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The Third Pan. Cha v. VI.
gulated, you fhould then keep a continual Fire the whole
time of the Weather's continuing ib.
This Heat fhould be but moderate, for too much Fire
is very hurtful to Orange-Trees j the difficulty lies in find-
ing a Heat equal and temperate, without making much
Smoak, which caufes the Leaves to fall off; Stoves and
Iron Pans are generally made ufe of, in which Coal
is burnt, being well lighted before it is brought into the
Green-Houfe. Thefe Brazeers are let at the Entrance of
the Door, and at the Ends-and in the Middle of the Alleys
between the Benches, taking care to fuffer none to Hand un-
der the Boughs of any Orange-Tree, which would affured-
lyftripit. Others difapproving of the Irregularity of the Coal-
Fire, which is at firft very hot, and afterwards very weak,
and may, by its Smoak, dry up the Moiflure of the Sap, ib
Wefeldom neGeffary to the Erefervation of the Leaves, employ covered
fake TyeTre Stoves, which they call German Stoves, which carry their
Gne^Houfes Smoak out of doors, by the help of a Brafs Funnel: Thefe
under Terra/- are kept; by a moderate Fire of Wood, and by an Experi-
•jMes^J"" ment now l°nS a certam Quantity of Wood will laft, they
Meudon; they are renew'd without interruption. You may alio make ufe
"Zghl? * of LamPs hunS UP to the Ccilin& in the Middle and at the
themfehesy Corners of the Green Houfe, efpecially near the Doors and
£*? in& Windows, where the Cold ufually comes in. The warmth
mver light which thefe afford, is gentle, conftantly equal, and uni-
tth*fL6?im form; you %nt tnem again at a certain Hour, without
very great fear of any Intermiffion, by trying how long one Lamp will
¥rojh .in |afl-^ which gives you a Rule to know when they will all be
cioui and out: You may put more or left of thefe Lamps, in propor-
Sceaux they tion to the Size of the Green-Houfe, and you fhould hang
coJ-Fireslh- them pretty high, for fear their Smoak fhould damage any Tree.
caufe the It is certain, that the Fire of Lamps is more equal than that
wa'aUert* ©flighted Coal; but as it is not, however, without its Smoak,
xpn the Level the German Stoves, kept with a moderate Wood Fire, feem
■4th Ground. to fe ^ mo£ preferable, and are moft in ufe in Englandy
Holland, Sweden and Germany.
You fhould take care not to let your Orange-Trees very
near the Walls, as well becaufe of the Froft, as for the Con-
veniency of vifiting and examining them from time to time;
you may fet them in Rows, by ftraining a Line, and raife
them
The Third Pan. Cha v. VI.
gulated, you fhould then keep a continual Fire the whole
time of the Weather's continuing ib.
This Heat fhould be but moderate, for too much Fire
is very hurtful to Orange-Trees j the difficulty lies in find-
ing a Heat equal and temperate, without making much
Smoak, which caufes the Leaves to fall off; Stoves and
Iron Pans are generally made ufe of, in which Coal
is burnt, being well lighted before it is brought into the
Green-Houfe. Thefe Brazeers are let at the Entrance of
the Door, and at the Ends-and in the Middle of the Alleys
between the Benches, taking care to fuffer none to Hand un-
der the Boughs of any Orange-Tree, which would affured-
lyftripit. Others difapproving of the Irregularity of the Coal-
Fire, which is at firft very hot, and afterwards very weak,
and may, by its Smoak, dry up the Moiflure of the Sap, ib
Wefeldom neGeffary to the Erefervation of the Leaves, employ covered
fake TyeTre Stoves, which they call German Stoves, which carry their
Gne^Houfes Smoak out of doors, by the help of a Brafs Funnel: Thefe
under Terra/- are kept; by a moderate Fire of Wood, and by an Experi-
•jMes^J"" ment now l°nS a certam Quantity of Wood will laft, they
Meudon; they are renew'd without interruption. You may alio make ufe
"Zghl? * of LamPs hunS UP to the Ccilin& in the Middle and at the
themfehesy Corners of the Green Houfe, efpecially near the Doors and
£*? in& Windows, where the Cold ufually comes in. The warmth
mver light which thefe afford, is gentle, conftantly equal, and uni-
tth*fL6?im form; you %nt tnem again at a certain Hour, without
very great fear of any Intermiffion, by trying how long one Lamp will
¥rojh .in |afl-^ which gives you a Rule to know when they will all be
cioui and out: You may put more or left of thefe Lamps, in propor-
Sceaux they tion to the Size of the Green-Houfe, and you fhould hang
coJ-Fireslh- them pretty high, for fear their Smoak fhould damage any Tree.
caufe the It is certain, that the Fire of Lamps is more equal than that
wa'aUert* ©flighted Coal; but as it is not, however, without its Smoak,
xpn the Level the German Stoves, kept with a moderate Wood Fire, feem
■4th Ground. to fe ^ mo£ preferable, and are moft in ufe in Englandy
Holland, Sweden and Germany.
You fhould take care not to let your Orange-Trees very
near the Walls, as well becaufe of the Froft, as for the Con-
veniency of vifiting and examining them from time to time;
you may fet them in Rows, by ftraining a Line, and raife
them