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The PraBice of Gardening. 243
The making of too much Eire, the Cold the Trees have
fuffered upon talcing them out of the Houie too loon, or keep-
ing them out too late, the too great Burden of Wood left on
them, the Naftineis of the Branches, and their being peftered
with Inlects and Vermin, are evident Marks of the Ignorance
of him who looks after them. All thele Accidents, if they
do not quite fpoil a Tree, they kill at leaft part of its Branches;
ib that you are obliged to cut off its Head. When there is
only a Neceffity to take away lbme dead or withered Branches,
they fhould be cut off fhort, juft to the Quick; and leave no
more than is proportionable to the Foot, for the Charge ought
to be as near as poffible equal to the Nourifhment.
You fhould make no fcruple to cut away at once all that's
needful; that you may have no Occafion to repeat this Work,
the Years following, the Tree will thrive the better and reco-
ver it felf the lboner. When you come to the Branches next
the Stem, you fhould endeavour to fave the largeft, and cut
away the fniallefb* though they fhould have lbme Leaves and
Flowers upon them, even to the leaving the Tree quite naked
in order to help it. When an Orange-Tree that is weak and
languifhing puts out ftrong Shoots even to the middle of its old
Branches and near its Trunk, you fhould take off thele Sorts
of Branches filled with weak Shoots down to this Place, for
making advantage of the Strength the Tree fhews it felf to have
here. Thele Shoots are perhaps yellow and drooping at firfr,
but they will loon grow green and vigorous, when the Roots
have Strength fufficient to nourifh them.
Above all, you fhould take care to keep the new Branches
very clean from all Filth and Infe&s, to take off the Flowers,
and to fuffer no Fruit to knit upon them: What can we require
of Trees that are fickly, more than Wood and Leaves ? 'tis
enough if they anfwer the Pains we take about them.
For Branches that are broken by the Winds, and Leaves
that are blafted by the Hail, the only Remedy is to pluck
off the Leaves, and cut away the broken Branches: It is
needlels to new-cale an Orange-Tree on this account, that
has received no damage in its Roots; if it has been fhaken,
you may fix it again, by filling up the Clefts with new Earth.
A good Diipofition in the Garden, fcreens a Tree in good
meafure from theie Accidents,
lis Iar
The making of too much Eire, the Cold the Trees have
fuffered upon talcing them out of the Houie too loon, or keep-
ing them out too late, the too great Burden of Wood left on
them, the Naftineis of the Branches, and their being peftered
with Inlects and Vermin, are evident Marks of the Ignorance
of him who looks after them. All thele Accidents, if they
do not quite fpoil a Tree, they kill at leaft part of its Branches;
ib that you are obliged to cut off its Head. When there is
only a Neceffity to take away lbme dead or withered Branches,
they fhould be cut off fhort, juft to the Quick; and leave no
more than is proportionable to the Foot, for the Charge ought
to be as near as poffible equal to the Nourifhment.
You fhould make no fcruple to cut away at once all that's
needful; that you may have no Occafion to repeat this Work,
the Years following, the Tree will thrive the better and reco-
ver it felf the lboner. When you come to the Branches next
the Stem, you fhould endeavour to fave the largeft, and cut
away the fniallefb* though they fhould have lbme Leaves and
Flowers upon them, even to the leaving the Tree quite naked
in order to help it. When an Orange-Tree that is weak and
languifhing puts out ftrong Shoots even to the middle of its old
Branches and near its Trunk, you fhould take off thele Sorts
of Branches filled with weak Shoots down to this Place, for
making advantage of the Strength the Tree fhews it felf to have
here. Thele Shoots are perhaps yellow and drooping at firfr,
but they will loon grow green and vigorous, when the Roots
have Strength fufficient to nourifh them.
Above all, you fhould take care to keep the new Branches
very clean from all Filth and Infe&s, to take off the Flowers,
and to fuffer no Fruit to knit upon them: What can we require
of Trees that are fickly, more than Wood and Leaves ? 'tis
enough if they anfwer the Pains we take about them.
For Branches that are broken by the Winds, and Leaves
that are blafted by the Hail, the only Remedy is to pluck
off the Leaves, and cut away the broken Branches: It is
needlels to new-cale an Orange-Tree on this account, that
has received no damage in its Roots; if it has been fhaken,
you may fix it again, by filling up the Clefts with new Earth.
A good Diipofition in the Garden, fcreens a Tree in good
meafure from theie Accidents,
lis Iar