Dézallier D'Argenville, Antoine Joseph; LeBlond, Alexandre [Hrsg.]: The Theory And Practice Of Gardening: Wherein is fully handled All that relates to Fine Gardens, Commonly Called Pleasure-Gardens ... (London, 1728)

244 The Third Part. Chap. VX

I n the Recovery of thefe fick Trees, I advife you to have
patience; an Orange-Tree is ibmetimes two or three Years
without putting out Roots or Branches, though carefully
managed, new-cafed with good Earth, and its Cafe neither
too big nor too little. If the Tree look green in its Stem and
branches, you need not change it, in time it may recover
from this Lethargy, and make more vigorous Shoots after-
wards than another Tree. But if an Orange-Tree flands in
its Cafe four or five Years without putting out any Thing
but fbme yellow Leaves, it is abfblutely requifite to change
its Earth the Year following, without flaying 'till it be down-
right Sick before you do it; which fhould be prevented,
left your Orange-Tree lofe all its Leaves the Year it is new-
cafed, as ufually happens; whereas this Work done in time
keeps off its future Malady.

Pomegranates, Jeffamines, Laurels, and the other
Trees before-mentioned, have no peculiar Diftemper, but
what relates to thofe of the Orange-Tree ; fb that what
has been faid of this, may be applied to them.

I have nothing more to add that is material to the Cul-
ture of thefe Trees \ this Treatife, though fhort, contain-
ing every thing that I think concerns themf In difcourfing
of Flowers, which is my next Bufinefs, I fhall endeavour
to keep to the fame Brevity, and the like En&nefs in
Particulars.

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