Lite. Calabrian Linon C. Kick Pins: a Tee Or Netherlandith Hefperides. ‘es 4 phingy Belgick G3 mt ’ Rivo, that he hath found on it fomething grown out of it, having the fhape of a Mans Hand, with the Fingers twifted and fhut_ one in another, affording a ftrange Ap- pearance to: the. Eyes of the Spectators, but they that inquire and {earch into the matter, {hall: find that thefe Fruits are to be ac- _ counted nothing but imperfect that upon‘one T. ree, one fort of Fruitis brought forth on feveral . ways, and yet are no difting Sorts, as many make ofthem,and’ communicate to thelgnorant,and Unskilful ; which we have men-! tioned before, andiwith Ferrariys. looked upon as a Difplay of Na- ture > But’ neverthelefs,’ put? and placed-by him with different De- {criptions, as different Kinds, as appears in the Limon Pyri efficie of Creatures and Produéts, We have Limon Sa. befides feen on the fame Tree of Sarde , Help. 2 ; : . MUS. Lik, 3. i : Be oy Limon Shardonins of Ferrarius, this with Cap. 11. aP car fafhion, and in the defcrip- - ftreaked Limon, whichislike the sa dem. tion of the Limon Striatys Vul- T= . : : - firftin Fafhion, but in the length pres Sat §atior, that isthe common Limon: interlaced with deep Furrows , which went from one end to the other, having at the end a Point flicking out: the inward Pill was thin and natrow, and the Pulpe divided into ten Veins or Partiti- ons. This Alteration is here ex- hibited. to fhew the. wonderful Works. of Almighty God, how with Ridges, which Thave taken _ Notice of here for every ones Cau- — _ ton,net a prefently athing to anew Divifion; but firt to fearch out the Caufe of this wons _ derfulalteration, wherein we fhall, fhow that the Blofloms which ; produce thefe Illfhapen Fruits, are very imperfect in their Formation. thac CHAP, Or Nechetharlif Hefperides. gg = 7) 36 °> 2.” hel Belgick! .. «, © fiw : _~ Hen’s Egg, of a Fafhion Oval, wii Licias 1G ic ‘or Oblong, pointing out at the- End, as it were with a litele oll : { Horn : the Pillis of a fair yellow nr CHAP, X. Golour, Thin, pleafane of Tafte 5c hy mea } without, White within ; the Pulpe Of the little Calabrian Li- is divided by nine Veins or Partie mon of Ferrarius, tions, of a greenifh Colour; of a ste ‘fharp fowre Tafte. This Fruit have we gathered ripe in the Month of Auguft1672, in the Garden of Sieur Peter de Wolf in the Purmer, and here defcribed to the Life : ‘This Plant is very Fruitful, and can well endure our fevere Air, without receiving any Inju- ‘TU His Limon, Called of Fer- ra rartus Limon Pufillus Calaber, a a or the litele Calabrian Limon, af- ter her Country : hath its Boughs ShPe- full of little Prickles, the Leaves have the Fotm at the end of the Stalk, as that of the Orange Tree, ry from it. ~ and are of adark green Colour, : . Second There is yet another of. this like that of the Lawus Leodmenfis, Sort. Sort or Kind, which is likewife a round about the Edges a little jagged, the Bloffoms are {mall, without of a purple Colour, within White, of'a pleafant Smell: the _ Fruits are of the bignefs of a {mall eer er j 4, pleafant Fruit; and [have a little Tree of it in my Garden, ‘and is called of Ferrarius Limon Pufillus Calaber. alter, that is, the fecond fort of the {mall Calabrian: Li- mon, y TIZLZ TEA PLT op LT i mene wie cree Saha LOS uw ARN NYY aN i iy ~ a AAA ‘ Shy WHY TES * i 5 SINR é SN ‘oa / : Ranh SS \ J - ye od z | bAA RRND. AN y NY uy) pty .\ ff} sy OREN yu y i (/ as SSS =X EM ISS S ’ ESTEE SEES \ Y } ‘ oe,” ; | CG Kuck Punx: | } ihe Limon of..0 Remo. Chafee: Qa.40- = Or Netherlandith Halperides ! 7, ee. | mon. The diverfity confifting herein,that this Fruit isin all parts _ much {maller then the foregoing, and may very well be taken for a Dwarf, which fhews icfelf plea- fant and delightfom to the Sight. This little Tree hath very thin tender Boughs, full of many _ Prickles, the Leaves are of a {mall Form, not unlike the Phyllerea, of adark green Colour: the Blof ~ foms are like them of the forego- ing Sort, but much fmaller, asal- _ fothe Fruits, which are of fomee what a rounder Fafhion, and fit to be preferved in Pickle, being ve- ty pleafant for Food. CHAP, Or Nethetlandifh Hefperides: Of a pleafant Smell, the Fruit is Large,Ovalior Long,and Rourd- like of Shape} 'sthe outward Pill, . y fair Yellow, of amAromatick or | Spicy Taft, the inward Pill thick, not unpleafant.; the Pulpeisdeep _ Yellow, divided by nine Veins or | Partitions, pleafant Sweer, Thefe Fruits grow fometimes very large, and much efteemed in hor Di- ftemnpers, to ufe for the refrefh- ' ing of the Sick. In‘the famous and renowned Garden of the Sieur Jobn Roeters have we feen the fame often Ripe and Eaten them : And is well worthy our Husbandry, as well in regardof the noble Fruits, as.of the fair Planc; pleafant Blof foms, and: excellent Fafhion aiid Form of the Tree: They are ‘rarely found here in thefe Coun- tries, but only among fome Los vers, who hold the fame in great Efteem, bécaufé they are hard to “IG. D ' be “ct Belgiclé; > - CHAP. XL Of the Sweet Limon of ~ Perrarius, ete WHE Linon dulti medulla Fors want a little Hart, Theé Bloffoms are alfo like the _ Orange Bloffoms, fair White,and iG The Shape. of ‘The Belgick be got out of Italy, being high- ly valued there, and not often fent over among thecommonand ordinary ‘Trees. CHAP. XII. Of the Limon Tree of Sz. Remo, HE Tree which produceth this Fruit, is im our Garden, I have received the fame among others from St. Remo; he makes irregular or diforderly Boughs, brittle Wood, covered with a dark Green Bark; the Leaves are like. wife of a deep Green, of a long- ifh round Fafhion, nor fharp,rune ning together at the end; the : Blofs ata err SEI Fo Kee SS =e VCS SX UTES cs aay SS ( (WW i's ~ ~ LITLOe re Yan — ~~ g of le a cea i oP C My I i } U SRST i “Whatagsatert “y ) iil Sty ogee iin 4 SSSR SAE NG \:, 5 ; ; ‘ “a Nk t) DAY 4 XW we) OX ae yy Perv sey ’ ‘nF o \ \\\ i CKick Prnx ’ "G talehnepe ee ‘Bloffoms are mixed throughout with purple Streaks, of a {trong Smell like them of the Citron Tree : * the Fruit is Oval or longith Round, fharp atthe End, with along Point fticking out, almoft like the Nipple of a Womans Breft) behind, where they be faft to the Stalk, deepdinted ;the outward Pill or Shell is deep Yel- low, Rough, Uneven, and of a bitter Taft, though noc of an un- pleafant Smell ; the inward Pill is almoft a Finger breadth thick, pale-Yellow, and Bitterifh ; the Sik The Belgick him look Unpleafant:’ We judge this to be the firft’ Limon: Liguitis cus of Herrarius, as agreeing there- with in many Particulars. This Tree doth blow very freely, which continues. almoft all the Year. long, and we are neceffitated to pluck off the Blofloms, to the end the Tree may’ keep: his _ Strength and Vigour. The fame is related by the forementioned Author alfo of the fecond Sort, called by him Limon Liguria Cee _ riefous, which produces both Blof= © foms: and Fruits four’ times in:a Pulpe have we found to be divi- Wosbee te 4 ded by nine Veins or Partitions, Sowre, Sharp, and Harfh. This Fruit grows Large; and J have | ceo ‘ ech had them Ripe often: That - . Sati.’ which makes this Tree not belo- Pissed ved, is the Tendernefs thereof ; for he often fheds and loofes his Leaves in the winter, which makes : : D2 him CHAP. ‘, : \ ‘ ' : is ae 2 — - a a2 er Bie Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 43 44 The Belgick = | ; gic iene Ss cular Stalk whereunto the Leafe feems to be faftned: The Blo fom is of a purple-like Colour, like that of the Citron Tree; the CHAP. XI I}. sherk: | Fruit we have. feen ripe in the : 1 ts Year 1672 ; is of a longifh Fafhi- C f ihe Pear-F afbion Limon on, extuberating or rifing in the | of Ferrarius," - Middle, and runs again fomewhar narrow downward, and above at the Stalk fomewhat thick, where the fame is a little dinted 5 the outward Pill is Yellowith, rough with {mall Bumps and Knobs, the inward Pill thin, and » the Pulpe great or biga ,) full of Juice, of a yellowith Colour, di- vided by nine Veins or Partitions, _ Where we found fome beginnings of Seed, the Taft was very plea- ° fant, between Sowerand Sweer ; E, have among many o- “ther Limons from Genoa received alfo this moft’ pleafant rf.13. Plant ; being the Limon perelle Cons «11. fimilis of Ferrarius,. very. like the : fame, or aKind and Sort thereof,- © becaufe there is fome difference in the Defcription of it. This Tree hath tender and lit- Sheps tle Boughs and Branches ; the Leaves are of a pale Green, fharp- pointed at the End, the Edges jagged, and behind at the Enda thin longifh little Hart, asa parti : a cular This above-mentioned Limon — | Fruit we have fir gor from the Sieur Loot, Senator in the Coute | Provincial at Utrecht, who hath a - fair ~~ % 4 | A ieee , e | Ne ofa» 14 “Pa AS. - Che p ns (me. fhe Tw ecft- c 2) a — ‘ sa , iY * _ ¥ : ~ ~ ’ ij a » ’ Eee ees natin ~ hb —_— rr rte ligt - —- a 7 . ~— —_—— econ a = Canes nee 5 iS * - , - ee a - — ne ~ NR eta ne pepe ee . . <- ge SESS OOD VXAYY ORY YW wy x, (, XA +4, ¢ TOK AXX XA) OY SS a A ie a i fe PNG CELA ; "ss : AN WAY \ \ SOPs i Ss \ x iis ys j i . “~\ | 1; : “=, ~ ~ > Se LS SSO > dos Ss SSS aS SS SSS OS %, SQ Y OO Cy 2, — = eee +4 ae WX) 4 Uy +4 CA) AX} i A AX CUS ‘a WAAAY) 1 oe ‘ ‘ YY Ye as See =m we 2 eo 5 ea a C.Kuk/Panx. Phe Commen Black Limon - Cafe. i Pau we Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 45 fair Tree of the fame in his Gare den ; we have likewife afterward ~ received one.among other Trees from. Genoa; and_ufe yet. daily as much Diligence, as is poffible to increafe the number of the feve- ral Sorts and Kinds, for the Or- nament of our Netherlandifh He ' perides. CHAP, XIV, Of the Lima,. Mong the Kinds and Sorts . A of Limons, called Lima, ' . wethave had as yet no other but the Sweet: the Tree hath brittle Wood, the Boughs are light Green, fet wich {mall Prickles D4 in Or Netherlandith Helperides. 42 ~ the common Injuries of this Cli- mate patiently ; what makes this Tree acceptable is its Fruitfulnefs, and the pleafant Lovelinefs of irs Apples; which are fic and good to cool the immoderate Heat of Burning-Feavers. oa CHAP. XV, Of Adam's Apple, or the or dinary Black Limon, #H E Tree which produ- shape. ces the ordinary dam’s Apple, hath his Boughs armed with many long and ftrong Prick- les ; the Wood is brittle and apr to break ; grows in nogood Form, and cannot but with great Labour be 48 in ome ‘places ,~ hath: Jerigifl Leaves, as they of the ordinary. Limon ,°light Greew; and the Edgesa little jagged’; being rub- bed'give'a pleafant Sent orSmell; the Bloflom is fmallerthen of o- © ther Limons, of a white Colour, ~ tike-untothe Orange Dwarf; the — Fruit is round at the end, witha little Nipple pointing out, of the — bignefs as an ordinary middle fized Orange; The outward Pill — is very thin and {mooth, ofa plea~ fant Smell, -Yellowith, with a thin inward Pill; the Pulp is of a: Brimftong Colour, \and divided by feven, and fometimes eight Veins or Partitions, of a very. fweet Taft: this. Pruic we have often had tipe in thefe Countries; and it isnot to be doubted. but o- ther forts of Lima would likewife thrive well in Netherland, in te- ‘gard it doth endure and withftand © ey the 2 -The' Belgick, be kept to. a good Head; the Leaves are: dark Green, of Fafhi- on Oval or longifh Round, a lite tle Curled, and have many times atthe beginning alittle Hart or Foot, as the Orange Leaves; the Bloffoms come forth abundantly thereon, larger then the Orange Bloflom, within White,and-with- out with reddifh Streaks, weak of Sent; the Fruit is Roundifh, a little dinted'at the Top and be- low, twice as large as the com- mon Orange, mn a perfect Gold Colour; ‘the outward Pill is a lit- tlerough and jagged, the inward Pill moderately thick, pleafant of ~ Taft ; The Pulp is of a Brimftone Colour, pleafantly Sowre, divi- - ided by eleven or twelve Veins or Partitions; Thefe Fruits we have had here in this County in: a fair and warm Summer ripe almoft in one Year,as fuch happened 1670; | the i | | MA HANA | | { } } | HI ' ui} a) AddHY 1 WW MW Hy / uy fi Hy * = =—— = SSS Ss ~~ Ss LAN EE I —— — 4f A mY tae, Reece thy J Thre Grange Plofsom Ma Ste . Fol 22 Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, the Tree is known to us by the Name of the Black Limon, becaufe the Fruits as foon as they wean, are of a black Colour. It isthe Pomum Adami commune of Hefp. Ferrarins,the common Apple of Adam. ih 4 Here in thefe Countries this Tree" ** _ iscommon among the Lovers and Practifers of this part of Husban- dry, and is called in Brabant by the Gardiners the Citron Tree, but wrongfully, becaufe it hath no affinity at all with ic: Among all the Sorts of Limons,. this is the hardyeft to endure the Cold of thefe Countries, and very for- ward in producing his Fruits , whole Juice is found to be very, pleafant in Meat; thongh Ferrae vis {eems to gainfay this in fome ” Mealure, yet Experience « hath taught us otherwifé. Or Netherlandifh Hefperides: 51 _ crofsefide Branches, the Stockis firm and hard Wood , within White; the Bark is dark Green, mixed — with an Iron-like Colour, the © _ Head fpreads irfelf into ‘many _ Boughs, which at the ends are di- vided into many little Shoots and Spriggs; thefe Boughs are fet ~ with feveral prickles , yet they perifh through the Fruicfulnefs and often Inoculating. The Leaves are of a fair Green, Large,running {harp together be- fore, behind at the Stalk is a lite tle Foot, which hath the likenefS _ of a little Hart, out of which the great Leaf feems to come forth, and all fall of many fmall, and al- moft invifible Holes, even as the Leaves of the Hypericum; and when they are rubbed between _ the Fingers, they give a {weet and pleafant Smell. The Bloffoms are. as white as Snow, eo a. eee ae oe Pe ay yo : ft % % Shape. — » Of the Orange Tree in > General °° A Mong the He/perial Daugh) tersand Virgins, Hefperthu- fa; which'is the Orange Tree, hath the- greateft Commendation ~ and Praife; as well’ in re{fpect of the Delightfomne®S of the Sightas of the-excellent Properties where- with fhe is endued. ated This Tree grows toa fit height, though diverfly , accordingly to the Place and Air where the fame is planted, the Root is’thick and knotty, of a ftrong Sent, and Yellowifh; divided into many crofs- : The Belgick, Snow,| made’ up of fix. or eight Leaves, : beautified:.in/ the nidft wich: {mall Strings, which are yel- low at: the. end, between-which the Product of the Fiuit fhéweth itfelfis chs ; The Bloflom which: here in this Country appears: in June, is ftrong, yet of a {weet .and love- ly Smell, ¢fpecially in-the Morn- ing before the Sun is tip, and in the Evening when the Sun is gon from thems: ip The Fruit. is of 4Saffron and deep 'GoldeColour, of a round Form, ‘theloutward Pill is {omies what Rough; «the inward Pill {pungy ;’ White, and of an un- pleafant*Taft: the Pulp is by fe- - veral Films or thin Skins divided into eight Parts or Partitions. Thefe Fruits yield here in this Country no perfeét ripe Seed, and Stow not ripe in one Year, but re- quire es — Fa a+ = _ solide Fol \N ‘ RAS ANY | Wa | & ‘ oe SS . ENN ARNT nee i Li *, \ r i \\ : \ - ) nae = 3, , Y CHILECALE § 0 ie WMT e , (/ rq 727€ ¢ ere a meer aN ao eee 3 ‘ Y | } ~ 4 “~ ee C. Kick Penx, > | \ ) } a Ay Ne Commen Somer Grange Chae: Pa = she Or Necherlandifh Hefperides. 53 i Zh The Belgick, ‘oF. quire twenty Months for it, and gal, and feveral parts of France, ~ . then they are not inferior to them Name. The Orange Tree hath itsO2 Of Italy. tiginal Denomination according _ That the Orange Tree is Fruit- Hep. to the Colour of the Fruit, which ful and Longlived, teftifyeth Fer- rarius, when he relates of the Tree which is to be feen at Rome in the - Monatftery of St. Balbinajand hath Lib. 42 Cap. 1. - ftood there five hundred Years : - The fame Author makes menti« on. of more fuch,as among others, of the Orange Tree on Mount A-' ‘ventinus, inthe Dominican Monae ftery of St. Sabina, which is above four hundred Years old, and do yet every Year Bloflom, and bring forth many Fruits. Touching the place, whence original _ the Orange Trees came firft, it: cannot well be related, being they are found in many Coun- C. Bau hin. Pix naz li. Sett. 4. isa Gold Colour, andaccording+ ~ ly with other He/perial Apples cal- led Aureum Malum, the Golden Apple, -or Malus: aurantia major, the great Golden Orange Apple Tree. E For they being unknownto the Ancients, have not many ftrange Names, and they which be are thefe, Nerantinm, Rawwolf, Avane gia. Cord, in Diofcor. Avangius. Cord. - Histor. and thus far enough of this. Bi What fiirther belongeth to the Diverfity, we fhall defcribe in Order, for as much as we have y ¢ experienced and ‘practifed in our tries of the World, as well in the own Gardens. gas Eafl as West Indies, and efpecially throughout all Italy, Spain, ‘Portu- CHAP, a, Or Netherlandith Hefperides. $5 ee on | oils Tp ail : '- T fhall fay nothing of the Seed ee Stearn emernuce og here, becaufe, as is mentioned heretofore, it doth not come in — Netherland to perfect Maturity. When thefe Apples hang on the Tree the Winter over, to the next Spring, they grow dry OHS Tae ee BS ; OF the Comin, Stange AP say ple of Ferrarius.. ac’ Aap within, and the Juice or Sap re- Eo ‘ , : _ turns back, tothe further Nour- -oToOd 2 cae Y i ifhment of the new Fruits; there- y“Ervarins calls this in Latin fore itis better (as well for the Aurantium Vulgare, that is, . Treesas the Apples) to cut and ~ the common Orange Tree, and take them off induetime. hath three Sorts, diftiné& in the “4 ‘Taft. - For,the firft is Sowre, the fe- pas cond Sweet, the third of a Mixt, ES ay east that is, of a Taft berween Sowre and Sweet. , The fowre Orange, hath a fad Shape. _ pale and grainy Pill without, a _ fharp Smell, che Pulpe is Yellow, » Sowre,divided by Skins into eight, and fometimes into nine Partiti- ons, ye I CHAP. \ ie Ares 1 { wis “a aN 4 + ‘ ah 4 iN Wy Oy My HANG My AVA Sah LN ) " eutilitniretee. sii, Fhe. Inet Orange « {4 val Dad te VNR We AR aa ig . ~ aN fe AN ‘ Vy 1 Valves Wray ; Hi CKick Pian. S Nog eG Xs: S Be : 4 x — +--- socielihinnte ae Ws Fel, 1g. CAPM Ll b L, Cretl Vai CHITATULS « hy, iM : * r Bal a) Hit wae ll ; MWe Se 33 SSR SS ss Ses = in eens Ss 2 — Ss .- f 1 Wy ai \ PANN 1) Ss se hy 2 I Wy Wy ) MY 1 p AM ALY iG Re SN Se —- a = << —S =~ = are SSS SSS. — SS es; Lf Y, " 4 Hh MY \S RS a Se oo C/he Orange Tp or wie Cur LIE a A Zs SS ee 2 Ls eZ So = wya saz2 Sere gewaacrs LITT C.KickPinx, | . bed Leaves Chal +19 ~fas . Or Netherlandith Hefperides, | 7 | PuEOGED PG Lie 4 a M4 i ae At CHAP. XVI, Of te foes Orange App, TBO HE Tree which bringerh Shape it forth fweet Oranges; isin ay 9 rota bedittinguifhed from the Sowre, the Difference lyes on: lyin the Fruit, »which hath a thin, fmooth, deep Yellow, and biter ‘outfide Pill; the infide Pill is mo- _derately Thick, “ofa Brimfone Colour , the Pulpe is full of feer and pleafant Juice, divided into eight Partitions, by particular Skins or Films; this Juice returns not back again after the Winter, asthat of the fowre Orange, but ‘is much longer kept therein. eit ee | Ferrarins | Or Netherlandith Helperides. 59 pl ae rat LAB Rob thon | | Of the Orange Tree eid curl- ed Leaves, of Ferrarius, ae. ’ : “His Tree is called by Ferraz Hep. ‘ “ R ® -) ibe «dias rins Aurantiun crifpo “folio, 4 re! that is, the Orange Tree with curled Leaves, and is defcribed by none before him. 7 The Italians call him, Riffe the Shape. * Poullé : this Tree produces Boughs which at their further or uttermoft Ends are fet with many naked _ Twiggs clofe thrufted together,» having fhort thick Leaves curled together, with a little Hart at the Stalk ; (though fome have none ) at the firft coming out of thefe Leayes, * * me eo: See aut 3 ix 3 5h. om the Belgick PES er pee Hefp.t4. — Ferrarius writes, that the Gar- “diners about Genoa have experien- — ced, that the place where this _ _ Tree is planted or fet, is much to. be regarded, if ic flands well to ‘ the Sun, that then the Fruit fhall be of a pleafant fweet Taft; but if the place be fhady, on thie con- - trary Unpleafant, and all fhall — feem to turn ot change into Bit- ternels.9° Sa ia) i i ae The Becaufe the mixed Orange Ap- Mised. ples are not to be diftinguifhed by — the outward or inward Form, but only by the Taft; it is thought _-needlefs to give a particular De- {cription of them. CHAP. ‘ ee 7 er Raia Leaves, they are fharp, and bes come afterwards roundifh , are of aweak Smell, and of a pleafant and lovely.green Colour ; at the ends of the“Fwiggs the Blofloms come forth thick together as in | an Heap; the Leaves of the fame _are a little curled to. the outfide, and have all a fweet pleafant Sent; the Fafhion is as thofe of the com- - mon Sore; the Frit is: like he - _.. gommon Orange Apple, excepr _ that the fit Geisha = | flat Shape at Top and Bottom, The outward Pill is almoft ofa ~~ Saffron Yellow, Roughith, a lic- the Bitter in the Taft; the infide Pillis thin, loofe; unfavory; the» Pulp is Yellow with amoderate — Sowrenels, pleafant of Taft, and is by feveral Skins or Films divi ded into:eight Partitions, _ This Tee muft be diligently abferved -and=looked unto,’ be- / caufe 6 i ‘ ‘ ¥ ; ~ 2/ € ee " / / 3 : y ie ; . . 9 ; kt : : Oe mii goo Lt see SESS es. 3 i ) i ; LARA ETE. wee 5, in : ’ \ = ¢ 2% ' “S: . qo 7 Te CHiek Pate, , | : | Cf he. 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' } ; } { e ' tn, a ate, Saar to caufehe is apt to grow fowl, and to decay by reafon of the multi- tude of Boughs growing clofe to- gether and crofs one another ; and brings forth more Boughs and - Bloffoms, then he can feed conve- niently ; wherefore the Pruning Knife mutt be ufed about him, if ; we will enjoy the Fruits, which are very Fair, and preferve the Tree in its Vigour and Strength,. — CHAP. Xx. Of the Orange Tree with Ro- fed Frait.. ‘His Tree, which is called oe BL by Ferrarins Aurantium Ro- Lib. 4. feu, the Rofe Orange, doth “. 6 = ne not / a Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. “Ss , ee you. This Fruit, is by reafon of its Beauty worthy to be preferved, being the Fruitfulnefs, befidesthe largnefs of the Apples, increafes the Efteem of the Tree, " CEA PAX XI, | Of the Orange Tree witb 2° fpeckled’ Fruit, -'s O have the feveral Sorts and Varieties together, as much as is poffible, the tender Plant is well worthy tobe joined with the others. This Orange Tree is in refpeét to Hep. : ; Lib. 4 the different Colonr: both. of the on . Leaves and Fruits called by Ferva- vins, Aurantium Virgatum, and by ns the fpeckled Orange. Trees. Teas shape. - much (ae Le neie Melgidle sours es hot much differ from the com- mon Orange Treeto look upon, but only the Leaves are long and — Narrower ; the Bloffoms alfo are like thofe of the common Orange _ Brees; bast ai stRRCE HC! The Fruit when it is full grown and Ripe, is of a convenient Size _ and Bignefs, dinted a little before — and behind, it fhows a little Rofe atthe top, and about the Stalk are likewife fome. raifed Particles, ike unto alittle Star, the out: ward Pill is of a pale yellow Coe tour, the inward Pill indifferently thick, formewhat Bitter ; thePulp — of itis of a bright Brimftone Co- — _lour, divided into nine Partitions, of a pleafane cart Taft, 3 ~ Thus have we found the fame in our Garden in the Year r672 exactly to Correfpond with thar of Ferrarius, and is here exactly delineated and - defcribed unto Rea you, The Belgick, much tenderer then any other, as being not well able to endure the Cold ; shath many tender Boughs — which eafily break ; and {potted — in divers places with fome Brim- ftone coloured Streaks; the Leaves _ are in many parts leffer then thofe of the common Orange Tree,and have alto on many of them feve- ral Brimftone coloured Spots, whieh is delightful to the Eye. The Blofloms are like thofe of ~ the Common, but fmaller; the # Fruit is, before it beripe, orderly {peckled with green and white Brimftone-like Streaks, and as by certain unequal Lines diftinguifh- ed ; when the Fruit is grown Ripe, then the green Streaks are Yel low, and the other. turned into a Saffron Colour. The outward part of the Pill is fomewhat rongh, the inward part of the Pill chick; the ier | + ’ (@) ' —ae ( CC ti! Wddat KY ee ee ee ~ ee a wetestmartieg ce Tn SORE eae CE ee aoe wanes ani - - a veer a ; ‘ = Ad > \ : Fob: ze - , of ve ~ ‘ | VAAL TC €/ LALILE.. & "sg g 2 ny z H Ny Ny i | v NY Ny N } \ IN Ni Sh ») 2 i { SSS SARTO A ‘ ~ AY »% Sama ae 22 Tide q vue, awe iar eres P %, oot, 1 av 777, te PE CZ re ee 27777 DB La nc 77 ee 73 ~~ 4 “ on, "oe -@ +h eee Oe re ee — ae ' ee CKich Pex “fr ee The Cv ange mite Rerned Guucke Chap.r2-Pa+ 66 » _ Or Netherlandith Hefperides, 6- of a Brimftone Colour, diftin- guifhed by Skins or Films into ‘nine Partitions ; which is of a pleas « fant fowre Taft ; the whole Ap- , _ ple is fomewhar longifh-round of - Shape. — : _ Here is tobe obferved, that all the Leaves and Fruits of the Treo. 4. 0 ® are not of that variety of Colour, but only fome ; and was feen of us firft with perfect ripe Fruits in ve the Gardens of the Sieur Jobn Ro- eters, in his Lifetime Secretary of the City of Amflgrdam, and with WillVanden Henyell,both the moft experienced and greareft Impro- » vers of this Husbandry of our ATS Cag SY bathe qt CHAP. we Or Netherlandith Hefperides. oy Shapes, with points fticking out, and dinted Corners, reprefenting ‘the Fafhion of a Man’s Members, others of a Womans: Wherefore Hep.t.4. called alfo by Ferraris , Auranti- - 9 uns. Hermapbroditum, Sive Corniculas tum, that is, the Hermophrodite, or Horned Orange ; the outward Pill hath a fair Saffron yellow Co- Jour,the inward Pill thick, fpungy, - of little Taft; the Pulp is inclu- ded intoten or twelve, or fome- times more skinny Partitions, whereof fome inclofe the reft; _ the Taft is moderately fowre, not -unpleafant; this Kind is defired here by many Lovers; and is found in many Gardens, where it isknown by the Name of Cloifter Apple. . CHAP. | > 66 ‘ Shape. 68 Hefp h4, 6.5.8. 11 a oo ‘CHAP. XXIL _ Of the Orange ‘Tree with borned Fruit, — t ’ T His Tree is among all other. Orange Trees the Luftieft to look upon, and the beft to be ordered, here in this Country, as, being the moft hardy againft the Cold, and the moft Fruicful ; ic fhoots ‘high and large {preading Boughs ; the Leaves are of a dark Green ; larger and fharper at the End then thofe of the common Orange Tree; the Bloffoms are of a pleafant Smell, and fome- times made up of many Leaves, — _ even asif they were double; the af Fruits haye many wonderful . Shapes, The Belgick, CHAP. XXHL Of feveral Il-fhapen Fruits. Here are found by Rinribles ~ f° feveral Orange Apples , ; which are noted by»him as-di- finest Sorts and Kinds, ‘as the “ve ‘rantium dulci lore ; “Aurantivm femiz newn,five Fatiferum,e> Aurattion dix ftortum, all which I judg to be but one and the: fame, belonging to the foregoing Tree, vig, with the horned Fruit ; for [ haveféén the fame, and yet more different Shapes upon one Tree,al{ double Bloffoms ; for that happens often, and all this Variation of the Shape is a - nee ee a ee - he yt ’ ULM yr fy C Pin. 4 Pn ess Chap - 2. bon J : SSS 5 z z ”, SS H = : SS ; ~- ae Seer ; ¥ ey e of Xi SSS SESS Orang ’ £NWa_ ee oy & yi! i PEE 7 pf | we um (allofum we have found on the oh iy 5 Soe range Tite, Gage ‘The fame mutt alfobe Under- - - ftood of the Limons, as I have fhewed before in the ninth Chap- ter of this Book, in the Limon Shardonius ; fo that in all this Va- tiation, there are no feveral forts - to be made, but muft only be _ taken for Ill-thapen Fruits. . Here might have been fhewed’ othe Diverfiry and Variety of im- - perfect Fruits, but it feemed need- lefs to us, and judg that by this Obfervation is fuficiently {hew- ed what we are to think of fuch Fruits! CHAD 352 es © :y | Or Netherlandith Hefperides, 74 thofe of the common Orange Tree ;.the Fruit is neatly round, of indifferent LargenefS; the oute ward part of the Pill fmooth and even, of a lovely yellow Colour,, the inward part of the Pill thin; - is for its pleafant Taft eaten toge- ther. The Pulp, which is divided into nine Partitions, is full of Juice, and yellowifh, of a plea- fant Sweetnefs, mixed with fomé Sharpnefs. It isobferved that thefe Fruits degenerate, as we may fee by: them that are fent to us. They of Portugal are the bet: in Europe for retaining of the plea- fant Taft; their Gardiners inocu- lace them on che fweet Citron Tree, and therefore thofe Trees, which are from thence brought o+ ver hither, will not thrive well : thofe of Genoa are lefs efteemed, F and _ Befp.. Lib. 4: Cap. 13. Shape. bon Orange Tree, apart * § erwin calls this pier Plant Ayrantium Olyfiponenfe, orthe Lisbon Orange ‘Tree, be- caufe they were firft brought by the Portugeeze thither out of Sina, and were thence fent into Italysand other Countries befides, _ This hath tender thin prickly oughs, and Leaves long, run- _ hing fharp together toward the 72 " - and Grafted on Orange Stocks. End, which being tubbed, fmell _ | Sweetly. ' The Bloffoms are fmaller then mak i ae thofe * le @ ? The Belgick We have now fome Years fince got them, and for certain Under- ftood, that they have brought . forth Fruit perfe@ly Ripe; and we doubt not but we fhall ere long enjoy the fame likewife ; becaufe the Luftinefs. and profpe- rous Growth of our Trees gives us great Hopes of it. ; The -Reprefentation of the Boughs, Leaves, and Bloffoms made here, is according to our own Tree; but. that of the Fruit according to the Outlandifh Ap-— ple. . CHAP. > Of phe Sina Apple, ortbe Lif. 4 thie ail hi ht TO es SPALL EC te ig fone met oete one mate ae’ =s Sos age Wy \) SN NN) ANA ALY as ‘ \\ wh NN Vets some ogeet ay: ae. x KK Sw Ke EK eee = porn Wd aN 2, et, Wiha) ‘ SUA (ACAI wel} vs shy NUR Sart aN RPA ILA ry Wy AR . ° yyy Mh } igs aa Cc ey oes pa C Kick £. LAX. he Orange with rmect-~Pi. Chap nO ee Pe ich: : i. BPs. bat ; ui * sy . ep teenie _ > ae Fol: 18, C4/22 rrught “ ds IAI, . ‘ i: eal ae Sido a | | | TH | | Lil | Se nal i 2 | Or Netherlandith Hefperides, 5 e elo re A % * eeneS 5 Pay ee Pe as geet ‘GHAP. XXV._ Of the Orange Tree with freer bill, ah HE {weet pilled Orange Shales Tree produces gréat: and) thick Boughs; thé Leaves are large, thick, hard, and: fhorter then they of thé commégn fort, of a dark green Colour ; the Blof& fomsare large, and fpréad them- ’ felves broad and wide out, anda boundin Multitude; the Fruit is great and weighty ; the outward part of the Pill of a fair Saffton yellow Colour,. pleafantly Bitter the inward part of the Pill-is fole lid and thick,, of \a pleafane fweet ie Bitter? Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 75 _ The Brabanders wrongfully call this Apple, Pomun Adami , \ ‘ Adam's Apple, as may be pere ¢ ceived by the Delfcription of the right given in the fifteenth Cha4- ter of this Book. Eig CHA PB 2S XVI. Cf the Orange Tree with Small Fruit, His {mall Orange Tree is Hepa: NE a a ee - called by Ferrarins Aurantie cap. 15. . . : C.B nm Sinenfe, and is the Malus Aus ats hin. Pin rantia humilis of Baubinus and Clue nax.t.11. fius,commorly called the Dwarf ; 5° & it hath little {hort thick Boughs Shape. - ¢lofely growing together. The Leaves are like thofe of E r3 the a -* The Belgick 7 Bitternefs ( whence it is originally called the {weet-pill’d Orange Ap; | ple; ) the Pulp is of a brimftone Colour, and moderately Sowre of Taft, divided by particular Skins or Films into nine Partiti- Ofis. re Hep. Lib. 4. Cap. 16. C. Bau- hin, Pi- nax.1.11. Sef. 6. Of the Pulp, outward and in- ward Pill of this Apple tempered together with Sugar, is an excel- lent Remedy made againft the Di- feafes of the Stomach as ‘Ferraris reports of it. And this Tree is by him firft called, Aurantium dulci Cortice, that is, the Orange with the fweet Pill; and is the Malus: aurantia cortice dukci Eduli. B. P. & Cluf. Hift. The Orange Tree with fweet Pill * and certainly worthy to be _Husbanded, aswell in refpe@ of 76 the Fruity as alfo of the LuftinefS of the Tree, which is fufficient- ly Luxuriane in Growing. The | The Belgick the common Orange Tree; but in all their Parts much fmaller, and fharp forward. | - The Bloffoms ( which it pro- duces in abundance, ) are alia it were , compacted and in Cluft- ets; and are in Form like unto: thefe of the other Sorts, though not fo large. The Fruit is of the bignefS of 9a Walnut ; the outward Pill is of -aGold Colour, not very Bitter, — the inward Pill thin; and the Pulp is diftinguifhed into eight Parcels; ofa pleafant fowre Taft, This Plant is very delightful to the Eye, and that in refpect of — its abundant Fruifulnefs, which is alfo the caufe of its being fhort- Lived, if ye do not paovide a- gainft it, by taking away the fa- - perfluous Bloflomsand Fruits. ~ Hithérro now-have we been bufted:to deferibe all forts of . Fruits, s | Or Netherlandith Hefperdes! gp _ Fruits, which as yet are to be found in our Netherlandifh Gard- ens, ‘and mentioned by Ferraring _ in his He/perides, whom we have alfo followed, as agreeing with our Experience ; and having ob- ferved many Variations, whether the fame takes Original from our Ordering, or otherwile, we fhall ; fufficiently know the {ame if we will compare our Defcriptions and Reprefentations with them of that. Author ; and hope further, that by the Diligence of thofe who Affect or Delight in thefe Plants, more new Sorts and Kinds may be brought into our Countries, CHAP, Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. There is alfo a Difference among the forts of Limons. For there are none which can better endure. the Miferies and Hardfhips’ of our Climate, then thofe we have defcribed by the Name of common white Limons ; “the Adam’s Apple, called. the black Limon, wherefore they are moft beloved by our Affectors of this ‘part of Husbandry, raifed and propagated. TT CHAP, XXVII. Of the Difference in. the Or- dering of the Limon and Orange Tree, bad. Efore we proceed to the com: y mon Ordering, I thought t to fhew heré the Differeace between the Raifing Propagating, and Nourifhing of the Limon and Orange Tree ; it hath its begin- ning hence. Firft, That the Limon Tee is found lefs hardy to endure the In- juries and Cold of our fharp and harfh Air, than the Oiange Tree, becaufe the Wood is fofter, and not fo firm and clofe by much ; There |The Belgick; which fhall not be, if we do th contrary. ; Secondly, Is yet this, that we in Propagating ufe none, but the Seed of the Orange Tree, becaufe it can better endure the Cold of thefe Countries, as is faid before. Even in Italy are the Seeds of Limons feldom Sown, becaufe of ‘their tendernefs and weakneG : Forall Limons, which do readily take in the Orange Stock by Ino- - 7 e Above : . courted nrapass!- “agin 1 Book culation, are Fruitful, and more be brought to Fertiliry, as he De- &v. 19. - feription heretofore given doth _ Demonftrate. Further, ‘The ‘Managing and Ordering is one © and the fame; befides that ‘the Pepe: Trees which bear fweet Fruits, require a place which ftands well _to the Syn, that the Apples may thereby come to a better Cons - Re ae ara eT COE coction, and more pleafant Taft, ae Which ¢ ther Injuries, then if they were Grafted on their own St-::* hardy againftthe Cold, andallo- ~ % Or Netherlandith Hefperides, . gy (CHAP. XXVIII How me get thefe Trees ous of otbers Countries, a | T-will not be ami& to thers how thofe Hefperial Trees are come by in thefe Countries, for thofe that have not Patience ta- ftay for them by Sowing of them, » Here is to be obferved Time, Time, and Place, and Manner how we are to handle them, _ Itis firft necefflary, thar the tak. ing them up and fhipping be done in the Months of December, or at furthef in January; that in May, theymay be Unpackr, and Plant. €d for if it be later in the Sum. mer, Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. tugal, it will certainly be in Vain andto no Purpofe ; becaufe they cannot well endure~ our cold changeable and uncertain Air. When now the Orange or Lie Orde- mon Trees are taken up, at the "6 faid time, with.a good lump of Earth about the Root, they mutt be provided with Turf, or earth Mofs, that the Mafs may conti- nue whole, and no Earth fall off. Let them be packt with the whole Head, eight or ten, more or lefs, according as they are in Bignefs, in a fugar Cheft, cove- red and fet into the Ship in an ai- ry place; and fo they may keep good fix or eight Weeks ; but the fhorter the Voyage is, the bet- ter. Here muft we be Cautious, that Care be taken, there be no opening, nor any Holes made a Borie the Place. tot TheBelgick =) mer, theréis great Danger, and - We run great Hazard of lofing the Trees, or at leaft we are much _ behind-hand to make them Grow. ~ The place whence they muft be fetched, is St. Remo, Situated by or upon the ‘River Nervi, whence they are brought to Genoa. We mutt bring no Trees out of | any other Climates to Plant or Order here in our Netherlands, becaufe the Condition of that place, doth, above all other pla- ces in Italy, agree beft with our Climate, as lying about forty three Degrees Altitude be-North the Equator. Secondly, The beft and moft experienced Gardiners of all Italy are found there; neither come ° there freighter Stocks, nor fairer. ‘Fruits then out of this He/perides, If Trees be brought out of any other Countries, as Spain, or Por- ; tugal, 84 The Belgick, the Chefts, left the Rats, which often are many in Ships, f{poil the Stocks, for we have had the Ex- perience hereof to our Sorrow, that the Barks have been eaten ft tound about from off the Trees, - whereby our long Expectation was fruftrated: And this is what concerneth the Tranfportation out of Italy, whereby our He/perides hath taken her firft Rife and Be- ginning in Netherland. CHAP. XXIX. Of the Placing of the Limon and Orange Trees, Hey that will Order arid Husband thefe Trees a- right, miuft firt make a good Choice of a fit and convenient ftanding- Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 85 mt -ftanding-place, where they muft be continued all the Summer. To which end we muft pre- pare in the Garden a Conveniency to the South, or South Eaft, and if it be poffible, right before the winter Place, or green Houle, and in cafe the Sun be very hot, as : fometimes it is in May, make choice of a Place which hath a lit- tle Skreen of fhady T'rees before it; for generally about that time the Trees be a little Sickith; which if they are, they will not endure the full heat of the Sun, by which fometimes feveral Plants have been loft; for this there -muft remain a Space of 25, 30, or more Feet wide, according to _ the Meafure or Largenefs of the Ground or Garden. It will be-very Ufeful thar this Place be fenced about fourfquare, with an Elder Hedg, or other Fruit _ Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, fhut out; that no Diftemper, or lofs of Leaves, to the great Pre- judice of the Growth, may be caufed; for without fuch a fic ftanding Place, we fhall in vain expect to raife and to bring thefe Trees and their Fruit to Per- fection. 3 act We find by many unskilful Practitioners and Managers in this affair of Husbandry , who take no care for the ftanding Place, that they commonly are furnifhed with pining and unchrifty Trees ; Wherefore then the Warmth and keeping of the Wind from them is highly neceflary, as alfo the _ Choice of the faid Situation, which is obferved even in Italy, and mutt therefore much more in thefe our Countries, If it be poffible, and the Con- Ferrar: Hefp.l.2. cap. 6, veniency permits, that this place- ing of the Trees may be before : : the 87, The Belgick; y: Fruit-Trees twifted together, and raifed high, to prevent andtake away all accefs of the Wind: In this manner may an open airy Shelter or warm place be made, which is very acceptable to thele | tender Strangers, there to receive 88 the Beams of the Sun, which comes to recreate thefe Hejperial Virgins between the fruitful Fen- ces, and caufe one with an o+ ther, a Mixture Pleafant and De- lightful tothe Eyeand Sight. The Summer Placing mult be taken, if it be poffible, to che South-Eatt ; and aboveall, reject all the Weft, South-Weft, and all the Parts of the North, becaufe many great Storms, filthy Vapours, and hurt- ful Winds do frequently proceed thence ;~ which even our own country Fruit cannot endure,much lefS thefe; and therefore muft they; as much as is poffible, be bit ‘ fhut The Belgick the winter or green Houfe: we “fhall find that thefe fweet Perle-— Hills fhall not only fill the Eyes of their Mafter with a glorious ‘Sight in the time of Blowing, but alfo replenifh and fill his Parlour with a moft fragrant and pleafant Smell through the opened Win- dows. : 2 GHAP. XXX. Of the Mold, Earth, and Dung. DD": forts of Earth may, be _ufed in the Ordering of them, as the daily Experience teacheth, that every one may help himfelf according to the Conditi- on of his Habitation. In Italy about St. Remo is found ayellow, fat, and ‘heavy clay-. Ground; the Brabanders have fandy eet init tala . ' fandy and gravelly clay Ground, and about Haerlem in Holland the - Gardiners ufe a well dunged fan- _- dy Ground, wherein thefe Trees do bring forth cheir Fruit in too luxuriant a manner. + In fhort; we may,at. all. times prepare a fit Mold; with Sand, — _ Earth, and Dung, whereia thefe Hefperial Plants hall: thrive moft luftily and petulantly, if old rot- _ ten Dung be nog wanting therein, _ Ieis certain, that che purer the Dung is, the better it-is; we ufe a well dunged Eareh, with white and foft Sand mixt rogether. For the preparation and fitting of this Ground, all Earth or Sand — isnotalike fic; the roffe Clay,be- caule of its Coldnels, muft be res © jected, and another Earthchofen, ~~ which is brown, foft, lufty, fweer, fat, and of a good {weer Smell, which we may try by. letting the eh a aie melee eae Barth Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. OL The Dung thatis here required, mult be of Cowes, Horfes, or Sheep, according asit can be got; no. Man needs to ty himfelf ftrict- ly to ic, one of the three is fuffi- cient; if it be but obferved that the fame be -not too new and frefh, but old,the fharpnefs there- _ of being well fpent and rotten. > Fknow that there are yet other things ufed for Dung, as of Hens, Doves, Shavings of Horns, Lu- pins, and the like; but to us the plaineft way feemeth beft, and Caution every one again{ft the coftly Preparation which fome make,and ufe as one Species, Kind, of Dung to force the Orange Trees ovt ; which is defcribed by Munting in his Ordering of Plants mid. in thefe Words. Take Pidgeons Dung,or Sheeps Dung, not too old, as much as you will, or of both a like Quane Gy tity, Or Netlierlandith Hefperides, : 89 ” > as 4 Curf. Sorgh. 2. part. The Belgick Earth ftand fome hours in {weet Water; now if the Water keep its fweet Taft and Smell, it isa fign of good and fit Earth,where- as otherwife ic is contrary; and Sand is neceflary toit, according — to this Prefcripr. ie White fine and foft Sand duly prepared, Gives Fruits, when laid on with Reafon, The forementioned Earth,Sand and Dung, divers times digged _ cat lye the whole Vinter, to be frozen thorough : _ When the Froft is-done, it fhall Order- ing of Plants, be wrought together divers times, to ufe it; which then will be fer- viceable and ufeful for the Work. The Preparation of the Sieur Muntng is unneceflary to Res hearfe, who makes his Mixture hite2. of fixteen Parts and Ingredients, 92 becaufe it can be done of lefs. The - The Belgick tity, puticinto a Glafs, fec ic in the Sun, and pour Rain-water upon it; when the Strength theres of is drawn and gon into the fame, then pour off that Water, and put 2 lictle frefh Rain-warer to it, wherein alittle bit of Salt-pecer hath been fteeped or foaked four and twenty Hours: Water there- with your Trees fometimes, and ~ you fhall find a wonderful force- ing Power in the fame, ¢c Hi- therta Munting. Certainly I can by no means judg fuch a forcing about this Work for good; Whereof we have feen an Inftance at Amfterdam inthe Year 1662, with the Sieur’ Paulo de Rageau, who alfo ufed fuch Water, wherewith he was tered his Trees, and forced them thereby fo Rrongly out, that they — blowed abundantly, yer produced but little Wood and Fruit, and the ~ following Or Netherlandith Hefperides, Re . _ _ following Year the good Gentle- man found,that moft of his Trees were fpoiled, and fome quite dead. ; i _*° Wedo then with Reafon reject ‘thefe Preparations, which bring more Hurt then Profit to their Praétitioners; but deem it beft to follow the ordinary Way, leaving all artificial Preparation of Dung and Earth, and ufe a Ground en- dowed with all good Properties, which we may fufficiently di- ftinguifh by Feeling, Smelling, 3 The Belgick, = Countries require much time, be- fore they come to be Trees, -yet this is done by many Lovers with Advantage, efpecially in Brabant, where be divers Perfons, who by following this yearly, have ‘ob- tained great and fruitful Nurferies, and hereby excited others to the - fame Inclination. To do this Sowing well, we muft make Choice for it of the Seed of Oranges, not of Limons, much lefs of Citrons, as being too _ tender, according to the Teftimo- ing. from the mean and Hep. ny of Ferrarius; the Limons et posing, #20 6 %- Sceds are feldom fown in Italy, be- aca “P °9* caufe they cannot well refit the Hardfhips; thenis it much more ‘ Unimicable in thefe Climates., | : 18 : é CHAP RXS He that will begin this, muft shy: Soabintciod Dees, make Choice of the fulleft, fish Sebinonp and ripeft Seed, -of fair per eétly PAO HE Sowing of Orange ripe Oranges, as they come out of (ae | Kernels doth in thefe cold Ltaly, Spain, or Portugal; wath the pee G 4 Countries fame Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. wee = 96 The Belgick, fame with Rain-water, and make them clean from all Corruption and Dirt, and afterwards dry the fame three or four Days in the Shade, in the beginning of May ; and according to the faying of Ferrarius, we mutt fow themtwo Days before the full of che Moon, after thismanner, and fill co that end a Pot wich good fat and fifted Hefp. Libe 2. Cap. 8. Earth, put the Seed therein an Inch deep, and two good Inches breadth afunder; fer the Pot to the Sonth, in an open airy Warm, and to the Sun ftanding place,and {prinkle this you have fown im- mediately, wich lukewarm Rain- . water, and alfo every third Day ; yet this Earth mnft not be too wet, but only moderately kept moift. : To further the fpringing out, Glaffes muft be put upon the Pots, which will exceedingly forward . the Work. Jn Inthe fpringing up of the Seed it happens many times, that the Shoots come forth double, viz.two together ; thefe Twins mutt we patt, pull out the weakeft, that it may not hinder and take away the Nourifhments of the other. Thefe young Seedlings are frequently troubled with Ea;- Wiggs, Ants, Snails , Woodlice, which eat the fame off, and hinder their Growth, wherefore there muft be Provifion made againft them: Atche third Year muft ec very Seedling be tranfplanted particularly and fingly by icfelf in a Pot, in good Earth, and put in a place as before, where they may be free and fafe from all bad Winds. Without any Oppofiti- on or Hindrance they fhall be at five Years old a Finger thick, fic for {Inoculation 3; and in the twelfth Year, or le allo, bring » forth Fruit. This Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, oF GR The Belgick | This is the Ordinary and cer- . _ tender Nurflings beganto Mourn, taineft Way of fowing, whereby | as unaccuftomed to the ufual Se- we may nurfeiup and: raife thefe verity of our Harveft and Winter ‘Trees, and from their beginning Showers, which furprized them ufe them tothe enduring of Inju- as being Unarmed and Unprovi- riesand Hardthips, which may ded againft this Evil; and withal happen to them through the In- foiled them of all Health and conftancy of the Climate: Thriftinefs ; whereupon Death By the art of Sowing in frefh againt . ” laft followed. : 3 Horfe-dung may thefe Seeds be the for- NE, This Forcing is good for all made fpeedily “and ftrongly to ince _ Forreign Seeds out of hot Coun: forout out When: thé Seed is Sed _tries, to dry the Plants that come firft foaked in. lukewarm: Warer, forth from them to an herbarium Vie wherein frefh: Dung and‘a little Sale-peter hath lain afteeps as we “have feen:at Nortwyok'in: Holland, at Sieur Borels , chat he amade Orange Trees grow in one Year from Seed to the height of two Feet, and a Finger thick, fit to Inoculate the next or fecond Year: _ But affoon as the Sun did recide to the South, and declared unto us yum. Butis by no means advifa- - ble about the Sowing of Orange Trees, in which we muft keep to the Way and Manner above Mentioned, C HAP. ' the approaching Winter; thefe aa tender Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 99 P foe siicscloilhe Belgick, CHAP. XXXII of Ingrafting. 01°: HE Propagation of Fruit is moftly done ona three- fold way, by Ingrafting , Ab _ la@ation, and Buding, otherwife called Inoculating. Todo this well, the Stock which is to be Grafted or Ingraft- ed, mutt be ftrong and fufficient in Growth, that the Cyon ‘putin “may not want Nourifhment. To which end a fic Bough or Branch is tobe chofen to cut the Cyon from, ( whether it be a Li- mon or Orange Tree ) which is neither too Old nor too Young ; for the Old is unfit, and the Young too tender. That we may not mifs here, Time: we we mutt chufe Wood of two years Growth, becaufe that of one year is too tender; cut the Cyon in the Month of May, tothe length of two Buds ; part under the loweft Bud fhall be cut with a fharpe Knife on both fides fomewhat flat, - yet fo chac the moft outward part of the Bark may not go off, being it muft again, Unite with that of the Stock. veg ; After the cutting of the Cyon, _ the Stock muft be fawed off ata convenient height; and obferve that the Bark be not brnifed, bue be {mooth and even: Then make a Slit inthe top of the Stock,with a fharp Chiffel (and. put therein a Box- T'ree-wood-Wedg, hat the opening may not fhut again ) put then che Cyon in from the Top downward to the loweft Bud, fo that the fame. fticks out a litcle - above the Stock; clo& the Work toge- cae ee oe aor [The PR. oe _ Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 103 a The Belgick, {pond and. anfwer with that of the Stock; which muft be fecured with grafting Wax, as alfo againft all fhaking and moving by the Wind, that the perfe& Union and ¢ +H Cure | _ together; fo that the ourmoft ae Grafting ‘is feldom ufed in thefe -» Barkof the Cyon doth exadthy: Fags 1s Treés,'except out of Curiofity, anfwertotheoutmoftBarkofthe == for ienakkes moft unhandfom and Stock; guard the Slit with good = ~ ill-fhapen Stocks, and is therefore grafting Waxagainft the Inwater- : ~ by the Pra€titioners but little ufed. ing, and other Inconveniences: == of Ab-_Befides the foregoing Grafting, On this manner may we Graf 4 eet is Grafting by Approach or Ab- °— upon high Stocks, and upon par- 4 rly by laétation, or of Sucking, fo call- ticular Boughs, to make feveral . Ap-. ed becaufe the young Shoot is ~ forts of Fruits, as well Limonsas _ Proach. Fscked off from the Mother ,*or Oranges to grow upon one Tree, principal Trees. . which may likewifé be done by We have feen it with Hercules noculating. ers Patronus at Zutphen, who was ves Then at laft Care is to be taken js mof ‘Ty experientin this Ordering and that the new grafted Cyon may clegant- Managing, and hath happily per- have the full Nourifhment, and AB! formed and executed both thefe be not robbed by the wild Sprigs by7irgil, Ways of Grafting, and Ablacta- - fhooting forth. ; eee _ tion. By means of Grafting wehave — This is done in the Month of , feen the wild Orange T ree bette- May: Make choice for it of an _ red, but it often fails. Orange Stock, luftily Flourifhing, But the Limon Tree grafted and ftrong in Growth, place him into the Orange Stock, is more infuch manner next tothe Tree fure, and will better Unite. from which is tobe fucked, or the. Grafting Ablacta: _ Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 103 104 The Belgick | Ablacétation to be made, thatthe Suse may be made, which may Boughs or Branches can eafily be helped -by placing a ftick or’ ‘reach, or fully touch with their two by it, and by binding the — oucmoft ends the uppermoft ~ fame thereunto this Inconvenien-. - Top of the Stock, placed or po- cy is prevented, thetender Suck- ficed by ; which thall be fawed off er is faved from breaking, and the - even and f{mooth,,* at fuch an putter-in from Prejudice. / height as we defire ; and therein And after this Ingrafting hath. is a Slit to be made, even asifwe taken, and is well Unired, then would Graft ; then fhall the Shoot fhall the new fhot Graffbe cur off or Twig be cut on both fidés, clofe tothe Stock of the Mother, flatwife, under the fecond or third that henceforth it may fuck and Bud, after che fame manner as is draw its own Nourifhment. faid before of the Cyon ; Befides inocula’ . Among all the forts or kinds of it muft not be parted from the tions Grafting which may be ufed about — Bough, but left on, and joined thefe Plants or Trees, there is from behind in the opening of the none more proper to their Nature Stock, fo chat the outmoft Bark of then Inoculation, or Grafting with the cut Graft doth rightky corre- : the Bud; and that in refpe&t of - the hardnefs of the Wood;where- fore they will not well endure the two foregoing ways. . This Work was very famous'a- mong the Ancient, whofe Pre- {cripts ae ' feripts are Colleéted together by the learned Mizaldus, and there~ fore needlefS here to Rehearfe ; op _* but only the Modern Handling rim ine and Ufe which is approved by “i ___ Experience, and received by eve- _ ry one. - To do and perform this, the are time muft be obfervedy in the Hep “ Month of July, in the Wain of the Lib. 2: Moon, in fair Weather, when it % ® is neither mifty, nor rainy, muft this work be. done: Make choice of a flourifhing Shoot of two of three Years old, of athrifty Tree, whereof ye de- “fire to Inoculare, and to cut the Bud or Oculation, whether irbe ofa Limon or Apple Sina; ‘feek a Bud which hath no Thoins to it: __. After the faid Twigg or Shoot ~ Ascut off, take a fharp litcle Knife, and give the Bud chofen on each fide a cut to the Wood, and un- SM a? Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 107: This was firft made known to me by the moft experienced Sieur Fobn Roeters. The little Shield or Oculati- on lifted off, being approved, we fhall keep the tipe Leaf between our Lips, ( yet not fo as that it be- gomes wet) till the opening of the Stock be made after the following manner. , * Chufe for it an even {moot place, which hath neither Bump nor Knot; make the Cut or Inci- fion through the Bark to the Wood, a little longer then the bignefs of your little Shield, in the form of a Latin T, or like the modern Italian Gardeners have in ufe, as this Sign fheweth [, as appears by the Limon and O- range Trees, that come out of thofe Countties ; but. which way foever the Cut or Incifion,is made, it is allone, becanfe it makes no H 3 diffe- ; by Nerhetbieldlth Hepindes: Weg Opifeul. 106 © The Belgick : detand above the Bud, which _ remains in the middle Cut likes wile,that in Form it is like a long- ifh {quare little Shield; lay ghe . fame off with the point of the Knife, or with the Thumb. or fore-Finger, yet fo that the Bud or Eye remains faft to the little. Shield, and the fame be. not Rent ; for otherwife it will not be good ; the Leaf faftned below to the Bud fhall be tipt about the middle, to guide the little Shield. in the.fetting in. Thelittle Shield may yet in a- nother manner be taken off; when _ (asis above faid ) cut, we fhall liftic off with a Knife, fo that a little Wood remains to the Shield, to keepthe Bud. the more. fafe ; though this feems to be. contrary tothe common Rule, yet. have we often found it good, and feen it more eafily done then the fore- going. This 108 The. ‘Belgick, difference in the Growing. Af rerward lift the Bark up eafily — with a bony Knife, part the fame on both fides from the Wood, take the Qculation by the Leafe whichis left to it, join the fame duly and conveniently between it, within the Cut againft the Wood, — thrufting the outmoft Bark’a little, - that the Oculation may be, asit _ were, well and evenly clapt ta the forelaid Wood. ; ' And it is tobe obferved, that the top of chis little Shield. muft touch to the uppermoft againft the crofs Cut, wz, when itis like she Latin T ;. But if on the con-~ trary ic ftands after the: Italian way, the loweft part fhall touch it, the little Shield or Oculation being well put, mutt be careful- ly tyed either with a dry Ruth of aMufcovian Mat, narrow Tape, - or any other foft String, begin- Seis eke es Lea ning till the whole Cut or Incifion, be- fides the Eye, which may not be covered, be wound up, en We mut preferve this Work with great carefulnefs againft Rain ~ and Inwatering, that it may not. be fpoiled, becaufe nothing is more hurtful to the new. infec Eye; wherefore thofe Trees are fet under fome Shed or Shelter to ne ie Binding fhall ftand about three Months, till ye fee the O- ~ culation hath taken, and the Bud begins ta {well ; thenthe Binding © j loofened.a little. ; x Fae Work ftand all Winter to the Spring, and when in the Month of April the Oculation is H 4 yet ~ Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 114 maimed and flight, we put the Oculation at the bottom of the fame, not far above the Ground ; for then by means of this Inacula- ting we may raife ftreight and fair Trees ; as we fee this among the Practitioners in Brabant, who chufe for this thofe that are flourz _ hing and thrifty,which can fhoot inone Year three Foot high and more. Lortobis We mult not pluck off the Leaves which ftand along the new fhot out Sprout, or. Twigg, but leave them on till they fall off ,.themfelves ; for by the Leaves is the Sapp kept in full Strength and Vigour from the bottom to the- ; Top. Thefe tender Shoots may be kept ftreight, by putting a Stick bythem, and with binding fo ordered, that thereby the Plate form is ‘laid for the bringing forth » The Belgick yet Green and Thriving ; then it is good,and there ishope of Grow- ing, and fhall doubtlefs fhoor out in May or June; but before ir comes thus far, and as foon as we perceive that the 8ud is good,and makes it felf ready to fprout our, ‘we muft Cut or Saw the Stock off — two Inches above the Qculation, that all the Sapp and Nourifh- ment may come'to the new Nurfe- Child, and the Shoot the more . Rtrongly put forth: When the fame, the following Year, is ftrongly fhor, then take the reft of the remaining Stock. away to a little above the Inoculation, and cure the Wound with ‘Grafting wo Wax. ‘ If the Oculation be put upon an high and ftreight Stock, we fet two or three, or four Oculations roundit, to make a good and re- gular Head: But if the Stock be ; ra . maimed Tua The Belgick forth of fair and flreight Trees. For according to the ftreight- nefs and fairnefS of the Stock, we do hére in this Country ‘many times efteem' the Tree, and this _ isthe means to bring them to it, from their Youth while they ‘are tender. To Inoculate is none of the leaft Delights of this Pradtife, for > we do fomething that feems al-. moft unconceiveable, thar an whole Tree is forced by means ofa thin little Shell, and a fingle Bud, to leave and change itsown Nature, andtobring forth other ftrange Fruits, ang It would be convenient here, and {uit wellto fhew how this Us nion is made,and this great Work performed in a finall ‘Compafs, - how a Tree is compofed of little Particles, which ‘are like many thin Fibres, or thin Strings, a- ii long wt} titan bes Se mae BP CT BK op 4 - on, and through the growing ~ _ Virtme joyned and united toge- ther. We fee the contrary comes to pafs, when this Agreement and Correfponding of the Paflages fails, by mifplacing of the jane: Or Netheriandifh Hefperides. 11 nota little added and Contribu- ted toit, vz, by Inlaying,or Off- laying. Vie ficoh » We have before treated of Sow- _ ing; and the other is now our prefent Talk, wherein we mutt know, Fojt, That an Orange Tree doth feldom fprout out at the’ Roots; and the Inlaying of the Boughs, by reafor’of the hard- .. nefs of their Wood, cannot well be"brought to Shoot and to take Root ; though fome fay that fuch es may be done, and among others the Sieur Munting in his true and right Exercife of Planting. For me, I could never attain to it. But . this Propagation may more fitly be done. to the Limon Tree, which is of a fofter Wood, and is more apt to fhoot out at _ the Roots, efpecially when the Oculation flands ¢lofe by. the Ground ; ; . | tea ach, through invifible Po- tae le Ie Cap. 2. $4 P20 The Belgick, Yet it is not our Intention and Defign here to Reafon and Dif courfe of this Matter ; but we re- commend this to the great Wits of Naturalifts, and keep our felves ~~ to the fimple Ordering. We may by Inoculating come ~ to much Variety of Fruits, if we be but provided and furnifhed with Stocks and Seedlings. | CHAP. XXXIIL of Propagation by Inlaying. Ven asin all Creatures there’ is by Nature a Propagating Property, fo likewife is the fame in Trees, which are not only mul tiplyed by the Seeds, but alfo by _the Sproutings out, and Suckers below at the Roots. : To further which, Art hath Be Oe 5 BOR 116 ‘ The Belgick, Ground ; whether it be then, that : the Inlaying be done above front the Head, or from beneath near . the Ground, give the Bough a Cut from the Bottom upward ; then take a Pot, in the Bottom of Side whereof is an Hole, put the Bough therethrough, - and order that the Cut er Incifion may > come into the middle of the Pot ; lay between the cutted Opening, — or Slit, a little flat Stone,or fome-. thing elfe, that ic may not {hur tooclofe together, but keep open, to further the Rooting fooner, © When thisis conveniently pla- ed and fer, we muft fill up tHe Pot with good Earth, and keep it -moift with moderate Watering : after the fecond Year we coms ‘monly find that it is rooted; which © When it is fit and ftrong, cut off, to nourifh itfelf, and' then to be Tranfplanted. oe Bg Here ST ee Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. Here is to be obferved, when the Pot, whether it ftands to the Head,or below upon the Ground, mutt be faftned, for the leaft Mo- tion which happens to it, is pre- judicial, and caufes a fruiclefS and loft Labour. Thefe of laid Trees, ( when they are of a good and fruitful Bough ) {hall produce as fair Li- mons as an Inoculated Tree, as Experience hath often taught us, and likewife withal we may eafi- ly multiply Limon ‘Frees. on ghis wile. ee There are yet otherways of Propagation defcribed by Ferrari- ous us, butthe Execution is Unpradti- 1 cable in Netherland, becaule of the fhortnefs of our Summers. We therefore omit all the reft, feeing thus may be done whatfoever can. be defired from the other ways. CHAP. Or Netherlandith Hefperides: Boxes, and earthen Pots, where- in the Trees are Planted, Re- _ moved,and Tran{ported. Though _ thefe Trees are by fome Lovers planted ac large, or in free Ground, yet it is rejected for thefe Reafons. _ Firff, Becaufe of the great Charges, which this Work ree quires, to defend our tender Plants againft the Cold; being there is - a winter-place,or green Houfe re- _ quired thereunto, which is taken away inthe Summer, and in the - Winter fet up again; as fuch an one is defcribed by Ferraris, and. found in the Garden of the Duke of Pama; but it would be too Chargeable for many to perform and make fuch. _ Secondly, Becaufe the Grounds are here in the winter-Seafon very _Moift, and accordingly Cold, which is very prejudicial to the ae Os Trees 113° a The Belgick,; poo HAPs KRM IVb ssl Of Planting, and Tranfplanting.. A Double Handling comes : here to be Confidered ; the Planting,and Tranfplanting. The firft is done to Trees, _ which are brought to us out of E- taly ; and the other to thofe which ftand here in thefe Countries in full Growth. Before we come to this, it will be ufeful, that the neceflary In- © ftruments be propoled, becaufe « without them we cannot begin. _ It is not praéticable to’ Plant the Hefperial Trees in’ thefe | Countries at large in the free and natural Ground, as they do in warm Climates; wherefore Art hath invented wooden Tubs, Boxes, Tro: The ‘Belgick, Trees and Fruits; Wherefore we, to avoid all this, fhall follow our Predeceflors, who have for ma- ny Years found out Tubbs,Boxes, and Potts for this, which are all to be taken according to the big- ~nefs of the Trees. ae The beft and fitteft Tubbs are made of Rhenifh-wine-Fats, or Casks, becaufe their Matter is hard, thick, firm,and good Oaken Wood ; the Hoops muft befron — Hoops, and have on each fide a {trong Iron Handle,to carry them, or remove them conveniently from one place to another; the Depth and Width above is ordi-, narily two Foot,but at the Bottom one Foot and an half: fo that the Narrownefs muft go flenting downward, and leffen by little and little, becaufe in the ‘Tranf- | planting of the Trees, the whole Mafs of Earth may be the more he conyeni- “we defire Tubbs for leffer Trees; lecthe Depth and Width above be one Foot and a half, and the Diameter or middle Line of the Bottom, one Foot and a quarter : or Netherlandith Helperides! 121 - eonveniencly taken out; ‘and if and feveral Holes muft be bored or made in the Bottoms of the Tubbs, and Pots, and Boxes, to empty the fuperfluous Moiftnefs; and to free the Roots of the Trees from rotting. The Pots muft be madé of good Earth, glazed within and without, or not fo, according as every otie pleafech and defires ; the Form and Fafhion muft be al- ~ moftlike the Tubbs, wider arche Top then at the Bottom, the Foot broad , ro prevent the falling. down. vor] Concerning the fpuaré Boxes, they are nor im all particulars held fo good, and até more chargeable, nw ose Ue | where- fe, Or Netherlandidi Hefperides. 123 When we have got them in How we convenient time ; prefently after the Unpacking, fhall all the Earth, new got which is abouthe Roots be clean T° — taken off, wafhed, and cleared from all ftifled and dead Fibres and Stumps; and the whole Head fawed off too within an Hands-breadth above the Inocus lation, and the remaining Tops covered with grafting Wax. Take then further,a great Tub with Rain-Water, made Luke- warm in the Sun, and let the - Trees ly therein one or two Days, thar they may, by fucking of the frefh Moifture, in fome meafure - Reviveagain, after the long con- ee eee tinued Draught and Hardfhips they have fuffered in the Voyage, and aftérward Plant them in this following Manner. | ~Chufe Potts or little Tubs, ac- cording as the Bignels of every | £33 Tree are ufe to thofe Planting Water. 122, }24 Tree fhall require ; fill chem with The Belgick - Wherefore we thought it not ne- ceflary to fay any thing touching the fame; nor of the other things neceflary to the Planting,as Spade, Shovel, Trowel, and the like, in regard they are fufficiently known to every one as to their Form and Fafhion. Only this muft be added, that wooden Tubbs are counted better then ~ earthen Potts, becaufe the Roots fhoot round againft the Sides of the Pots and Tubbs, alfo upon the Bottoms of the fame; and fo itis, that the Earth being much colder then the Wood, doth'con- fequently hinder the Trees more, . efpecially in the Winter. In the beginning of this Chap- ter isfpoken of a twofold. Plant- ing; we fhall now treat of the firft, wiz, Of Trees which are new brought over out of Italy, or other Countries. . When The Belgick good Earth two or three Hands Breadth deep, put the Tree in the middle of ic, add more fine fifted . Earth to it, preffing the fame a lit- tle down; and in the filling up, ~ fhake che Stock up and down, to ing. the end the Earth may the better. fink in between the Branches of the Roor, and the Tree ftand faft and firm. — , Av baTg¥Od ' When now the Pot is conveni- ently filled put the fame fot fome Daysin a fhady warm place, on which the Sun doth not fhine ; let the fame ftand fo long there - till che Bud begin to come out : On this manner fhall we accuftom the Trees to our Climate, which by degrees are to be fet further and fnrther in the open Air and Sun ; in the mean while the Earth is but moderately and not over- much to be watered, tp reduce, thefe, - nd ima Hefperides. 1 thefe fick ones to new Strength a: gain. As foon as we begin to fee the firft fhooting out, it may be fur- __ thered by putting Glaffes over the ~ Oculation ; and taking care that no Cobwebs‘come to it. Te muft be further obferved to the Nurfing up and faifing, that the Vermin do: not eat off the tender and firft Shoots that {prout out, for hereby is caufed not only . abackweardnefS and «retardation in theit Growth, but alfo after a long pining Confumption , the Death it felf of the Trees; but if this Work be managed after the forefaid manner, the - Trees fhall "The Belgick too little, the Tubs rote, or they mutt of neceffity have frefh Earth, or fome Defeas about the Roots do require it. For this make choice of the- ‘Months of April, che beginning of May ot Oftober, and according to Ferrarius’s Doétrine,in the Wain of the Moon, after that the holes in the Tubs or Pots are fecured from being ftopt, (which is pre- _ vented by laying over them fome. be fit atthe fifth Year to bring | forth Bloffomsand Fruits. There be feveral Reafons, _ ‘which force us to Tranfplant the Limon and Orange Trees. - Bither becaufe the Pots srow Se 4 too \ Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 127 Earth is toe much below the edge of the Tub or Por. | After the Tree is loofned round about in the old Tub or Pot, and taken out, then cut the fuperfluous Fibres off with a fharp Knife, and fee whether there be yet any other Defe& or Fault to be found about it, which then may be removed. You mutt keep the Roots from Bruifes, for. thereby they are hurt, and are - very prejudicial to the Tree, be- caufe they eafily caufe rotting ; whence many times a pining and lingring Sickne(s arifes. After this done, put the Tree then again right in the middle of the new prepared. Place, fill the fame up with the forefaid Earth, and prefs it down a little, that the ‘Tree may get firmnefs; — which alfo mutt not be fet too deep. After chat the Earth. is broughe to L25 Hefp.1.2. Cap. 12. Tranf- planting 428 round raifed pieces of a broken Pot, yet fo that the Water may have fufficient way to run out ) lay then beneath upon the Bot- tom old rotten Cow-dung, three Fingers thick, and then as much fat good prepared Earth fifted fine, as is neceflary (to fet the — Tree upon ) prefs the fame a lic- tle down’ with the flat of your Hand, to prevent the finking down, for itis uncomly when the 7 sere - “The Belgick, to a convenient height, three Fingers breadth above the Root, then put and fer the new planted Tree fome Days in afhady warm _ Place,and fecure the fame againft all Moving, Shaking, Winds , Thrufting, er any otherwile. Neithermuft ye water this Farththe fame Day, but two or three Days after, and that but — moderately., becaufe otherwife ~ at becomes fluddy and Miry, and cling’d too clofe cogether, which | doth no good. ~ And thus-muft we endeavour to reduce the Trees to frefh Strength and Vigour, which we omay difcern by ithe coming forth Time of Tranf- planting of new Shoots. The right time to Tranfplant, isinthe end of April, or in the be- ginning of Ofober, for at both times may this Work be done, though in my Judgment, the ee Spring, Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, 4 29 Spring, or forepart of the Year is moft fit. : | _ When this Tranfplanting _ is done: in Autuma, ye muft let the Tree ftand ftill till the Spring , and water the Earth but modes rately, till the time it is brought into the Houfe, and then water no more,. except Neceffity re- quires it. When a Pot or Tub becomes Chang: -toolittle, or is broken, ye muft 78, e take the Tree out,with the Earth Pots. © thatcleaves to itinone Lump: is _ the Tub perifhed or decayed, cut off the Hoopes or Staves round about, dnd after the impoverifh- _ed Earth is taken away an Hands breadth next to the knitted Net of: Fibres at the Root, _ which are commonly at the Bottom, then order your Bufinefs further as is faid above. | | CHAP. + Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 134 fhoot out, and fecure them the better againft all Dammage ; but | if the Voyage be long by Sea, the Removal muft be fooner in the forepart of the Year, thatthe Trees may be at the defigned place before the warm Weather, and not partake of the forefaid Harms. _ Inthis Removing is yet ano- ther Danger, befides the break- Againtt ing and {poiling of the Boughs, Rats. and ftifling of them, viz, that of Rats, againft which we mutt take Care, that the Stocks and Heads _ may be kept whole and unfpoil- ed; forit may happen that 'this hurtful: Vermine, being pinched with great Thirft, eat the Barks of thefe Trees; and fo fpoil, mangle, and Kill them, as. hath * happened to. us.: _ The beft means againft this, is, to caufe fome Ports with frefh . : Water "eyo Us We. Belgick; CHAP. XXXV. | Of Removing of Trees. "WO Remove tender Trees (which are in thefe Cli- "mates, and maintained in narrow Tubs and Pots ) from one City to another, or places farther remote ; ~ it muft be done in the Months o March or’ April. If it be done by Water, that is’ the fitteft time. Firft, Becaufe the heat of the Sun as then doth not caufe any Soultrynefs in the Veffels, where- by the Trees might be ftifled,and_ lofe their Leaves and Fruits. Secondly, This time muft be _ obferved, that the Trees may be at the place where ye would have them, ‘before’they come to SO te A The Belgick Water to be fet in che Ships about the Room where the Trees ftand, that this Vermine may quench their Thirft, and thee tender ‘Fravellers be brought over in the moft comely manner to their Matter. If this removal muft be . done by Land, ye are to take Care only that they may be’ fafe in the Waggons from breaking and hitting againft fomething, or ~ againft one another. ofthe Tothis belongs the removing, time to as into, fo alfoout of the winter . bring Place or green Houfe; when the to, and Summer begins to draw to an oof End, and it is come to about the ter Place eight of Oéfober, or the twenty Hoon cighth: of September, the Trees * fhall be brought under a Shelcer or Cover, in a fair, a clear Day, when the Leaves aré well dry, (whether it be a Gallery, niade of Reed or Straw, or otherwife, aS ie. Ov Netherlandith Hefperides, 133 as aMan hath the Conveniency ) letting them ftand there fome Days, till ye feethat ic begins to be time to puc them into the win- . tet Place or green Houle, which is ordinarily about the middle of | Oétober, or fomewhat later, ac- cording as the Days are fair, and the Weather good. In the fetting of the Trees,you muft obferve, that they ftand Ai- ry, and as little as is poffible into ° one another, left, bythe hanging of the Heads in one another, the — Leaves and Boughs ftifle, neither muft they be placed too near the Stove, or fire-Place, to receive any Hurt by the Heat; and ye muft niake the placing fo, that ye may eafily come tothe Trees, | to help them upon all Inconveni- ency. Inthe Spring, about the tenth _ of May, when it is mild and rainy Weather, Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, 13 5 “CHAP. XXXVI Of Dunging, Refrefhing, and digg ing about the Trees. HE dunging of Limon Ferra: T and Orange Trees is done ao according to the Diverfity of Climates; and becaufe we intend to direct this Ordering according to the Condition of our Belgium, Netherland: this Work mutt be done inthe Month of May, as foon as ‘the Trees come out ‘of the Winter-Place, ‘or Green-Houfe, and that every two or three years, according as Neceffity requires. Digg the old Earth one Hands - breath or more: round, with a fharp Trowel, or {mall Spade, outof the Tub or Pot, wherein the Tree -flands, as deep as you. Galea K .: Can » The Belgick; ‘Weather, remove the Trees 4- — gain out of the winter Place or green Houfe, into the open Air, but not at firft into the hor Sun- Thine, becaufe they cannot fo fud- denly endure the fame, but lofe thereby their Leaves and Fruits ; therefore you muft flay fot a Day that it{ rains, or otherwife you. fhall bring the Trees for fome ' Days into afhady Place, to ule. them again by degrees to the Air and Sunfhine ; how you are fur- ther to Order them in the winter Place, or green Houle, fhall be faid afterward. CHAP, The Belgick can come, withal taking away _ the old fibrous Roots, fpent and worn out Earth; this being done, fill the Tubs up again with fat- dunged light fine fifted Earth, which hath been prepared fome time before for- it, and often wrought together with old Cow | and Horfe-dung, till the fame be well mixed and rotten; and af ter the faid filling up, make the _ tppermoft Earth even, letting the fame ly lightly, to further the Influence og foaking in of the Wa- ter, which by Rain or Watering comesuponit. By means of this Dunging and Retrefhing, can this noble Plane be Nourifhed in narrow clote Veflels,with great eafe, and mains tained in Fruicfulnefs. We,have only propounded the - moft fimple and plain Way, as being the fireft, leaving the Arti- 4 =< bg ¢ ficial, - a ee ees Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, - ficial, which fome have Invented, -and Endeavoured to Recommend to the World for Wonders, but de- ceiveth none more than thofe that ufe itmoft, as we have touched upon before in part, in the De+ {cription of the Dung. The digging about is done Digging yearly in the Spring, againft the abouc. time that the Trees come out of the Winter-Place or Green-H oufe, and is nothing elfe, but a takin away of the uppermoft Earth of the Tubs two or three Fingers breadth deep, and filling them up again with other Good, in- ftead of the {pent and worn out Dung, thereby, by this maintain- ing, 48 much as is poffible, to firengthen and bring Nourifhs ment to the Earth in the Tubs _and Pots, Bien. CHAP. Or Nethérlandifh Hefperides. 139 the more conveniently be drawn’ up through the openéd Pores, . and carried to the Place wheré _ they ‘are turned into Nourifh- ment. And feeing our Fle/perial Stang? érs want the free Ufe of the Earth with us, and muft be contented _ with fmall and nariow clofe '. Tubs and Pots ; it is neceffary we lend them the helping Hand, by _ bringing Water to them,which by the Rain, except it be of long continuance, cannot be fufficient» _ Ty given, or is hindred through the width arid breadth of theit Heads, which caule the Rain* Water to tun moft down by their Sides; wherefore thé help of wa- tering is highly réquifice here. Amon all the Parts of this Ordering, this is none of the leaft, and we muft obferve; firft, the’ Choice of Water, and fecondly,’ K. 3 a the 198 Loc Balgid; « CS OHAR. XXX VIL ~ her “of Watering, — De Me. Eing the Nourifhment of Halelu- Trees, « and whatfoéver - opiiak Grows out of the Earth, confifts ont of the fineft Particles of the — Earth and Water, which {preads and difperfes irfelf through f{malk Poresalong by-dictle Strings, like Veins,’ through all their Parts,and. bythe natural Warmth, | being Htrengchined with the Heat of the Sun, ‘which pierceth’ from with- out, doth turh into the Shape and: Form ofvthofe Parts to which it is brought; ‘and being . Water is - Necellary , ‘whichout which: no “Sree can Live; ‘for it ferves:ta, the loofening and thinning of “the faid Parts, that the fame may _ Py es the. 140 | The Belgick the time when we fhall Water. What _Ferrarius, ( whom we here alfo water 1s to be follow) puts {weer and conftantly made running Spring and River-Water ok for the beft,as being moft Piercing, 1.2.14. and wholefomeft, and next tothe Rain-Water, which is gathered and kept in Cifterns, or Tubs : and thirdly, Well or Pump-Wa- ter, which is commonly Cold, " hath many Defaults and Proper- ues which it carries with it out of the different Grounds, whence it Springs. : Much lefs in Virtue is the Wa- tet which comes out of Moorifh Places ; but worft of all is that of ftanding Lakes, and Ponds ; al- fo that which is thick, faltifh, brackifh , - fulphureous, and of — grofs Parts, which muft be «re- jected for this Ufe, and that only, be chofen which is here above Ap- proved, viz, that VVater which, ; i hath Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, tai. hath a good Smelt, fweee Taft, without any Slyminefs, which in the VVinter is fomewhat Luke- watm, and in the-Summer mode- __ rately Cool; for this is judged wholefom and pleafant, as well for’ Men as for Trees; but River, and Rain-VVater excelleth all o- ther; when enough may be had, we fhall keep to it. There be Perfons that prepare feveral Mix- tures, with Dung,. Salepeter, and - VVater, to water therewith ; but being we rejected that in the thir- tieth Chapter, and have fpoken of it before, we fhall fay no more to it now. VVe muft order our felves ac- Time. cording to the Difference of the Seafons to water Orange Trees. ~Inhot and dry VVeather, it muft be done every fecond or third Day inthe Evening, when the Sun is going down, and Ren ge’ Shines Or Netherlandith Hefperides. and ‘Tubs, or wooden Troughs, whicli ftand ail the Day long in the Sun, and wherein the Water is put the Day before it is ufed. The time when this watering begins and ‘ends here in thefe Countries, is commonly May, to the latter end of Auguj?, or fomes 143 what longer, according as the - Days be Wet, Hot, or Cold. _ - We muff oblerve this general Rule in this Affair, which is above, in fome meafure touched upon, - viz, that we do not water thefe Trees too much; for if they be kept too wet, it cools and chills the Root, and the Leaves grow Yellow ; too much drinefs is alfo hurtful, fo that Moderation muft be obferved here ; which we may fufficiently know by the Earth it- felf; for thefe Trees mutt not be over-watered. ie As long asthe Trees ftand in Inwin- da. the tertine. of theD SAR, cule Miele Shines no more: upon the Trees ; orif they be watered in the heat » ne Vay, it will caufe aor Sicknefs ; wherefore we os il the Evening, by reafon that the heat of the Sun having layn upon — the Roots all the Day, they may thereby in fome meafure be Re- tefhed. . __ This watering mui be done with Care, fothat the Earth be ‘pt moderately moift, and not foo wet, and reduced to.a dirty Myrinels ; we muft alfo beware | of the Stocks, left they chill by the Water which comes againit them, grow foul, moffy, and come to a pining Sicknefs, We mutt elpecially obferye that the Water we fhall ufe in Watering, muft be warmed in the Sun ‘before it be ufed » becanfe cold-Water is very hurtful to the Tees; therefore we ule Casks - and va The Belgick, the Winter-Place or Green-Houfe, they are feldom watered, except Neceffity requires it; which may . be difcerned by the fhrinking in of the Leaves,. and the limbernefS of their Fruits, and then the water- ing muft be but little, till the Faintnels ceafes, and the Fruits and Leaves return to their for- mer State. When this watering is to be done, we fhall warm a Pot with Water over the Fire,and fo temper it with cold VVater, that it is ' fitly lukewarm, as if it had ftood a Summers Day in the Sun, for great Cold is very prejudicial to the Roots. In the Spring, from April to - May, we fhall feek to cherith thefe Trees by a flowifh Feeding, or « Refrefhing with VVater, which is fet upon the Tubs, in flat Pots © or Pans,wherein ly longifh Pieces of hae Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 145 a iG of woollen Selveges, which by little and little fuck it in, and fo. thence diftills again into the Earth, which thus in time begins to moift- en, and give Nourifhment to the Tree; burif we do water much in the Spring, the Fruic will “Mourn, and fall eff, which ac- ° cording to Ferrarius his Opinion, 4¢h-!.4 comes to pafs, becaufe the Trees “?*" have fufficiene Moiftnefs and Sap in them, and afcends from the Root, whereby the Fruits are, asit were, loolned, and fall off. Hitherto now, what concern- eth watering; if it be well ob- ferved in the Blowing time, and {welling of the Fruit, we fhall find, that the Trees are Cheerly and Merry, and fhall richly Re-° ward the Mafter’s Labour and Pains wich Blofloms, Fruits, and ~ pleafant Leaves. Aiovy CHAP, Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 147 | der them Ungraceful tothe Eye. Secondly, VVe muft alfo clear them of the dead VVood, which difcovers itfelf in the fore-part of the Year, while they yet ftandin the Houfe; and iscauled through - Moiftnefs, which falling down upon the Boughs and Leaves,pro- dices Stifling and Moldinefs, _ which by a fharp Property, bites and eats out the Life of' the tender VVood and Leaves; and caulesa | pernicious Deadnefs, and Infects the whole Bough in a fhort time, “if we be not careful about it, to * ftop the Malady by cutting-off ; therefore muft this be taken away to the Quick, and the VVounds covered up with grafting-VVax, to prevent further Corruption. _ The Orange Tree is likewife Orange « fubjeétto the forementioned Evil ; ™* wherefore he muft be handled as the Limon Tree in this cafe; But oe : yet 146 Limon Trees, A 7 The Belgick: CHAP. XXXVIIL Of Cutting or Pruning: Two-fold Cutting ot Prufis ing is ufed about’ thefé Trees. Firft; That which is ufed year- ly, by taking atvay the dead VVood,and fuperfuous Branches: Secondly, The taking or cutting of the whole Head. Fir/t, The Pruning, which the Li- . mon Tree requires, is about thé fuperfluous VVood, which the. Tree often makes, and muft needs be cut off, as well in regard of the good Shapé of her Head, as of the common welfare’ of het Fruits; for through want of this work the Limon Trees get irre- * gular flender, Heads, which rene 14 der ee The Belgick, yet he hath this peculiar, thar he often produces at the fore-ends of the Boughs very Clofe, Churlifh, and many {mall Shoots ( and they efpecially with curled and wrink- ‘led Leaves ) which do the more ftrongly draw and fuck away the Nourifhment, and hinder the far- ther fhooting of young Branches, _ and make the Trees to Bloffom too much, whereby at laft a Con- fumption is caufed. - To. prevent which, thefe fu- perfluous Twiggs or little Shoots. arein their beginning broken or taken off, and buttwo, or at moft . three left .together; or if you find that too many of thefe Shoots or Twiggs are left, they are tak- en away at the ordinary time of Pruning, to the endthe next new Thetak- coming, may come forth the ing off of the Head. moteftrongly, and luftily. When.we obferve that the Li- Ts mon Or Netherlandifh Hefperides, mon and Orange Trees begin to leave Growing, and fail to fhoot new Branches, which are Signs that the growing Virtue is decay- ed, being caufed by the abun. dant Bloffoming and Fruit-bear- ing ; then fhall ye cut the whole Head off within an Hands breadth and Tranfplant the Tree - into frefh Earth (as is taught before Cap. 8. ) after the Roots are well cleared: Whereby the fame ob- tains, as it were, a new Life, and _ We get again likewife, inftead of Trees decayed, young and flour- - ifhing ones. This pruning Work muft be The taken in hand in the Spring, viz, Time. « affoon as the Trees come out of the VVinter Placesor Green Houle, . and according to Ferrarius his Let fon, inthe VVain of the Moon ; a dp Bs but for the cutting away of Sear or dead VVood, no time is to be Or Nethetlandith Héfperides: 151 ‘Means be rid of them, and de» * fended againft them; if we will keep theny in Profperity and Health. - The comnion - Diftempers ; which wé find here in thefe Couna tries, are Gumims, growing Yel: *low, Lice, Rottonnefsy and De- cay. Concerning the firft ; The fame cuitidii hath, or takes its Original *from fome ill natured cold) tough Mat- ter, which Nature feeksto throw off, or caft out atone place or of ‘ther, in atoughand fharp Moift- nels, which Cankers and Cor rupts wherefoever it runs or flows; therefore as foon as this Evil is perceived, the gummy Place fhall * cut out with a fharp Knife to the quick Wood, and the outcut + Wound rubbed with Lime’ and Afhesof Turf, mixed together with Rain-Water, to a conveni- Bae eng 149 150 "The Belgiék be obferved for the taking off of | the whole Head; we can pre- cribe no Years, becaufe the fore- mentioned Signs about them mutt be only obferved. igi The ‘Inftruments, we have need of for this VVork , afte a _ Pruning Chiffel, a wooden Mal- let, fmall Saw, a crooked prun- ing Knife, grafting VVax to fe cure the made VVound from drip- Ping Moifture, and to further the Cure. + CHAR XxxIx, Of the Means against many De- faults and Vermine, * BE as Men and Animals are i’, fubje& to Sicknefs > Ads and Enemies; fo alfo the Trees. and Plants, which muift needs byte. - Means, 152. The Belgick, ént Thicknefg,' and then be cot vered over with Grafting Wax. _ - This hath been often ufed with good Advantage on this Occafion, Hefp.L.4. and is the fame Means which Ferra- 6 22. ying Defcribes or Prefcribes againft the rotting of them. , Yellow- Againft the growing Yellow nefs of - 1 4 kes 1 Ss Leaves, of the Leaves; which takes it Original from the ill Difpofition of the inward Parts, or from the Rottennefs of the Roots, and " fometimes alfo from too much “watering, whereby the Tree is Chilled, or from the long conti- nued Exficcation.of the Earth ; Soisict that the fame Author Re- commends to bury a dead Dogg — at the Roots of the Trees; and being fuch cannot well be done with us, becaufe we muft mifs the Ufe of the free Earth, and behelp our felves with narrow . Pots and Tubs; we have ie that . . Or Netherlatdith Hefperides, 4 4 ae ‘that inftead thereof is ufed the Shavings or Scrapings ‘of Neats Horns, rotten before, and fcalded; _ whereby thefé Trees feemed to . live again anew: But hete Caré muft be taken, that the Scrapings, or Shavings of Horns, be ufed * moderately, that the Trees may not be Damnified through the . Sharpnefs they have in them. But if it proceed from the Rot- “@ tennefs or Corruption of © thé Roots, it is moft fit to take the Treé up, to put away the old. Earth, and to clear the Root of _ all corrupt Fibres and Branches; and fo Plant him again in new Earth , ~whereby thé fame fhall fhoct to a more flourifhing Growth. . : hie he taka — [fit be caufed by too shuch Wert’, which Chills the Root, then the beft means is that Wwe look ro the Tulis anid Pots ; for it ; ) £4 happers Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 154 _ feafe; for it is not enough that” one Tree is tainted therewith, but all.chat ftand about it become Par- takers of the fame. Evil. ° This Vermin, or Greature , if we may fo callit, isin its begin- ning of a white Colour, of Shape longifh Round; when it is per- fect, .it is of the bigne(s of an ordi- nary wall-Loufe, of a Cheffnize Colour, upon the Back befet with long Hairs, but they perifhin few Days ; within ie is full of grayifh *. Moifture, which is of a fweet Taft, wherefore the Ants are ‘much about it, and like of the Sweetnefs. _ This Wet or Moiftnefs feems to ferve this Creature for Nourifh- « ment," which it draws out: of the Bark ofthe Tree: But it fits moft ~ upon the Leaves, and moft flours . ifhing Branches, and we cannot eafily abferve that it moves from L 3 its i? ms |) 154 The Belgick — ; happens fometimes that the Holes - underneath are ftopt, whereby the Water cannotrun out, but keeps ~ ftanding about the Root, and . -caufes this Evil’ to it; therefore ' they muft be opened, that there may be a due Courfe for the Wa- ter. Or if irhappens through the — Earths being too clofe cling’d to- gether, or for want of Air, then the Tranfplanting is the next Means. . What hath here the name of Lice, we find to be much rather a Diftemper, which hath its Ori- ginal from the Trees. being Foul, - which is often caufed by Mildew, too many ‘moift Vapours in the winter Place, or green Houle, through the little airing, and too clofe ftanding together of the Trees(as well as an Enemy which comesupon them from without ) and is rightly called'the lonfy Di feafe ; Lice. 156 ‘The Belgick its Place, though it doth fo very fowlyyote3: naeay Be When now againft the declin- ing of the Summer, this little Ani- mdi begins to dye, and its Sap and - Moifture. dryeth up, it voids a multicude of white Matter, which’ are Eggs, Nits, or Seed, whereby it is Propagated again. We have Experienced , that where this white. Matter. takes place, yea even in Vines, Peach, Laurel, and Myrtletree, that they were the next Year tainted with ~ this Evil, and that inftead of one, hundreds came to light; fo that they by fucking the natural Nour- ifhment from the. Trees, killed them, as hath happened to feveral ‘Trees. : . This Vermine doth not. dye through Cold, but endures even the coldeft Winter; and what Means foever have been ufed to drive - oak 2 RRS Ts Ae : : e Or Netherlandifh H fperides, 157 drive away this Diftemper, the only Means is found to be, the making of the Trees clean from their Filth and FoulnefS, with a’ Spunge wetted in Rain-Water, wherewith we caufed-the Leaves _ and Boughs in the Spring to be wafhed and wiped, before the fame began to fhoot out, and hereby was this Evil quite over: come, which otherwife was fufs ficient wholy to deftroy the Infect- ed Trees. - | We being now freed of ithis, have thought fit not to hide this _ eafy and otdinary Means from o- thers, but have been therefore — fomewhat longer in -relating fo darigerous an Ayl, and its Cure. ~ Againft Rortennefs in ‘the Rotten. - Stocks or Boughs of the Trees, "** “nothing elfe isto be ufed bur what 5, is {aid above of the Gumms. When the Trees begin to wax b4 - Old, Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 159 | drive away this Vermine. But in our time we have feen better _ Weaponsto keep off thefe ill na- ~ tured Guefts, viz, Leaden or La-. tin Rings of an Hands Breadth, which were made or fet together round about the Stock, «and of an ~ Inch ortwo deep, which are kepe full of Water, wherewith the _ Tree being compafled about, as it were with @ Ditch , this Vermin is hindred from climbing up, and _ defended alfo againft thefe Ene- mies. | vd This Invention was firft brought to light by the Sieur John Rocters, - in his Life time Secretary of Anz — - fterdam, and a great Lover of this _ Husbandry, — _. Further, others have fet their - _. Trees upon little Benches, ot Frames, of half a Foot above. _ Ground, whofe Feet being made - _ Sflittle thick fhore pieces of Wood, fland * 958 ae 3 OF ana they produce no young = f ae The Belgick sf 40) ‘Branches, but dye by little and lietle from the’ Top; then the only Means is to take off- the - whole Head in the Spring, with- © in an Hands breadth above the Ins oculation, that they may fprout. out again, and come again by a new Growth to their firft Lufti- nefs, and Vigour, and frefh. Strength, asis fhewed before. Now we are to confider the — outward Enemies, which come to affaule and difquiet thefe He/perial Inhabitants, viz, the Aunts, Ear- Wiggs, and Spiders, _ -_ The two firft endammagethele . Trees, efpecially in their young Shoots and Bloffoms. _ _ Againft which many Means are Invented 3) Ferrarivs will, that we ftrow Athes about>the Stock, or. lay about it Cotton dipt in’ Oyl of Stone, which by. its tench doth isu “160 | The Belgick, ftand in little Troughs, which are kepe full of Water, and keep thefe Pernicious Creatures’ from the Trees, The Earwiggs, which devour and fpoil thefe young tender Shoots, may be catcht with pieces of coarfe Linnen laid in the Trees, and fo kept in and Curbed. aidere _ Spiders hurt the ‘Limon and Orange Trees by Spinning the Leaves together, and by pulling - the young Shoots together, where- by the Leaves become Black, Foul, and are hindred much in their Growth. . The only Remedy againft this - Evil is to catch the fame, and fo chafing away thefe Tyrants, to make thefe Plants free from {uch a filthy Cry. 3 Againft Concerning other Mifchances bad Winds, of Winds, bad Airs,. thereof is taught before how they may be ofATL hindered "Or Netherlandith Hefperides, 46, hindered and kept off. | When the Trees in the Winter Againit "are Houfed, they are often troub- = CHAP. XI. led with Mice and Rats, becaufe they cannot come by Water ; wherefore it is not amifs to pros Of the winter Place, or green ne Houfe, and its Ue. Ecaule it is impoffible to Or: Houle with ‘Trapsgand Pans of . der thefe Outlandifh Plants Water, that this Verfhine may. ¢i- ‘ther be catcht, or their Thirft quencht,to @ompel them to excufe and leave the ‘Irees, as we have feen that very much happened to Sieur William Vanden-Heuyell, _ vide the winter Place, or greén B well in thefe Countries, except we know how conveniently to defend them in the winter Seafon againft the Froftand-‘Cold, which cannot be done, if there be nor a- good winter Place provided, — What concerneth Snails and Snails & — * We fee that in Brabant and | tee ee ine ate oe ea , Flanders. they ufe arched Cellars, > ’ a poffible to the South. Harm to thefe Plants, and there- fore Unneceffary upon this Occa- fion, to Admonifh or Mention of them: If.they be found on them, the beft Means again{t them, is to catch, them. . CHAP. | Or Netherlandith Helperides. 63 ~ out of the Cellar into a lightiom toom, as foon as the froft is over; . Which is not well to be done for ~ any one that hath a great number of Trees, by reafon the labour would be too great and charge- able, becaufe of the multitude ; befides with the frequent remov- ‘ing we run the hazard to {poil the - heads by hitting them againft fome thing or other,. iy he To this Work is at leat a lightfom Room required, which ing in the Winter, may refreth ‘thefe tender Strangers, with her pleafane and grateful Beam. What manner of Winter-place or Green-houfe foevef we prepare, Care muft be had that it ftand with the open part as much as is. “2 Here . - to avoid the inconveniency of making Fire. But thereby they alfo commonly lofe their fruic, » which through or by reafon of the ¥e lictle air,and moift Vapours,which the Trees receive, decay and fall off except they be again carried ? sed Feet "The Belgick " Here Imight give the defcription* and the dimention of feveral Green houfes’ fee down by the Author, but think it needles, be- caufe as the Author faith, every One may and doth make them’ as he thinketh good and Conve- nient. is Yet the Ufe is one and the fame. Viz, for the prefervation of tender plants) ‘which cannot endure and ftand out againft ° our Cold Winter ftorms and Tem- _ is free from all Cold Piercing pefts. eet ‘Winds, «and hath Glafs-Windows Uf of — From the time that the Trees to the South, @hat the Sun Shin. ate are fetyinto the Green houle ot orGreen Winter place we muft begin to Honfe. take Careto watch againft all In- cident inconveniencies and mit chances ; for through ? carelef- nefs more harm may be done in eone night, then we can again ‘overcome and repair in an whole year; but on what time fuch mut be { —_ 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 ~ moulding.to the Boughs, .and the _ Fruits and Leaves to falloff; againft which muft be, provided, ,andidaily be taken off with Map, and a$ foon _as the Seafon doth any way pertnir, to open the wooden Shutters,to make -thefe moift; Vapors, which arifevout of, the Earth, to.go,,away.; for -by reafon of the Doors;and VVindows = being long fhut.clofe) chey.contiz nue. ~ ; vat Sri g ) ie Andon this manner muft weor- the der our Bufinefs in. times of Frit, timeto which now ceafing,! the. Windows orent* mutt. be opened. again, to.air, she Win- Trees; and furcher deal with, hem ¢o"s as:is Yaidyabove.cso1t 2:1 [is aqo ages But to tye the'making of Firéto December, January, and Febriaty,;as fome, Authors -chold,: is not good !ii “otr Judgment.;iforat happens thar _ whole Wintets pafs, and no need 6 makea Fire, ds'mié chave mentioned above ; But it is befof all; thatowe oxder our Affairs according 10 che M2 VVea- \ Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 171 yet my. Trees are dead. \ Atwhich they all Laughed, as perceiving that the overmuch Heat had ftifled and dryed up his Trees : “Whence we may fee, that not the * great Charges, but the right Know- ledg, gives the beft Fruits. When now the Froft is paft, and The the Spring draws on, the Trees muff time for be ufed again tothe Air, by theo- shin pening and fhutting the wooden and the glafs-Windows, in convenient and ei due time, and therein order our Af- | fairs according as the ‘Weather gives ‘Direction. For this is fure, that Mift, Vapor, Moiftnefs, and Froft, muft not be fuffered in the Green-Houle. In this Work, we muft continue Ty, to the time that we fet thefe Trees time to again in the beginning of May. into sida the open Air, in mild and rainy again. “Weather ; above all, take ‘Care im the bringing of them out, that the Sun doth not too fuddenly fhine up- ; Ma on PUGS Ee Fe REM. rs a Sire: age ter” ‘here fhewed. . Remember a certain Accident, which in regard of mentioning the making of Fire, I cannot omit to Relate: ing into the famous Garden of the Sieur Roeters, and after he had taken Notice of all things, asked that fa- mous Practitioner and Orderer, how much Turf he burnt in a Winter, in regard his Trees looked fo exceed- ingly fair? The Sieur, Roeters not knowing the reafon of the Queftion, -Anfwered, that he had preferved and kept all his Trees for two Years, with about an hundred Baskets full, — » (which comes to about twenty. four Gilders, which are about forty. fix, | or forty feven Shillings Sterl. ) and that there was fome Quantity left. How is that poffible, replyed. the other 2: My Servant hath fpentabove two hundred Baskets of Turf, and. yet “oo ltthe Belgick; on them, but ufed to ieby degrees ; Jarly in their proper Places; thaethey — may keep their Leaves; & Fruitsyand and thenorder’ thefi ‘further, “with VVateriiig, Pruning) atid other fitch like Actions, asare fhewed particu- Reward their. Matters Labours with — GoldenHefperial-Apples,« which no Practitioner {hall obtain, except . he -hath before duly’ Tamed: and se “Overcome the ftrong winter-Dragon. “SCH APE RD I Of Gathering the Bloffoms ands Fruits. Unload- ing of the ‘Trees. Be is neceflary'to ‘the Prefervati- omof the Trees; that we ‘eafe them:of their Bloffoms and Fruits in due time; for through the abundant -Blofloming they are wafted and {pent ., lofe their Strength, and to- tally Decay, becaufe it is impoffible fo feed them all, . Therefore A certain Perfon of Quality, com dec AR a tot gy pe TO coal Weather, and do therein as we have — , \ Or Netherlandith Hefperides: 'ty3_ Therefore it is requifite to gather them, and to haften their Eafe, by taking away all their after, or fide- Bloffoms,leaving the firft heart-Blof- foms' only for the Produétion of Fruit, and them, no more then we judg the Tree’ can conveniently - Feed, which fhall then become the Larger and Fairer; and by this. Eafe the young’ Shoots fhall more _ ftrongly come forth, and the Trees continue in a better flourifhing Con- ~ dition. | The gathered Bloffoms may be ufed for feveral things, as fhall be fhewed more largely afterward. The Fruits ; as well Limons as The Oranges, mult be gathered and tak- en off at their Time. ; Italy, prefcribe the right Time for every Sort, by reafon of the Incon- ftancy and Variety of our Summers ; _ forit hath fometimes happened that - the Limons and Oranges have been M 4 gathered Or Netherlandith Holperides. 175 danger of Renting ; wherefore we are Neceffitated to, cut them off with a fharp Knife, in fuch a manner, that to every Fruit is left a little Sprigg, which is for its Ornament ; and in this cutting muft be obferved that wwe hurt the Tree as little as is pof- fible: When now this. cutting off is done in due time, the new coming on Fruit fhall thrivethe better, be- caufe they have the Nourifhment then alone, which otherwife they were to fhare with them that are ~Mlate cut: off. There is nothing better for the Trees, then to Unload and Eafe them, if their Welfare fhall be fur- thered. Some let the Fruits hang long, to make a Show with them; but doubtlefs it is prejudicial to them, becaufe we fee, that when Limons are over ripe, they fall off, and the Oranges dry up, even asif the Nour- ifhment were denyed them of the Mother, the Tree, tothe old Fruits, to t gather- ing the VVe cannot here, as is done in Fruts. me Pee Yh 176 ‘Warm. ae ae? ve “ y “ ge Sage w opt ¥ . = Lae thd Bilgidkiadoa 4 : one gathered with’Pis in! wanai> Same, _ mers, ‘in thé’ Ménth of § ptember; hae ving, their’ due “Matutit v5 Whereas: ordinarily they mutt Be'det hane'eill, the ‘Months of February: on Marebp _ Now to be’ -fure,. ‘the! Frits fhall be gathered when they have cheiy. due BignelS.and Coles ile Me one Year with another differ: fome», times fome Months, according as the. Summet proves » eithet Gool “or A twofold Gathering is made oa» bout thefé'Fritits, Viz, ‘Unripé, ‘and Ripe; the firft being ufed' to make Conferves, ‘and the other ito prefs the Juice out of them for Food ‘and phy= -fical Ufes. “-Thereforey whichfoever we gather, wemuft go. ‘very wari- ly about it ; «for: to, pluck them off ~ with the Hand, would nordo well, as being with’ Danger to’ fpoil and * hure the Trees, ; tanipe becaufe they fticke too faft to the Boughs, ‘and can hard= y be parted from: them withoue danger ‘The’ Belgick, to give it to thefe young comets on 5 whence we: may cleatly obferve;that Nature ofheweth us ‘how’ needful! tic is for the ‘Free: and Frits, “ thaty we - Ealéand Unload themim duetime, — _ that chey:may both*be preferved and fecured againft ‘Decay and:Deaths: : 1W.: ofdit PT TLIC : n Mt Snon 13 Cc HA Pit x Lit. iw Fale ‘Of the Profit and je of tbe Orange Tee, Hat is Honeft, Profica- \ ble; and Pleafant, is Praife-worthy, aridamay by alhMen, without Scruple betaken in Hands that thefe three Properties are to be found in our Imployment, is knewa to everyone, that doth groundly un- derftand the fame. What belongeth to delightful Pleafantnefs and Honefty, that they > fuficiently teftify of themfelves, and is needlels tofhew; and there- : fore Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 177 fore we fhall only fpeak of the Pro- fit and Ufefulnefs of them. ih The Benefits thefe Trees yield, are divers ; for befides that,after they are come to their due Bignefs, they may be fold for much Money, and great Gain be made by them: They are alfo of fpecial Ufe in Phyfick , Houfe-keeping , and Perfuming ; whereof we fhall Treat. Many things are prepared of the Orange Tree, as well for Delight as - for neceflary Ue. - The Leaves ate good for a brok- The en ot brtifed Shin, and heals it, when }« - they are laid on frefh twice a Day ; thefe Leaves chewed in the Mouth, caufe a {weet Breath. : There is a Water Diftilled of O- roa range Blofloms, which is of a plea~ #°”. fant Smell, and is ufeful for many” things in Phyfick ; chiefly to caufe Sweating, to ftrengthen the Heart, and many Diftempers more, whereof the Writings of Phyfitians and Her- balifts are full. / Ta Or Netheriandith Hitiperides _ wholy deprived of this” pleafant Smell; here is afterward Taught how. _ we fhall Prepare’ this another way. To make an Extraétion with Bran- Brandy: dy from the Orange Bloffoms ; take toevery Pint two Ounces of Blot. foms, fet them in the Sun to» Diftil, fourteen Days longs and ufe there- of a: {poonful together, againftmany feveral ‘cold Diftempers and Aills, and efpecially againft the Cholick or fhrinking of the Guts. Ay ASwiC - Too Preferve thefe Bloffoms: ia Sugar; which ‘is commonly called Confiting ; they fhall be gathered juft before they open, and boiled in clean Rain-Water, till they be fof, and have in part loft their Bitternefs ; after ‘boyl' the Sugar to a conveni+ ent thicknefs of a Syrop, and. pour _ the fame (after it is well Purifyed with Whites of Eggs, and thorough- ly Clear ) warm upon the Bloffoms, _ and let them ftand cooling together ; if the Syrop be too thin, or becomes ; fo 17D = | 186 Paftillis 78 oT Belgidey!0i# 0 _-© To make this: Water, ‘the-Orange Bloffoms {hall be gathered in the ~ Morning before the Sun hath Shone on them, sand Diftilled in--a Pewter Soil, \with! a flow Fire, that they may not in the! leaft be, Burnt, for this Diftilling muft only -be:done: by Steaming out’! whereby» we. fhall get, though but: a little,)-yet never- -thelefS a very Pleafantoand. ftrong Water. -Yemay likewife}, if ye’ de- dire'a greater Quantity, » Diftil them ina Limbeck, but ithen:the- Water » fhall not fmellfo: Sweets - ; ‘so The Bloffoms of Orange ‘Trees are’ very good to be laid:in a Cheft of clean Linnen,. to give it 'a pléa- fant Smell. osu) Eolk But to draw Oyl out of the Blof. foms by Diftillation, iso) well pol- fible here in thefe Countries, becaufe the abundance which is: hereunto re- quired, is too great ; for fix hundred : Pounds do {carce yield two or three Qunces: Yet that we may not be a wholy — The Belgick fo afterwards, ye muft boil the fame again to its convenient Thicknefs, that the Bloffoms maybe kept and preferved the better : This isa moft excellent Remedy againft bad’ Airs, foul and ftinking Vapours, and alfo’ an excellent Dainty. 3 32 i Furthermore of Orange Bloffoms; there are made Pastilli, or little Balls; after this following Fafhion: Take » fifty Blofloms which are quite open, pluck them off by the Stalk, that ye may not touch the “Leaves, as little as is poflible, that the Sent may not be fpoiled;" cut the Leaves with Sciflers, very {mall one by one. To this take a pound of the beft Loaf- Sugar-Candy that may be’ got, beat — the fame fine, and put them in a lit tle brafs Bafon,and add three Ounces’ diftilled Water of Orange Bloffoms thereunto, ftir it with a Spatula , till it be mingled together, ‘which then (fet upon Coals, thoroughly kindled, and let it boil leifurly, ll, when +} - Oras Or Netherlandith Hefperidess gr — f ; ‘ oy 3 i : Rcd He | Bienen oie ¢ ( eet gs 28 4 ‘ * taken up between your Fingers, it © akisist egy Tea Ae ae begins to ftick to them as it meee | Brae hoi 0 pg cg other Sick), with fine fmall Threds ; then take it mes 31 weno dea ve eel “Original: from Cold; gear iclaiig There is yer an Oyl made of thefe Bloffoms , on. this: manner. Take: Nuts of Egypt, Piftaches , vor ~ for want of them; fweet Almonds, thenewer the better, prefs the Oyk out-of them, (but without Fireyhac it may keep Sweet. the longer) then take white and. purified Cotton; — which is free from all. Spots, foulor mufty Sent, ,otherwife it muft be . _ made Clean on this manner follow: ing, viz, Itmuft be foaked in a Pot’ of ftrong Brine, till all bad Scents-be drawnout of it, and being wafhed again in frefh Warer, wet it agai in the forementioned Oy! ; yer fo that the Oyl doth not drop our of ir of it felf; takethen anew Earths | en Pot, and cover the Bottom with - from the Fire, and putthe clean cut Orange Bloffoms into the boyled Su- | gar, ftirring the fame together witha Spatula, till it be well mixed; then take aBoard of hard Wood, which is full of little hollow Places, and ftrow it thick with fine beaten Su- * gar; then fill all che holes full with a filver:Spoon, of this mingled Sy- rop, which when cold , and then _ taken out, the Sugar which hangs a- bout them muftbe taken off with a Knife from thefe little Ballssand then you have Pa/tili, which are very Good, Pleafant, and Ufeful, for ma- ny things, efpecially to ftrengthen the Heart; and againftall Faintings. They ~ are alfo a good Means againft all bad, unhealchful, and peftilential Airs; the fame melted in Rofe-Wa- | ter, or Sorrel-Water, are very uleful- - dy Taken and Ufed with Benefit in : all Oy pt fe 18 The Belgick, Or Netherlandith Hefperides. 183 ; nother much fhorter Way, after this fo ona Laying of the one, and a Lay- _ ing of the other, till the Pot be filled ; which then cover clofe with a Blad- der, and put itin adry Place, not Gold, nor yet too Warm: thefe Blofloms fhall be changed every Day, taking away the Old, and put: ‘ting in frefh ones inftead thereof, and _ _ that five or fix Days one after ano- - ther, and then Squeefe or Prefs the — oiled Cotton: which Oyl gives a moft fweet and pleafant Smell, fit to be ufed in many Perfumes. As foon as this hath ftood’ fome time, the Dirt.and Waterifhneis be- ing fetled, andthe Oyl Clarified from it, and.become clear, you may — ufeitas your Occafion ferves. manner. i, Take a Pound of Oylof Nuts of Egypt, Piftaches, or of fweet Al- monds, new preffed, a Pound of O- range Bloffoms, pick off the Leaves — of them ( which only muft be ufed) — beat them in a ftone Mortar,put them in a glafs-Bottle, and pour the Oyl on them, and having ftood three or four Days, ftrain the Oyl from the Bloffoms through an hairy Strainer, and part it from. the watry Moifture which is mixt therewith ; throw the old Bloffoms away, and put in frefh ones, and that to the third time; then © feparate and draw off your Oyl, and . This kind of Oyl of Orange Blo pef.t4. ~ foms is taken out of Ferrarins , who Pp. 24- had Learned it of one Franci/cus Dagus, and hath been made feveral times Salve of the Oyl of O. make it clear, to Perfume Gloves and other things: The fame may be done with the Bloffoms of Geffamines. | _. There is alfoaSalve made of O- range Blofloms: Take white Wax, by others according to this Prefcript, he Sperma-(2t, atsaeh an, pers ml andis found very Good. fore, them over a fott Fire, sii cing.talen, The fame Author Relates yet a- en off, put to it of our aboye, mens a ee Ra . : tioned ie, CONNER Te 5 Aes ‘tioned Oyl of Orange Bloffoms, _much as is convenient, which fhall be ftirred together with a Spatula; or little Ladle, till ic be well mixt to- “gether and cold: It fhall be cooled as foon as is poffible, that through ~ toomuch Heat the Oyl may not lofe » its Scent. You may alfo cake inftead of Sperma Cati, ot Parma Cetie, white clear Barrow’s-Fat ; this Salve is good againft Heats in the Breft, when you Anoint the fame therewith ; and alfo ~ againft the hoc Inflammations of the Gout , and fuch like Diftempers; which arife from Heats. Orange Apples are likewife for Orange many Ufes, and have many Virtues ; the Pills aredryed, preferved Wet or Dry ; and Oylis allo Diftilled from them. ‘ihe fmall green Apples, of — the bignefs of a Peale, are put upon “Strings, and'worn by Gentlewomen fot Necklaces,and about their Wrifts, becaufe of their good and {weet Scent. ~The Pills of Otanges ate of great N 2 Wfe Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. 187 ly boyl theSyrop higher, thenif you would preferve them wet. Thefe preferved Orange-Pills ftrengthen the Heart againftall Faint- ings, warm the cold Stomach, and refift all bad and peftilential Airs. Sepa a rie Se Te s ae 1865 2 he Belgick, Ufe in the Arc of Phyfick, and are _ of a watm Property: dried and powdered, they are very Ufeful a- — gainft the Collick, and other cold Schrod.in Diftempers, taken in a little warm_ Brame Wine, caufe Urine, and Sweat ; you Chimie, may ufe this Pouder from a Scruple /4.¢.45. t0 a Dram. ate oe Conf.of To Confite Orange-Pills, or to nee Preferve them with Sugar: Youfhall "take Pills of frefh ripe Oranges; ~ take out the infide White, and let — themjly a-Soak fome Days in fair Rain-Water, that the Bitternefs may be moft out of them; then boyl them in other Rain-Water, till they be foft ; the Syrop muft be conveni- ently boyled, and after the Pills are well drained, put them into it, and keep them for Ufe. Will you Con- ficethem dry ; take the Pills, after they have layn fometime in the Sy- rop, out of it again, and put them _ Into a warm place or Stevetodry. And to Candy them,you muft me 488) > The Belgick; Sowre or Sweet: the laft ate Watm- - eft, and are fitly Wed in the hor Die ftempers‘of the Lungs; as eddlin moderately. They that are of amo. derate Taft are very Pleafant ; but the Juice of the Sowre is more cools . Tomakean Oyl; take of frefh ing ; and there is‘a Syrop made of Orange-Pills fifty Pounds , and put — . them to mix among all other Medis — them all in a Veffel,ftamp them clofe 2 cin€s againft all malignant. Feavers, — together, and let them rot well ; _ The Juice ufed with Meat, -gives it a pleafant Relifly;. the fame is put _ putthem in a Limbeck, and pour a . into Meat by the’ Turks inftead of | ood quantity of Water. upon them, and being Diftilled with amoderate Vv Cree & uw PSUMC eniog by Fire, there comes over with the Wa- It is alfo very good againft the ter aclear and ftrong-fcented Oyl, Scurvy, ‘caufetha {weet Breath, as which you muft part from the Water, our Seamen can fufficiently Tehtify ; and keep for Ufe againft all cold Ails, wherewith we fhall conclude this; as well of the Stomach, as of other and touch a little upon the Ue of parts of the Body. Misi 7a) the Limon Tree. 3 The fame is alfo outwardly Ap- i > plied againft Cold; and ftifned Si- * news, by Anointing them there- The Juice of Oranges hath divers Juice: - , CHAP. Virtues,. according as they are either - re Sowre Or Netherlandifh Hefperides. CHAP. XLIIL. ) Of the Ue of the Limon Tree. T may perhaps feem Strange to [ fome, that we place the Ufe of the Orange Tree before the Limon _ Tree, though the laft-be Defcribed firtt ; it is becaufe the Orange Tree is more Beloved with us, and coms moner, and therefore we give the fame the Precedency. ~ Wecome now tothe Limon Tree, whofe Fruits are not only known in the Art of Phyfick, bur alfo in the Houfekeeping, and. doth wholly a- gree in Virtues with the Citron Ap- ple , as its Taft fheweth ; being al- fo divers in Operation, for the Sweet — excel the Sowre in Warmth. The Pills of the Limons are Pre- Pills: ferved or Confited with Sugar after the fame Manner’, as is heretofore N 4 2 _ Or Netherlandith Hefperides, known, as well in the Cooks, as the Apothecaries Shop; and is experi-_ enced with great Benefit againft the Scurvy , and _ its Concomitants ; wherefore it is much ufed by Sea- faring Men againft this Diftemper. Of the Juice is a good Syrop made ‘With Sugar, againft hor burning Feavers. : The Water which is diftilled out of the Juice of Limons through — Balnewn Maria, in a glazen Still, is. good to take away all Spots out of the Skin, as alfo the Freckles of the Face, and kills all Worms of the Bo- dy, when it*is Drunk, which the Juice doth likewife, when ye take an Ounce of it. The Juice of Limons refifts all ape Poifon, and venemous Creatures; nesting: the Limons are kept in Pickle, and c. 231. ftewed with Meat, which is a plea- fant Sawce. 2 a The faid: . | tp 191 The Seed is alfo ufed in many Seed and / Medicines, but the Juice is hej Juice. a 189. Theat. F. uNg0- rum. Dd. Ce. 36 a 190° The Belgick, faid of the Orange Apples, to ufe them for Phyfick and Dainties.. The outfide of the Limon Pills is avery good Remed have eaten bad Mu for thofe that rooms or Fungi, as Francifcus van Sterbeeck writes. Be- ing Diftilled with Brandy, it is called in the Shops Limon-Water - As they alfo do with Orange Pills ; is much drunk in the cold Northen Countries, yet it moft our of Wantonnefs, though be not Unufeful againft cold in- ward Ails. And for this Drink are yearly ma- ny thoufand of Pounds of Oiige and Limon Pills ufed » Which are fent hither into thefe Countries out of Italy. Out of thefe Pills is an Oyl rs even as that out of the Orange is... , You may {queefe a fweet {mellin ar. Oy! with your Hand out of the frefh Limon Pills , which is exceeding 800d to ftrengthen the Heart, and to amend the Sight, V2! pitbe: ~ preferved “and kept in its own Juice’ Ferrar. _ Aefp.lg. €. Je The | ‘The Belgick, ‘The fmall Limon‘of ulabria ig or Liquor, to be eaten fo. And they ate farther’on feveral ways Limonaded, which affords a pleafant and cooling Drink, for which,” Take Barley-Water one Qyatt. - Squeefe therein the’ Juice of four or five Limons, fweetén it’ with 'Su- gat as'tuch as is neceflary':° This. well ftirred together, is the ‘moft! pleafant and cooling Drink which canbe defired. Tomake Paftilli of the Juice of Limons; ‘Take Of the Juice of fimall Calabrian Limons one Ounce. 38 Of clear white Sugar-Candy, two Ounces. : Of Oylof Cinnamon eight drops. Let the Juice of the Limons drop _ through a clofe piece of Cloth, or . Strainer, that it may be Clear, and boy] it with the Sugar to a conveni= ent Thicknefs , that fo it may be poured ~Syrop madeon thismanner; Ai ae Take of the Juice of Limons Ge vias | Row Pounds; eset oe: : ; - ufed in Phyfick, in hot Diftempers, aa eed fess. ee ~ burning Feavers ; and Refifts all @ ia - peftilential Infeétions » and is ufed ; gaintt the Worms in the Belly. _ Error, Ufed paeet ai one for _ the other. ited out for Pa ili pute Serta Hsto ie, | Thefe'Paftill are’ a very. spicalate ae & - Dainey, and caufeafweerBreath., 8s Out of this Juice of Limons isa fe Of white Sugar, three Pouade ae ~ Makehereof a Syropby conveni- lind t ends-to cee t of me Affair. wie. aed RS ent Boyling. This Syrop isimich | with good Succefs and Benefit a- Further, the Virtues of de. Lit ‘mons are altogether like thofe of the Citron, and are without any (FINIS. ae, This is all what was in fhort to oe ae be faid of this Matter, leaving | what may yet be brouphe to: light ss.) cs se as the: eiigent Scrutiny and Expe- Tience "A Table oy ae a oa el Seas PS Ee ee ee ap aa ban ae t beets . . . . oe ’ a ee ree aee le i. aka” SE? pe Of the PAB bette ie Chap. Ay Se ee 4. 3. Of the Kinds of the Fruits in general. 8 Ae Of the firSt Praétyfers or Inventors. 12 §. Of the Citron Tree. 6, Of the Limon Ties i 2 e di ite Limon. ase sees me 8 Rte ale lh “ecaiasess Chap. cg aes » 23. Of feveral Ill-fhapen Fruits; 68 « 24. Of range "Tree, el 70. + 25,Ofthe Orange Tree with {weet Pil. 7 CHAPTERS be GONE the Casfe and Order of ce Of the Fable of Hefperi- o © Of-the Chapters, the Sina. Apple, or the Lisbon 0-. « 26.0f the Orange Tree with fmall Fruit.75 27. Of the Difference in the Ordexing of ~ the Limon and Orange Tre » ce eee 28. How we get thefe Ted ont of o2 ther Countries, Gey Soa 29. Of the Placing of the Limon and ~ — Orange Trees. Pima) 30. Of the Mold,Earth,and Dung. 88 31. Of the Sowing of Trees. 93 32- Of Ingrafting, = 99. 33+ Of Propagation by Inlaying. 114 34. Of Planting and ‘Tranfplanting. 118 ey ead). Of Removing of Trees Egan: 36. Of Dunging, Refrefhing, and Digg: ing about the Trees, 135 37. Of Watering. Q 3 Be. 38. Of Cutting or Pruning, 14g. Y 39. Of the Means acainft many Defaults, and Vermine. SSG we - Ao. Of the Winter-Place, or Greene Rg ae a oS at Ses Hoje, eam cm Cha 8. OF Bs ree, the Lima. ee Fete oe a 22. Of the Orange Tree with borne 23. Of — Pag. ® ortUs: BK. A Re 9+ Of the Deformed, ey Ill-fhapen Limon f the Limon Sbardonius of Ferra- bardonitis. - a « 10. Of the little Calabrian Limon of Fers _ | Yarius. © 35 ~ 11. Of the fiveet Limon of Ferrarius. 38 : -@ 12. Of the Limon Tree of St. Remo. 40 () w 13.) Ofthe Pear Fafhion. Linon of Fete rarius. 43 of Pe rer th e: 1g. Of Adam’s Apple 5 or the ordinge ry black Limon, : ae. AT 16. Of the Orange Tree in General. “a “ rarius. ‘aa eS» 3 18. Of the freet Orange Apple. 57 19. OF the Orange Tree with curled . Leaves, of Ferrarius. aes. » 20.0f the Crange Tree with rofed Fruit.6 1 » 21. Of the Orange Tree with Speckled: Fruit. Vi oe Frnt, al Table of the Chapter: : Chap. Pag. — Aoufe, and its Ufe. " 162. ts Of Gathering the Bloffoms and - 6 “Bpaits.: My Pes se ae «42. Of the Prof and Wfe of the Orange — SUS ICCC a6 43. Of = ¥ the Limon Tree. 189 “4 im 2 a! 47. Of the common Orange Apple of Fere isin a det fe Salen Care eee pe ane Ss rig