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Show AU AU AL ficient at firft Planting, and be fure to put tice of fome) which will fill the Tree with fome Potfheards and large Stones in the Bottom of each Pot, to keep the Holes at the Bottom ofthe Pots from being ftopp’dwith Earth, that the Water may freely pafs off ; then plunge thefe Pots into the Bark-bed, watering them well to fettie the Earth to their Roots, frequently repeating the fame as they may require it; and obferve to fcreen the Glaffes of your Hot-bed fromthe Sunin the aunt Heatofthe Day. If your Trees take to growing kindly, (as there is little Reafon to doubt of it, if the Dire@ions given be duly obferv'd) they will have made {trong Shoots by the Beginning of Sune; at which Time you fhould ftoptheir Leaders to obtain lateral Branches, to furnifh heir Heads; and now you muft give them Air plentifully, and begin to harden them that in the Middle of uly they maybe re= mov'd into the open Air, in fome warm Si- tuation, defended from the great Heat of the Sun and Winds, that they may be harden’d before Winter: About the End of September you fhould houfe thefe Plants, fetting them at firft in the Front of the Green-houle near the Windowsopenat all the Glaffes, kee ather will permit; and Times when the about the Jatter End of Ofober, when you bring in the Myrtles, and other lefs tender Trees, you muft fet your Oranges in the warmeft and beft Part of the Honfe, placing lower Plants or Trees in the Front to hide their Stems: During the Winter, let your Waterings be frequent, but give them but little at a Time, for now their Heads are but fmall, and therefore incapable to difcharge too great a Quantity of Moifture, and take take great Care to guard them from Froft. In the Spring, when youbegin to take out {mall Shoots, too weak to fupport Fruit, but endeavour to form a regular Head, and obrain ftrong Shoots, taking away weak tri-~ fling Branches where they are too clofe. During the Summer Seafon your Orange Trees will require frequent and plentiful Warterings in dry Weather, efpecially if they are large; therefore you fhould endeavour to have the Water as nearthe Trees as poffible to fave the Trouble ofcarryingit, which, ina large Quantity of Trees, takes up much Time: Your Water fhouldbe foft and expos'd to the Air, but never add Dung ofanySort thereto, which altho’ by manyfrequentlyrecommended, yet has always been found deftru@ive to thefe andall other Trees, if much ufed; it being like hot Liquors to human Bodies, which at firft taking feem to addVigour; yet certainly leave the Body weaker after fome Time thanbefore. Your Orange-trees will require to be fhifted and new potted every Year; therefore you muft prepare a Quantity of good Earth, at leaft a Year before youintendtoufe it, that it may be well mix’d, andperf rotten; the beft Seafon for this Work is about the End of Apri!, that they mayhave taken freth Root before they are remov’d out of the Green-honfe , and when this Work is perform’d, it will be neceffary to let them remain in the Honfe a Fortnight longer than ufual, to be well fettled. In the performing this Work, after you have drawn the Trees out of the Pots, you muft cut off all the Roots round the Outfide of the Ball of Earth, and take away all mouldy Roots (if any fuch be) then with a fharp Iron Inftrument, get as much of the old Earth from between the Roots as poffible, being careful not to break or tear the Roots; then your Houfe, wafh and cleanfe the Stems and fet the Root of the Tree into a large Tub Leaves of your Orauge-Trees, taking out the of Water, for about a Quarter of an Hour; upper Part of the Earth in the Pots, filling to foak the under Part of the Ball of Earth; hem up again with good frefh, rich Earth, and afterwards fcrub the Stems of the Trees laying thereon a little rotten Neat’s-Dung with a hard hair Brufh, cleaning them and round the Outer-fide of the Pots, but do nox the Heads with Water and a foft Woollen let it lie near the Stem of the Trees; then Cloth; your Pots being prepar’d with fome place them at wider Diftances in the Houfe, Potfheards and large Stones in the Bottom, that the Air maycirculate round their Heads, put fome of your freth Earth into the Pot fome of your hardeft Sorts of Plants, to thin giving them Air difcretionally as the Weather about two Inches thick, and having plac’ grows warm, but do not remove them into your Tree thereon in the Middleof the the open Air until the Middle of day, that Pot upright, fill it up with the fame rich the Weather is fettled; for many times, when Earth, prefling it down hard with your they are remov'd out too foon, the Mornings Hands; then water the Tree all over the often proving Cold, gives them at leaft a Head, with a Watering-pot thar has a Role great Check, and manytimes kills the ex- upon the Spout, to let the Water fall light e weak Part of the Shoots: Let the Si- and thick ; (as in a Shov, f Rain) and in on for your Orange-Trees, during the watering thefe Trees, do it in the fame ManSummer Seafon, be as much defended from ner, during the Time they abide in the the Sun in the Heat of the Day, and ftrong Winds, as poffible, bytallTrees and Hedges, both of which, if they are expos’d thereto, are very hurtful to them. _ As thefe Trees advance, it will be neceflary in the Summer, to ftop ftrong Shoots when Houle after thifting ; this will greatly refreth their Heads, and promote their taking frefh Roots. When youfirft fet thefe Trees abroadafter fhifting, youfhould place them nearthe Shelrerof Hedges, and faften their Stems to ftrong they growirregular, to force out ateral Stakes, to prevent their being difturb’d by Branches to fill the Head, but do not pinch of the Tops of all the Shoots (as is the Prac- Winds, which fometimes will blow frefhplanted Trees out of the Pots, if too much exposd AU exposd thereto, and thereby greatly injure their new Roots. If old O trees have been ill manag’d; nd their Heads become ragged and decay’d, the beft M d co reftore them, is, to cut off the gre art of their Heads early in March, and draw them out of the Tubs or fhake off the Earth from their itting away all {mall Fibres and Roots; and then foak and clean Roots, Stems, and Branches, planting I them into good Earth, and fetting them to a hot Bed of Tanner’s Bark, as was di- of diftinguifhing the particular Sorts there= by. But as it feldom happens, that fu thefe Flowers as are at one Time Efteem, continue to be regardeda after (there beingftill finer f | produced from Seeds, which are what tl rifts chiefly feek after) fo it would be 1 to mention any of them: Wherefore 1 proceed to give the CharaGers of a go Auricula. [ 1. The Stem of and ftrong. t 2. The Footftalk of the reGed for fuch Trees as came from abroad, m themin the fame Manner ; bythis fhort, that the Umbel 1 3. Ihe Pipe or Ne Me I will- produce new Heads, and Two Years time become good Trees again. be fhort, and the Fl But if thefe are ] Trees, and have grown in Tubs for feveral Years, your beft Way be, to prepare a parcel of rough Baskets uch as are usd for basketing Ever greens, fent to a diftant Place) ; let thefe be fomewhat lefs than the Tubs you defign to it your Trees into, then plant your Trees n, plunging them into the hot Bed; id about the Beginning of Fu/y, when your ces have good Shoots, you may remove m into the Tubs, with their Baskets about them, filling the empty Space with the fame good Earth; this will preferve your Tubs from rotting in the Bark, andthe Trees will do equally as well as if planted into the Tubs at firlt, provided youare careful in fetting in the Baskets not to difturb their Roots; and {pread, being no ways inclina 4. That the Colou mixed. 5. That the Eye of the Fl round, and of a | that the Tube or Neck want any All Flowers of this kind of the above-mention’d Pro are now rejected by every good F Varieties eve Year in fo the bad ones for their Betters; but in { Paffion for new Flowers fo that fuppofing the old Flower ferable to a new one, if it is raifing, the latter muft take Place of one. * In order to alfo, let them remain in the Green-honfe a Fortnight or three Weeks after planting be- Seeds, you muft make choi fore you fet them abroad. ‘Flowers you have, which fhou! AURICULA MURIS or Prrose ira; Moufe-Ear. , This is a Sort of Hawkweed, with {mall hairy Leaves, which are white underneath; the Plant trails upon the Ground, taking Root at the Joynts, by which Means it will foon fpread over a large Compafs of Ground. his is very common in Ezxgland; it grows chiefly on dry barren Places, or upon old Walls. AURICULA URS; [7 call’d, becaufe the Antients fancied it bled the Ear of a Bear] Bear’s— ricula obtain g to the open Air, that they Benefit of Showers, v out wl dom produce g ;. the Ripeni it J know, byth Colour and o el turning to >; you muft ‘there careful left the Seeds be erd out Veffel, for it will not be all fit to fame Time. The Time for fowing this Se ly i ue; but if it be Mould, mix’d wi >, or Tanner’s Bz il your Pots, Boxes, or Ba ntend to fow your Seeds; and the Surface of the Eartt oth, fow your Seeds thereon, cov ghtly with rotten willow Mou 5c. with a Netor \ this is fucc contaimimng many | Plant, d impoffible ; for raf m ree 21K vaft Quantities off new Size, Or d {fo as to receive 1g the Winter S of March, > only the Mc of | Clock, for your young | nowfoon begin to appear, which Day’s Sun caly, will During |
