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             The compleat gardeners practice, directing the exact way of gardening in three parts : the garden of pleasure, physical garden, kitchin garden : how they are to be ordered for their best situation and improvement, with variety of artificial knots for the by Stephen Blake, gardener.
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           THE
           Compleat
           Gardeners
           PRACTICE
           ,
           DIRECTING
           The
           Exact
           Way
           of
           GARDENING
           .
        
         
           In
           three
           PARTS
           .
           The
           
             
               GARDEN
               of
               PLEASURE
               ,
            
             
               PHYSICAL
               GARDEN
               ,
            
             
               KITCHIN
               GARDEN
               .
            
          
           How
           they
           are
           to
           be
           ordered
           for
           their
           best
           Situation
           and
           Improvement
           ,
           with
           variety
           of
           Artificial
           Knots
           for
           the
           Beautifying
           of
           a
           GARDEN
           (
           all
           engraven
           in
           Copper
           )
           the
           choisest
           way
           for
           the
           Raising
           ,
           Governing
           and
           Maintaining
           of
           all
           Plants
           cultevated
           in
           GARDENS
           now
           in
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           Being
           a
           plain
           Discourse
           how
           HERBS
           ,
           FLOWERS
           and
           TREES
           ,
           according
           to
           Art
           and
           Nature
           may
           be
           propagated
           by
           Sowing
           ,
           Setting
           ,
           Planting
           ,
           Replanting
           ,
           Pruning
           ;
           also
           Experience
           of
           Alteration
           of
           Sent
           ,
           Colour
           and
           Taste
           ,
           clearly
           reconciling
           as
           it
           treateth
           of
           each
           HERB
           and
           FLOWER
           in
           particular
           .
        
         
           By
           
             STEPHEN
             BLAKE
          
           Gardener
           .
        
         
           
             Search
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             there
             's
             not
             to
             be
             found
          
           
             A
             Book
             so
             good
             as
             this
             for
             Garden
             ground
             .
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Thomas
             Pierrepoint
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Signe
           of
           the
           Sunne
           in
           St
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           M.
           DC
           .
           LXIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Worshipfull
           
             WILLIAM
             OVGLANDER
          
           Esq
           ;
           one
           of
           the
           Honourable
           House
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           Son
           and
           Heir
           to
           the
           Late
           Sr
           
             JOHN
             OUGLANDER
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Honourable
           Example
           of
           piety
           ,
           the
           worthy
           Pattern
           of
           good
           endeavours
           ,
           and
           great
           observer
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           LEt
           the
           heighth
           of
           your
           understanding
           ,
           and
           the
           greatness
           of
           your
           learning
           ,
           condescend
           so
           low
           as
           to
           take
           a
           view
           of
           the
           words
           and
           works
           which
           your
           Servant
           hath
           bound
           up
           in
           this
           Volume
           :
           to
           give
           you
           a
           description
           thereof
           in
           metaphoricall
           expressions
           I
           have
           not
           Scholarship
           enough
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           confidence
           enough
           to
           speak
           and
           publish
           the
           truth
           of
           these
           Experiments
           which
           I
           have
           gathered
           ,
           with
           a
           diligent
           Eye
           and
           a
           painfull
           Hand
           from
           all
           such
           Plants
           as
           are
           cultivated
           in
           Gardens
           now
           in
           England
           :
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Discourse
           contained
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           hath
           enboldened
           me
           to
           enrich
           it
           with
           your
           Noble
           Name
           ;
           now
           Sir
           I
           will
           be
           accountable
           of
           the
           Work
           :
           I
           have
           from
           time
           to
           time
           took
           a
           due
           observation
           of
           that
           part
           of
           
           Gods
           vegetable
           Creatures
           which
           are
           placed
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           my
           Calling
           ,
           and
           with
           pains
           ,
           care
           and
           diligence
           ,
           I
           have
           writ
           down
           the
           knowledg
           of
           propagating
           of
           each
           Plant
           ,
           to
           help
           me
           the
           better
           in
           my
           Calling
           ;
           for
           in
           viewing
           of
           it
           I
           am
           put
           in
           mind
           of
           those
           Herbs
           and
           Flowers
           that
           the
           Winters
           cold
           breath
           hath
           bereaved
           of
           life
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           I
           might
           forget
           them
           though
           I
           might
           know
           them
           very
           well
           formerly
           :
           they
           are
           so
           infinite
           in
           their
           number
           ,
           so
           various
           in
           their
           nature
           ,
           that
           my
           Head
           cannot
           carry
           in
           mind
           what
           Experiments
           my
           Eye
           and
           Hand
           hath
           seen
           and
           done
           without
           the
           help
           of
           my
           Pen
           :
           upon
           this
           account
           I
           have
           set
           down
           these
           Observations
           which
           I
           know
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           it
           is
           a
           laudable
           Piece
           :
           now
           I
           think
           fit
           to
           publish
           it
           to
           the
           World
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           Gods
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           good
           of
           my self
           and
           others
           that
           shall
           put
           it
           in
           practice
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           a
           rule
           to
           guide
           the
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           confirm
           the
           judgement
           of
           those
           that
           have
           good
           experience
           .
           The
           reason
           why
           I
           undertook
           this
           Work
           is
           this
           ;
           I
           have
           made
           diligent
           enquiry
           after
           such
           Books
           of
           such
           Authors
           as
           might
           help
           me
           in
           my
           Practice
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           find
           very
           few
           ,
           and
           for
           those
           that
           are
           they
           did
           not
           answer
           my
           desires
           ,
           because
           they
           only
           treated
           of
           the
           use
           and
           vertue
           of
           Herbs
           ,
           the
           beauty
           ,
           variety
           and
           preheminence
           of
           Flowers
           ,
           the
           goodness
           and
           profit
           of
           Fruit-Trees
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           written
           little
           or
           nothing
           as
           to
           the
           practicall
           part
           of
           the
           advancement
           of
           the
           nature
           and
           growth
           of
           Herbs
           ,
           Flowers
           ,
           and
           Trees
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           which
           is
           written
           ,
           seems
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           other
           Men
           which
           have
           experience
           ,
           as
           fancies
           ,
           dreams
           ,
           and
           conceits
           which
           might
           come
           into
           their
           heads
           as
           they
           were
           sitting
           in
           their
           Studies
           ;
           for
           I
           and
           others
           have
           found
           (
           by
           wofull
           experience
           )
           that
           their
           direction
           concerning
           the
           propagating
           of
           any
           Plant
           ,
           to
           be
           more
           hurtfull
           than
           usefull
           ;
           but
           this
           is
           not
           my
           intended
           Discourse
           ,
           for
           in
           the
           ensuing
           Treatise
           ,
           I
           have
           spoken
           little
           against
           Authors
           ,
           and
           took
           less
           from
           them
           ;
           for
           mine
           is
           the
           
             Gardeners
             practicall
             part
          
           ,
           which
           hath
           never
           been
           written
           by
           any
           ,
           and
           having
           good
           
           experience
           therein
           (
           a
           talent
           God
           hath
           given
           me
           to
           improve
           )
           I
           think
           it
           not
           fit
           to
           lay
           it
           up
           ,
           but
           to
           unfold
           my
           Napkin
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           contribute
           to
           a
           publick
           good
           .
        
         
           I
           further
           humbly
           conceive
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           my
           duty
           to
           dedicate
           it
           to
           you
           before
           any
           other
           whatsoever
           ,
           because
           I
           was
           a
           Plant
           nourished
           up
           within
           the
           pale
           of
           your
           habitation
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           not
           altogether
           unfruitfull
           :
           yet
           considering
           I
           was
           nursed
           up
           with
           your
           bounty
           ,
           preserved
           with
           your
           love
           and
           care
           ,
           then
           the
           fruit
           is
           no
           more
           mine
           but
           yours
           worthy
           Sir
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           it
           is
           very
           usefull
           for
           all
           as
           have
           a
           desire
           of
           such
           a
           Work
           as
           tendeth
           to
           the
           propagating
           of
           Plants
           ,
           wherein
           is
           abundance
           of
           excellent
           things
           both
           for
           food
           ,
           medicable
           and
           physicall
           Arts
           for
           the
           use
           and
           comfort
           of
           mankind
           ,
           that
           God
           in
           all
           things
           may
           be
           glorified
           ;
           every
           sensible
           man
           knoweth
           this
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           so
           much
           reason
           (
           if
           he
           will
           but
           set
           his
           understanding
           awork
           )
           whereby
           he
           can
           discern
           the
           wisdome
           of
           a
           Creator
           ,
           in
           forming
           such
           a
           harmony
           of
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           in
           giving
           of
           them
           such
           various
           operations
           in
           their
           severall
           natures
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           things
           are
           so
           ordained
           that
           it
           shall
           be
           no
           way
           usefull
           without
           knowledge
           and
           labour
           :
           then
           let
           all
           degrees
           of
           men
           know
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           high
           or
           low
           ,
           rich
           or
           poor
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           labour
           either
           in
           body
           or
           mind
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           some
           way
           or
           other
           cooperate
           and
           contribute
           to
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           are
           unworthy
           of
           the
           blessings
           of
           this
           life
           :
           yet
           all
           men
           desire
           a
           good
           name
           ,
           with
           reputation
           and
           honour
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           deserving
           yea
           or
           no.
           
        
         
           Now
           my
           counsell
           is
           to
           all
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           look
           upon
           you
           ,
           worthy
           Sir
           ,
           as
           an
           example
           of
           all
           good
           endeavours
           ,
           (
           to
           wit
           )
           your
           great
           love
           ,
           care
           ,
           and
           diligent
           search
           after
           the
           knowledge
           of
           those
           Plants
           which
           are
           mentioned
           in
           this
           Book
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           will
           take
           notice
           of
           your
           more
           estimable
           vertues
           ,
           as
           constance
           in
           times
           of
           distraction
           ,
           such
           a
           setled
           devotion
           in
           times
           of
           faction
           ,
           such
           lowliness
           of
           mind
           in
           such
           heighth
           of
           Estate
           :
           much
           more
           my
           eyes
           and
           ears
           have
           
           gathered
           from
           your
           eminent
           parts
           which
           my
           Pen
           cannot
           express
           .
        
         
           And
           Sir
           ,
           let
           me
           intrude
           farther
           on
           your
           patience
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           wherein
           I
           have
           faithfully
           declared
           the
           way
           of
           contriving
           ,
           modelizing
           and
           situation
           of
           a
           Garden
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           with
           artificiall
           Knots
           to
           be
           amplified
           therein
           ,
           for
           the
           variety
           of
           delight
           ,
           pleasure
           and
           contentment
           of
           all
           noble
           and
           ingenious
           persons
           .
           I
           have
           given
           rules
           and
           directions
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           a
           physicall
           Garden
           and
           a
           Kitchin
           Garden
           ,
           and
           for
           each
           of
           these
           I
           have
           given
           a
           right
           information
           ,
           how
           each
           Herb
           ,
           Flower
           and
           Tree
           in
           particular
           is
           to
           be
           propagated
           in
           its
           own
           nature
           ;
           also
           Experiments
           of
           alteration
           ,
           ingemination
           in
           the
           fructition
           ,
           or
           by
           conviction
           ,
           with
           varieties
           ,
           properties
           and
           beauties
           appertaining
           to
           Plants
           either
           for
           food
           ,
           physick
           or
           pleasure
           ;
           and
           I
           suppose
           it
           cannot
           be
           altogether
           unwelcome
           to
           you
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nobility
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           if
           they
           take
           into
           their
           consideration
           ,
           those
           excellent
           effects
           that
           I
           shew
           from
           the
           practice
           of
           a
           skilfull
           Gardener
           ,
           as
           Fruit
           so
           desirable
           ,
           Herbs
           so
           vertuous
           ,
           Flowers
           so
           beautifull
           ,
           how
           delightfull
           all
           these
           are
           placed
           in
           uniform
           ranks
           ,
           whose
           beauteous
           lustre
           beautifies
           the
           Banks
           ,
           the
           Earths
           Cabinet
           ,
           wherein
           is
           its
           chiefest
           treasure
           and
           School
           of
           Divinity
           :
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           ignorance
           of
           the
           Gardener
           in
           artificiall
           work
           ,
           Noblemen
           are
           deprived
           of
           their
           pleasure
           ,
           their
           minds
           are
           discontented
           ,
           and
           the
           place
           is
           disgraced
           ,
           if
           in
           propagating
           of
           Plants
           they
           will
           follow
           old
           errors
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           dulness
           of
           their
           brains
           ,
           and
           stubbornness
           of
           their
           wills
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           let
           reason
           work
           ,
           to
           know
           the
           times
           and
           the
           seasons
           ,
           the
           difference
           in
           Climates
           ,
           the
           mixture
           ,
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           the
           vast
           difference
           in
           the
           vertue
           of
           Plants
           ;
           for
           want
           of
           these
           Observations
           the
           owner
           is
           deprived
           of
           his
           profit
           and
           earnest
           expectations
           of
           fruit
           ,
           which
           cannot
           choose
           but
           be
           a
           trouble
           to
           Master
           and
           Gardener
           :
           to
           prevent
           these
           dangers
           I
           give
           this
           my
           testimony
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           true
           relation
           
           how
           Plants
           may
           be
           propagated
           and
           made
           fruitfull
           without
           any
           sensible
           error
           ,
           it
           being
           some
           part
           of
           the
           best
           invention
           of
           my
           lean
           brain
           ;
           I
           now
           right
           worthy
           Sir
           recommend
           it
           to
           you
           as
           yours
           ,
           and
           my self
           as
           obliged
           to
           you
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           nature
           and
           gratitude
           ,
           submit
           my self
           to
           your
           loyall
           will
           ,
           and
           shall
           study
           the
           remainder
           of
           my
           dayes
           as
           now
           I
           do
           ,
           how
           I
           may
           be
           truly
           worthy
           for
           to
           be
        
         
           
             Your
             Worships
             in
             all
             humble
             service
             to
             be
             commanded
             whilest
             I
             have
             a
             being
             .
             Stephen
             Blake
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           ,
           Declaring
           why
           this
           TREATISE
           Was
           written
           ,
           the
           use
           and
           profit
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           INcomparable
           are
           the
           works
           of
           the
           eternal
           God
           ,
           the
           Creator
           of
           all
           things
           that
           live
           ,
           move
           ,
           or
           have
           any
           being
           ;
           for
           by
           his
           Wisdome
           he
           formed
           the
           world
           of
           a
           composition
           of
           Elements
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           Elements
           he
           created
           all
           kind
           of
           Creatures
           ,
           and
           man
           being
           a
           Creature
           of
           the
           expresse
           Image
           of
           his
           Creator
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           his
           Creator
           to
           give
           him
           power
           to
           rule
           and
           govern
           all
           Creatures
           else
           ,
           and
           man
           having
           reason
           given
           him
           to
           exercise
           himself
           therein
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           reason
           that
           man
           should
           be
           accountable
           to
           God
           of
           what
           improvement
           he
           hath
           made
           of
           that
           measure
           of
           knowledge
           which
           was
           given
           him
           ;
           then
           it
           followeth
           by
           consequence
           ,
           that
           he
           which
           cannot
           give
           a
           reason
           for
           the
           judgement
           which
           he
           holdeth
           ,
           and
           the
           actions
           
           which
           he
           doth
           ,
           that
           man
           is
           without
           reasonable
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           die
           so
           ,
           the
           end
           of
           that
           man
           is
           miserable
           :
           Then
           it
           fits
           the
           time
           ,
           the
           place
           and
           the
           work
           ,
           that
           I
           give
           you
           some
           reasons
           why
           I
           writ
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           and
           a
           brief
           account
           of
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           use
           and
           profit
           of
           it
           will
           be
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           I
           shall
           condemn
           my self
           to
           be
           one
           of
           those
           miserable
           men
           .
           Reason
           at
           the
           first
           set
           my
           understanding
           awork
           ,
           to
           know
           to
           what
           end
           I
           was
           made
           ,
           presently
           the
           Word
           told
           me
           ,
           and
           Reason
           confirmed
           it
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           made
           to
           set
           forth
           the
           greatnesse
           and
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           in
           his
           wonderfull
           works
           he
           hath
           set
           before
           me
           ,
           and
           unless
           I
           should
           blind
           my
           eyes
           by
           winking
           at
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           chuse
           but
           see
           the
           wisdome
           of
           a
           Creator
           in
           forming
           the
           whole
           Creation
           ,
           and
           in
           giving
           such
           a
           Decree
           that
           all
           his
           work
           must
           once
           come
           to
           a
           period
           ;
           but
           whilst
           it
           hath
           a
           being
           underneath
           the
           Sun
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           in
           actual
           labour
           according
           to
           its
           course
           of
           Nature
           ;
           nay
           the
           Sun
           it self
           never
           resteth
           ,
           but
           still
           is
           running
           of
           a
           race
           to
           enlighten
           a
           dark
           World
           ;
           the
           Moon
           goeth
           her
           circuits
           ,
           the
           governing
           of
           the
           Sea
           and
           mans
           body
           ;
           for
           the
           observation
           of
           times
           and
           seasons
           ,
           the
           Stars
           and
           Planets
           are
           alway
           travelling
           of
           their
           circuits
           ;
           the
           Wind
           passeth
           to
           and
           fro
           and
           never
           abideth
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           the
           Air
           is
           continually
           moving
           in
           and
           out
           at
           the
           nostrils
           of
           all
           living
           Creatures
           ;
           it
           is
           that
           which
           giveth
           life
           ,
           beauty
           ,
           vertue
           vertue
           and
           perfection
           to
           all
           sensible
           and
           unsensible
           Creatures
           :
           the
           fresh
           Waters
           are
           alwayes
           ascending
           and
           descending
           through
           the
           Air
           and
           the
           Earth
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           whole
           Creation
           :
           The
           Clouds
           are
           continually
           riding
           on
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           Wind
           ,
           the
           dropping
           of
           their
           moisture
           to
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           a
           thirsty
           Earth
           :
           The
           Sea
           hath
           no
           rest
           ,
           but
           is
           at
           all
           times
           ebbing
           or
           flowing
           :
           The
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Earth
           hath
           such
           motions
           ,
           operations
           by
           assimulations
           ,
           which
           doth
           give
           nourishment
           to
           all
           Plants
           therein
           ;
           the
           fire
           is
           alwayes
           craving
           and
           never
           satisfied
           ;
           the
           Stones
           are
           in
           a
           posture
           of
           growth
           for
           the
           increase
           of
           their
           number
           ,
           the
           perfecting
           
           of
           their
           nature
           ;
           the
           innumerable
           company
           of
           Vegetables
           spread
           over
           the
           face
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           do
           participate
           ,
           draw
           and
           contract
           into
           their
           several
           natures
           ,
           the
           operations
           of
           the
           teeming
           womb
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           the
           endless
           and
           hidden
           company
           of
           Fish
           in
           the
           boundless
           Sea
           ,
           have
           an
           order
           and
           discipline
           according
           to
           their
           kinds
           ,
           they
           can
           discern
           what
           tendeth
           to
           the
           good
           or
           evil
           of
           their
           life
           :
           The
           universality
           of
           Fowls
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           distinct
           kinds
           ,
           have
           unity
           and
           copulation
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           they
           know
           how
           for
           to
           build
           their
           nests
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           for
           their
           young
           :
           The
           Worms
           know
           the
           times
           and
           the
           seasons
           ,
           they
           provide
           for
           the
           Winter
           in
           the
           Summer
           ,
           they
           will
           not
           engender
           but
           with
           their
           fellow-creature
           :
           The
           numberlesse
           and
           powerfull
           hosts
           of
           Beasts
           have
           a
           government
           ,
           whereby
           they
           know
           their
           Superiour
           and
           Inferiour
           ,
           they
           are
           offensive
           and
           defensive
           ,
           they
           know
           their
           prey
           and
           pasture
           ,
           and
           have
           generation
           one
           with
           another
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           according
           to
           Creation
           ,
           is
           the
           harmony
           of
           Properties
           ,
           Phisiognomies
           ,
           Languages
           ,
           Speeches
           ,
           Actions
           ,
           Judgements
           ;
           of
           the
           innumerable
           and
           triumphant
           Army
           of
           men
           ,
           which
           by
           reason
           and
           labour
           subdues
           and
           brings
           to
           their
           use
           and
           subjection
           all
           creatures
           else
           ,
           they
           multiply
           by
           conception
           .
           These
           are
           the
           humane
           labours
           wherein
           all
           things
           work
           according
           to
           their
           several
           natures
           ;
           now
           I
           communicated
           with
           my self
           ,
           how
           to
           know
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           men
           and
           bruits
           ,
           I
           found
           in
           respect
           of
           gemination
           ,
           appetites
           ,
           sleeping
           ,
           waking
           ,
           wrath
           ,
           lusts
           ,
           diseases
           ,
           seeing
           ,
           hearing
           ,
           beginning
           and
           ending
           ;
           what
           befalleth
           the
           body
           of
           the
           beasts
           ,
           befalleth
           the
           body
           of
           man
           ,
           
             as
             the
             one
             dieth
             so
             dieth
             the
             other
          
           ;
           yea
           they
           have
           one
           breath
           ,
           all
           are
           of
           the
           dust
           ,
           and
           turn
           to
           the
           dust
           again
           ,
           and
           man
           hath
           no
           preheminence
           over
           a
           beast
           save
           this
           ,
           that
           man
           hath
           a
           spirit
           that
           goeth
           upward
           ,
           which
           giveth
           him
           a
           spiritual
           understanding
           ,
           whereby
           he
           can
           discern
           the
           work
           and
           will
           of
           God
           and
           his
           own
           duty
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           able
           to
           give
           a
           reason
           for
           each
           ,
           which
           maketh
           him
           a
           reasonable
           creature
           :
           But
           all
           men
           are
           not
           thus
           able
           to
           give
           a
           reason
           for
           that
           ,
           yet
           all
           men
           have
           a
           spirit
           ,
           but
           that
           spirit
           (
           by
           the
           generality
           of
           men
           )
           is
           kept
           in
           subjection
           
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           for
           it
           must
           not
           labour
           no
           more
           than
           for
           the
           satisfying
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           these
           men
           are
           unreasonable
           men
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           only
           a
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           so
           hath
           the
           beast
           ,
           
             For
             the
             ox
             knoweth
             his
             owner
             ,
             and
             the
             asse
             his
             masters
             crib
             ,
             but
             Israel
             doth
             not
             know
             ,
             my
             people
             doth
             not
             consider
             ,
          
           Isa
           .
           1.
           3.
           
           So
           it
           is
           plain
           and
           evident
           ,
           that
           man
           with
           a
           bare
           knowledge
           of
           those
           things
           which
           necessity
           and
           custome
           hath
           taught
           him
           ,
           without
           a
           spiritual
           consideration
           ,
           and
           a
           temporal
           knowledge
           of
           the
           several
           workings
           of
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           is
           no
           better
           than
           the
           Ox
           and
           the
           Ass
           that
           knoweth
           their
           owner
           and
           his
           crib
           .
           Now
           let
           thee
           and
           me
           consider
           this
           ,
           it
           is
           unconsideratenesse
           that
           undoes
           worldly
           men
           ,
           for
           without
           consideration
           accompanied
           with
           reason
           and
           labour
           ,
           no
           man
           can
           understand
           the
           use
           of
           external
           things
           which
           are
           visible
           every
           moment
           to
           the
           sight
           ,
           how
           then
           shall
           a
           man
           understand
           eternal
           things
           which
           are
           invisible
           in
           the
           Heaven
           of
           Heavens
           ,
           where
           no
           mortal
           eye
           can
           approach
           ,
           but
           by
           an
           extraordinary
           means
           of
           reasoning
           and
           labouring
           betwixt
           the
           body
           and
           the
           spirit
           :
           The
           generality
           of
           men
           are
           far
           from
           this
           spiritual
           understanding
           ,
           for
           they
           have
           no
           reason
           but
           what
           custome
           hath
           taught
           them
           ,
           no
           faith
           but
           what
           is
           builded
           on
           other
           mens
           foundations
           :
           The
           discovery
           is
           this
           ,
           Let
           the
           custome
           be
           never
           so
           evil
           and
           hainous
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           and
           good
           men
           ,
           yet
           if
           it
           be
           but
           a
           general
           one
           they
           will
           follow
           it
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           wise
           man
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           were
           as
           good
           to
           throw
           feathers
           against
           the
           wind
           ,
           or
           shoot
           arrows
           at
           the
           Moon
           :
           And
           for
           their
           faith
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           never
           so
           contrary
           to
           natural
           reason
           ,
           never
           so
           false
           to
           spiritual
           understanding
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           keep
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           lay
           it
           on
           the
           Clergy
           mans
           shoulders
           ,
           whether
           they
           are
           able
           to
           bear
           it
           yea
           or
           no
           ,
           they
           will
           venture
           all
           and
           learn
           nothing
           ;
           as
           simple
           passengers
           do
           that
           are
           going
           over
           the
           Seas
           for
           a
           far
           Countrey
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           aboard
           ,
           there
           they
           lie
           like
           the
           ballast
           not
           knowing
           whither
           they
           are
           going
           ,
           nor
           will
           they
           search
           out
           by
           reason
           how
           Mariners
           guide
           the
           Ship
           with
           Globe
           ,
           Map
           ,
           Crosse-staff
           ,
           Scoul
           ,
           Rudder
           and
           Compasse
           ,
           why
           then
           for
           all
           they
           know
           the
           Pilot
           may
           be
           a
           Devil
           to
           carry
           them
           
           to
           a
           burning
           Sodom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           a
           Saint
           to
           convey
           them
           to
           a
           glorious
           Jerusalem
           :
           Thus
           stands
           the
           case
           with
           ignorant
           and
           dull
           spirited
           men
           in
           their
           passage
           towards
           eternal
           life
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           plainly
           seen
           ,
           that
           they
           manage
           their
           affairs
           so
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           by
           imprisoning
           the
           spirit
           in
           the
           corrupt
           body
           of
           clay
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           let
           their
           inventions
           to
           work
           no
           farther
           than
           filthy
           lucre
           doth
           draw
           them
           ;
           truly
           the
           reason
           is
           this
           ,
           the
           flesh
           and
           the
           Devil
           warreth
           against
           the
           soul
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           the
           natural
           and
           spiritual
           understanding
           into
           this
           total
           ectipse
           of
           utter
           darkness
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           my
           soul
           wondreth
           to
           see
           how
           laborious
           carnal
           men
           are
           in
           bodily
           labour
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           workings
           of
           the
           spirit
           they
           are
           so
           idle
           ,
           dull
           and
           stupid
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           not
           open
           an
           eye
           or
           an
           ear
           to
           give
           wisdome
           any
           entertainment
           ,
           can
           they
           give
           a
           reason
           for
           this
           ?
           Sure
           they
           cannot
           .
           Now
           I
           wish
           all
           men
           would
           study
           even
           as
           I
           do
           ,
           how
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           give
           a
           reason
           for
           their
           words
           and
           actions
           ;
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           the
           god
           of
           this
           world
           hath
           so
           blinded
           their
           eyes
           that
           they
           cannot
           see
           the
           reasons
           of
           the
           working
           of
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           ,
           nor
           how
           they
           labour
           for
           that
           which
           they
           do
           not
           enjoy
           :
           They
           will
           part
           with
           their
           understandings
           before
           they
           will
           part
           with
           their
           money
           :
           See
           what
           Solomon
           saith
           of
           them
           ,
           
             Prov.
             1.
             19.
             
             So
             are
             the
             wayes
             of
             every
             one
             that
             is
             greedy
             of
             gain
             ,
             which
             taketh
             away
             the
             life
             of
             the
             owners
             thereof
             .
          
           These
           words
           are
           of
           efficacy
           enough
           to
           perswade
           me
           ,
           that
           those
           men
           that
           look
           no
           higher
           than
           their
           barns
           ,
           no
           farther
           than
           their
           fels
           and
           flocks
           ,
           no
           nigher
           than
           their
           chests
           and
           apparel
           ,
           are
           men
           without
           wisdome
           or
           spiritual
           understanding
           if
           so
           bruit
           ,
           then
           I
           think
           it
           is
           reason
           man
           should
           labour
           to
           obtain
           wisdome
           :
           
             For
             wisdome
             is
             better
             than
             rubies
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             that
             may
             be
             desired
             are
             not
             to
             be
             compared
             to
             it
             ,
          
           Prov.
           8.
           11.
           
           So
           Reader
           ,
           let
           this
           wise
           Kings
           counsel
           ,
           and
           my
           weak
           argument
           serve
           to
           prove
           why
           man
           should
           labour
           for
           wisdome
           and
           reason
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           understand
           the
           working
           of
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           ,
           as
           God
           hath
           fitted
           ,
           created
           and
           
           ordained
           it
           .
           Much
           more
           I
           have
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           have
           enlarged
           upon
           each
           of
           these
           principles
           but
           for
           passing
           the
           bounds
           of
           my
           Preface
           ,
           and
           being
           too
           troublesome
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           shall
           conclude
           the
           introductory
           part
           with
           this
           advice
           to
           all
           sleepy
           headed
           ,
           ignorant
           and
           customary
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           take
           the
           Wise
           mans
           counsel
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Eccles
             .
             9.
             10.
             
             Whatsoever
             thy
             hand
             findeth
             to
             do
             ,
             do
             it
             with
             thy
             might
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             no
             work
             ,
             nor
             device
             ,
             nor
             knowledge
             ,
             nor
             wisdome
             in
             the
             grave
             whither
             thou
             goest
             .
          
        
         
           Truly
           the
           weighty
           considerations
           of
           these
           words
           ,
           and
           the
           perswasions
           of
           reason
           was
           the
           grand
           cause
           of
           my
           studying
           this
           work
           ,
           and
           with
           truth
           and
           honesty
           I
           have
           finished
           it
           ,
           which
           told
           me
           I
           must
           publish
           it
           to
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           as
           my
           duty
           I
           have
           done
           it
           for
           the
           preventing
           of
           publick
           dangers
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           filthy
           lucre
           ,
           or
           purchasing
           of
           vain
           glory
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           a
           free
           conscience
           ,
           and
           purchasing
           of
           the
           society
           and
           love
           of
           just
           and
           wise
           men
           :
           Let
           these
           few
           reasons
           serve
           to
           acquaint
           thee
           why
           I
           writ
           and
           published
           this
           work
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           will
           give
           you
           a
           brief
           account
           what
           it
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           use
           and
           profit
           will
           be
           .
        
         
           For
           asmuch
           as
           divers
           men
           have
           took
           in
           hand
           to
           set
           forth
           in
           order
           the
           perfect
           way
           of
           propagating
           of
           those
           excellent
           ,
           amiable
           ,
           desirable
           ,
           medicinable
           ,
           physical
           ,
           profitable
           and
           mysticall
           Arts
           ,
           which
           are
           derived
           from
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           are
           placed
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           a
           Gardeners
           Calling
           ,
           those
           Authours
           have
           written
           many
           large
           and
           methodical
           Volumes
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           and
           have
           greatly
           furnished
           our
           Students
           with
           such
           Books
           ,
           but
           little
           or
           nothing
           have
           they
           given
           unto
           the
           practical
           man
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           set
           down
           is
           too
           dark
           for
           their
           apprehension
           ;
           yet
           let
           me
           not
           judge
           hardly
           of
           these
           Authours
           meanings
           ,
           for
           I
           assure
           
           my self
           ,
           had
           they
           had
           so
           much
           of
           the
           practical
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           have
           delivered
           their
           Art
           in
           a
           great
           deal
           better
           method
           than
           I
           have
           done
           ,
           in
           expressing
           themselves
           in
           the
           quintessence
           of
           wit
           and
           refinings
           of
           Scholarship
           unto
           the
           learned
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           fitted
           their
           minds
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           apparel
           fitteth
           the
           body
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           circumvent
           the
           apprehension
           with
           their
           learned
           style
           ,
           they
           make
           those
           helplesse
           rules
           which
           they
           set
           down
           for
           to
           passe
           blamelesse
           ,
           whereas
           if
           they
           did
           illustrate
           in
           their
           writings
           ,
           a
           weak
           capacity
           might
           comprehend
           what
           is
           incredulous
           or
           improbable
           ,
           also
           what
           is
           laudable
           and
           full
           of
           practice
           .
        
         
           But
           whereas
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           of
           people
           have
           tired
           their
           apprehensions
           ,
           with
           the
           perusing
           of
           such
           Treatises
           as
           are
           so
           full
           of
           Oratory
           of
           words
           ,
           and
           so
           filled
           and
           varnished
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           with
           Quirks
           .
           Quiblets
           and
           Paradoxes
           ,
           speaking
           little
           absolutely
           ,
           but
           imaginations
           very
           obscure
           and
           promiscuously
           written
           and
           composed
           together
           ,
           running
           far
           wide
           of
           the
           practice
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           major
           part
           suspitious
           and
           incredulous
           ,
           seeming
           to
           men
           of
           experience
           as
           an
           Emblem
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Studies
           of
           them
           which
           study
           naturall
           work
           ,
           and
           deliver
           it
           in
           methodicall
           expressions
           ,
           prove
           unfruitfull
           unto
           the
           unlearned
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           I
           my self
           being
           wanting
           of
           Scholarship
           ,
           had
           a
           sympathy
           with
           those
           in
           their
           wants
           ,
           which
           caused
           me
           for
           to
           write
           this
           plain
           and
           extemporary
           Work
           in
           the
           following
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           was
           meerly
           drawn
           from
           the
           very
           practicall
           part
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           red
           ound
           to
           an
           extraordinary
           and
           publick
           profit
           ,
           &c.
           which
           I
           suppose
           will
           be
           as
           followeth
           :
        
         
           First
           of
           all
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           expert
           way
           for
           the
           situation
           of
           a
           Garden
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           it
           you
           may
           have
           large
           ,
           sound
           ,
           plenty
           ,
           beautifull
           and
           wholsome
           fruit
           ,
           which
           is
           accomplished
           by
           the
           observation
           of
           the
           year
           as
           the
           chiefest
           part
           ,
           next
           in
           the
           laying
           of
           the
           ground
           for
           to
           keep
           it
           fruitfull
           ,
           declaring
           what
           errors
           are
           in
           it
           to
           be
           observed
           ,
           and
           how
           they
           may
           be
           prevented
           with
           
           great
           and
           easie
           Rules
           ,
           how
           Gardens
           may
           be
           laid
           in
           descents
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           best
           for
           to
           draw
           or
           amplifie
           every
           Knot
           prescribed
           therein
           by
           the
           most
           severe
           ,
           commendable
           ,
           and
           workman-like
           way
           as
           may
           be
           imagined
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           There
           is
           presented
           to
           thy
           view
           plenty
           of
           Knots
           and
           whole
           Garden
           plats
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           meerly
           inacted
           and
           sprung
           from
           my
           own
           Study
           ,
           yet
           I
           will
           not
           say
           but
           some
           of
           them
           have
           reference
           to
           some
           other
           thing
           ;
           yet
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           that
           if
           they
           were
           the
           same
           ,
           yet
           they
           were
           worthy
           of
           the
           Impression
           after
           my
           own
           way
           and
           method
           of
           drawing
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           given
           an
           easie
           scale
           to
           each
           particular
           Knot
           ,
           which
           sheweth
           plainly
           what
           each
           Plat
           doth
           contain
           ,
           being
           drawn
           upon
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           other
           Author
           hath
           done
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           You
           have
           an
           Inventory
           of
           all
           Plants
           cultivated
           in
           Gardens
           now
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           those
           are
           divided
           into
           three
           generall
           parts
           ;
           the
           first
           is
           a
           Garden
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           consisting
           of
           Flowers
           and
           curtous
           Trees
           :
           the
           second
           is
           a
           Physicall
           Garden
           ,
           describing
           how
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           planted
           with
           physicall
           Simples
           ,
           as
           Herbs
           and
           Trees
           of
           that
           nature
           ;
           the
           third
           is
           a
           Kitchin
           Garden
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           most
           properly
           shown
           ,
           how
           such
           a
           Garden
           should
           be
           planted
           with
           salletting
           Herbs
           ,
           Pulse
           and
           Roots
           .
        
         
           The
           profit
           of
           this
           Work
           will
           be
           more
           than
           I
           can
           or
           will
           stand
           to
           reckon
           up
           to
           him
           that
           doth
           put
           it
           in
           practice
           :
           1.
           
           In
           that
           thou
           canst
           not
           think
           of
           any
           Plant
           but
           presently
           thou
           hast
           my
           judgement
           for
           the
           propagating
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           assure
           thee
           are
           certain
           and
           true
           Rules
           :
           2.
           
           You
           have
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           Plants
           ,
           also
           fit
           places
           for
           the
           planting
           of
           them
           in
           ;
           with
           apt
           times
           and
           seasons
           for
           the
           sowing
           ,
           planting
           and
           replanting
           of
           all
           Plants
           whatsoever
           .
           If
           this
           Catalogue
           seem
           indifferent
           to
           thy
           judgement
           ,
           yet
           it
           will
           turn
           to
           thy
           profit
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           but
           only
           for
           to
           put
           thee
           in
           mind
           of
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           What
           the
           lack
           of
           these
           things
           may
           be
           to
           the
           practicall
           man
           ,
           a
           wise
           man
           will
           understand
           ;
           therefore
           I
           shall
           cease
           to
           give
           any
           farther
           information
           ,
           and
           for
           any
           vindication
           of
           the
           
           Work
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           give
           it
           ,
           let
           it
           vindicate
           it self
           :
           so
           I
           leave
           this
           my
           testimony
           ,
           and
           conclude
           my
           Preface
           ,
           resting
           a
           servant
           unto
           all
           men
           ,
           as
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Thine
             in
             truth
             and
             love
             .
             S.
             B.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           GARDNERS
           PRACTICE
           in
           Preparation
           for
           a
           Garden
           of
           Pleasure
           .
        
         
           
             First
             for
             the
             Situation
             .
          
           
             IF
             a
             Man
             would
             have
             a
             Garden
             situated
             according
             to
             his
             desire
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             so
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             shelving
             or
             declining
             on
             the
             South-East
             Sun
             ;
             so
             that
             the
             Sun
             at
             its
             first
             rising
             may
             reflect
             upon
             the
             Garden
             ,
             for
             the
             vanishing
             of
             vapours
             ,
             dispelling
             of
             mists
             ,
             and
             quallifying
             of
             cold
             air
             and
             frosts
             ,
             which
             oftentimes
             perish
             Herbs
             and
             Flowers
             in
             their
             first
             gemination
             ,
             and
             nipping
             of
             fruits
             at
             the
             first
             knitting
             ,
             which
             causeth
             them
             to
             fall
             at
             an
             untimely
             birth
             ;
             or
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             before
             they
             come
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           
             The
             air
             is
             farther
             to
             be
             observed
             for
             Plants
             that
             are
             at
             their
             full
             growth
             .
             Being
             planted
             in
             a
             bad
             air
             ,
             though
             the
             soyl
             be
             never
             so
             rich
             ,
             yet
             the
             Herbs
             are
             never
             so
             vertuous
             ,
             the
             Flowers
             never
             so
             beautifull
             ,
             the
             fruit
             of
             the
             fruit-trees
             is
             never
             so
             sound
             ,
             as
             those
             that
             are
             planted
             in
             a
             clear
             air
             .
             Yet
             seeing
             that
             all
             men
             cannot
             obtain
             this
             ,
             though
             they
             have
             never
             so
             earnest
             a
             desire
             ,
             therefore
             let
             the
             Inhabiter
             learn
             how
             to
             dispence
             with
             his
             own
             habitation
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             may
             make
             the
             best
             improvement
             that
             may
             be
             upon
             all
             advantages
             ,
             for
             the
             making
             of
             his
             Garden
             fruitfull
             .
             And
             let
             the
             Purchaser
             learn
             ,
             that
             in
             purchasing
             ,
             the
             choice
             of
             air
             is
             the
             chiefest
             thing
             to
             be
             looked
             after
             :
             for
             if
             the
             soyl
             be
             bad
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             improved
             with
             labour
             and
             soyl
             ,
             and
             made
             rich
             :
             or
             if
             it
             should
             be
             so
             barren
             ,
             that
             it
             could
             not
             be
             made
             rich
             under
             two
             or
             three
             years
             time
             ,
             by
             any
             art
             in
             digging
             and
             dunging
             of
             it
             ;
             yet
             a
             man
             may
             remove
             thir
             barren
             earth
             and
             bring
             good
             mould
             in
             its
             stead
             ;
             or
             otherwise
             it
             may
             be
             laid
             a
             top
             of
             the
             other
             :
             so
             a
             man
             may
             have
             a
             Garden
             fruitfull
             ,
             if
             the
             air
             be
             good
             ,
             with
             industry
             and
             charge
             .
             But
             if
             the
             air
             be
             bad
             ,
             all
             the
             cost
             ,
             care
             and
             skill
             that
             
             may
             be
             used
             ,
             cannot
             change
             it
             ,
             or
             remove
             it
             for
             a
             good
             ;
             Therefore
             the
             air
             is
             the
             chiefest
             to
             be
             looked
             upon
             for
             health
             ,
             pleasure
             and
             wealth
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             What
             means
             is
             best
             to
             be
             used
             for
             the
             situation
             of
             Gardens
             of
             pleasure
             ,
             according
             to
             every
             mans
             respective
             place
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             modelizing
             and
             contriving
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             modelizing
             of
             a
             Garden
             ,
             is
             to
             compose
             it
             of
             the
             bigness
             according
             to
             the
             cost
             intended
             for
             it
             ,
             in
             the
             making
             of
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             keeping
             of
             it
             afterwards
             .
             This
             rightly
             understood
             ,
             the
             second
             thing
             in
             modelizing
             ,
             is
             to
             raise
             it
             by
             a
             direct
             square
             ,
             from
             that
             part
             of
             the
             house
             where
             it
             is
             appointed
             to
             be
             ;
             for
             if
             it
             be
             not
             took
             by
             a
             true
             square
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             a
             confusion
             in
             all
             the
             work
             that
             is
             to
             be
             done
             in
             that
             ground-plat
             ,
             intended
             for
             a
             Garden
             :
             besides
             that
             it
             will
             never
             answer
             the
             face
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             but
             all
             things
             will
             seem
             to
             stand
             askew
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             any
             prospect
             took
             of
             it
             from
             a
             window
             ,
             or
             a
             Balcony
             of
             the
             said
             house
             .
          
           
             The
             ready
             way
             to
             prevent
             these
             mistakes
             is
             thus
             :
             having
             appointed
             the
             place
             and
             the
             quantity
             of
             ground
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             former
             directions
             ;
             then
             lay
             a
             line
             upon
             one
             side
             thereof
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             by
             a
             direct
             square
             from
             the
             foundation
             of
             the
             house
             ;
             then
             look
             how
             many
             yards
             you
             will
             have
             your
             Garden
             in
             length
             ,
             so
             many
             yards
             measure
             out
             by
             the
             line
             side
             ,
             beginning
             at
             the
             house
             :
             and
             when
             you
             are
             come
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             account
             of
             your
             measure
             ,
             there
             stick
             down
             a
             stake
             ;
             so
             done
             lay
             another
             line
             across
             at
             that
             said
             stake
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             one
             corner
             of
             your
             Garden
             ,
             in
             that
             corner
             place
             the
             square
             ,
             so
             that
             one
             part
             of
             it
             agree
             with
             the
             first
             line
             ;
             then
             cause
             the
             second
             line
             to
             come
             exactly
             straight
             by
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             other
             part
             of
             the
             square
             :
             this
             observed
             ,
             measure
             out
             so
             many
             yards
             as
             you
             would
             have
             the
             Garden
             in
             breadth
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             be
             to
             be
             laid
             at
             a
             full
             square
             ,
             then
             measure
             just
             as
             many
             as
             before
             :
             this
             done
             you
             are
             come
             where
             the
             next
             corner
             must
             be
             ,
             there
             stick
             down
             a
             stake
             in
             all
             respects
             as
             you
             did
             at
             the
             first
             corner
             ;
             then
             take
             up
             your
             first
             line
             ,
             and
             lay
             it
             across
             as
             you
             did
             before
             ,
             making
             of
             it
             agree
             with
             the
             square
             .
             Do
             thus
             till
             you
             come
             to
             that
             place
             where
             you
             begun
             ,
             leaving
             a
             stake
             at
             every
             corner
             ,
             which
             will
             stand
             at
             a
             just
             square
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             first
             and
             chiefest
             part
             of
             modelizing
             of
             a
             Garden
             of
             pleasure
             .
          
           
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Lay
             two
             lines
             from
             each
             corner
             cross-wayes
             to
             the
             next
             corner
             opposite
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             where
             these
             lines
             cross
             ,
             there
             is
             the
             center
             of
             the
             Garden-plat
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             place
             set
             another
             stake
             ;
             let
             this
             stake
             and
             the
             rest
             be
             drove
             in
             stifly
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             may
             not
             be
             easily
             pulled
             up
             ;
             and
             also
             let
             these
             stakes
             be
             as
             straight
             ,
             and
             as
             long
             ,
             and
             stand
             as
             upright
             as
             it
             may
             be
             possible
             ;
             for
             if
             the
             Garden-plat
             be
             unlevell
             ,
             you
             will
             have
             an
             occasion
             to
             raise
             your
             lines
             by
             these
             stakes
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             afterward
             in
             the
             levelling
             of
             a
             Garden
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             A
             form
             for
             a
             Garden-plat
             thus
             laid
             out
             ,
             what
             remains
             but
             that
             I
             make
             some
             queries
             ,
             what
             kind
             of
             earth
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             what
             air
             and
             shelter
             it
             hath
             ,
             and
             what
             work
             may
             be
             intended
             to
             be
             amplified
             in
             this
             space
             of
             ground
             :
             but
             I
             will
             first
             speak
             of
             the
             improvement
             ;
             so
             that
             in
             the
             future
             ages
             the
             Garden
             may
             be
             fruitfull
             ,
             and
             then
             of
             draft-work
             .
          
           
             The
             improveing
             of
             a
             thing
             is
             to
             bring
             it
             from
             barrenness
             to
             fruitfulness
             ;
             for
             barrenness
             is
             a
             disease
             ,
             and
             improvement
             is
             a
             cure
             ;
             therefore
             I
             must
             know
             the
             disease
             ,
             before
             I
             can
             give
             directions
             for
             the
             cure
             .
             To
             be
             brief
             ,
             if
             I
             know
             what
             earth
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             what
             place
             and
             manner
             it
             lyeth
             in
             ,
             reason
             telleth
             me
             the
             cause
             of
             barrenness
             ,
             and
             experience
             teacheth
             me
             the
             cure
             .
             viz.
             If
             it
             be
             a
             cold
             wet
             and
             clayey
             ground
             ,
             then
             contrive
             it
             with
             high
             walks
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             making
             of
             them
             will
             make
             motes
             :
             but
             if
             the
             Garden
             should
             be
             large
             and
             spacious
             ,
             and
             springs
             lye
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             then
             dig
             trenches
             where
             the
             walks
             of
             the
             Garden
             are
             intended
             ,
             and
             lay
             in
             those
             trenches
             stones
             and
             wheat-straw
             ;
             it
             is
             no
             matter
             whether
             it
             be
             in
             any
             order
             yea
             or
             no
             ;
             it
             will
             convey
             the
             small
             springs
             and
             issues
             out
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             better
             than
             those
             gutters
             which
             are
             laid
             by
             a
             Mason
             with
             lime
             and
             sand
             .
             Yet
             further
             observe
             ,
             that
             stones
             thus
             laid
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             not
             a
             vent
             for
             that
             water
             which
             it
             receiveth
             ,
             they
             are
             of
             no
             use
             :
             therefore
             lay
             them
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             somewhat
             falling
             from
             the
             center
             of
             the
             Garden
             ,
             to
             those
             motes
             afore-named
             ,
             or
             to
             any
             other
             respective
             place
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             cure
             which
             is
             more
             available
             for
             stubborn
             and
             barren
             earth
             is
             this
             :
             levell
             it
             about
             Michaelmas
             or
             Candlemas
             ,
             when
             opportunity
             shall
             best
             serve
             :
             the
             next
             Midsummer
             following
             or
             thereabout
             dig
             the
             quarters
             at
             a
             spit
             depth
             ,
             casting
             
             off
             the
             stones
             and
             roots
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             breaking
             the
             clods
             ;
             which
             will
             be
             then
             as
             dry
             as
             dust
             .
             Now
             consider
             what
             good
             this
             will
             do
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             please
             I
             will
             name
             some
             of
             those
             benefits
             to
             you
             .
             First
             ,
             The
             Sun
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             looseness
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             killeth
             all
             the
             weeds
             that
             are
             displanted
             there
             ,
             and
             it
             breaketh
             the
             heart
             of
             the
             stubbornness
             of
             the
             earth
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             rain
             mollifieth
             it
             ,
             and
             maketh
             it
             to
             shiver
             ;
             whereas
             before
             if
             it
             were
             digged
             in
             the
             wet
             time
             ,
             it
             bindeth
             it
             and
             maketh
             it
             the
             stronger
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             reason
             of
             this
             loosness
             is
             ,
             the
             air
             hath
             recourse
             and
             influence
             into
             it
             ,
             whereby
             it
             purgeth
             it
             ,
             and
             maketh
             it
             fruitfull
             :
             for
             let
             me
             premise
             a
             word
             or
             two
             ;
             earth
             and
             water
             are
             that
             whereof
             bodies
             are
             made
             ;
             but
             air
             is
             that
             which
             giveth
             life
             and
             vertue
             to
             all
             things
             that
             are
             sensible
             and
             insensible
             .
             I
             cannot
             stay
             here
             ,
             but
             must
             insist
             upon
             that
             promise
             which
             I
             made
             ,
             touching
             the
             levelling
             of
             a
             Garden
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             come
             now
             to
             the
             levelling
             of
             a
             Garden
             ,
             either
             by
             descents
             ,
             or
             a
             true
             levell-fall
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             better
             than
             either
             is
             a
             true
             water
             level
             :
             the
             last
             of
             these
             shall
             be
             the
             first
             I
             will
             speak
             of
             before
             I
             give
             you
             the
             directions
             .
             If
             you
             please
             to
             look
             back
             into
             the
             second
             Page
             ,
             there
             you
             shall
             find
             that
             I
             spoke
             of
             modelizing
             ,
             and
             I
             also
             gave
             directions
             for
             it
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             leave
             the
             stakes
             standing
             at
             the
             corners
             and
             the
             centers
             thereof
             .
             This
             observed
             ,
             here
             followeth
             the
             levelling
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             First
             of
             all
             find
             out
             the
             highest
             corner
             thereof
             by
             your
             eye
             ;
             then
             go
             to
             that
             place
             with
             a
             water-levell
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             placed
             like
             a
             levelled
             Canon
             ,
             against
             that
             corner
             cross-wayes
             opposite
             against
             you
             ,
             which
             is
             generally
             the
             lowest
             part
             of
             a
             piece
             of
             ground
             :
             your
             levell
             thus
             placed
             ,
             fill
             it
             with
             water
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             may
             stand
             at
             both
             ends
             alike
             ;
             then
             lay
             your
             eye
             to
             the
             uppermost
             part
             of
             the
             levell
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             were
             shooting
             at
             a
             mark
             ;
             take
             your
             sight
             exactly
             on
             the
             furthermost
             stake
             ,
             and
             mark
             the
             place
             well
             :
             do
             so
             likewise
             of
             that
             in
             the
             center
             ;
             then
             strain
             a
             line
             from
             that
             place
             where
             your
             levell
             lyeth
             ,
             to
             that
             place
             where
             you
             fixt
             your
             eye
             upon
             the
             lowermost
             stake
             ;
             then
             consider
             how
             many
             yards
             ,
             foot
             or
             handfuls
             that
             is
             from
             the
             ground
             ,
             just
             half
             so
             many
             set
             another
             line
             below
             that
             ;
             again
             strain
             it
             as
             far
             towards
             the
             upper
             corner
             at
             that
             height
             ,
             
             as
             the
             ground
             will
             give
             you
             leave
             ,
             which
             if
             the
             ground
             be
             of
             a
             true
             fall
             ,
             before
             it
             will
             be
             just
             at
             the
             center
             :
             be
             it
             more
             or
             be
             it
             less
             ,
             take
             your
             gage
             from
             the
             uppermost
             line
             ;
             then
             fasten
             it
             ,
             and
             stick
             some
             pegs
             down
             as
             may
             be
             just
             as
             high
             as
             the
             line
             ;
             so
             done
             ,
             you
             may
             take
             away
             both
             lines
             ,
             and
             do
             so
             cross-wayes
             again
             ,
             leaving
             pegs
             in
             like
             manner
             .
             Now
             understand
             ,
             that
             earth
             which
             riseth
             above
             the
             pegs
             being
             brought
             down
             ,
             will
             make
             good
             what
             is
             wanting
             there
             ,
             and
             abate
             what
             is
             too
             much
             in
             the
             other
             :
             so
             the
             Garden-plat
             will
             be
             levell
             ,
             without
             bringing
             of
             any
             to
             it
             ,
             or
             carrying
             any
             from
             it
             .
             I
             think
             this
             experiment
             would
             sometimes
             have
             saved
             many
             a
             Noblemans
             purse
             ,
             and
             a
             Gardners
             credit
             .
          
           
             Next
             for
             laying
             a
             Garden
             by
             a
             true
             fall
             :
             that
             is
             done
             with
             great
             ease
             ,
             if
             you
             know
             how
             to
             levell
             it
             ,
             or
             did
             observe
             what
             directions
             I
             gave
             you
             for
             it
             .
             You
             may
             remember
             what
             was
             said
             for
             setting
             of
             lines
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             Garden
             of
             a
             levell
             ;
             then
             it
             is
             no
             more
             but
             to
             set
             the
             line
             at
             the
             lowermost
             stake
             ,
             a
             foot
             or
             a
             yard
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             under
             the
             levell-mark
             ,
             according
             as
             you
             would
             have
             your
             Garden
             fall
             ;
             and
             this
             bringeth
             it
             exactly
             to
             pass
             ,
             if
             you
             observe
             to
             lay
             cross
             lines
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             of
             the
             levell-work
             ,
             for
             casting
             the
             ground
             by
             .
          
           
             Next
             for
             laying
             Gardens
             in
             the
             ascents
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             done
             in
             the
             selfsame
             manner
             ,
             one
             quarter
             after
             another
             levelled
             ,
             as
             I
             prescribed
             for
             a
             whole
             Garden
             ,
             according
             as
             the
             ground
             will
             rise
             ,
             either
             one
             yard
             or
             two
             yards
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             ,
             with
             half
             paces
             ,
             or
             steps
             to
             walk
             up
             out
             of
             one
             part
             of
             the
             Garden
             into
             the
             other
             .
             I
             have
             more
             and
             greater
             things
             in
             hand
             for
             the
             advancement
             of
             Garden-plats
             ,
             either
             for
             pleasure
             ,
             physicall
             or
             profitable
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               How
               to
               levell
               ground
               to
               make
               it
               fruitfull
               .
            
             
               How
               to
               divide
               ground
               into
               quarters
               for
               knots
               .
            
             
               The
               expert
               way
               of
               laying
               of
               Grass-work
               .
            
             
               The
               manner
               of
               setting
               of
               hard
               quick-set
               and
               Poll-work
               .
            
             
               The
               ready
               way
               to
               make
               borders
               and
               beds
               according
               to
               the
               new
               art
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               of
               purifying
               of
               earth
               ,
               for
               to
               receive
               curious
               plants
               .
            
             
               The
               best
               way
               for
               laying
               of
               walks
               ,
               either
               with
               Grass
               ,
               gravell
               or
               Taris-morter
               .
            
             
               
               The
               way
               of
               making
               high
               walks
               and
               mounts
               .
            
             
               How
               to
               make
               bowling
               Allyes
               with
               great
               ease
               and
               little
               cost
               .
            
             
               Rules
               for
               cutting
               of
               a
               wilderness
               and
               maze-work
               .
            
             
               Also
               one
               hundred
               proper
               drafts
               ,
               as
               were
               never
               so
               drawn
               by
               any
               ,
               with
               rules
               and
               directions
               how
               they
               may
               be
               amplified
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               with
               an
               information
               and
               a
               farewell
               on
               them
               in
               verse
               .
            
             
               The
               advancement
               of
               a
               physicall
               Garden
               by
               improving
               the
               earth
               .
            
             
               Preparations
               for
               Indian
               plants
               .
            
             
               Contrivance
               for
               a
               physick-Garden
               for
               profit
               and
               pleasure
               .
            
             
               Means
               for
               the
               saving
               of
               plants
               from
               hurtfull
               worms
               .
            
             
               Errors
               discovered
               in
               the
               practice
               of
               digging
               .
            
             
               The
               means
               of
               improving
               a
               Kitchin-Garden
               .
            
             
               The
               ready
               way
               to
               cleanse
               and
               destroy
               weeds
               .
            
             
               Seasons
               for
               digging
               for
               improvement
               .
            
          
           
             All
             these
             experiments
             I
             shall
             not
             fail
             to
             bring
             forth
             ,
             if
             God
             permit
             me
             life
             .
          
           
             But
             what
             remaineth
             at
             the
             present
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             modelize
             and
             contrive
             your
             Garden-plats
             ,
             by
             these
             few
             directions
             which
             I
             gave
             you
             ,
             or
             others
             ,
             which
             you
             may
             better
             like
             of
             ;
             and
             also
             to
             beautifie
             them
             with
             such
             knots
             as
             follow
             hereafter
             of
             my
             invention
             ,
             or
             those
             that
             may
             be
             invented
             by
             your self
             ,
             which
             probably
             may
             please
             your
             fancy
             better
             than
             mine
             .
          
           
             
               1
               This
               Figure
               represents
               Lines
               how
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               layde
               before
               you
               begin
               to
               drawe
               a
               large
               Knott
               but
               especially
               that
               following
               ,
               And
               allso
               note
               that
               these
               Lines
               are
               not
               to
               be
               stirred
               till
               the
               Knott
               be
               finisht
               ,
               and
               so
               by
               the
               use
               of
               these
               Lines
               and
               two
               lines
               more
               you
               may
               draw
               any
               Knott
               .
               This
               figure
               is
               supposed
               to
               contayne
               .
               18
               :
               yards
               square
               &
               allowing
               .
               21
               :
               Inches
               to
               each
               footpath
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               2
            
          
           
           
             
               3
            
             
               a
               Scale
               by
               one
               foote
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               4
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               Scale
               of
               20
               Foote
            
          
           
           
             
               5
               Heere
               I
               have
               made
               the
               true
               Lovers
               Knott
               
               To
               ty
               it
               in
               Mariage
               was
               never
               my
               Lott
               .
            
             
               This
               Scale
               will
               serve
               for
               3
               :
               other
               Knots
               folowing
               .
               a
               Scale
               of
               32
               :
               Foote
            
          
           
           
             
               6
               Running
               Drafts
            
          
           
           
             
               7
            
          
           
           
             
               8
               Cross
               Diamonds
               in
               the
               paper
               I
               doe
               frame
               
               And
               in
               the
               ground
               I
               can
               draw
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               9
            
             
               This
               Scale
               by
               9
               :
               Inch
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               10
            
             
               This
               Scale
               is
               18
               :
               Foote
            
          
           
           
             
               11
            
             
               a
               Scale
               by
               Foote
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               12
            
             
               by
               the
               foote
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               13
               Four
               severall
               Quarters
               fit
               for
               to
               be
               drawne
               with
               herbe
               or
               box
               for
               to
               set
               Flowers
               there
               in
               .
            
             
               These
               workes
               neede
               no
               Scale
               being
               so
               plaine
            
          
           
           
             
               14
               Heere
               is
               other
               foure
               fit
               for
               the
               same
               purpos
               as
               the
               last
            
             
               This
               by
               19
               :
               Inches
               page
               weere
               .
               This
               by
               twentie
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               15
               This
               Knot
               may
               be
               drawne
               with
               foure
               Lines
               onely
               as
               it
               is
               heere
            
             
               This
               Scale
               by
               prescribed
               .
               one
               foote
            
          
           
           
             
               16
            
             
               It
               is
               by
               twenty
               two
               a
               Scale
               Inches
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               17
            
             
               This
               Scale
               by
               10
               :
               Inch
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               18
            
             
               a
               Scale
               of
               28
               foote
            
          
           
           
             
               19
            
             
               a
               Scale
               of
               30
               foote
            
          
           
           
             
               20
               a
               Scale
               by
               the
               foote
               etc
               :
               Also
               a
               forme
               how
               to
               lay
               your
               Lines
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               21
               This
               is
               a
               good
               patern
               for
               a
               Wilderness
               as
               well
               as
               for
               a
               Quarter
               of
               Herbes
               .
            
             
               a
               Scale
               of
               24
               foote
            
          
           
           
             
               22
               a
               Labyrinth
            
             
               This
               scale
               by
               two
               foote
               and
               two
               Inches
            
          
           
           
             
               23
               a
               forme
               how
               to
               lay
               Lines
               for
               the
               folowing
               worke
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               24
               The
               Flower
               of
               Deluse
               Ovall
               .
               Heere
               I
               have
               in
               the
               paper
               the
               Ovalls
               so
               round
               put
               And
               in
               the
               Ground
               the
               same
               I
               can
               Cut.
               
            
             
               a
               Scale
               of
               40
               foote
            
          
           
           
             
               25
            
             
               a
               Scale
               by
               the
               two
               foote
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               26
               The
               halfe
               Moones
               .
            
             
               Every
               black
               and
               white
               in
               this
               Scale
               is
               two
               foote
               and
               two
               Inches
               vpon
               the
               worke
               Grass
               worke
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               23
               a
               forme
               how
               to
               lay
               Lines
               for
               the
               folowing
               worke
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               24
               The
               Flower
               of
               Deluse
               Ovall
               .
               Heere
               I
               have
               in
               the
               paper
               the
               Ovalls
               so
               round
               put
               And
               in
               the
               Ground
               the
               same
               I
               can
               Cut.
               
            
             
               a
               Scale
               of
               40
               foote
            
          
           
           
             
               25
            
             
               a
               Scale
               by
               the
               two
               foote
               Measure
            
          
           
           
             
               26
               The
               halfe
               Moones
               .
            
             
               Every
               black
               and
               white
               in
               this
               Scale
               is
               two
               foote
               and
               two
               Inches
               vpon
               the
               worke
               Grass
               worke
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               27
               The
               Figure
               of
               a
               whole
               Garden
               .
            
             
               This
               the
               a
               foote
               and
               half
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               28
               a
               plaine
               Ovall
               for
               Flowers
               .
            
             
               by
               :
               15
               :
               Inches
               Grass
               worke
            
          
           
           
             
               29
               This
               is
               the
               Triangle
               Ovall
               .
            
             
               a
               Scale
               by
               two
               foote
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               30
               a
               plaine
               Wilderness
               .
            
             
               a
               Scale
               of
               Yards
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
           
             THE
             GARDNERS
             PRACTICE
             in
             the
             Garden
             of
             Pleasure
             :
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             propagating
             ,
             preserving
             and
             maintaining
             of
             Flowers
             ,
             and
             curious
             Trees
             therein
             contained
             .
          
           
             
               First
               of
               Flowers
               .
            
             
               
                 Amorantus
                 :
                 or
                 Christerious
                 Purantus
                 .
              
               
                 THere
                 are
                 divers
                 names
                 and
                 divers
                 colours
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 one
                 in
                 nature
                 .
                 Their
                 names
                 are
                 thus
                 ;
                 Amorantus
                 purple
                 ,
                 Amorantus
                 scarlet
                 ,
                 Amorantus
                 cleery
                 ;
                 many
                 more
                 that
                 I
                 'le
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 speak
                 of
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 'le
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 Amorantus
                 is
                 like
                 the
                 Princes
                 feather
                 in
                 shape
                 ;
                 it
                 flowreth
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 sown
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 and
                 seedeth
                 the
                 same
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 dyeth
                 presently
                 after
                 :
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 purple
                 colour
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 for
                 no
                 use
                 but
                 only
                 for
                 the
                 beauty
                 and
                 preheminency
                 of
                 the
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 we
                 nurse
                 it
                 in
                 Gardens
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 hold
                 it
                 in
                 great
                 estimation
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 supposed
                 that
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 came
                 first
                 from
                 the
                 Indies
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 call
                 it
                 there
                 Vtter
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 Flower
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 make
                 the
                 scarlet-dye
                 ;
                 the
                 Heathens
                 with
                 the
                 juyce
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 will
                 make
                 their
                 skins
                 look
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 imbrued
                 in
                 blood
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 shall
                 speak
                 something
                 to
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 The
                 season
                 for
                 sowing
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 on
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 we
                 make
                 a
                 hot
                 bed
                 with
                 horse-dung
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 do
                 for
                 Purslin
                 ;
                 then
                 we
                 sow
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 this
                 seed
                 upon
                 that
                 bed
                 ,
                 setting
                 glasses
                 over
                 it
                 ,
                 covering
                 the
                 bed
                 with
                 Mats
                 :
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 it
                 cometh
                 up
                 the
                 sixth
                 day
                 ,
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 come
                 up
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 give
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 air
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 day
                 ,
                 covering
                 of
                 it
                 again
                 at
                 night
                 ;
                 water
                 it
                 moderately
                 as
                 you
                 see
                 occasion
                 :
                 this
                 carefully
                 done
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 to
                 be
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 
                 high
                 by
                 May
                 ;
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 transplant
                 it
                 from
                 these
                 hot
                 beds
                 into
                 borders
                 or
                 pots
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 places
                 wherein
                 you
                 take
                 most
                 delight
                 ,
                 sheltring
                 of
                 it
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 week
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 well
                 rooted
                 again
                 :
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 by
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 May.
                 There
                 is
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 experiment
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 about
                 this
                 plant
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 dyeth
                 yearly
                 ;
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 only
                 propagated
                 in
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 leave
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 your
                 care
                 ,
                 and
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 next
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Anstartion
                 indecom
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 known
                 by
                 no
                 other
                 name
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Flower
                 that
                 is
                 raised
                 every
                 year
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 it
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 I
                 describe
                 it
                 to
                 you
                 thus
                 ;
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 seed
                 something
                 like
                 a
                 pepper-corn
                 ;
                 this
                 seed
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 sown
                 ,
                 it
                 cometh
                 up
                 something
                 like
                 the
                 honey-suckle
                 ,
                 and
                 flowreth
                 in
                 June
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Flower
                 of
                 great
                 rarity
                 amongst
                 the
                 Gentry
                 and
                 Gardeners
                 of
                 this
                 Land.
                 Now
                 followeth
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 season
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 March
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 encrease
                 of
                 the
                 Moon
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 hot
                 bed
                 ,
                 covering
                 of
                 it
                 pretty
                 thick
                 with
                 mould
                 ;
                 let
                 this
                 bed
                 lyeten
                 dayes
                 ,
                 covering
                 of
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 straw
                 to
                 keep
                 in
                 the
                 heat
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 third
                 dayes
                 end
                 take
                 off
                 your
                 straw
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 some
                 bended
                 sticks
                 over
                 the
                 bed
                 ;
                 then
                 prick
                 in
                 your
                 seeds
                 at
                 a
                 handfull
                 distance
                 ;
                 then
                 cast
                 a
                 Mat
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 your
                 sticks
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 your
                 seed
                 to
                 come
                 up
                 the
                 fifth
                 day
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 before
                 .
                 Now
                 take
                 notice
                 that
                 you
                 must
                 give
                 these
                 plants
                 some
                 air
                 once
                 a
                 day
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 weather
                 be
                 warm
                 :
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 transplant
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 May
                 into
                 the
                 out-borders
                 of
                 your
                 Garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 there
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 at
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 chase
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 :
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 flower
                 will
                 keep
                 fresh
                 long
                 on
                 the
                 stalk
                 ;
                 it
                 seldome
                 beareth
                 seed
                 in
                 England
                 without
                 great
                 care
                 and
                 industry
                 .
                 I
                 should
                 speak
                 much
                 more
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 tickle
                 nature
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 alteration
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 germination
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 informed
                 by
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 not
                 well
                 acquainted
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 cease
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 arguments
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 and
                 leave
                 those
                 experiments
                 with
                 you
                 which
                 are
                 set
                 down
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Angulshenelus
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 never
                 called
                 by
                 any
                 other
                 name
                 :
                 I
                 'am
                 not
                 very
                 well
                 acquainted
                 with
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 affirm
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 experience
                 ;
                 but
                 take
                 this
                 description
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 received
                 it
                 from
                 a
                 friend
                 :
                 he
                 saith
                 this
                 Herb
                 or
                 Flower
                 ,
                 whether
                 you
                 please
                 to
                 call
                 it
                 ,
                 hath
                 such
                 a
                 property
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 none
                 like
                 it
                 ,
                 viz.
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 when
                 this
                 Flower
                 hath
                 its
                 seed
                 full
                 ripe
                 in
                 its
                 self
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 you
                 go
                 to
                 it
                 and
                 touch
                 it
                 with
                 your
                 hand
                 ,
                 presently
                 the
                 Cod
                 that
                 the
                 seed
                 lyeth
                 in
                 breaketh
                 ,
                 whatever
                 he
                 be
                 that
                 toucheth
                 it
                 :
                 from
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 viz.
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 gone
                 to
                 one
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 counted
                 for
                 a
                 Maid
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 desired
                 her
                 to
                 touch
                 the
                 Cod
                 
                 wherein
                 lay
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ;
                 what
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 ,
                 saith
                 she
                 ,
                 why
                 then
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 lost
                 your
                 Maiden-head
                 ,
                 then
                 this
                 Cod
                 will
                 break
                 at
                 your
                 touching
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 she
                 cannot
                 believe
                 that
                 ,
                 but
                 boldly
                 toucheth
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 breaketh
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 is
                 convinced
                 of
                 her
                 fault
                 and
                 confesseth
                 ,
                 thinking
                 the
                 seed
                 were
                 sensible
                 of
                 her
                 fact
                 ;
                 by
                 this
                 saith
                 the
                 Author
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 out
                 my
                 desire
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 knowing
                 whether
                 a
                 woman
                 hath
                 lost
                 her
                 Maiden-head
                 or
                 not
                 :
                 this
                 I
                 thought
                 worthy
                 of
                 the
                 reciting
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 much
                 like
                 your
                 purple
                 -
                 valaren
                 in
                 shape
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 colour
                 
                 of
                 a
                 whitish
                 green
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 being
                 of
                 a
                 blewish
                 colour
                 :
                 it
                 never
                 groweth
                 above
                 a
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 flowreth
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 and
                 hath
                 a
                 hundred
                 seeds
                 in
                 a
                 Cod
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 much
                 like
                 Rose-campion
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 the
                 Moneth
                 April
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 
                 manner
                 and
                 place
                 as
                 you
                 do
                 your
                 Clove-gilliflowers
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 hereafter
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 Moneths
                 end
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 transplanted
                 into
                 the
                 borders
                 amongst
                 orher
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 you
                 may
                 let
                 it
                 stand
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 beds
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 :
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 up
                 and
                 flower
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 winter
                 cometh
                 the
                 top-branches
                 dye
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 remaineth
                 a
                 small
                 spring
                 being
                 well
                 shelterd
                 ,
                 but
                 be
                 as
                 carefull
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 the
                 third
                 year
                 dyeth
                 both
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 ,
                 saith
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Batchelors
                 Buttons
                 .
              
               
                 Descrip
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 Flower
                 that
                 runneth
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 like
                 Water
                 cresses
                 ,
                 with
                 stalks
                 like
                 Pease
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 thick
                 round
                 furrey
                 leaf
                 like
                 Balm
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 bright
                 green
                 colour
                 ;
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 a
                 round
                 double
                 Flower
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 a
                 white
                 and
                 red
                 speckled
                 Cornation
                 ,
                 but
                 something
                 less
                 ;
                 this
                 Flower
                 seldome
                 leaveth
                 any
                 seed
                 behind
                 ,
                 the
                 branches
                 of
                 it
                 dye
                 when
                 winter
                 cometh
                 ,
                 and
                 springeth
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 spring
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 it
                 not
                 already
                 in
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 must
                 procure
                 slips
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 not
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 slips
                 from
                 the
                 branches
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 to
                 grow
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 such
                 slips
                 as
                 have
                 both
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 are
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 growing
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 spread
                 mightily
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ;
                 now
                 having
                 got
                 such
                 slips
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 ,
                 prepare
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 either
                 a
                 border
                 round
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 herbs
                 ,
                 or
                 an
                 out-border
                 of
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 Book
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 your
                 line
                 at
                 the
                 uppermost
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 border
                 ,
                 then
                 your
                 slips
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 asunder
                 only
                 one
                 chase
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 encrease
                 exceedingly
                 ,
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 March
                 or
                 August
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 set
                 in
                 August
                 will
                 flower
                 early
                 ,
                 but
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 set
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 will
                 not
                 flower
                 till
                 July
                 or
                 August
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 set
                 in
                 August
                 will
                 flower
                 in
                 
                   May
                   ,
                   June
                
                 and
                 July
                 ;
                 now
                 observe
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 you
                 must
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 top-branches
                 with
                 a
                 pair
                 of
                 Garden-shears
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 will
                 spring
                 presently
                 after
                 ;
                 and
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 this
                 Flower
                 never
                 groweth
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 Garden
                 being
                 once
                 planted
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 old
                 stock
                 dyeth
                 yet
                 it
                 sendeth
                 forth
                 young
                 shoots
                 in
                 its
                 stead
                 ,
                 which
                 causeth
                 them
                 to
                 spread
                 mightily
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 uniform
                 manner
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 transplant
                 them
                 once
                 in
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 years
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 directed
                 you
                 before
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bee-Flower
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 so
                 called
                 because
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 Flower
                 in
                 shape
                 like
                 a
                 Bee
                 ;
                 whether
                 I
                 may
                 properly
                 call
                 it
                 a
                 Flower
                 or
                 the
                 seed
                 I
                 'le
                 not
                 dispute
                 ,
                 but
                 such
                 a
                 like
                 thing
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 colour
                 ;
                 it
                 putteth
                 
                 forth
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 seeding
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 call
                 it
                 a
                 Bee-Flower
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 cease
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 any
                 further
                 description
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 not
                 worth
                 the
                 labour
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 raise
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 can
                 procure
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 easily
                 done
                 by
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 good
                 mould
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 time
                 ,
                 with
                 other
                 Flowers
                 in
                 borders
                 or
                 beds
                 ,
                 setting
                 a
                 mark
                 where
                 you
                 sow
                 them
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 them
                 come
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 sharp
                 leaf
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 June
                 or
                 July
                 they
                 bring
                 forth
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 dye
                 the
                 same
                 year
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 spoken
                 with
                 some
                 which
                 have
                 been
                 mightily
                 taken
                 with
                 this
                 Flower
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Balm
                 of
                 Christ
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 the
                 hand
                 of
                 Christ
                 ;
                 the
                 Romans
                 in
                 former
                 time
                 were
                 wont
                 when
                 they
                 found
                 any
                 excellent
                 Herb
                 or
                 Flower
                 ,
                 to
                 dedicate
                 it
                 to
                 their
                 Saints
                 ,
                 and
                 call
                 it
                 by
                 their
                 names
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 conceive
                 that
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 was
                 derived
                 from
                 some
                 Romish
                 Author
                 because
                 it
                 hath
                 this
                 title
                 ,
                 and
                 indeed
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 rarity
                 to
                 see
                 a
                 Flower
                 representing
                 the
                 figure
                 of
                 a
                 hand
                 ,
                 as
                 this
                 doth
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 its
                 perfection
                 :
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 needless
                 to
                 describe
                 it
                 any
                 further
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 can
                 procure
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 it
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 then
                 sow
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 care
                 and
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 viz.
                 First
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 warmest
                 place
                 in
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 make
                 a
                 bed
                 of
                 Barley-straw
                 and
                 Bran
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 it
                 with
                 fine
                 mould
                 three
                 inches
                 thick
                 ,
                 then
                 prick
                 in
                 your
                 seeds
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 deep
                 ,
                 then
                 shelter
                 this
                 bed
                 a
                 nights
                 with
                 a
                 Mat
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 your
                 seeds
                 to
                 come
                 up
                 the
                 tenth
                 day
                 ;
                 you
                 shall
                 find
                 that
                 making
                 of
                 beds
                 with
                 Barley-straw
                 and
                 Bran
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 excellentest
                 way
                 of
                 raising
                 of
                 Flowers
                 that
                 ever
                 was
                 invented
                 ,
                 for
                 why
                 your
                 beds
                 that
                 are
                 made
                 with
                 horse-dung
                 forceth
                 gemination
                 too
                 soon
                 ,
                 and
                 does
                 not
                 continue
                 that
                 height
                 which
                 the
                 plant
                 was
                 forced
                 up
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 cause
                 the
                 plant
                 decayeth
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 made
                 only
                 of
                 earth
                 they
                 are
                 too
                 cold
                 for
                 outlandish
                 plants
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 take
                 my
                 counsell
                 and
                 sowe
                 it
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 before
                 described
                 ,
                 transplant
                 it
                 in
                 May
                 into
                 a
                 box
                 of
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 the
                 balm
                 of
                 Christ
                 to
                 flourish
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 rarity
                 to
                 the
                 beholders
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 :
                 there
                 are
                 few
                 experiments
                 more
                 to
                 be
                 used
                 than
                 have
                 been
                 described
                 ;
                 it
                 will
                 dye
                 
                 when
                 winters
                 cold
                 breath
                 comes
                 ,
                 therefore
                 remember
                 every
                 year
                 to
                 raise
                 it
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bears-Ears
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 some
                 called
                 Rickaluses
                 ,
                 by
                 others
                 French
                 Cowslips
                 ,
                 and
                 purple
                 Cowslips
                 ;
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 leaf
                 like
                 your
                 None
                 so
                 pretty
                 ,
                 
                 very
                 thick
                 and
                 jagged
                 ,
                 and
                 keeps
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 they
                 never
                 rise
                 above
                 a
                 handfull
                 high
                 ,
                 only
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 on
                 that
                 stalk
                 is
                 much
                 like
                 the
                 double
                 Cowslip
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 not
                 much
                 unlike
                 in
                 number
                 of
                 leaves
                 and
                 in
                 shape
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 colour
                 they
                 differ
                 ;
                 the
                 colours
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 the
                 pink
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 scarlet
                 ,
                 the
                 morey
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 purple
                 ,
                 these
                 naturally
                 flower
                 all
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 March
                 and
                 April
                 :
                 these
                 are
                 Flowers
                 of
                 great
                 estimation
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 many
                 of
                 curiosities
                 are
                 used
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 seed
                 and
                 slip
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 my
                 own
                 experience
                 which
                 I
                 found
                 true
                 by
                 my
                 practice
                 ;
                 Rickaluses
                 are
                 encreased
                 by
                 seed
                 and
                 slip
                 :
                 first
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 can
                 get
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 colours
                 ,
                 then
                 sowe
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 box
                 in
                 March
                 or
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 in
                 speciall
                 good
                 mould
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 be
                 carefull
                 to
                 water
                 the
                 seed
                 well
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 summer
                 ,
                 the
                 second
                 summer
                 it
                 will
                 flower
                 about
                 that
                 time
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 before
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 let
                 these
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 box
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 stand
                 not
                 too
                 thick
                 where
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 continually
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 take
                 slips
                 from
                 them
                 to
                 transplant
                 into
                 other
                 places
                 :
                 take
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 putting
                 of
                 them
                 inboxes
                 is
                 not
                 because
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 endure
                 the
                 cold
                 winter
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 early
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 ordinary
                 means
                 for
                 raising
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 seed
                 and
                 slip
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 you
                 may
                 raise
                 in
                 beds
                 with
                 other
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 the
                 slip
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 August
                 and
                 March
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 having
                 gotten
                 your
                 slips
                 prune
                 them
                 handsomely
                 ,
                 and
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 atop
                 of
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 a
                 borders
                 side
                 ,
                 watering
                 of
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 ten
                 moneths
                 if
                 the
                 season
                 should
                 be
                 dry
                 ,
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 rooted
                 and
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 flower
                 not
                 that
                 year
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bell-Flowers
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 white
                 and
                 a
                 blew
                 ,
                 they
                 differ
                 not
                 much
                 one
                 
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 in
                 nature
                 ,
                 therefore
                 the
                 directions
                 of
                 one
                 will
                 serve
                 for
                 both
                 :
                 first
                 I
                 'le
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 description
                 ;
                 they
                 spring
                 up
                 with
                 branches
                 like
                 Safforn-Crocus
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 January
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 weather
                 be
                 not
                 too
                 much
                 unseasonable
                 ,
                 and
                 flower
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 in
                 shape
                 like
                 a
                 Bell
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 only
                 five
                 leaves
                 ,
                 presently
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 flowering
                 the
                 stalk
                 withereth
                 and
                 beareth
                 no
                 seed
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 root
                 remains
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 alwayes
                 and
                 springeth
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 Flower
                 numbred
                 amongst
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 Bullous
                 roots
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 preserving
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 nature
                 is
                 thus
                 ;
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 flowering
                 you
                 may
                 transplant
                 the
                 root
                 into
                 new
                 places
                 ,
                 or
                 set
                 them
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 old
                 ;
                 or
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 them
                 not
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 send
                 for
                 the
                 root
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 proper
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 is
                 in
                 your
                 intervails
                 of
                 herball
                 or
                 out-borders
                 of
                 Grass-work
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 make
                 holes
                 in
                 your
                 ground
                 with
                 a
                 diber
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 asunder
                 ,
                 put
                 in
                 each
                 hole
                 a
                 root
                 ,
                 be
                 sure
                 you
                 make
                 not
                 your
                 holes
                 too
                 deep
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 it
                 will
                 keep
                 back
                 the
                 Flower
                 from
                 coming
                 early
                 ,
                 it
                 lying
                 so
                 low
                 and
                 so
                 cold
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 you
                 may
                 get
                 them
                 early
                 by
                 putting
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 boxes
                 and
                 housing
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 lastly
                 take
                 notice
                 that
                 you
                 must
                 replant
                 them
                 every
                 two
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 roots
                 will
                 grow
                 thick
                 and
                 the
                 Flower
                 will
                 be
                 small
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Crows-foot
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 single
                 and
                 double
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 distinct
                 colours
                 ,
                 as
                 
                 white
                 ,
                 red
                 and
                 purple
                 ,
                 the
                 double
                 sort
                 beareth
                 a
                 Flower
                 something
                 like
                 the
                 double
                 stock-Gilliflower
                 in
                 bigness
                 ,
                 set
                 with
                 many
                 leaves
                 like
                 the
                 inner
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Emrose
                 ,
                 it
                 spreadeth
                 with
                 many
                 stalks
                 of
                 two
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 dark
                 green
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 shaped
                 like
                 the
                 Vine
                 leaves
                 with
                 a
                 weak
                 stalk
                 ,
                 it
                 flowereth
                 in
                 July
                 and
                 August
                 ,
                 and
                 beareth
                 its
                 seed
                 a
                 little
                 after
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 chiefest
                 way
                 of
                 propagating
                 this
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Moneths
                 March
                 or
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 slip
                 is
                 taken
                 partly
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 branch
                 dyeth
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 slip
                 of
                 such
                 branches
                 will
                 not
                 take
                 root
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 describe
                 every
                 particular
                 in
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 places
                 fit
                 for
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 borders
                 next
                 the
                 walks
                 in
                 your
                 Garden
                 at
                 a
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 
                 for
                 they
                 spread
                 very
                 much
                 :
                 you
                 must
                 save
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 or
                 take
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 slips
                 and
                 set
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 'le
                 stay
                 with
                 you
                 but
                 two
                 years
                 ,
                 then
                 he
                 dyeth
                 ;
                 you
                 may
                 raise
                 it
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 also
                 even
                 as
                 you
                 do
                 any
                 other
                 ordinary
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 'le
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Crokus
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 these
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 sorts
                 ,
                 the
                 striped
                 Crokus
                 and
                 the
                 Safforn
                 Crokus
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 both
                 winter
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 
                 flower
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 February
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 very
                 pretty
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 are
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 describe
                 them
                 ,
                 only
                 I
                 'le
                 tell
                 you
                 what
                 properties
                 they
                 have
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 said
                 that
                 all
                 Herbs
                 and
                 Flowers
                 bear
                 seed
                 ,
                 this
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 find
                 to
                 bear
                 any
                 ,
                 for
                 flower
                 ,
                 stalk
                 and
                 branches
                 soon
                 vanish
                 after
                 their
                 first
                 appearing
                 ,
                 nothing
                 remaineth
                 but
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 root
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 took
                 up
                 presently
                 after
                 he
                 is
                 flowered
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 taken
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 reserve
                 the
                 suckers
                 by
                 themselves
                 and
                 the
                 bearers
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 box
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 earth
                 a
                 Moneth
                 or
                 two
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 and
                 plant
                 them
                 at
                 your
                 leisure
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 manner
                 and
                 place
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 the
                 properest
                 place
                 to
                 plant
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 borders
                 where
                 Tulips
                 are
                 planted
                 ,
                 between
                 every
                 Tulip-root
                 you
                 shall
                 set
                 a
                 Crokus-root
                 ,
                 at
                 what
                 time
                 the
                 Crokus
                 hath
                 done
                 flowering
                 a
                 little
                 after
                 the
                 Tulips
                 will
                 begin
                 ;
                 we
                 usually
                 take
                 up
                 Crokus
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 Tulips
                 every
                 other
                 year
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 lye
                 too
                 deep
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 'le
                 run
                 downwards
                 and
                 encrease
                 with
                 so
                 many
                 suckers
                 that
                 they
                 'le
                 be
                 hindered
                 of
                 their
                 large
                 growth
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 having
                 too
                 many
                 suckers
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 lying
                 so
                 deep
                 in
                 the
                 cold
                 earth
                 ,
                 they
                 'le
                 be
                 hindered
                 of
                 their
                 early
                 flowering
                 ,
                 for
                 these
                 reasons
                 we
                 transplant
                 them
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 every
                 other
                 year
                 :
                 from
                 the
                 Qualon-Crokus
                 you
                 may
                 save
                 Safforn
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Some
                 may
                 enquire
                 for
                 experiment
                 of
                 moloration
                 in
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 plant
                 ,
                 in
                 ingemination
                 there
                 can
                 be
                 none
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 out
                 of
                 mans
                 element
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 produced
                 of
                 seed
                 ,
                 but
                 encrease
                 of
                 themselves
                 by
                 the
                 root
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 :
                 now
                 if
                 any
                 man
                 should
                 desire
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 a
                 vanity
                 ,
                 for
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 devise
                 more
                 rarity
                 of
                 colours
                 than
                 nature
                 doth
                 bestow
                 in
                 flowers
                 ;
                 but
                 for
                 promoting
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 which
                 springeth
                 of
                 a
                 bullous-root
                 ,
                 take
                 these
                 observations
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 fill
                 some
                 boxes
                 of
                 the
                 finest
                 mould
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 dry
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 then
                 put
                 it
                 into
                 boxes
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 these
                 boxes
                 in
                 some
                 garret
                 ,
                 or
                 room
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 may
                 have
                 the
                 Sunne
                 and
                 Wind
                 ,
                 but
                 no
                 rain
                 come
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 have
                 so
                 much
                 patience
                 as
                 to
                 let
                 it
                 stand
                 for
                 a
                 twelve
                 moneth
                 ,
                 then
                 get
                 Sheeps-bloud
                 ,
                 the
                 juyce
                 of
                 a
                 Laren
                 ,
                 Camomile
                 ,
                 Mallows
                 and
                 Lapeons
                 tails
                 ,
                 mix
                 these
                 juices
                 and
                 Sheeps-bloud
                 together
                 ,
                 then
                 water
                 this
                 dry
                 earth
                 with
                 this
                 substance
                 ,
                 then
                 take
                 your
                 Bullous-roots
                 ,
                 as
                 crotus
                 Tulips
                 ,
                 crown
                 Imperials
                 ,
                 Lillies
                 ,
                 Snow-drops
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 then
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 these
                 boxes
                 at
                 the
                 times
                 and
                 seasons
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 directed
                 you
                 formerly
                 ,
                 and
                 anoint
                 the
                 roots
                 with
                 this
                 substance
                 at
                 their
                 planting
                 ,
                 water
                 them
                 continually
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 have
                 no
                 rain
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 kind
                 of
                 water
                 else
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 this
                 ;
                 besure
                 they
                 have
                 Sunne
                 ,
                 Wind
                 and
                 Air
                 enough
                 ,
                 for
                 otherwise
                 your
                 flowers
                 will
                 corrupt
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 your
                 flowers
                 will
                 spring
                 out
                 of
                 an
                 exceeding
                 large
                 growth
                 ,
                 and
                 produce
                 them
                 very
                 early
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 can
                 positively
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 make
                 them
                 differ
                 from
                 what
                 they
                 were
                 formerly
                 .
                 So
                 much
                 for
                 that
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Crains-Bill
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 flower
                 of
                 a
                 Bullous-root
                 about
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 the
                 top
                 
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 thumb
                 ,
                 long
                 and
                 flat
                 ,
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 rising
                 with
                 branches
                 like
                 great
                 rushes
                 spreading
                 every
                 way
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 stalk
                 rising
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 ,
                 whereon
                 groweth
                 the
                 flower
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 small
                 long
                 leaves
                 ,
                 hanging
                 down
                 of
                 his
                 head
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 flower
                 of
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 being
                 once
                 planted
                 in
                 a
                 ground
                 ,
                 there
                 it
                 remains
                 :
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 worth
                 my
                 labour
                 to
                 describe
                 every
                 particular
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 to
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 or
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 in
                 some
                 out-border
                 in
                 a
                 physical
                 or
                 a
                 kitchin-garden
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 but
                 kept
                 clean
                 from
                 hurtfull
                 weeds
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 flower
                 yearly
                 and
                 increase
                 ,
                 so
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 more
                 ground
                 with
                 the
                 suckers
                 ,
                 or
                 pleasure
                 your
                 friend
                 with
                 them
                 .
              
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
             
               
               
                 Cullenbines
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 speckled
                 Cullenbine
                 and
                 the
                 purple
                 Cullenbine
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 white
                 and
                 the
                 blew
                 :
                 and
                 many
                 other
                 mixt
                 colours
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 name
                 .
                 The
                 branches
                 of
                 Cullenbines
                 die
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 root
                 springeth
                 again
                 ;
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 for
                 good
                 use
                 for
                 pot-herbs
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 physical
                 uses
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 in
                 Herbals
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 this
                 flower
                 doth
                 ripen
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 let
                 it
                 shed
                 of
                 it self
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 spring
                 up
                 again
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 earth
                 be
                 cleansed
                 from
                 weeds
                 ;
                 so
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 once
                 ,
                 soon
                 the
                 falling
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 keepeth
                 the
                 Garden
                 replenisht
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 old
                 stock
                 dieth
                 standing
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 years
                 :
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 sowing
                 of
                 these
                 is
                 chiefly
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 flower
                 timely
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 some
                 borders
                 ,
                 next
                 a
                 privy
                 walk
                 ;
                 be
                 sure
                 you
                 let
                 them
                 not
                 stand
                 too
                 thick
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 small
                 and
                 single
                 ;
                 let
                 them
                 be
                 cleansed
                 from
                 weeds
                 .
                 Thus
                 much
                 may
                 serve
                 for
                 the
                 ordinary
                 sort
                 of
                 Cullenbines
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 more
                 tenderer
                 sort
                 ,
                 which
                 we
                 call
                 the
                 thrice
                 double
                 converted
                 Cullenbine
                 ;
                 these
                 are
                 not
                 much
                 unlike
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 they
                 are
                 much
                 larger
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 exceeding
                 the
                 other
                 in
                 orient
                 colour
                 ;
                 these
                 flower
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 the
                 other
                 do
                 ,
                 they
                 seldom
                 bear
                 seed
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 can
                 procure
                 either
                 seed
                 or
                 slip
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 order
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 followeth
                 :
              
               
                 Prepare
                 some
                 fine
                 boxes
                 of
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 therein
                 sow
                 your
                 seed
                 ,
                 or
                 set
                 your
                 slip
                 ,
                 having
                 a
                 diligent
                 care
                 over
                 them
                 afterward
                 :
                 by
                 watering
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 and
                 transplanting
                 of
                 the
                 seedlings
                 ,
                 sheltering
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 :
                 I
                 cannot
                 stand
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 every
                 particular
                 ;
                 there
                 may
                 be
                 many
                 means
                 used
                 to
                 set
                 forward
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 no
                 way
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 form
                 ,
                 setting
                 forward
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 watery
                 substance
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 speak
                 of
                 here
                 ,
                 but
                 refer
                 it
                 to
                 that
                 place
                 where
                 I
                 treat
                 concerning
                 Cornation
                 Gilli-flowers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Crown-Imperial
                 .
              
               
                 Crown-Imperial
                 ,
                 or
                 Imperial-Crown
                 ,
                 counted
                 the
                 worthiest
                 of
                 Spring-flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 flowreth
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 
                 April
                 ;
                 now
                 understand
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 sorts
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 great
                 Imperial
                 ,
                 the
                 Italian
                 Imperial
                 :
                 they
                 differ
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 know
                 one
                 you
                 may
                 know
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
               
                 Imperials
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 coming
                 up
                 are
                 so
                 like
                 Lillies
                 that
                 they
                 
                 have
                 been
                 took
                 for
                 Lillies
                 by
                 some
                 ;
                 they
                 rise
                 to
                 three
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 very
                 top
                 shouteth
                 out
                 six
                 flowers
                 ,
                 hanging
                 directly
                 downward
                 ,
                 above
                 them
                 rises
                 sharp
                 leaves
                 ,
                 eight
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 sharp
                 and
                 small
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 handfull
                 long
                 ,
                 standing
                 directly
                 upright
                 ,
                 which
                 resembleth
                 an
                 Imperial-Crown
                 :
                 this
                 flower
                 keepeth
                 fresh
                 three
                 weeks
                 off
                 the
                 stalk
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 flower
                 standeth
                 six
                 blewish
                 pearls
                 ;
                 the
                 stalk
                 of
                 this
                 flower
                 perisheth
                 every
                 year
                 after
                 it
                 hath
                 born
                 its
                 seed
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 about
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 the
                 root
                 remaineth
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 a
                 mans
                 fist
                 ,
                 yellow
                 and
                 round
                 ,
                 it
                 stinketh
                 mightily
                 :
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 give
                 you
                 any
                 farther
                 description
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 either
                 by
                 seed
                 or
                 slip
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 The
                 seed
                 that
                 is
                 raised
                 as
                 are
                 Tulips
                 (
                 of
                 which
                 I
                 treat
                 hereafter
                 )
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 and
                 place
                 setting
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 is
                 presently
                 after
                 his
                 flowering
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 them
                 not
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 procure
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 your
                 borders
                 with
                 your
                 Tulips
                 ,
                 betwixt
                 every
                 Tulip
                 an
                 Imperial
                 root
                 ,
                 so
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 your
                 Imperials
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 ,
                 your
                 Tulips
                 will
                 begin
                 ,
                 so
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 your
                 borders
                 to
                 flourish
                 all
                 the
                 Spring
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 troublesome
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 the
                 Imperial-roots
                 must
                 be
                 removed
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 suckers
                 took
                 from
                 the
                 old
                 mother
                 ,
                 and
                 planted
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 by
                 themselves
                 at
                 a
                 handfull
                 distance
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 you
                 may
                 replant
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 borders
                 amongst
                 your
                 bearers
                 ,
                 they
                 flower
                 the
                 second
                 year
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 To
                 produce
                 any
                 thing
                 by
                 Art
                 from
                 this
                 flower
                 contrary
                 to
                 Nature
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 upon
                 any
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 upon
                 this
                 ;
                 for
                 you
                 may
                 take
                 the
                 root
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 for
                 a
                 moneths
                 space
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 time
                 you
                 may
                 water
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 anoint
                 it
                 with
                 such
                 contrary
                 colours
                 as
                 you
                 desire
                 most
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 flower
                 of
                 ,
                 then
                 this
                 root
                 is
                 forc'd
                 to
                 participate
                 this
                 watery
                 substance
                 of
                 contrary
                 colours
                 into
                 its
                 nature
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 think
                 that
                 this
                 must
                 force
                 the
                 root
                 to
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 flower
                 
                 like
                 those
                 colours
                 ,
                 like
                 that
                 substance
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 watered
                 with
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 of
                 that
                 judgement
                 ;
                 yet
                 some
                 alteration
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 according
                 to
                 mans
                 expectation
                 ;
                 for
                 sow
                 a
                 Turnip
                 in
                 a
                 sandy
                 ground
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 that
                 which
                 his
                 nature
                 requires
                 ,
                 and
                 sow
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 rankest
                 ground
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Turnip
                 still
                 :
                 so
                 Imperial
                 roots
                 being
                 set
                 in
                 these
                 substances
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 an
                 Imperial
                 still
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 they
                 are
                 but
                 conceits
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 experiments
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 can
                 affirm
                 for
                 truth
                 ;
                 yet
                 some
                 alterations
                 will
                 be
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 times
                 contrary
                 to
                 what
                 a
                 man
                 doth
                 expect
                 ,
                 every
                 seed
                 will
                 spring
                 up
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 like
                 of
                 his
                 mother
                 ,
                 yet
                 some
                 difference
                 may
                 be
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 forme
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 Physiognomy
                 of
                 a
                 brother
                 may
                 differ
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 as
                 man
                 pleaseth
                 .
                 Let
                 this
                 suffice
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cornflag
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 flower
                 which
                 springeth
                 of
                 a
                 bullous-root
                 ,
                 rising
                 with
                 many
                 leaves
                 two
                 foot
                 high
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 sword
                 ,
                 in
                 
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 those
                 rise
                 in
                 the
                 branch
                 with
                 shorter
                 leaves
                 ,
                 one
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 forme
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 this
                 beareth
                 a
                 flower
                 resembling
                 the
                 Flowerdeluce
                 in
                 shape
                 ,
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 six
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 leaf
                 is
                 of
                 three
                 fingers
                 breadth
                 ,
                 purple
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 and
                 blew
                 towards
                 the
                 bottome
                 ;
                 this
                 flower
                 is
                 in
                 his
                 prime
                 in
                 May
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 in
                 June
                 ,
                 then
                 dieth
                 the
                 branch
                 ,
                 the
                 root
                 remaineth
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 springeth
                 yearly
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 ordering
                 of
                 them
                 I
                 shall
                 set
                 down
                 in
                 few
                 words
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 If
                 you
                 have
                 them
                 not
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 procure
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 the
                 moneth
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 shall
                 sow
                 it
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 Prepare
                 a
                 border
                 of
                 good
                 mould
                 under
                 some
                 wall
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 sheltered
                 from
                 the
                 cold
                 Winter
                 ,
                 your
                 bed
                 being
                 finely
                 raked
                 ,
                 cast
                 your
                 seed
                 on
                 it
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 thickness
                 ,
                 as
                 reason
                 shall
                 best
                 direct
                 you
                 ,
                 then
                 riddle
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 fine
                 mould
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 upon
                 these
                 seeds
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 covered
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 deep
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 your
                 seed
                 spring
                 up
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 three
                 weeks
                 after
                 with
                 a
                 single
                 blade
                 ,
                 shelter
                 these
                 all
                 the
                 Winter
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 March
                 replant
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 out-borders
                 of
                 your
                 garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 at
                 a
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 one
                 range
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 the
                 second
                 year
                 they
                 will
                 
                 flower
                 :
                 the
                 fourth
                 year
                 you
                 shall
                 replant
                 them
                 again
                 ,
                 for
                 otherwise
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 so
                 thick
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 spoil
                 their
                 flowering
                 :
                 and
                 for
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 take
                 slips
                 which
                 are
                 took
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 in
                 the
                 moneth
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 one
                 chase
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 seedlings
                 .
                 Thus
                 much
                 for
                 our
                 
                   English
                   Corn-flag
                
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 also
                 the
                 Indean
                 Corn-flag
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 statelier
                 growth
                 ,
                 a
                 curiouser
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 tenderer
                 in
                 nature
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 flowereth
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 times
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 sown
                 and
                 planted
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 seasons
                 as
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 only
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 more
                 care
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 root
                 or
                 branch
                 will
                 not
                 endure
                 the
                 cold
                 Winter
                 ,
                 therefore
                 we
                 sow
                 it
                 in
                 boxes
                 ,
                 transplant
                 it
                 into
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 putting
                 these
                 boxes
                 into
                 houses
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 ,
                 giving
                 of
                 them
                 air
                 in
                 seasonable
                 dayes
                 ,
                 we
                 raise
                 and
                 preserve
                 this
                 Italian
                 Corn-flag
                 :
                 now
                 concerning
                 any
                 experiment
                 of
                 alteration
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 could
                 find
                 any
                 man
                 of
                 such
                 an
                 ambitious
                 desire
                 as
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 the
                 setting
                 forward
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 water
                 it
                 with
                 such
                 a
                 water
                 wherein
                 hath
                 been
                 Sheeps-dung
                 and
                 Pigeons-dung
                 :
                 So
                 I
                 cease
                 and
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 worthiest
                 of
                 flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 is
              
            
             
               
                 Cornation
                 Gilliflowers
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Gilliflowers
                 there
                 are
                 divers
                 kinds
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Cornation-Gilliflower
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 Clove-gilliflower
                 ,
                 the
                 Wall-Gilliflower
                 ;
                 these
                 I
                 shall
                 referre
                 to
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 speak
                 here
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 Cornation-Gilliflower
                 ,
                 which
                 for
                 beauty
                 and
                 delicious
                 smels
                 ,
                 and
                 excellent
                 properties
                 deserves
                 letters
                 of
                 gold
                 .
                 I
                 wonder
                 that
                 Solomon
                 did
                 not
                 write
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 compared
                 his
                 Spouse
                 to
                 
                   the
                   Lilly
                   of
                   the
                   valley
                
                 :
                 but
                 whether
                 there
                 were
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 flowers
                 in
                 those
                 dayes
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 those
                 places
                 we
                 will
                 not
                 enquire
                 ,
                 but
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 flower
                 it self
                 .
                 To
                 give
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 it
                 were
                 vanity
                 ,
                 being
                 so
                 generally
                 known
                 by
                 every
                 one
                 ,
                 yet
                 few
                 know
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 speak
                 of
                 the
                 titles
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 only
                 tituled
                 and
                 distinguished
                 by
                 their
                 colours
                 ,
                 
                 chiefly
                 thus
                 ;
                 the
                 Crystaline
                 ,
                 the
                 Granado
                 ,
                 the
                 fair
                 maid
                 of
                 Kent
                 ,
                 the
                 Fools-coat
                 ,
                 the
                 Dover
                 ,
                 the
                 Bandeleer
                 ,
                 the
                 mixt
                 Clove
                 ,
                 the
                 painted
                 Lady
                 ,
                 the
                 old
                 Mans
                 Head
                 ,
                 the
                 London-white
                 
                 the
                 Emperors-robes
                 ,
                 the
                 Patern
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 the
                 Scarlet
                 ,
                 the
                 Wine-colour
                 ,
                 the
                 Widdow
                 ,
                 the
                 Peach-colour
                 ,
                 the
                 Purple
                 :
                 these
                 and
                 all
                 these
                 are
                 intermixt
                 ,
                 which
                 doth
                 make
                 so
                 many
                 mixt
                 colours
                 that
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 name
                 ,
                 but
                 will
                 proceed
                 to
                 sowing
                 ,
                 planting
                 and
                 replanting
                 .
                 First
                 ,
                 Of
                 these
                 I
                 'll
                 begin
                 with
                 sowing
                 ,
                 and
                 therein
                 are
                 matters
                 of
                 consequence
                 ;
                 first
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 have
                 plenty
                 and
                 store
                 of
                 these
                 flowers
                 ;
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 chiefest
                 art
                 in
                 the
                 practice
                 indoubling
                 and
                 redoubling
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 you
                 ought
                 to
                 consider
                 what
                 ground
                 is
                 
                 fit
                 for
                 them
                 ;
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 a
                 well
                 tempered
                 ground
                 ,
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 too
                 rank
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 warmed
                 by
                 the
                 reflection
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 :
                 the
                 place
                 appointed
                 ,
                 dig
                 it
                 and
                 cleanse
                 it
                 from
                 stones
                 ,
                 then
                 lay
                 it
                 out
                 into
                 small
                 beds
                 of
                 two
                 foot
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 in
                 breadth
                 ,
                 then
                 rake
                 them
                 finely
                 ,
                 take
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 seed
                 and
                 sow
                 it
                 of
                 a
                 thickness
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 think
                 best
                 ,
                 then
                 get
                 a
                 little
                 fine
                 mould
                 and
                 riddle
                 through
                 a
                 riddle
                 ,
                 cover
                 these
                 seeds
                 with
                 it
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 three
                 quarters
                 of
                 an
                 inch
                 thick
                 ;
                 these
                 seeds
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 the
                 sixteenth
                 day
                 with
                 two
                 spindles
                 like
                 grasse
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 have
                 shown
                 you
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 now
                 you
                 must
                 consider
                 the
                 times
                 and
                 the
                 seasons
                 for
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 season
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 full
                 Moon
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                 first
                 full
                 Moon
                 in
                 May
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 observe
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 sown
                 in
                 April
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 watered
                 in
                 the
                 dry
                 weather
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 full
                 Moon
                 of
                 August
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 replanted
                 to
                 a
                 better
                 earth
                 in
                 some
                 border
                 by
                 a
                 wall-side
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 sheltered
                 from
                 the
                 cold
                 the
                 Winter
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 done
                 thus
                 ;
                 when
                 your
                 border
                 is
                 digged
                 and
                 evenly
                 raked
                 ,
                 then
                 go
                 to
                 your
                 place
                 where
                 your
                 seedlings
                 grew
                 ,
                 then
                 take
                 them
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 setting
                 stick
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 fittest
                 instrument
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ;
                 so
                 done
                 ,
                 prune
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 the
                 superfluous
                 grosse
                 top
                 blades
                 ,
                 slipping
                 off
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 under
                 blades
                 ,
                 then
                 go
                 to
                 your
                 place
                 ,
                 as
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ;
                 and
                 by
                 a
                 direct
                 line
                 set
                 the
                 one
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 six
                 inches
                 distance
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 while
                 the
                 next
                 March
                 ,
                 covering
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 a
                 nights
                 then
                 
                 in
                 March
                 you
                 may
                 remove
                 them
                 into
                 knots
                 or
                 pots
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 proper
                 place
                 where
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 ,
                 or
                 shall
                 stand
                 for
                 the
                 beauty
                 of
                 your
                 Garden
                 ;
                 these
                 plants
                 being
                 set
                 in
                 a
                 better
                 mould
                 than
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 diligently
                 watered
                 ,
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 by
                 the
                 next
                 July
                 following
                 .
                 Thus
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 seedlings
                 sown
                 in
                 August
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 sown
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 being
                 ordered
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 preserved
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 care
                 ,
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 the
                 second
                 Summer
                 .
              
               
                 Next
                 for
                 the
                 setting
                 of
                 the
                 slips
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 
                 
                   May
                   ,
                   June
                
                 and
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 being
                 three
                 dayes
                 before
                 the
                 full
                 ;
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ,
                 we
                 go
                 to
                 such
                 stocks
                 ,
                 and
                 slip
                 off
                 such
                 slips
                 as
                 we
                 can
                 conveniently
                 ;
                 these
                 slips
                 we
                 clip
                 off
                 the
                 tops
                 praise
                 with
                 a
                 knife
                 ,
                 and
                 under
                 we
                 slip
                 quite
                 off
                 ,
                 then
                 slitting
                 the
                 lower
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 that
                 we
                 put
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 seedlings
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 hand-breadth
                 asunder
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 Spring
                 or
                 fall
                 following
                 transplant
                 them
                 into
                 borders
                 ,
                 three
                 chase
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 at
                 a
                 foot
                 difference
                 .
                 Thus
                 farre
                 of
                 the
                 ordinary
                 means
                 for
                 ordering
                 of
                 the
                 common
                 sort
                 of
                 Cornation-Gilliflowers
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 followeth
                 extraordinary
                 means
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 the
                 rarest
                 sort
                 of
                 these
                 flowers
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 answers
                 to
                 such
                 vain
                 opinions
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 men
                 affirm
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 by
                 words
                 ,
                 but
                 never
                 proved
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 by
                 actions
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 For
                 altering
                 the
                 colour
                 by
                 incisions
                 ;
                 it
                 hath
                 been
                 
                 given
                 out
                 by
                 some
                 that
                 Aris
                 ,
                 and
                 Bisse
                 ,
                 and
                 Verdigrease
                 ;
                 these
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 may
                 be
                 dissolved
                 betwixt
                 the
                 bark
                 and
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 Cornation
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 these
                 mixt
                 colours
                 will
                 cause
                 a
                 mixture
                 in
                 the
                 flower
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 answer
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 will
                 never
                 cause
                 the
                 effect
                 ,
                 upon
                 several
                 trials
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 made
                 ;
                 for
                 any
                 thing
                 dissolved
                 betwixt
                 the
                 bark
                 and
                 wood
                 of
                 a
                 tree
                 ,
                 causeth
                 that
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 bark
                 to
                 die
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 stronger
                 nature
                 than
                 any
                 flower
                 whatsoever
                 :
                 I
                 could
                 shew
                 you
                 many
                 more
                 of
                 these
                 arguments
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 will
                 only
                 propound
                 this
                 one
                 Question
                 to
                 you
                 :
                 Do
                 you
                 think
                 that
                 you
                 can
                 any
                 way
                 give
                 sullenance
                 either
                 to
                 man
                 or
                 beast
                 ,
                 any
                 way
                 but
                 at
                 the
                 mouth
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 concoctedin
                 the
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 dissolved
                 into
                 the
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 ?
                 Nothing
                 can
                 be
                 applied
                 to
                 any
                 
                 part
                 of
                 man
                 to
                 cause
                 it
                 to
                 grow
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 :
                 in
                 like
                 case
                 it
                 is
                 with
                 flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 root
                 is
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 sustenance
                 must
                 be
                 had
                 for
                 the
                 maintaining
                 of
                 the
                 branch
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 any
                 alteration
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 ,
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 a
                 watery
                 substance
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 to
                 the
                 branch
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 Aris
                 nor
                 Bis
                 that
                 the
                 plant
                 will
                 participate
                 of
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 the
                 corruption
                 of
                 itself
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 corruption
                 of
                 some
                 other
                 :
                 Now
                 I
                 will
                 instance
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 viz.
                 I
                 took
                 Camomil
                 ,
                 Valaren
                 ,
                 Flag-roots
                 ,
                 Solendine-leaves
                 ,
                 these
                 beaten
                 together
                 into
                 a
                 salve
                 ,
                 and
                 applied
                 to
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 the
                 flowers
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 planted
                 or
                 removed
                 ,
                 and
                 watering
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 hath
                 propagated
                 the
                 flower
                 in
                 bigness
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 made
                 it
                 as
                 big
                 again
                 as
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 ordinary
                 natural
                 flowers
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 find
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 alter
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 them
                 will
                 alter
                 that
                 are
                 thus
                 ordered
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 alteration
                 or
                 mixtures
                 of
                 colours
                 is
                 a
                 law
                 in
                 nature
                 more
                 than
                 experiment
                 in
                 art
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 There
                 have
                 been
                 certain
                 wayes
                 given
                 for
                 grafting
                 and
                 inoculating
                 of
                 these
                 flowers
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 I
                 wonder
                 whether
                 they
                 mean
                 the
                 root
                 or
                 the
                 branch
                 ;
                 if
                 inoculating
                 in
                 the
                 branch
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 bud
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 inoculate
                 without
                 a
                 bud
                 that
                 is
                 impossible
                 to
                 me
                 :
                 now
                 we
                 'll
                 enquire
                 about
                 their
                 grafting
                 ,
                 what
                 manner
                 of
                 grafting
                 they
                 did
                 mean
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 clift-grafting
                 ,
                 or
                 whip
                 grafting
                 ,
                 or
                 grafting
                 betwixt
                 the
                 bark
                 and
                 the
                 wood
                 ?
                 If
                 they
                 meant
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 or
                 all
                 these
                 ;
                 if
                 clift-grafting
                 ,
                 I
                 could
                 never
                 get
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 as
                 a
                 science
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 more
                 strange
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 what
                 grafting
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 is
                 by
                 addition
                 ,
                 grafting
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 addition
                 grafting
                 is
                 done
                 thus
                 ;
                 take
                 two
                 young
                 plants
                 of
                 four
                 moneths
                 growth
                 ,
                 take
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 alike
                 ,
                 then
                 join
                 them
                 artificially
                 together
                 ,
                 then
                 bind
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 soft
                 flax
                 ,
                 and
                 anoint
                 it
                 with
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 Valeran
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 healing
                 nature
                 ,
                 then
                 commit
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 those
                 will
                 incorporate
                 into
                 one
                 body
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 very
                 large
                 flower
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 both
                 of
                 one
                 kind
                 ;
                 if
                 of
                 two
                 several
                 kinds
                 ,
                 then
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 two
                 several
                 kinds
                 of
                 one
                 stock
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 rare
                 ;
                 but
                 some
                 have
                 told
                 me
                 this
                 will
                 make
                 a
                 mixt
                 colour
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 could
                 not
                 give
                 any
                 credit
                 to
                 their
                 
                 words
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 believe
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 why
                 ,
                 each
                 of
                 them
                 keeps
                 their
                 own
                 nature
                 :
                 For
                 example
                 ,
                 the
                 least
                 bud
                 of
                 an
                 Apricock
                 inoculated
                 upon
                 a
                 plum-stock
                 ,
                 keepeth
                 his
                 own
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 bringeth
                 forth
                 an
                 Apricock
                 ,
                 then
                 of
                 necessity
                 we
                 must
                 needs
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 this
                 keep
                 his
                 nature
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 substance
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Gilliflower
                 grafted
                 (
                 as
                 before
                 spoken
                 of
                 )
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 body
                 and
                 substance
                 ,
                 must
                 needs
                 bring
                 forth
                 flowers
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 kinds
                 .
                 I
                 can
                 keep
                 you
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 upon
                 these
                 like
                 things
                 ,
                 but
                 so
                 much
                 for
                 this
                 point
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 for
                 altering
                 the
                 sent
                 of
                 these
                 flowers
                 ,
                 there
                 be
                 divers
                 
                 things
                 they
                 say
                 will
                 cause
                 this
                 effect
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 think
                 altogether
                 needlesse
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 passing
                 smell
                 of
                 it self
                 ;
                 therefore
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 any
                 desire
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 what
                 Authors
                 have
                 said
                 for
                 altering
                 of
                 the
                 sent
                 of
                 flowers
                 ,
                 make
                 trial
                 upon
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 sent
                 ,
                 as
                 Fowerdeluces
                 ,
                 Scarlet-beans
                 ,
                 Emrose
                 or
                 Tulips
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 flowers
                 that
                 Ladies
                 love
                 to
                 have
                 so
                 nigh
                 their
                 noses
                 ,
                 which
                 have
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 sent
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 rare
                 art
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 sent
                 ,
                 as
                 Authors
                 say
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 wonder
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 alter
                 the
                 sent
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 produce
                 some
                 of
                 those
                 flowers
                 ;
                 now
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 experiment
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 tell
                 you
                 what
                 will
                 follow
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 lose
                 your
                 labour
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 give
                 you
                 my
                 reason
                 ;
                 the
                 sweetest
                 and
                 lushiousest
                 meat
                 turns
                 into
                 the
                 foulest
                 and
                 stinkingst
                 excrement
                 ;
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 with
                 these
                 infusions
                 and
                 molerations
                 which
                 man
                 doth
                 imagine
                 may
                 infuse
                 a
                 sweetnesse
                 to
                 any
                 flower
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 flower
                 doth
                 not
                 draw
                 the
                 substance
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 but
                 converts
                 it
                 into
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 and
                 intercisial
                 form
                 that
                 it
                 hath
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Here
                   followeth
                   some
                   directions
                   for
                   the
                   preservation
                   of
                   your
                   choisest
                
                 
                 Gilliflowers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   1.
                   
                   Observe
                   that
                   they
                   have
                   good
                   mould
                   .
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   That
                   they
                   have
                   pots
                   .
                
                 
                   3.
                   
                   That
                   they
                   have
                   cradles
                   .
                
                 
                   4.
                   
                   That
                   they
                   be
                   not
                   kanker-eaten
                   .
                
                 
                   5.
                   
                   That
                   they
                   be
                   not
                   bound
                   too
                   hard
                   in
                   the
                   mould
                   .
                
                 
                   6.
                   
                   You
                   must
                   observe
                   you
                   let
                   not
                   too
                   many
                   flowers
                   grow
                   upon
                   a
                   stalk
                   .
                
                 
                   7.
                   
                   That
                   they
                   be
                   housed
                   in
                   the
                   Winter
                   .
                
                 
                   8.
                   
                   That
                   you
                   get
                   layers
                   .
                
              
               
               
                 1.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 understand
                 that
                 every
                 thing
                 bringeth
                 forth
                 fruit
                 according
                 to
                 its
                 mother
                 ;
                 the
                 mother
                 here
                 is
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 therefore
                 if
                 poor
                 earth
                 then
                 poor
                 flowers
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 second
                 ,
                 Pots
                 are
                 necessary
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 hurtfull
                 worms
                 from
                 the
                 roots
                 ,
                 and
                 sheltering
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 storms
                 in
                 the
                 cold
                 weather
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 too
                 much
                 moisture
                 and
                 too
                 much
                 drithe
                 ,
                 for
                 too
                 much
                 wet
                 doth
                 keep
                 the
                 plant
                 cold
                 ,
                 and
                 too
                 much
                 drithe
                 doth
                 famish
                 the
                 plant
                 :
                 now
                 these
                 pots
                 do
                 preserve
                 them
                 from
                 both
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 are
                 made
                 of
                 a
                 stately
                 fashion
                 they
                 do
                 beautifie
                 the
                 Garden
                 .
                 And
                 lastly
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 your
                 flowers
                 at
                 such
                 times
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 by
                 removing
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 place
                 to
                 place
                 ,
                 as
                 cannot
                 be
                 effected
                 by
                 those
                 that
                 grow
                 out
                 of
                 Pots
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 Cradles
                 are
                 necessary
                 ;
                 you
                 must
                 understand
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 wind
                 from
                 breaking
                 and
                 beating
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 and
                 fro
                 ,
                 and
                 keeping
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 uniform
                 manner
                 ;
                 these
                 cradles
                 are
                 made
                 of
                 white
                 rods
                 ,
                 six
                 standing
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 woven
                 round
                 about
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 lower
                 end
                 sharp
                 to
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 these
                 keep
                 the
                 flowers
                 up
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 If
                 flowers
                 be
                 kanker-eaten
                 it
                 will
                 destroy
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 worm
                 that
                 eateth
                 the
                 root
                 ;
                 this
                 you
                 shall
                 discern
                 by
                 the
                 branches
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 look
                 of
                 a
                 dead
                 colour
                 ,
                 then
                 search
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 found
                 this
                 kanker
                 ,
                 take
                 tarr
                 and
                 the
                 yelk
                 of
                 an
                 egg
                 ,
                 and
                 mans
                 ordure
                 ,
                 and
                 apply
                 this
                 to
                 the
                 kanker-eaten
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 will
                 cure
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 If
                 your
                 flowers
                 stand
                 too
                 long
                 unremoved
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 ground
                 stirred
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 fresh
                 mould
                 put
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 ground
                 will
                 be
                 bound
                 stiff
                 about
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 remedied
                 by
                 opening
                 the
                 earth
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 putting
                 in
                 of
                 fresh
                 mould
                 ;
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 you
                 will
                 hinder
                 it
                 more
                 than
                 farther
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 If
                 you
                 let
                 too
                 many
                 flowers
                 grow
                 upon
                 a
                 stock
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 very
                 small
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 danger
                 to
                 kill
                 the
                 stock
                 ;
                 therefore
                 you
                 must
                 when
                 you
                 see
                 there
                 is
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 flowers
                 ,
                 cut
                 the
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 away
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 preservation
                 of
                 the
                 stock
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 enlarging
                 of
                 your
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 preserving
                 of
                 seed
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 you
                 would
                 have
                 good
                 seed
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 
                 not
                 suffer
                 above
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 Flowers
                 to
                 be
                 upon
                 a
                 stock
                 ,
                 these
                 must
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 top
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 flowering
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 by
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 you
                 see
                 the
                 seed
                 black
                 in
                 the
                 cod
                 ,
                 then
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 branch
                 and
                 hang
                 it
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 till
                 it
                 be
                 thorow
                 dry
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 rub
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 this
                 seed
                 you
                 must
                 sow
                 in
                 your
                 own
                 Garden
                 for
                 two
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 you
                 must
                 change
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 your
                 Flowers
                 will
                 degenerate
                 and
                 grow
                 single
                 .
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 Housing
                 of
                 the
                 Plants
                 is
                 necessary
                 for
                 preserving
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 which
                 would
                 kill
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 getting
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 early
                 ,
                 observe
                 that
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 sun
                 and
                 air
                 on
                 such
                 dayes
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 forth
                 in
                 rainy
                 dayes
                 ,
                 for
                 rain
                 water
                 is
                 much
                 better
                 than
                 conduit
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 rain-water
                 may
                 not
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 water
                 them
                 with
                 standing
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 sure
                 that
                 they
                 have
                 it
                 often
                 ,
                 for
                 all
                 vegetable
                 creatures
                 do
                 partake
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 element
                 water
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 element
                 earth
                 ;
                 to
                 prove
                 this
                 ,
                 take
                 any
                 plant
                 and
                 burn
                 it
                 ,
                 look
                 how
                 much
                 ashes
                 so
                 much
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 which
                 vapour'd
                 away
                 was
                 a
                 watery
                 substance
                 which
                 vapoured
                 up
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 then
                 watering
                 often
                 is
                 needfull
                 .
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 Eighthly
                 ,
                 To
                 get
                 Laires
                 is
                 very
                 needfull
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 thus
                 ;
                 you
                 may
                 buy
                 small
                 pots
                 for
                 the
                 purpose
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 like
                 a
                 tunnell
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 hole
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 to
                 let
                 out
                 the
                 water
                 if
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 too
                 much
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 slit
                 of
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 these
                 pots
                 we
                 fill
                 full
                 of
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 it
                 by
                 Cornation-Gilliflowers
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 choicest
                 slips
                 that
                 we
                 can
                 see
                 in
                 at
                 the
                 slit
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 it
                 shall
                 be
                 above
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 small
                 Laire-pot
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 lower
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 pot
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 so
                 this
                 putteth
                 forth
                 root
                 ,
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 and
                 next
                 March
                 you
                 shall
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 slip
                 that
                 is
                 so
                 rooted
                 and
                 plant
                 it
                 in
                 another
                 pot
                 ,
                 that
                 Laire-pot
                 which
                 the
                 slip
                 came
                 out
                 of
                 will
                 serve
                 for
                 the
                 like
                 use
                 again
                 .
              
               
                 Further
                 queries
                 and
                 observations
                 there
                 are
                 concerning
                 producing
                 
                 of
                 these
                 Flowers
                 contrary
                 to
                 nature
                 and
                 seasons
                 :
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 first
                 dispute
                 is
                 ,
                 whether
                 Cornation
                 seed
                 bringeth
                 forth
                 a
                 single
                 Pink
                 ,
                 I
                 answer
                 some
                 do
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 do
                 not
                 ,
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 comes
                 single
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 under-seed
                 ,
                 therefore
                 if
                 there
                 were
                 diligence
                 and
                 care
                 in
                 the
                 saving
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 
                 told
                 you
                 before
                 )
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 few
                 single
                 Pinks
                 ,
                 but
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 by
                 diligence
                 replanted
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 double
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 bestow
                 the
                 pains
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 some
                 border
                 or
                 bank-side
                 ,
                 there
                 to
                 remain
                 for
                 strowing
                 Flowers
                 :
                 another
                 curiosity
                 is
                 to
                 have
                 Cornations
                 almost
                 while
                 Christmas
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 probable
                 this
                 might
                 be
                 done
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 take
                 these
                 directions
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 In
                 June
                 and
                 July
                 till
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 cut
                 away
                 all
                 such
                 buds
                 or
                 branches
                 that
                 you
                 see
                 are
                 like
                 to
                 bring
                 forth
                 a
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 let
                 such
                 as
                 will
                 spring
                 forth
                 alone
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 Michaelmas
                 these
                 will
                 be
                 budded
                 forth
                 ,
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 by
                 your
                 pot-Flowers
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 carried
                 in
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 cold
                 nights
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 set
                 into
                 a
                 room
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 abroad
                 again
                 adayes
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 the
                 buds
                 open
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 this
                 Flower
                 even
                 while
                 Christmas
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Other
                 things
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 told
                 that
                 would
                 cause
                 this
                 effect
                 ,
                 &
                 that
                 was
                 by
                 enclosing
                 the
                 Flower
                 in
                 soft
                 wax
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 they
                 begin
                 to
                 open
                 ,
                 &
                 so
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 enclosed
                 while
                 Christmas
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 winter
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 Cornation-Gilliflower
                 ,
                 then
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 )
                 take
                 off
                 your
                 wax
                 in
                 a
                 sun-shine
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 sun
                 will
                 open
                 the
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 this
                 means
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 them
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ;
                 you
                 may
                 believe
                 this
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 were
                 good
                 for
                 you
                 to
                 find
                 it
                 true
                 by
                 experience
                 ,
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 so
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 stalk
                 withereth
                 before
                 that
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 stalk
                 be
                 dead
                 the
                 Flower
                 cannot
                 be
                 alive
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 a
                 sufficient
                 reason
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 Many
                 other
                 vain
                 things
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 told
                 concerning
                 alterations
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 very
                 uncertain
                 truths
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 bestow
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 but
                 shall
                 proceed
                 with
                 laudable
                 and
                 creditable
                 and
                 profitable
                 things
                 for
                 him
                 that
                 is
                 employed
                 therein
                 :
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 intend
                 to
                 please
                 any
                 man
                 in
                 writing
                 of
                 this
                 Treatise
                 ,
                 unless
                 he
                 will
                 be
                 pleased
                 with
                 the
                 bare
                 truth
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 :
                 so
                 I
                 'le
                 speak
                 a
                 word
                 or
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 continuance
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 carefully
                 looked
                 to
                 it
                 may
                 continue
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 not
                 half
                 so
                 long
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 men
                 are
                 of
                 opinion
                 when
                 they
                 see
                 this
                 beautifull
                 Flower
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 think
                 it
                 is
                 of
                 an
                 art
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 or
                 others
                 ,
                 but
                 
                 they
                 are
                 mistaken
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 art
                 of
                 man
                 is
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 art
                 of
                 nature
                 it self
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 any
                 thing
                 be
                 not
                 used
                 in
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 
                 and
                 season
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 no
                 effect
                 ,
                 therefore
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 discovered
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 Flower
                 (
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 my
                 capacity
                 can
                 truly
                 understand
                 )
                 I
                 give
                 it
                 to
                 all
                 men
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 know
                 (
                 Reader
                 )
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 contrary
                 to
                 your
                 judgment
                 ,
                 for
                 so
                 many
                 men
                 as
                 there
                 are
                 so
                 many
                 minds
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 truth
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 here
                 set
                 down
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 dispute
                 it
                 face
                 to
                 face
                 with
                 as
                 many
                 as
                 have
                 an
                 objection
                 against
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 thing
                 more
                 I
                 give
                 you
                 and
                 then
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 :
                 if
                 you
                 
                 shall
                 have
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 Flowers
                 stolen
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 would
                 be
                 revenged
                 on
                 the
                 party
                 ,
                 or
                 would
                 put
                 a
                 jest
                 or
                 a
                 jeer
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 accomplish
                 your
                 desire
                 thus
                 ;
                 take
                 an
                 Elecompane
                 root
                 dry
                 and
                 beaten
                 to
                 powder
                 ,
                 then
                 sprinkle
                 it
                 upon
                 your
                 Gilli-flowers
                 ,
                 or
                 put
                 it
                 into
                 the
                 midst
                 ,
                 then
                 give
                 your
                 Flowers
                 to
                 the
                 party
                 that
                 you
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 revenged
                 of
                 ,
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 a
                 he
                 or
                 she
                 they
                 will
                 delight
                 in
                 smelling
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 will
                 draw
                 this
                 powder
                 into
                 their
                 nostrils
                 which
                 will
                 make
                 them
                 fall
                 a
                 sneezing
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 great
                 trouble
                 to
                 the
                 eyes
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 your
                 leave
                 will
                 make
                 the
                 tears
                 run
                 down
                 their
                 thighs
                 :
                 other
                 things
                 there
                 are
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 bought
                 at
                 the
                 Apothecaries
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 give
                 you
                 the
                 receit
                 of
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 it
                 should
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 malicious
                 mans
                 hands
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 effect
                 would
                 be
                 evil
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clove-Gilliflowers
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 differ
                 little
                 from
                 the
                 former
                 in
                 nature
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 it
                 were
                 needless
                 ,
                 I
                 'le
                 only
                 speak
                 a
                 word
                 of
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 they
                 are
                 sown
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 and
                 planted
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 as
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 they
                 grow
                 single
                 without
                 much
                 pains
                 and
                 care
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 best
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 if
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 you
                 must
                 take
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 sow
                 them
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 and
                 out
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 
                 quantity
                 of
                 seed
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 probable
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 but
                 a
                 few
                 double
                 ones
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 of
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 rate
                 that
                 they
                 commonly
                 mix
                 it
                 with
                 others
                 that
                 came
                 of
                 single
                 Pinks
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 of
                 the
                 under-seed
                 :
                 if
                 you
                 set
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 the
                 best
                 time
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 full
                 Moon
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 take
                 root
                 by
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 (
                 all
                 things
                 observed
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 ordinary
                 sort
                 of
                 Cornation-Gilliflowers
                 )
                 you
                 may
                 remove
                 them
                 in
                 
                 March
                 again
                 at
                 the
                 full
                 of
                 the
                 Moon
                 ;
                 take
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 Moon
                 is
                 of
                 great
                 force
                 ,
                 for
                 we
                 find
                 in
                 the
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 
                 
                   Moon
                   is
                   appointed
                   for
                   times
                   and
                   seasons
                   ,
                
                 and
                 I
                 observed
                 it
                 by
                 this
                 more
                 than
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 for
                 those
                 slips
                 that
                 were
                 set
                 just
                 at
                 the
                 full
                 Moon
                 were
                 so
                 great
                 that
                 they
                 brake
                 in
                 the
                 hores
                 or
                 the
                 husk
                 ,
                 and
                 these
                 are
                 as
                 bad
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 too
                 small
                 ,
                 therefore
                 set
                 them
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 dayes
                 before
                 the
                 full
                 Moon
                 :
                 it
                 will
                 take
                 up
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 time
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 every
                 particular
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 that
                 knoweth
                 how
                 to
                 order
                 Cornation-Gilliflowers
                 may
                 order
                 these
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 speak
                 something
                 to
                 the
                 worth
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 but
                 my
                 pen
                 is
                 not
                 worthy
                 to
                 subscribe
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 all
                 
                 other
                 Flowers
                 are
                 inferiour
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 preserved
                 ,
                 conserved
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 pleasant
                 syrups
                 for
                 the
                 palate
                 of
                 man.
                 Many
                 other
                 things
                 of
                 them
                 there
                 are
                 which
                 the
                 Apothecary
                 well
                 knows
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cowslips
                 .
              
               
                 Double
                 Cowslips
                 are
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 planted
                 in
                 a
                 Garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 for
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 their
                 Flowers
                 in
                 sallets
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 bedecking
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Garden
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 flower
                 early
                 when
                 other
                 Flowers
                 are
                 scarce
                 ,
                 being
                 once
                 planted
                 there
                 they
                 continue
                 alwayes
                 ;
                 they
                 never
                 bear
                 seed
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 planted
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 either
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 or
                 the
                 Fall
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 the
                 upper
                 part
                 of
                 your
                 borders
                 ,
                 
                 having
                 prepared
                 your
                 ground
                 then
                 slip
                 your
                 plants
                 into
                 as
                 many
                 slips
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 cutting
                 off
                 the
                 top
                 leaves
                 within
                 three
                 inches
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 strain
                 your
                 line
                 and
                 prick
                 them
                 in
                 three
                 inches
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 where
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 water
                 them
                 ,
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 well
                 rooted
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 they
                 need
                 no
                 care
                 but
                 weeding
                 ,
                 now
                 remember
                 to
                 clip
                 off
                 the
                 dead
                 leaves
                 and
                 stocks
                 after
                 your
                 Cowslips
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 leaves
                 will
                 spring
                 green
                 and
                 fresh
                 again
                 which
                 is
                 very
                 pleasant
                 to
                 behold
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Daysies
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 kinds
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 wild
                 Daysie
                 ,
                 the
                 French
                 Daysie
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Garden
                 double
                 Daysie
                 ;
                 the
                 Garden
                 
                 Daysie
                 it
                 is
                 I
                 intend
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 ,
                 of
                 these
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 
                 sorts
                 of
                 colours
                 ,
                 but
                 one
                 in
                 nature
                 ;
                 the
                 colours
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 ,
                 the
                 purple
                 and
                 the
                 speckled
                 :
                 This
                 flower
                 never
                 beareth
                 any
                 seed
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 flowering
                 is
                 in
                 May
                 and
                 June
                 ,
                 a
                 fine
                 ornament
                 to
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 flowers
                 are
                 used
                 in
                 Nosegayes
                 :
                 The
                 branches
                 of
                 this
                 flower
                 dieth
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 root
                 sendeth
                 up
                 young
                 again
                 ;
                 so
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 once
                 planted
                 they
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 place
                 ,
                 time
                 and
                 manner
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 Couslips
                 ,
                 onely
                 the
                 choisest
                 sorts
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 knots
                 or
                 beds
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 trouble
                 my self
                 nor
                 you
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 farther
                 reason
                 for
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Daffodillies
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 very
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 them
                 that
                 know
                 any
                 thing
                 ;
                 
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 sorts
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 little
                 use
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 might
                 describe
                 them
                 as
                 Mr.
                 Purchas
                 hath
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 truly
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 a
                 needless
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 only
                 describe
                 to
                 you
                 their
                 names
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 the
                 wild
                 Daffodilly
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Garden
                 Daffodilly
                 ,
                 the
                 French
                 Daffodilly
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Italian
                 Daffodilly
                 ;
                 all
                 these
                 but
                 the
                 wild
                 are
                 cultevated
                 in
                 Gardens
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 flower
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 commonly
                 used
                 in
                 flower-pots
                 ;
                 it
                 's
                 a
                 flower
                 seldom
                 beareth
                 seed
                 ;
                 presently
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 flowering
                 ,
                 the
                 stalk
                 dieth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 leaves
                 remain
                 green
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 propagated
                 by
                 slips
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 old
                 root
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 presently
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 flowered
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 for
                 the
                 ordinary
                 sort
                 is
                 in
                 some
                 borders
                 by
                 a
                 privy
                 walk
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 them
                 half
                 afoot
                 asunder
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 deeper
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 just
                 covered
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Italian
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 and
                 great
                 double
                 sorts
                 are
                 planted
                 in
                 the
                 intervals
                 of
                 Herb-knots
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 out-borders
                 of
                 Grasse-knots
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 former
                 ;
                 some
                 make
                 a
                 curiosity
                 to
                 plant
                 the
                 great
                 double
                 sorts
                 in
                 boxes
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 would
                 house
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 them
                 flower
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ;
                 you
                 may
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 take
                 up
                 this
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 sand
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 plant
                 it
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 space
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 alterations
                 ,
                 in
                 sent
                 ,
                 colour
                 or
                 form
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 have
                 said
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Dragons-Claw
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 first
                 riseth
                 up
                 with
                 dark-green
                 leaves
                 like
                 black
                 Elivert
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 they
                 grow
                 more
                 smaller
                 and
                 jagged
                 ;
                 with
                 these
                 leaves
                 riseth
                 a
                 stalk
                 of
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 a
                 Mallow-stalk
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 stalk
                 shouteth
                 forth
                 many
                 branches
                 ;
                 and
                 on
                 these
                 branches
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 flowers
                 of
                 a
                 blewish
                 colour
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 and
                 bigness
                 of
                 a
                 womans
                 thimble
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 their
                 flowering
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 moneth
                 of
                 
                   May
                   ,
                   June
                
                 and
                 July
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 top
                 branches
                 being
                 broken
                 off
                 ,
                 the
                 sides
                 send
                 forth
                 more
                 ,
                 which
                 causeth
                 it
                 to
                 continue
                 so
                 long
                 a
                 flowering
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 stalk
                 dieth
                 presently
                 after
                 the
                 root
                 springeth
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 yeelded
                 its
                 seed
                 three
                 years
                 the
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 dieth
                 :
                 the
                 general
                 use
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 for
                 ,
                 is
                 for
                 the
                 beautifying
                 the
                 Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 flower-pots
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 flower
                 is
                 propagated
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 only
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 
                 ground
                 which
                 we
                 reserve
                 only
                 for
                 a
                 Nursery
                 ,
                 only
                 for
                 raising
                 of
                 flowers
                 in
                 ,
                 there
                 you
                 may
                 sow
                 it
                 with
                 others
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 themselves
                 in
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 a
                 bed
                 ,
                 having
                 committed
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 them
                 spring
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 fortnights
                 time
                 with
                 two
                 small
                 green
                 leaves
                 ;
                 being
                 carefully
                 watered
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 big
                 enough
                 to
                 be
                 removed
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 will
                 spread
                 mightily
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 have
                 room
                 enough
                 to
                 grow
                 in
                 the
                 bed
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 sown
                 ,
                 therefore
                 transplant
                 them
                 into
                 beds
                 or
                 borders
                 in
                 your
                 Garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 August
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 they
                 will
                 flower
                 by
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 May.
                 
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 another
                 season
                 in
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ;
                 but
                 the
                 plants
                 that
                 were
                 sown
                 at
                 this
                 
                 season
                 must
                 be
                 carefully
                 looked
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 sheltered
                 from
                 the
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 seasonably
                 ,
                 and
                 die
                 at
                 the
                 third
                 years
                 end
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 before
                 )
                 therefore
                 save
                 that
                 seed
                 and
                 sow
                 it
                 again
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 more
                 of
                 curiosity
                 belongeth
                 to
                 this
                 flower
                 ,
                 so
                 let
                 these
                 short
                 and
                 plain
                 directions
                 serve
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Emrose
                 .
              
               
                 Considering
                 that
                 flowers
                 are
                 more
                 for
                 beauty
                 than
                 for
                 vertue
                 ;
                 
                 this
                 flower
                 challengeth
                 the
                 title
                 of
                 praise
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 for
                 its
                 early
                 flowering
                 ;
                 for
                 in
                 warm
                 places
                 some
                 begin
                 to
                 flower
                 presently
                 after
                 Christmas
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 others
                 begin
                 ;
                 so
                 some
                 are
                 continually
                 flowering
                 while
                 June
                 ;
                 others
                 by
                 art
                 and
                 nature
                 flower
                 twice
                 a
                 year
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 March
                 and
                 September
                 .
                 Now
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 set
                 colour
                 seldom
                 or
                 never
                 speckled
                 ,
                 the
                 ordinary
                 colour
                 is
                 red
                 ,
                 blew
                 and
                 purple
                 ;
                 the
                 Emroses
                 held
                 most
                 in
                 estimation
                 are
                 ,
                 the
                 scarlet
                 ,
                 the
                 London
                 white
                 and
                 the
                 black
                 ;
                 these
                 colours
                 being
                 of
                 large
                 kinds
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 a
                 root
                 of
                 each
                 sold
                 for
                 ten
                 shillings
                 ;
                 others
                 have
                 told
                 me
                 they
                 have
                 known
                 them
                 sold
                 for
                 three
                 pound
                 a
                 root
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 these
                 flowers
                 there
                 are
                 double
                 and
                 single
                 ;
                 the
                 root
                 is
                 
                 like
                 a
                 Ginger-race
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 bignesse
                 ;
                 this
                 flower
                 beareth
                 a
                 weak
                 seed
                 something
                 like
                 sweet
                 Madeling-seed
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 will
                 seldome
                 grow
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 suppose
                 that
                 Emrose-seed
                 never
                 grew
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 commonly
                 sold
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 by
                 experience
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 grow
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 many
                 Gardeners
                 as
                 ever
                 I
                 had
                 conference
                 with
                 ,
                 did
                 ever
                 affirm
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 :
                 therefore
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 Emrose
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 set
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 be
                 brief
                 and
                 willing
                 to
                 show
                 you
                 where
                 and
                 how
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fittest
                 season
                 for
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 June
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 being
                 at
                 the
                 full
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 opportunity
                 doth
                 not
                 then
                 serve
                 ,
                 you
                 
                 may
                 plant
                 them
                 any
                 time
                 betwixt
                 that
                 and
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 but
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 before
                 )
                 it
                 is
                 best
                 to
                 remove
                 them
                 in
                 June
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 the
                 stalks
                 above
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 none
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 them
                 up
                 you
                 may
                 cut
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 spade
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 's
                 not
                 all
                 ,
                 you
                 'll
                 never
                 find
                 all
                 your
                 roots
                 ,
                 unless
                 you
                 will
                 sift
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 trouble
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fittest
                 place
                 in
                 planting
                 of
                 these
                 roots
                 is
                 in
                 beds
                 amongst
                 
                 your
                 Cloves
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 at
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 your
                 borders
                 where
                 you
                 plant
                 Tulips
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 in
                 beds
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 common
                 sort
                 make
                 a
                 little
                 trail
                 of
                 an
                 inch
                 deep
                 ,
                 then
                 break
                 the
                 roots
                 into
                 a
                 many
                 small
                 peeces
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 them
                 into
                 this
                 trail
                 at
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 distance
                 ,
                 the
                 least
                 peece
                 will
                 grow
                 and
                 flower
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 Here
                 followeth
                 experiments
                 worthy
                 of
                 observation
                 ,
                 Emrose-roots
                 
                 
                 must
                 be
                 removed
                 once
                 in
                 two
                 years
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 do
                 so
                 increase
                 and
                 multiply
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 twenty
                 or
                 thirty
                 roots
                 about
                 one
                 old
                 bearer
                 ,
                 these
                 being
                 so
                 thick
                 ,
                 and
                 growing
                 barren
                 ,
                 will
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 bear
                 very
                 poorly
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 sufficient
                 reason
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 removed
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 every
                 other
                 year
                 at
                 least
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 Whether
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 any
                 alteration
                 in
                 the
                 colour
                 by
                 any
                 skill
                 or
                 care
                 that
                 may
                 be
                 used
                 .
                 Many
                 men
                 have
                 
                 said
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 have
                 given
                 some
                 blind
                 reasons
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 wave
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 you
                 how
                 you
                 may
                 propagate
                 the
                 natural
                 growth
                 ,
                 viz.
                 Take
                 Tulip-roots
                 ,
                 Lettice
                 ,
                 Sheeps-dung
                 ,
                 Strong-waters
                 ,
                 mix
                 these
                 together
                 into
                 a
                 salve
                 and
                 apply
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 commit
                 the
                 root
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 cause
                 this
                 root
                 to
                 send
                 forth
                 a
                 large
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 speedilier
                 than
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 so
                 ordered
                 :
                 those
                 roots
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 planted
                 in
                 a
                 box
                 for
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 come
                 timely
                 ,
                 not
                 but
                 that
                 any
                 Emrose-roots
                 will
                 endure
                 any
                 weather
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 To
                 produce
                 Emrose
                 at
                 all
                 times
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 is
                 easily
                 done
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 Winter
                 be
                 not
                 too
                 violent
                 :
                 First
                 take
                 notice
                 
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 take
                 up
                 Emrose-roots
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 your
                 house
                 ,
                 though
                 for
                 a
                 year
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 them
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 .
                 Having
                 this
                 advantage
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 in
                 Harvest
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 flower
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 flower
                 later
                 ,
                 plant
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 .
                 Now
                 observe
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 Law
                 and
                 Nature
                 ,
                 that
                 any
                 Herb
                 being
                 deprived
                 of
                 its
                 natural
                 season
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 will
                 bud
                 forth
                 its
                 flower
                 afterwards
                 having
                 liberty
                 ,
                 alwayes
                 provided
                 it
                 be
                 sheltered
                 from
                 the
                 cold
                 :
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 plain
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 put
                 such
                 flowers
                 as
                 have
                 bullous
                 roots
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 put
                 them
                 forward
                 or
                 backward
                 by
                 keeping
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 season
                 or
                 out
                 of
                 season
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 African
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 some
                 called
                 the
                 African-Marigold
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 spoken
                 
                 of
                 this
                 flower
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 serveth
                 for
                 beautifying
                 of
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 flower
                 towards
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 Summer
                 ,
                 when
                 most
                 flowers
                 are
                 nigh
                 done
                 ;
                 another
                 thing
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 long
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 it
                 came
                 to
                 use
                 first
                 out
                 of
                 
                 Africa
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 know
                 that
                 things
                 that
                 are
                 new
                 are
                 rare
                 in
                 estimation
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 rises
                 first
                 like
                 young
                 ashes
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 colour
                 ,
                 afterwards
                 
                 spreadeth
                 it self
                 into
                 many
                 branches
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 it
                 flowereth
                 it
                 riseth
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 yard
                 high
                 ,
                 the
                 flowers
                 are
                 in
                 shape
                 like
                 the
                 double
                 Marigold
                 ,
                 but
                 three
                 times
                 as
                 big
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 yellow
                 colour
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 smell
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 put
                 you
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 honey
                 :
                 the
                 seeds
                 are
                 small
                 and
                 black
                 ,
                 something
                 like
                 Oats
                 ;
                 this
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 about
                 September
                 ,
                 the
                 branch
                 and
                 root
                 dieth
                 presently
                 after
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 propagated
                 by
                 sowing
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 hot
                 beds
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 of
                 
                 Amorantus
                 in
                 this
                 Book
                 ;
                 this
                 must
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 transplant
                 into
                 borders
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 timely
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 second
                 and
                 the
                 ordinary
                 way
                 of
                 raising
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 April
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 thus
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 prepared
                 a
                 bed
                 fit
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 then
                 sow
                 them
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 get
                 other
                 earth
                 and
                 cover
                 them
                 with
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 you
                 should
                 rake
                 them
                 you
                 cannot
                 cover
                 the
                 seeds
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 so
                 long
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 fall
                 in
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 directed
                 you
                 three
                 quarters
                 of
                 an
                 inch
                 thick
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 weather
                 be
                 seasonable
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 your
                 seed
                 come
                 up
                 the
                 eighth
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 stood
                 in
                 this
                 bed
                 five
                 weeks
                 you
                 may
                 replant
                 them
                 into
                 borders
                 ,
                 two
                 rowes
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 each
                 plant
                 nine
                 inches
                 asunder
                 ,
                 there
                 let
                 them
                 remain
                 ,
                 they
                 'll
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 September
                 .
                 A
                 little
                 after
                 the
                 seed
                 cometh
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 plant
                 dieth
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 pull
                 it
                 up
                 and
                 hang
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 roof
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 while
                 it
                 is
                 dry
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 will
                 cause
                 the
                 seed
                 to
                 ripen
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 rub
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 sow
                 this
                 seed
                 for
                 two
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 third
                 year
                 you
                 must
                 change
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 your
                 flowers
                 will
                 degenerate
                 and
                 grow
                 single
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Everlasting-Pea
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 cometh
                 up
                 with
                 many
                 branches
                 out
                 of
                 one
                 root
                 ;
                 these
                 
                 branches
                 run
                 out
                 to
                 four-foot
                 length
                 much
                 like
                 the
                 veines
                 of
                 Cucumbers
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 stalks
                 are
                 narrow
                 small
                 leaves
                 set
                 on
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 stalk
                 without
                 any
                 stem
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 every
                 branch
                 runneth
                 spindles
                 which
                 will
                 take
                 hold
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 nigh
                 ,
                 they
                 spring
                 up
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 flower
                 in
                 the
                 
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 May
                 ;
                 the
                 flower
                 is
                 mixt
                 with
                 a
                 blew
                 and
                 purple
                 colout
                 of
                 the
                 bignesse
                 of
                 the
                 Snap-Dragon
                 flower
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 like
                 a
                 small
                 gray
                 pea
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 some
                 border
                 next
                 a
                 wall
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 
                 prick
                 them
                 down
                 athalf
                 afoot
                 distance
                 ,
                 they
                 'll
                 spring
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 fortnights
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 pretty
                 height
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 support
                 them
                 with
                 small
                 sticks
                 ;
                 they
                 seldome
                 flower
                 the
                 first
                 year
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 second
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 onward
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 'll
                 continue
                 alwies
                 with
                 you
                 :
                 Hence
                 it
                 is
                 they
                 call
                 it
                 Everlasting-Pea
                 .
                 The
                 branch
                 dieth
                 every
                 Winter
                 and
                 springeth
                 again
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 said
                 .
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 trouble
                 you
                 with
                 any
                 more
                 directions
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 hardy
                 nature
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 altogether
                 needlesse
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Everlasting-life
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 so
                 called
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 its
                 long
                 continuance
                 on
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 gathered
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 keep
                 fresh
                 two
                 moneths
                 in
                 the
                 house
                 :
                 I
                 'll
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 short
                 description
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 it
                 springeth
                 up
                 about
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 August
                 it
                 flowereth
                 ;
                 it
                 rises
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 stalk
                 two-foot
                 high
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 but
                 one
                 flower
                 of
                 a
                 stalk
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 putteth
                 out
                 like
                 the
                 Fennel-flower
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 small
                 leaves
                 like
                 the
                 inner
                 part
                 of
                 a
                 Marigold
                 ;
                 this
                 flower
                 is
                 white
                 ,
                 it
                 seldome
                 or
                 never
                 leaveth
                 seed
                 behind
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 branch
                 dieth
                 yearly
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 root
                 remaineth
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 like
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 Spare-mint
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 this
                 Flower
                 in
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 procure
                 the
                 root
                 in
                 the
                 Spring-time
                 ,
                 then
                 provide
                 a
                 bed
                 by
                 it self
                 ,
                 
                 dresse
                 it
                 in
                 order
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 do
                 for
                 any
                 other
                 flower
                 ,
                 then
                 plant
                 three
                 chace
                 of
                 these
                 slips
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 ,
                 the
                 bed
                 being
                 two
                 foot
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 in
                 breadth
                 ,
                 water
                 them
                 well
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 planting
                 ,
                 plant
                 nothing
                 else
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 increase
                 and
                 spread
                 mightily
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 that
                 Summer
                 ,
                 and
                 continue
                 with
                 you
                 alwayes
                 they
                 being
                 cleansed
                 from
                 weeds
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Flower-deluce
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 describe
                 them
                 more
                 than
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 by
                 others
                 ,
                 
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 preheminence
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 the
                 King
                 of
                 France's
                 Arms
                 is
                 a
                 witnesse
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 English
                 Quoin
                 is
                 a
                 testimony
                 that
                 this
                 
                 flower
                 is
                 and
                 was
                 in
                 great
                 estimation
                 :
                 Farther
                 consider
                 ,
                 that
                 no
                 inferiour
                 person
                 dares
                 put
                 this
                 flower
                 in
                 his
                 Coat
                 of
                 Armes
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 may
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 Gardens
                 :
                 waving
                 this
                 Discourse
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 shew
                 you
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 leaveth
                 a
                 tender
                 seed
                 ,
                 therefore
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 sow
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 have
                 a
                 special
                 care
                 in
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 natural
                 fertile
                 earth
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 increase
                 ;
                 this
                 being
                 done
                 (
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 Cornation
                 Gilliflower-seed
                 )
                 the
                 twentieth
                 day
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 with
                 one
                 blade
                 ,
                 which
                 groweth
                 very
                 slowly
                 ,
                 therefore
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 diligently
                 weeded
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 Winter
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 covered
                 from
                 the
                 cold
                 ,
                 the
                 second
                 year
                 they
                 'll
                 get
                 strength
                 ,
                 and
                 shift
                 very
                 well
                 for
                 themselves
                 ,
                 the
                 third
                 year
                 they
                 flower
                 :
                 but
                 you
                 must
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 rep
                 anted
                 every
                 year
                 about
                 that
                 time
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 sown
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 discoursed
                 with
                 many
                 Gardeners
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 amongst
                 
                 the
                 rest
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 have
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 in
                 any
                 moneth
                 in
                 the
                 Summer
                 time
                 :
                 I
                 demanded
                 of
                 him
                 how
                 ?
                 He
                 told
                 me
                 it
                 was
                 by
                 housing
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 in
                 boxes
                 of
                 earth
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 time
                 ,
                 giving
                 of
                 them
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Sunne
                 ,
                 when
                 opportunity
                 did
                 serve
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 watering
                 of
                 them
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 with
                 warm
                 water
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 will
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 spring
                 forth
                 presently
                 ,
                 and
                 flower
                 by
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 (
                 saith
                 he
                 .
                 )
                 Now
                 reason
                 told
                 me
                 that
                 it
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 so
                 soon
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 may
                 cause
                 it
                 to
                 flower
                 a
                 moneth
                 before
                 its
                 natural
                 season
                 ,
                 as
                 any
                 man
                 of
                 natural
                 reason
                 may
                 understand
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 flower
                 late
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 nip
                 off
                 the
                 springs
                 as
                 fast
                 as
                 they
                 begin
                 to
                 spindle
                 to
                 flower
                 till
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 forbear
                 ;
                 this
                 will
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 about
                 about
                 Michalmas
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 thing
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 right
                 manner
                 of
                 planting
                 
                 and
                 replanting
                 of
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 increase
                 of
                 their
                 number
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 perfecting
                 of
                 their
                 nature
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 planting
                 and
                 replanting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 presently
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 flowering
                 :
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 preheminence
                 of
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 intervals
                 of
                 your
                 Herb-work
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 trails
                 of
                 Grasse-work
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 manner
                 is
                 as
                 followeth
                 ;
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 taken
                 up
                 
                 your
                 roots
                 ,
                 slip
                 the
                 small
                 suckers
                 from
                 the
                 old
                 bearers
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 by
                 themselves
                 at
                 a
                 hand
                 breadth
                 distance
                 ,
                 there
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 while
                 that
                 time
                 twelve
                 moneth
                 ,
                 then
                 replant
                 them
                 into
                 those
                 places
                 where
                 you
                 do
                 your
                 old
                 bearers
                 :
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 will
                 flower
                 the
                 first
                 year
                 ,
                 others
                 not
                 till
                 the
                 second
                 after
                 their
                 planting
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 manner
                 of
                 planting
                 the
                 great
                 bearers
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 make
                 
                 holes
                 at
                 a
                 foot
                 distance
                 in
                 those
                 respective
                 places
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 putting
                 of
                 them
                 no
                 deeper
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 than
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 just
                 covered
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 we
                 will
                 enquire
                 of
                 colours
                 ,
                 and
                 colouring
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ;
                 the
                 natural
                 colour
                 is
                 the
                 blew
                 ;
                 the
                 colours
                 held
                 
                 most
                 in
                 estimation
                 is
                 the
                 white
                 and
                 blew
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 and
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 blew
                 and
                 purple
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 another
                 colour
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 told
                 of
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 the
                 red
                 and
                 white
                 .
              
               
                 Experiments
                 of
                 force
                 of
                 nature
                 may
                 be
                 as
                 easily
                 acted
                 on
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 as
                 any
                 other
                 whatsoever
                 .
                 The
                 first
                 experiment
                 
                 is
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 take
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 room
                 in
                 sand
                 two
                 moneths
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 space
                 you
                 may
                 steep
                 them
                 in
                 morical
                 substances
                 ,
                 whereby
                 you
                 may
                 make
                 some
                 infusions
                 and
                 alterations
                 ,
                 and
                 crosse
                 the
                 nature
                 and
                 the
                 seasons
                 of
                 the
                 plant
                 ,
                 whereby
                 you
                 may
                 bring
                 about
                 pretty
                 fancies
                 .
              
               
                 Other
                 experiments
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 by
                 grafting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 is
                 subtil
                 ,
                 viz.
                 take
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Foxes-glove
                 ,
                 cut
                 a
                 part
                 on
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 each
                 of
                 these
                 roots
                 off
                 with
                 a
                 sharp
                 knife
                 of
                 each
                 part
                 alike
                 ,
                 letting
                 the
                 strings
                 of
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 alone
                 ,
                 then
                 join
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 tie
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 soft
                 flax
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 box
                 of
                 earth
                 ,
                 these
                 two
                 roots
                 will
                 unite
                 into
                 one
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 effect
                 will
                 be
                 pretty
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 two
                 several
                 Flowers
                 in
                 one
                 body
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 ornament
                 to
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 beautifying
                 of
                 rooms
                 ,
                 being
                 placed
                 in
                 Flower-pots
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 excellent
                 shape
                 it
                 hath
                 ,
                 which
                 my
                 artlesse
                 pen
                 cannot
                 describe
                 in
                 writing
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 draught
                 work
                 ,
                 my
                 Pen
                 ,
                 Rule
                 and
                 Compasse
                 hath
                 walked
                 a
                 station
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 it
                 forth
                 in
                 its
                 own
                 shape
                 and
                 fashion
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 I
                 leave
                 this
                 worthy
                 Flower
                 to
                 your
                 care
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Flower
                 of
                 the
                 Sunne
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 well
                 known
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 is
                 any
                 other
                 Flower
                 ;
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 give
                 a
                 short
                 description
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 satisfie
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 not
                 acquainted
                 with
                 it
                 .
                 This
                 Flower
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 at
                 its
                 full
                 growth
                 ,
                 is
                 at
                 the
                 height
                 of
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 onely
                 with
                 one
                 stalk
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 as
                 big
                 at
                 the
                 nether
                 end
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 hand-rist
                 ;
                 upon
                 the
                 stalk
                 are
                 many
                 leaves
                 something
                 like
                 Mallow-leaves
                 ,
                 in
                 colour
                 and
                 in
                 bigness
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 divided
                 :
                 this
                 one
                 plant
                 beareth
                 but
                 one
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 at
                 the
                 very
                 top
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 bigness
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 thirty
                 inches
                 about
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 black
                 and
                 yellow
                 colour
                 ,
                 bending
                 it self
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 inclining
                 after
                 the
                 Sunne
                 ;
                 it
                 flowereth
                 in
                 August
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 season
                 fit
                 for
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 on
                 this
                 manner
                 :
                 Prepare
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 then
                 prick
                 in
                 these
                 seeds
                 with
                 your
                 finger
                 at
                 half
                 afoot
                 asunder
                 ;
                 they
                 come
                 up
                 suddenly
                 after
                 their
                 setting
                 ,
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 replanted
                 after
                 they
                 are
                 half
                 afoot
                 high
                 into
                 a
                 rich
                 earth
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 have
                 good
                 store
                 of
                 rotten
                 dung
                 under
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 they
                 may
                 grow
                 large
                 ;
                 you
                 must
                 water
                 them
                 often
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 requireth
                 much
                 moisture
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 up
                 and
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 forth
                 seed
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 save
                 and
                 sow
                 again
                 :
                 the
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 dieth
                 every
                 year
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 French
                 Marigolds
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 something
                 like
                 the
                 African
                 Marigold
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 
                 say
                 ,
                 as
                 like
                 as
                 any
                 two
                 several
                 kinds
                 may
                 be
                 like
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 howsoever
                 yet
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 so
                 neer
                 alike
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 difference
                 in
                 every
                 part
                 :
                 for
                 seeing
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 seeing
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 it
                 puts
                 you
                 in
                 mind
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 at
                 such
                 time
                 till
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 then
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 difference
                 in
                 the
                 colours
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 more
                 delightfull
                 than
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 intermixt
                 with
                 purple
                 and
                 yellow
                 like
                 your
                 double
                 Wall-flowers
                 ;
                 this
                 flowereth
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 being
                 sown
                 in
                 natural
                 earth
                 ,
                 being
                 produced
                 from
                 hot
                 beds
                 they
                 flower
                 sooner
                 .
              
               
                 Concerning
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 trouble
                 my self
                 to
                 set
                 it
                 down
                 how
                 ,
                 or
                 where
                 ,
                 but
                 see
                 the
                 directions
                 
                 for
                 Africans
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 raise
                 them
                 ,
                 so
                 you
                 mayraise
                 these
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 few
                 observations
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 low
                 them
                 
                 in
                 natural
                 earth
                 ,
                 you
                 need
                 not
                 replant
                 them
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 sown
                 in
                 hot
                 beds
                 must
                 be
                 replanted
                 ;
                 you
                 nor
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 trouble
                 our selves
                 with
                 any
                 more
                 curiosity
                 than
                 hath
                 been
                 spoken
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 continue
                 not
                 long
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 they
                 die
                 that
                 year
                 ;
                 so
                 I
                 hope
                 out
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 capacity
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 hath
                 been
                 spoken
                 may
                 sufficiently
                 serve
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 French
                 Pinks
                 .
              
               
                 French
                 Pinks
                 ,
                 otherwise
                 called
                 French-Daises
                 ,
                 by
                 others
                 None
                 so
                 pritty
                 ;
                 and
                 seeing
                 the
                 names
                 are
                 so
                 obscure
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ;
                 it
                 never
                 riseth
                 not
                 above
                 half
                 afoot
                 high
                 ,
                 but
                 lieth
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 with
                 some
                 stalks
                 about
                 afoot
                 long
                 ,
                 these
                 stalks
                 are
                 reddish
                 about
                 the
                 bignesse
                 of
                 a
                 Peas-vine
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 hard
                 substance
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 thick
                 leaves
                 set
                 in
                 order
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 thick
                 and
                 jagged
                 ,
                 a
                 whitish
                 green
                 colour
                 about
                 the
                 bignesse
                 of
                 a
                 ten
                 shilling-piece
                 ,
                 round
                 also
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 braches
                 rise
                 little
                 spindles
                 of
                 a
                 handfull
                 long
                 of
                 a
                 red
                 colour
                 ;
                 on
                 these
                 branches
                 grow
                 many
                 small
                 Flowers
                 no
                 bigger
                 than
                 a
                 single
                 peny
                 ,
                 five
                 leaves
                 in
                 number
                 white
                 and
                 red
                 speckled
                 :
                 their
                 time
                 of
                 flowering
                 is
                 from
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 even
                 to
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 ,
                 they
                 never
                 bear
                 any
                 seed
                 ,
                 therefore
                 take
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 slips
                 ,
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fit
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 cannot
                 endure
                 any
                 drithe
                 ,
                 therefore
                 
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 these
                 seasons
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 my
                 directions
                 how
                 it
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 :
                 having
                 gotten
                 slips
                 ,
                 then
                 prepare
                 a
                 border
                 which
                 is
                 round
                 an
                 Herb
                 knot
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 none
                 ,
                 prepare
                 a
                 border
                 next
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 having
                 drest
                 this
                 border
                 by
                 a
                 direct
                 line
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 the
                 sides
                 of
                 it
                 firme
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 your
                 line
                 against
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 border
                 ,
                 two
                 inches
                 below
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 then
                 prick
                 in
                 your
                 slips
                 by
                 your
                 line
                 at
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 inches
                 distance
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 nothing
                 appear
                 but
                 the
                 tops
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 do
                 this
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 flower
                 the
                 next
                 Spring
                 following
                 timely
                 ;
                 those
                 
                 that
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 will
                 not
                 cast
                 their
                 Flower
                 so
                 soon
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Remember
                 that
                 you
                 cut
                 the
                 leaves
                 and
                 dead
                 branches
                 off
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 will
                 spring
                 again
                 fresh
                 ;
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 once
                 planted
                 they
                 alwaies
                 continue
                 and
                 spread
                 mightily
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 run
                 out
                 upon
                 your
                 walls
                 ;
                 to
                 prevent
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 uniforme
                 order
                 ,
                 strain
                 a
                 line
                 at
                 the
                 bottome
                 of
                 your
                 border
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 them
                 off
                 with
                 a
                 spade
                 by
                 that
                 line
                 ;
                 those
                 slips
                 you
                 may
                 set
                 again
                 ,
                 or
                 pleasure
                 your
                 friends
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 please
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Foxes-glove
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 Flower
                 that
                 springeth
                 up
                 with
                 a
                 blade
                 like
                 the
                 Corn-flag
                 ,
                 
                 through
                 which
                 shouteth
                 up
                 a
                 stalk
                 which
                 beareth
                 many
                 Flowers
                 set
                 in
                 order
                 one
                 above
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 reddish
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 drinking
                 bowl
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 richest
                 on
                 the
                 branch
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 it
                 continueth
                 fresh
                 long
                 on
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 seed
                 which
                 is
                 ripe
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 propagating
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 is
                 either
                 by
                 seed
                 or
                 root
                 ;
                 First
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 you
                 shall
                 sow
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 increase
                 ,
                 in
                 beds
                 of
                 natural
                 earth
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 the
                 Flower-deluce
                 ;
                 the
                 plants
                 sprung
                 of
                 this
                 seed
                 groweth
                 very
                 slowly
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 years
                 before
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 space
                 you
                 must
                 replant
                 it
                 once
                 or
                 twice
                 at
                 the
                 Spring
                 or
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 it
                 weeded
                 carefully
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 they
                 are
                 very
                 hardy
                 .
              
               
                 Next
                 I
                 give
                 you
                 directions
                 for
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ;
                 thus
                 having
                 roots
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 ,
                 or
                 procuring
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 some
                 other
                 place
                 ,
                 slip
                 all
                 the
                 young
                 roots
                 off
                 the
                 old
                 ,
                 set
                 the
                 old
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 young
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 intervals
                 of
                 your
                 knots
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 borders
                 where
                 your
                 fancy
                 most
                 leadeth
                 you
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 I
                 advise
                 you
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 dead
                 branches
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 close
                 by
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 remove
                 them
                 once
                 ntwo
                 years
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Globe-flower
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 known
                 by
                 no
                 other
                 name
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 did
                 hear
                 of
                 ,
                 yet
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 sorts
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 single
                 and
                 double
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 of
                 
                 one
                 nature
                 ;
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 better
                 knowledge
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 this
                 plant
                 groweth
                 up
                 to
                 two
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 branches
                 of
                 one
                 stalk
                 ,
                 spreading
                 with
                 green
                 leaves
                 ,
                 in
                 shape
                 like
                 the
                 Ivy-leaf
                 ,
                 but
                 lesser
                 ,
                 rough
                 and
                 jagged
                 ;
                 this
                 plant
                 beareth
                 many
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 yellow
                 ,
                 round
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 bignesse
                 of
                 a
                 Wallnut
                 ;
                 it
                 flowereth
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 ;
                 the
                 branches
                 die
                 every
                 Winter
                 ,
                 and
                 springeth
                 again
                 early
                 ;
                 having
                 stood
                 four
                 year
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 dieth
                 :
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 propagated
                 by
                 seed
                 or
                 slip
                 ;
                 the
                 slip
                 is
                 it
                 which
                 is
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 mother
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 taken
                 from
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 branch
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 at
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 March
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 for
                 planting
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 where
                 you
                 plant
                 your
                 pot-flowers
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 insist
                 upon
                 every
                 particular
                 that
                 appertaineth
                 to
                 this
                 Flower
                 .
                 Having
                 given
                 you
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 ordering
                 of
                 more
                 choiser
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 your
                 own
                 discretion
                 may
                 guide
                 you
                 how
                 to
                 order
                 this
                 .
                 So
                 to
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 buy
                 the
                 seed
                 and
                 sow
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 with
                 other
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 forward
                 without
                 any
                 great
                 care
                 or
                 curiosity
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Green
                 Cowslips
                 .
              
               
                 So
                 called
                 ,
                 because
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 green
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 are
                 leaves
                 that
                 are
                 mixed
                 amongst
                 the
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 maketh
                 them
                 appear
                 to
                 be
                 green
                 ;
                 they
                 flower
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 beareth
                 any
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 set
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 August
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 upon
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 borders
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 do
                 it
                 thus
                 ;
                 slip
                 them
                 into
                 as
                 many
                 pieces
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 then
                 prune
                 them
                 with
                 your
                 knife
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 the
                 leaves
                 within
                 an
                 inch
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 them
                 down
                 by
                 a
                 line
                 one
                 by
                 one
                 upon
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 your
                 border
                 ,
                 water
                 them
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 rooted
                 ,
                 then
                 afterward
                 they
                 need
                 no
                 care
                 but
                 cleansing
                 of
                 the
                 weeds
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 thus
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 them
                 alwayes
                 after
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Holihock
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 Mallows
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 kinds
                 and
                 full
                 of
                 many
                 vertues
                 ,
                 but
                 first
                 I
                 will
                 describe
                 which
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 I
                 'le
                 treat
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 particular
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 For
                 worthiness
                 and
                 beauty
                 that
                 are
                 placed
                 in
                 Gardens
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 red
                 ,
                 and
                 double
                 Holihock
                 ;
                 next
                 the
                 red
                 ,
                 white
                 ,
                 yellow
                 ,
                 and
                 blew
                 ,
                 double
                 Holihock
                 ;
                 forasmuch
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 called
                 Mallows
                 ,
                 I
                 take
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 distinct
                 kinds
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 is
                 the
                 Kings-Mallow
                 ,
                 
                 March
                 Mallow
                 ,
                 and
                 French-Mallow
                 ,
                 these
                 bear
                 single
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 will
                 the
                 Holihock
                 without
                 good
                 industry
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 all
                 ,
                 they
                 differ
                 in
                 vertue
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 Kings-Mallow
                 ,
                 the
                 French-Mallow
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 for
                 physicall
                 uses
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Holihocks
                 are
                 very
                 wholsome
                 for
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 very
                 pleasant
                 Flower
                 they
                 bear
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 treat
                 of
                 every
                 sort
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 fit
                 not
                 the
                 Garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 reserve
                 the
                 French-Mallow
                 ,
                 March-Mallow
                 ,
                 or
                 Kings
                 Mallow
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 the
                 physicall
                 Garden
                 .
              
               
                 Holihocks
                 I
                 have
                 described
                 ,
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 their
                 places
                 and
                 names
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 is
                 needless
                 to
                 write
                 any
                 farther
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 they
                 are
                 so
                 generally
                 known
                 :
                 I
                 now
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 To
                 have
                 them
                 early
                 from
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 sow
                 
                 them
                 in
                 hot
                 beds
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 quick
                 spirit
                 and
                 cometh
                 up
                 the
                 sixth
                 day
                 ,
                 these
                 plants
                 must
                 be
                 covered
                 or
                 else
                 you
                 will
                 lose
                 your
                 labour
                 ;
                 by
                 May
                 day
                 you
                 shall
                 replant
                 these
                 seedlings
                 into
                 borders
                 next
                 the
                 walls
                 ,
                 set
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 innermost
                 part
                 at
                 a
                 yard
                 distance
                 ,
                 set
                 them
                 nigh
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 spread
                 much
                 :
                 another
                 reason
                 is
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 nail
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 wall
                 to
                 keep
                 the
                 wind
                 from
                 breaking
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 these
                 will
                 flower
                 by
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 summer
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 second
                 and
                 ordinary
                 way
                 of
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 
                 middle
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 in
                 beds
                 of
                 ordinary
                 earth
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 let
                 them
                 remain
                 till
                 the
                 next
                 August
                 ,
                 then
                 replant
                 them
                 as
                 you
                 did
                 the
                 former
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 third
                 best
                 way
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 sow
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 
                 so
                 by
                 the
                 coming
                 on
                 in
                 winter
                 they
                 will
                 have
                 four
                 or
                 
                 five
                 leaves
                 ;
                 be
                 sure
                 you
                 shelter
                 these
                 plants
                 in
                 the
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 seedlings
                 will
                 flower
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 the
                 old
                 standards
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 July
                 and
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 about
                 Michaelmas
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 save
                 and
                 sow
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Herbit
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 I
                 am
                 mistaken
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 description
                 whereby
                 you
                 shall
                 know
                 it
                 ;
                 it
                 hath
                 many
                 jagged
                 thick
                 leaves
                 rising
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 from
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 it
                 riseth
                 a
                 stalk
                 like
                 the
                 stem
                 of
                 a
                 Cowflip
                 ,
                 though
                 something
                 bigger
                 and
                 higher
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 bare
                 without
                 leaves
                 ,
                 the
                 Flowers
                 have
                 many
                 small
                 leaves
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 with
                 five
                 greater
                 set
                 round
                 it
                 ,
                 this
                 Flower
                 is
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 a
                 double
                 Primrose
                 white
                 and
                 red
                 speckled
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 flowering
                 is
                 in
                 May
                 ,
                 it
                 seldome
                 bringeth
                 seed
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 the
                 nethermost
                 leaves
                 keep
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 it
                 is
                 needless
                 to
                 stand
                 telling
                 of
                 you
                 how
                 in
                 every
                 particular
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 quarter
                 laid
                 out
                 into
                 beds
                 for
                 Flowers
                 (
                 as
                 before
                 ,
                 )
                 this
                 being
                 so
                 planted
                 it
                 will
                 endure
                 any
                 weather
                 till
                 the
                 fourth
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 it
                 dieth
                 naturally
                 ,
                 therefore
                 take
                 off
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 slips
                 from
                 the
                 branch
                 and
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 renew
                 their
                 nature
                 and
                 keep
                 the
                 Garden
                 flourishing
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Humble-plant
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 suppose
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 it
                 was
                 derived
                 from
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 
                 for
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 thus
                 ;
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 its
                 perfection
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 or
                 a
                 woman
                 go
                 to
                 it
                 and
                 touch
                 it
                 with
                 their
                 hand
                 this
                 plant
                 will
                 bow
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 therefore
                 an
                 humble
                 plant
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 's
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 riseth
                 never
                 above
                 a
                 span
                 in
                 heighth
                 with
                 a
                 
                 broad
                 head
                 ,
                 only
                 a
                 single
                 stalk
                 with
                 small
                 sharp
                 whiteish
                 green
                 leaves
                 set
                 thereunto
                 about
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 the
                 foot
                 of
                 the
                 stalk
                 is
                 without
                 leaves
                 ,
                 it
                 putteth
                 forth
                 a
                 blossome
                 before
                 it
                 yeeldeth
                 its
                 seed
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 cannot
                 fitly
                 call
                 a
                 Flower
                 :
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 colour
                 like
                 the
                 Spanish-Broom
                 seed
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 half
                 so
                 big
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 smooth
                 glistering
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 there
                 must
                 be
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 
                 of
                 care
                 and
                 diligence
                 ;
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 only
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ;
                 
                 observe
                 the
                 time
                 and
                 season
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 being
                 ten
                 daies
                 old
                 ,
                 or
                 in
                 the
                 encrease
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 the
                 season
                 being
                 temperate
                 for
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 then
                 order
                 this
                 seed
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 Get
                 a
                 small
                 quantity
                 of
                 horse-dung
                 ,
                 lay
                 this
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 
                 of
                 two
                 foot
                 square
                 and
                 a
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 lay
                 upon
                 your
                 dung
                 some
                 barley
                 straw
                 and
                 some
                 bran
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 make
                 it
                 rise
                 to
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 higher
                 ,
                 then
                 get
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 Pigeons
                 dung
                 and
                 lay
                 atop
                 of
                 that
                 an
                 inch
                 in
                 thickness
                 ,
                 then
                 sift
                 some
                 freckled
                 mould
                 and
                 lay
                 atop
                 of
                 all
                 about
                 two
                 inches
                 in
                 thickness
                 ,
                 then
                 prick
                 a
                 small
                 stick
                 through
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 your
                 bed
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 may
                 reach
                 to
                 the
                 bottome
                 and
                 stand
                 an
                 inch
                 above
                 the
                 too
                 of
                 the
                 bed
                 ;
                 the
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 stick
                 is
                 to
                 let
                 up
                 the
                 steme
                 of
                 the
                 heat
                 below
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 see
                 the
                 plant
                 shall
                 want
                 it
                 :
                 now
                 these
                 things
                 observed
                 ,
                 cover
                 the
                 bed
                 with
                 some
                 litter
                 for
                 four
                 and
                 twenty
                 hours
                 both
                 top
                 and
                 sides
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 time
                 is
                 expired
                 ,
                 then
                 take
                 the
                 litter
                 off
                 from
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 prick
                 in
                 the
                 seeds
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 circumference
                 as
                 a
                 million
                 glass
                 may
                 cover
                 them
                 ;
                 I
                 suppose
                 no
                 body
                 will
                 be
                 willing
                 to
                 buy
                 any
                 more
                 seeds
                 than
                 may
                 be
                 planted
                 therein
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 are
                 usually
                 sold
                 at
                 twelve
                 pence
                 a
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 for
                 the
                 further
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 plant
                 ,
                 be
                 sure
                 that
                 your
                 bed
                 
                 be
                 not
                 too
                 hot
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 it
                 will
                 spend
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 before
                 it
                 hath
                 taken
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 it
                 will
                 fade
                 immediately
                 :
                 to
                 prevent
                 the
                 bed
                 for
                 being
                 too
                 hot
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 make
                 a
                 hole
                 with
                 a
                 stick
                 of
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 or
                 both
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 out
                 the
                 steme
                 ;
                 these
                 things
                 observed
                 ,
                 the
                 plant
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 moderately
                 the
                 sixth
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 you
                 must
                 give
                 it
                 a
                 little
                 air
                 ,
                 by
                 raising
                 of
                 the
                 glass
                 up
                 on
                 one
                 side
                 ,
                 for
                 without
                 air
                 your
                 plant
                 will
                 never
                 come
                 to
                 any
                 colour
                 or
                 perfection
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 plant
                 stand
                 at
                 a
                 stay
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 the
                 coldness
                 of
                 the
                 bed
                 ,
                 then
                 stir
                 the
                 stick
                 of
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 glass
                 to
                 let
                 up
                 the
                 steme
                 and
                 the
                 heat
                 which
                 is
                 at
                 the
                 bottome
                 to
                 the
                 plants
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 care
                 I
                 have
                 raised
                 them
                 up
                 in
                 five
                 weeks
                 time
                 ,
                 fit
                 to
                 be
                 transplanted
                 into
                 boxes
                 of
                 freckell
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 I
                 left
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 left
                 not
                 me
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 further
                 preservation
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 satisfied
                 
                 by
                 my
                 brother
                 Gardeners
                 and
                 by
                 my
                 own
                 reason
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 preserved
                 in
                 boxes
                 all
                 the
                 summer
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 winter
                 housed
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 will
                 continue
                 two
                 years
                 before
                 they
                 die
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Hearts-Ease
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 Wall
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 by
                 others
                 yellow
                 Gilliflowers
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 stand
                 to
                 dispute
                 why
                 this
                 Flower
                 hath
                 severall
                 names
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 requireth
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 dry
                 and
                 a
                 rich
                 soyl
                 ;
                 for
                 fear
                 you
                 should
                 mistake
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 kinds
                 sometimes
                 
                 called
                 by
                 one
                 name
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 is
                 single
                 and
                 coveteth
                 to
                 grow
                 upon
                 walls
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 is
                 double
                 and
                 desireth
                 such
                 earth
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 yeeldeth
                 a
                 pleasant
                 smell
                 ,
                 and
                 keepeth
                 green
                 its
                 leaves
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 flowereth
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 thereof
                 ;
                 
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 substance
                 like
                 the
                 stock-Gilliflower
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 yellow
                 intermixt
                 with
                 purple
                 ,
                 this
                 plant
                 being
                 planted
                 in
                 earth
                 that
                 it
                 liketh
                 it
                 continueth
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 years
                 ,
                 the
                 double
                 Wall-flower
                 seldome
                 beareth
                 seed
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 trouble
                 my self
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 directions
                 for
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 generally
                 sold
                 and
                 sown
                 ,
                 but
                 seldome
                 or
                 never
                 hits
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 save
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 winter
                 and
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 summer
                 ,
                 
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 borders
                 of
                 high
                 walks
                 :
                 having
                 prepared
                 such
                 a
                 place
                 ,
                 then
                 dress
                 your
                 slips
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 slip
                 off
                 all
                 your
                 under-sprouts
                 and
                 leaves
                 ,
                 then
                 twist
                 the
                 nether
                 end
                 which
                 you
                 intend
                 to
                 put
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 thrust
                 them
                 in
                 with
                 a
                 dove-tail
                 setting
                 stick
                 ,
                 about
                 eight
                 inches
                 asunder
                 by
                 a
                 line
                 ,
                 two
                 rows
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ;
                 if
                 this
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 slips
                 will
                 flower
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 quarter
                 ,
                 those
                 slips
                 that
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 well
                 watered
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 planting
                 they
                 'l
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 in
                 Autumn
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 preservation
                 and
                 doubleing
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 first
                 I
                 advise
                 you
                 
                 to
                 cut
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 under
                 branches
                 away
                 ,
                 this
                 will
                 help
                 to
                 enlarge
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 and
                 preserve
                 the
                 plant
                 :
                 secondly
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 moulded
                 up
                 with
                 fresh
                 mould
                 ,
                 by
                 these
                 means
                 many
                 times
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 single
                 are
                 turned
                 double
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 other
                 kind
                 of
                 Wall-flowers
                 are
                 single
                 with
                 five
                 leaves
                 
                 only
                 ,
                 they
                 love
                 to
                 grow
                 upon
                 walls
                 and
                 are
                 seldome
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 because
                 walls
                 are
                 not
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 they
                 
                 are
                 sown
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 thus
                 ,
                 take
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 seed
                 and
                 cast
                 it
                 upon
                 an
                 old
                 wall
                 or
                 pavement
                 where
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 it
                 shall
                 grow
                 ,
                 this
                 seed
                 will
                 spring
                 forth
                 without
                 any
                 more
                 care
                 and
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 and
                 bear
                 seed
                 ,
                 which
                 seed
                 will
                 fall
                 and
                 grow
                 up
                 of
                 it self
                 ,
                 so
                 where
                 they
                 be
                 once
                 sown
                 they
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 when
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 you
                 sow
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 winter
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 spring
                 in
                 the
                 summer
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 no
                 matter
                 when
                 .
                 So
                 much
                 for
                 Wall-flowers
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 some
                 may
                 think
                 it
                 too
                 much
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Jerusalem-Cowslips
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 least
                 hair
                 hath
                 a
                 shadow
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 shadow
                 hath
                 a
                 substance
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 small
                 Flower
                 hath
                 a
                 property
                 which
                 maketh
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 cultivated
                 in
                 Gardens
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 but
                 small
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 is
                 pretty
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 hath
                 many
                 spindle
                 leaves
                 like
                 soft
                 rushes
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 is
                 
                 a
                 stalk
                 of
                 a
                 handfull
                 high
                 ,
                 very
                 small
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Flower
                 atop
                 of
                 it
                 of
                 five
                 leaves
                 ,
                 usually
                 of
                 a
                 blew
                 colour
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 Cowslip
                 ,
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Bullous-root
                 with
                 many
                 knots
                 ,
                 which
                 increase
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Flower
                 never
                 bringeth
                 seed
                 to
                 perfection
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 ,
                 place
                 and
                 manner
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 of
                 Crocuses
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 once
                 planted
                 they
                 alwaies
                 continue
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Indian-wheat
                 .
              
               
                 Indian-wheat
                 or
                 Christmas-flower
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 known
                 of
                 a
                 broad
                 
                 blade
                 like
                 a
                 flager-leaf
                 ,
                 these
                 leaves
                 spring
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 stalk
                 are
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 four
                 smaller
                 leaves
                 ,
                 of
                 one
                 root
                 springeth
                 but
                 one
                 stalk
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 stalk
                 never
                 beareth
                 but
                 one
                 Flower
                 rising
                 to
                 two-foot
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 high
                 ;
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 like
                 the
                 Dragon
                 when
                 it
                 first
                 begins
                 to
                 open
                 in
                 the
                 husks
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Flower
                 grow
                 seeds
                 in
                 colour
                 and
                 shape
                 like
                 a
                 reddish
                 seed
                 ,
                 only
                 flatter
                 of
                 one
                 side
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 this
                 plant
                 flowereth
                 is
                 presently
                 after
                 Christmas
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 housed
                 from
                 the
                 cold
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 never
                 cometh
                 to
                 perfection
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 Indies
                 from
                 whence
                 it
                 had
                 its
                 name
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 propagated
                 by
                 sowing
                 of
                 it
                 upon
                 hot
                 beds
                 in
                 Marck
                 ,
                 these
                 beds
                 are
                 only
                 to
                 be
                 covered
                 with
                 mats
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 quick
                 nature
                 and
                 cometh
                 up
                 suddenly
                 after
                 it
                 is
                 sown
                 ;
                 the
                 plants
                 coming
                 thus
                 of
                 seed
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 transplanted
                 into
                 boxes
                 (
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 )
                 and
                 after
                 it
                 hath
                 yeelded
                 its
                 Flower
                 it
                 dieth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Catterpillars
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 a
                 plant
                 men
                 fancie
                 to
                 have
                 in
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 seed
                 so
                 much
                 like
                 a
                 Catterpillar
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 one
                 
                 may
                 take
                 the
                 seed
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 the
                 branches
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 lieth
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 like
                 Clovergrass
                 with
                 many
                 knots
                 and
                 small
                 green
                 leaves
                 ,
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 Flower
                 like
                 the
                 Broom-flower
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 little
                 worth
                 yet
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 peevish
                 
                 nature
                 ,
                 for
                 one
                 must
                 sow
                 the
                 seed
                 many
                 times
                 before
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 not
                 ordered
                 carefully
                 ,
                 the
                 surest
                 way
                 to
                 get
                 them
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 prick
                 in
                 some
                 of
                 these
                 seeds
                 on
                 your
                 hot
                 beds
                 with
                 choice
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 replanting
                 water
                 them
                 well
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 very
                 well
                 and
                 yeeld
                 their
                 seed
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 presently
                 after
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 perisheth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lillies
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 write
                 Lillies
                 because
                 they
                 be
                 of
                 the
                 plurall
                 number
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 kinds
                 of
                 the
                 wild
                 sort
                 ;
                 the
                 water-Lillie
                 ,
                 the
                 
                 Lillie
                 of
                 the
                 vale
                 ;
                 the
                 garden-Lillies
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 ,
                 or
                 cur-Lillie
                 ;
                 the
                 worthiest
                 of
                 all
                 both
                 for
                 pleasure
                 and
                 antiquity
                 ,
                 for
                 use
                 and
                 vertue
                 is
                 the
                 white
                 Lillie
                 .
              
               
                 Although
                 that
                 all
                 these
                 are
                 generally
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 sight
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 nature
                 and
                 the
                 properties
                 are
                 not
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 describe
                 them
                 to
                 you
                 ;
                 this
                 Lillie
                 beareth
                 a
                 seed
                 in
                 four
                 quarters
                 ,
                 being
                 but
                 a
                 small
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 small
                 in
                 quantity
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 sow
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 long
                 before
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 ;
                 and
                 seeing
                 the
                 root
                 is
                 so
                 common
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 needlesse
                 to
                 bestow
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 the
                 difficulty
                 of
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 them
                 from
                 the
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 take
                 notice
                 that
                 the
                 root
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 
                 set
                 with
                 leaves
                 like
                 a
                 Hartichoke
                 ,
                 and
                 brittle
                 ,
                 therefore
                 you
                 must
                 be
                 carefull
                 in
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 again
                 ,
                 for
                 fear
                 of
                 breaking
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 
                 the
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 under
                 some
                 stone
                 or
                 brick
                 wall
                 which
                 incloseth
                 your
                 Garden
                 on
                 the
                 Sunnie
                 part
                 thereof
                 ,
                 for
                 of
                 all
                 Flowers
                 this
                 delighteth
                 most
                 in
                 heat
                 and
                 drithe
                 :
                 When
                 you
                 have
                 provided
                 your
                 ground
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 fit
                 place
                 ,
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 thus
                 ,
                 lay
                 a
                 line
                 upon
                 your
                 border
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 thereof
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 but
                 one
                 row
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 way
                 is
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 trench
                 with
                 your
                 planting
                 hoe
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 four
                 inches
                 deep
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 your
                 great
                 Lilly-roots
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 bore
                 Lillies
                 the
                 last
                 year
                 in
                 this
                 drill
                 ,
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 six
                 inches
                 difference
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 the
                 suckers
                 are
                 best
                 planted
                 by
                 themselves
                 at
                 four
                 inches
                 distance
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 those
                 you
                 may
                 set
                 with
                 a
                 Diber
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 for
                 that
                 is
                 presently
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 :
                 some
                 will
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 February
                 and
                 March
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 will
                 prosper
                 nothing
                 so
                 well
                 as
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 planted
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 reason
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 spring
                 in
                 February
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 removing
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 will
                 hinder
                 their
                 growth
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 would
                 have
                 Lillies
                 to
                 be
                 coloured
                 by
                 art
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 
                 have
                 set
                 down
                 directions
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 take
                 them
                 up
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 about
                 Michalmas
                 ,
                 and
                 hang
                 them
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 smoke
                 for
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 a
                 moneth
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 steep
                 them
                 in
                 Claret-wine
                 two
                 daies
                 and
                 two
                 nights
                 ,
                 then
                 commit
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 they
                 say
                 will
                 alter
                 the
                 colour
                 :
                 
                   Gravos
                   Marcombe
                
                 is
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 this
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 answer
                 to
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 
                 so
                 long
                 in
                 the
                 smoke
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 the
                 faith
                 to
                 believe
                 that
                 ever
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 for
                 sure
                 in
                 that
                 time
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 dried
                 up
                 so
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 moisture
                 than
                 a
                 dried
                 chip
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 you
                 be
                 pleased
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 this
                 root
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 substance
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 others
                 ,
                 no
                 sooner
                 is
                 it
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 but
                 presently
                 it
                 withereth
                 and
                 falleth
                 asunder
                 :
                 I
                 thought
                 good
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 these
                 reasons
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 might
                 not
                 lose
                 your
                 labour
                 about
                 what
                 Authors
                 have
                 said
                 concerning
                 the
                 alteration
                 of
                 Lillies
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 any
                 desire
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 incisions
                 by
                 applying
                 of
                 liquors
                 ,
                 do
                 it
                 seasonably
                 at
                 the
                 removing
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 so
                 loose
                 a
                 root
                 that
                 the
                 liquor
                 will
                 go
                 into
                 every
                 part
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 a
                 needlesse
                 curiosity
                 ,
                 for
                 thereis
                 no
                 Lillet
                 o
                 compare
                 
                 with
                 the
                 white
                 Lillie
                 ,
                 nor
                 no
                 Lillie
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 any
                 likenesse
                 of
                 altering
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 but
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 why
                 should
                 you
                 alter
                 the
                 best
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 the
                 worst
                 ?
              
               
                 Red
                 Lillies
                 ,
                 and
                 yellow
                 Lillies
                 ,
                 or
                 cur
                 Lillies
                 ,
                 these
                 differ
                 
                 not
                 from
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 contrary
                 colour
                 and
                 growth
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 half
                 the
                 stature
                 ;
                 they
                 differ
                 not
                 in
                 nature
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 one
                 is
                 propagated
                 ,
                 so
                 is
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 last
                 observation
                 of
                 Lillies
                 :
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Lillies
                 being
                 
                 once
                 planted
                 ,
                 there
                 they
                 continue
                 ,
                 yet
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 removed
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 every
                 other
                 year
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 suckers
                 taken
                 away
                 and
                 set
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 small
                 and
                 wild
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 conclude
                 ,
                 Lillies
                 were
                 held
                 in
                 great
                 estimation
                 in
                 Solomons
                 daies
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 commended
                 his
                 
                   Spouse
                   to
                   the
                   Lilly
                   of
                   the
                   valley
                   :
                
                 You
                 may
                 consider
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 Flower
                 that
                 he
                 took
                 most
                 delight
                 in
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 the
                 admirablest
                 Flower
                 that
                 was
                 in
                 those
                 daies
                 ;
                 but
                 as
                 the
                 world
                 hath
                 grown
                 in
                 years
                 ,
                 so
                 doth
                 it
                 still
                 grow
                 in
                 knowledge
                 more
                 every
                 day
                 than
                 other
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 perswaded
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 cultivated
                 
                 in
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 do
                 grow
                 naturally
                 in
                 some
                 part
                 or
                 other
                 after
                 the
                 similitude
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 them
                 in
                 ,
                 though
                 not
                 in
                 that
                 perfection
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 brought
                 to
                 with
                 diligence
                 ,
                 care
                 and
                 industry
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Larks-heel
                 .
              
               
                 Larks-heel
                 or
                 Larks-spur
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 give
                 a
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 therefore
                 take
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 
                 them
                 as
                 followeth
                 :
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 are
                 propagated
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 dieth
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 springeth
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 sown
                 yearly
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 them
                 every
                 year
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 of
                 sowing
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 by
                 themselves
                 in
                 your
                 quarter
                 of
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 spread
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 not
                 let
                 any
                 thing
                 grow
                 nigh
                 them
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 plants
                 grow
                 too
                 thick
                 ,
                 you
                 'll
                 do
                 well
                 to
                 pull
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 plant
                 them
                 again
                 ,
                 or
                 throw
                 them
                 away
                 ,
                 whether
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 rest
                 will
                 prosper
                 much
                 the
                 better
                 :
                 In
                 August
                 these
                 plants
                 usually
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 flower
                 fadeth
                 ,
                 there
                 springeth
                 a
                 cod
                 ,
                 wherein
                 are
                 eight
                 or
                 ten
                 
                 seeds
                 ,
                 small
                 ,
                 round
                 ,
                 coal
                 black
                 and
                 rough
                 :
                 of
                 Larks-heel
                 there
                 are
                 three
                 sorts
                 of
                 colours
                 ,
                 though
                 but
                 one
                 in
                 nature
                 ,
                 those
                 are
                 the
                 perfect
                 white
                 ,
                 blew
                 and
                 purple
                 ,
                 very
                 pritty
                 Flowers
                 they
                 are
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 London-pride
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 's
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 dieth
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 at
                 its
                 full
                 
                 growth
                 ,
                 the
                 plant
                 is
                 a
                 foot
                 and
                 an
                 half
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 stalk
                 like
                 the
                 sweet
                 William
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 strong
                 ,
                 it
                 supporteth
                 it self
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 every
                 stalk
                 spring
                 many
                 small
                 branches
                 of
                 an
                 equal
                 height
                 ,
                 ,
                 atop
                 of
                 every
                 branch
                 is
                 a
                 Flower
                 of
                 a
                 pritty
                 Pink
                 ,
                 speckled
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 five
                 leaves
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 outer
                 part
                 of
                 every
                 leaf
                 of
                 the
                 Flower
                 groweth
                 a
                 prickle
                 :
                 This
                 Flower
                 flourisheth
                 most
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 I
                 will
                 be
                 short
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 the
                 
                 time
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 quarter
                 which
                 you
                 reserve
                 for
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 in
                 that
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 shown
                 you
                 of
                 other
                 small
                 seeds
                 of
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 bed
                 you
                 may
                 let
                 them
                 stand
                 till
                 they
                 flower
                 ,
                 soon
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 yeelded
                 their
                 seed
                 the
                 whole
                 plant
                 perisheth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lupins
                 .
              
               
                 Many
                 sorts
                 there
                 are
                 ,
                 viz.
                 the
                 blew
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 purple
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 great
                 Lupin
                 ;
                 these
                 and
                 all
                 these
                 differ
                 as
                 
                 well
                 in
                 shape
                 as
                 in
                 colour
                 ;
                 they
                 differ
                 also
                 in
                 growth
                 ,
                 every
                 sort
                 of
                 seed
                 hath
                 a
                 difference
                 in
                 greatnesse
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 colour
                 also
                 ,
                 to
                 puzzle
                 my self
                 and
                 trouble
                 the
                 Reader
                 with
                 the
                 description
                 of
                 each
                 is
                 altogether
                 needlesse
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 give
                 you
                 some
                 observations
                 ,
                 how
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Lupins
                 may
                 be
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 name
                 in
                 particular
                 how
                 each
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 raised
                 ,
                 for
                 one
                 direction
                 will
                 serve
                 for
                 them
                 all
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Lupins
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 till
                 May
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 in
                 beds
                 or
                 borders
                 ,
                 
                 according
                 as
                 your
                 fancy
                 is
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 your
                 seed
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 great
                 quantity
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 trails
                 ,
                 in
                 beds
                 or
                 borders
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 they
                 plant
                 Peas
                 ;
                 these
                 are
                 for
                 the
                 blew
                 and
                 yellow
                 (
                 which
                 are
                 the
                 ordinary
                 sorts
                 )
                 but
                 the
                 greater
                 sorts
                 require
                 more
                 room
                 .
              
               
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Observe
                 that
                 any
                 sort
                 of
                 Lupins
                 committed
                 to
                 the
                 
                 earth
                 in
                 their
                 season
                 ,
                 will
                 spring
                 up
                 without
                 any
                 further
                 care
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 need
                 nothing
                 but
                 weeding
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 Lupins
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 very
                 beautifull
                 in
                 a
                 Garden
                 ;
                 after
                 the
                 shading
                 of
                 the
                 Flower
                 springeth
                 cods
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 Bean-cod
                 ,
                 bigger
                 or
                 lesser
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 kinds
                 ;
                 the
                 cods
                 are
                 rough
                 like
                 a
                 Peach
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Garden
                 where
                 it
                 grew
                 for
                 many
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 degenerate
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ladies-Thistle
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 hath
                 only
                 one
                 stalk
                 upon
                 a
                 root
                 ,
                 with
                 long
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 
                 broad
                 as
                 a
                 mans
                 hand
                 ;
                 these
                 leaves
                 are
                 prickley
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 a
                 Cardus-leaf
                 ;
                 the
                 plant
                 never
                 groweth
                 to
                 above
                 two
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 August
                 it
                 flowereth
                 ;
                 the
                 flower
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 the
                 great
                 wild
                 thistle-flower
                 ,
                 but
                 greater
                 and
                 without
                 prickles
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 long
                 and
                 rough
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 gray
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 ;
                 when
                 you
                 intend
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 flower
                 ,
                 each
                 seed
                 being
                 set
                 half
                 afoot
                 asunder
                 ,
                 and
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 deep
                 ,
                 it
                 cometh
                 up
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 and
                 flowereth
                 the
                 same
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 time
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 :
                 the
                 branch
                 when
                 Winter
                 cometh
                 dieth
                 ,
                 and
                 springeth
                 again
                 in
                 March
                 ,
                 the
                 third
                 Winter
                 after
                 it
                 soon
                 dieth
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lowe
                 in
                 idle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lowe
                   in
                   idle
                
                 ,
                 or
                 two
                 faces
                 under
                 a
                 hood
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 Flower
                 that
                 
                 is
                 much
                 like
                 Violets
                 in
                 all
                 respects
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 it
                 flowereth
                 at
                 such
                 times
                 at
                 Violets
                 does
                 not
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 June
                 and
                 July
                 ;
                 this
                 Flower
                 beareth
                 a
                 seed
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 raised
                 ,
                 if
                 slips
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 had
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 or
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 March
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 either
                 in
                 the
                 side
                 borders
                 
                 of
                 high
                 walks
                 ,
                 or
                 on
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 low
                 borders
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 Cowslips
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 sow
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 shall
                 make
                 drils
                 by
                 a
                 line
                 with
                 a
                 stick
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 deep
                 ,
                 each
                 drill
                 at
                 a
                 foot
                 asunder
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 on
                 the
                 side
                 border
                 
                 of
                 your
                 high
                 walks
                 ;
                 if
                 on
                 your
                 low
                 borders
                 ,
                 one
                 is
                 sufficient
                 in
                 these
                 drils
                 ,
                 thinly
                 cast
                 your
                 seed
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 cover
                 the
                 whole
                 border
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 will
                 alwayes
                 remain
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 renewes
                 its
                 nature
                 by
                 the
                 branches
                 taking
                 root
                 as
                 they
                 lie
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ladies-liveries
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 Flower
                 ,
                 yet
                 many
                 people
                 fancy
                 to
                 have
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 hath
                 such
                 a
                 pretty
                 property
                 
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 shouteth
                 up
                 with
                 many
                 blades
                 like
                 spire-grasse
                 ,
                 of
                 an
                 inch
                 in
                 breadth
                 ,
                 each
                 blade
                 is
                 striped
                 red
                 ,
                 white
                 ,
                 yellow
                 and
                 green
                 ;
                 some
                 call
                 it
                 Truelowe-grasse
                 ,
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 root
                 like
                 such
                 grasse
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 runne
                 not
                 so
                 farre
                 ;
                 this
                 root
                 if
                 you
                 set
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 there
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 and
                 continue
                 alwayes
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 I
                 thought
                 fit
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 for
                 brevities
                 sake
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 exempt
                 any
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ladies-smocks
                 .
              
               
                 Otherwise
                 called
                 Blew-caps
                 and
                 White-caps
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 the
                 nethermost
                 leaves
                 keep
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 those
                 leaves
                 
                 are
                 green
                 and
                 jagged
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 length
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 finger
                 ,
                 set
                 on
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 these
                 leaves
                 riseth
                 a
                 stalk
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 smaller
                 leaves
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 stalk
                 are
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 white
                 ,
                 or
                 blew
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 kind
                 :
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 single
                 ,
                 with
                 five
                 leaves
                 ,
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 bignesse
                 like
                 a
                 Dogg-rose
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 they
                 chiefly
                 flower
                 in
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 and
                 May
                 ,
                 it
                 seldom
                 bringeth
                 seed
                 to
                 perfection
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Spring
                 or
                 
                 the
                 fall
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 borders
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 beautifying
                 of
                 the
                 Garden
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 fall
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 much
                 better
                 than
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ;
                 for
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 set
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 in
                 dry
                 weather
                 ,
                 usually
                 cometh
                 presently
                 after
                 ,
                 then
                 your
                 borders
                 will
                 be
                 so
                 dry
                 ,
                 without
                 watering
                 ,
                 will
                 cause
                 the
                 slips
                 to
                 die
                 ;
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 set
                 at
                 Michaelmas
                 will
                 be
                 well
                 rooted
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 the
                 Summer
                 cometh
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 flower
                 in
                 their
                 season
                 ;
                 these
                 slips
                 being
                 thus
                 planted
                 continue
                 always
                 ,
                 
                 nothing
                 dieth
                 but
                 the
                 stalk
                 whereon
                 is
                 the
                 Flower
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 shall
                 cut
                 off
                 after
                 the
                 Flower
                 fadeth
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 of
                 your
                 border
                 handsome
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Marmadle
                 deparve
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 otherwise
                 called
                 the
                 Worlds
                 wonder
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 no
                 wonder
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 so
                 called
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 quality
                 naturally
                 as
                 no
                 other
                 Flower
                 hath
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 Flower
                 of
                 one
                 colour
                 as
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 to
                 day
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 morrow
                 
                 after
                 of
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 colours
                 at
                 once
                 ;
                 the
                 colours
                 are
                 chiefly
                 these
                 ;
                 first
                 red
                 ,
                 white
                 ,
                 purple
                 ,
                 peach
                 ,
                 yellow
                 ,
                 and
                 cinamon
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 distinct
                 colours
                 ;
                 there
                 are
                 mixt
                 also
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 red
                 ,
                 the
                 purple
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 yellow
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ;
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 is
                 much
                 like
                 a
                 heart
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 smallest
                 end
                 upward
                 ,
                 no
                 bigger
                 than
                 an
                 Acron
                 ,
                 this
                 Flower
                 is
                 of
                 no
                 continuance
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 continues
                 not
                 long
                 upon
                 the
                 stock
                 not
                 touched
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 pulled
                 off
                 it
                 withereth
                 presently
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 of
                 no
                 use
                 but
                 for
                 the
                 ornament
                 of
                 the
                 Garden
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 two
                 kinds
                 of
                 these
                 plants
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 single
                 and
                 the
                 double
                 ,
                 the
                 single
                 dieth
                 yearly
                 ,
                 the
                 double
                 will
                 continue
                 two
                 years
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 shelter'd
                 from
                 the
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 in
                 the
                 winter
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 in
                 growth
                 like
                 unto
                 the
                 stock
                 Gilliflower
                 ,
                 
                 it
                 riseth
                 not
                 so
                 high
                 ,
                 it
                 spreadeth
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 with
                 sharp-pointed
                 leaves
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 stock
                 of
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 thumb
                 ,
                 each
                 Flower
                 bringeth
                 a
                 seed
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 colour
                 like
                 the
                 Pepper-corn
                 ,
                 but
                 something
                 greater
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fit
                 time
                 for
                 sowing
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 Moneth
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 the
                 Moon
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 encrease
                 ,
                 these
                 seeds
                 are
                 tender
                 and
                 
                 very
                 dear
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 never
                 bought
                 them
                 for
                 less
                 than
                 two
                 pence
                 a
                 feed
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 raised
                 with
                 great
                 diligence
                 ,
                 and
                 thus
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 ordered
                 ;
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 sown
                 in
                 a
                 hot
                 bed
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 need
                 not
                 make
                 it
                 purposely
                 ,
                 for
                 about
                 that
                 time
                 we
                 fow
                 Colliflowers
                 ,
                 Cowcumbers
                 ,
                 and
                 Musmillions
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 beds
                 you
                 may
                 prick
                 down
                 your
                 seeds
                 ,
                 three
                 fingers
                 asunder
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 cover
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 glass
                 ,
                 the
                 sixth
                 day
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 with
                 two
                 round
                 thick
                 
                 leaves
                 ,
                 the
                 next
                 leaves
                 that
                 shoot
                 forth
                 will
                 be
                 long
                 and
                 sharp-pointed
                 ,
                 when
                 this
                 plant
                 hath
                 six
                 leaves
                 ,
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 transplanted
                 into
                 a
                 border
                 or
                 pots
                 of
                 good
                 mould
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 about
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 August
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 (
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 other
                 wayes
                 of
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 beds
                 of
                 
                 freckled
                 mould
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 sowed
                 before
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 grow
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 thus
                 sown
                 toward
                 May
                 day
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 let
                 stand
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 bed
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 Michaelmas
                 before
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 the
                 year
                 being
                 so
                 far
                 spent
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 best
                 to
                 take
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 sow
                 them
                 in
                 hot
                 beds
                 (
                 as
                 was
                 said
                 )
                 so
                 I
                 'le
                 leave
                 these
                 directions
                 to
                 your
                 charity
                 ,
                 and
                 rest
                 to
                 speak
                 any
                 more
                 here
                 of
                 the
                 Worlds
                 wonder
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Muscabious
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 not
                 Flowers
                 of
                 distinct
                 natures
                 and
                 properties
                 ,
                 but
                 distinguished
                 in
                 colours
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 purple
                 ,
                 white
                 ,
                 red
                 ,
                 and
                 damask-colour
                 Flowers
                 .
              
               
                 Scabious
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 groweth
                 to
                 great
                 stature
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 number
                 of
                 branches
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 be
                 but
                 small
                 they
                 spread
                 and
                 grow
                 to
                 three
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 some
                 leaves
                 growing
                 jagged
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 smooth
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 green
                 colour
                 ,
                 standing
                 from
                 the
                 branches
                 upon
                 stems
                 ,
                 every
                 plant
                 yeeldeth
                 abundance
                 of
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 bigness
                 like
                 the
                 great
                 double
                 Emrose
                 ;
                 this
                 Flower
                 smelleth
                 like
                 honey
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 their
                 flowering
                 is
                 from
                 June
                 till
                 Michaelmas
                 and
                 after
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 groweth
                 atop
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 standing
                 in
                 order
                 naked
                 being
                 enclosed
                 in
                 nothing
                 ,
                 these
                 seeds
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 ripe
                 have
                 many
                 beards
                 whereby
                 it
                 entangleth
                 one
                 in
                 another
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 hollow
                 loose
                 seed
                 and
                 the
                 lightest
                 of
                 all
                 others
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 plants
                 are
                 propagated
                 from
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 or
                 August
                 ,
                 for
                 indeed
                 August
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 it
                 sheddeth
                 its
                 seed
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 noted
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 plants
                 shed
                 their
                 seed
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 naturall
                 time
                 of
                 sowing
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 such
                 plants
                 as
                 keep
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 in
                 August
                 prepare
                 a
                 bed
                 of
                 earth
                 in
                 a
                 quarter
                 which
                 
                 you
                 reserve
                 for
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 mingle
                 with
                 your
                 seed
                 some
                 earth
                 ,
                 or
                 otherwise
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 untangle
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 
                 sow
                 it
                 too
                 thick
                 or
                 too
                 thin
                 ;
                 so
                 done
                 get
                 some
                 other
                 earth
                 and
                 cover
                 your
                 seeds
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 thick
                 ;
                 these
                 things
                 observed
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 seed
                 new
                 and
                 good
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 in
                 three
                 weeks
                 space
                 like
                 Gruncel
                 ;
                 let
                 it
                 alwaies
                 grow
                 on
                 this
                 bed
                 ,
                 and
                 next
                 summer
                 following
                 it
                 flowereth
                 ,
                 then
                 if
                 you
                 rail
                 in
                 this
                 bed
                 with
                 little
                 sticks
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 keep
                 the
                 wind
                 from
                 breaking
                 the
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 keeping
                 the
                 plants
                 in
                 uniform
                 order
                 :
                 when
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 upon
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 then
                 cut
                 the
                 stalks
                 off
                 within
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 the
                 plant
                 will
                 spring
                 again
                 ,
                 so
                 you
                 shall
                 preserve
                 seed
                 and
                 plant
                 ,
                 thus
                 you
                 may
                 do
                 for
                 three
                 years
                 ,
                 the
                 fourth
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 dieth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Monks-hood
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 old
                 mans
                 head
                 :
                 it
                 riseth
                 up
                 like
                 the
                 branches
                 of
                 Carawaies
                 ,
                 with
                 small
                 stalks
                 never
                 above
                 two
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 every
                 plant
                 yeeldeth
                 many
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 set
                 with
                 many
                 small
                 whiteish
                 grey
                 leaves
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Cornations
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 green
                 prickles
                 growing
                 among
                 the
                 Flowers
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 sowed
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 only
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 usually
                 after
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 we
                 dig
                 a
                 border
                 by
                 a
                 walk
                 side
                 ,
                 when
                 this
                 border
                 is
                 digged
                 and
                 raked
                 ,
                 then
                 lay
                 a
                 line
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 the
                 border
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 line
                 make
                 a
                 drill
                 ,
                 then
                 cast
                 the
                 seed
                 thinly
                 into
                 that
                 drill
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 small
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 it
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 it
                 needeth
                 no
                 more
                 care
                 ,
                 it
                 cometh
                 up
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 mid
                 -
                 August
                 after
                 it
                 flowereth
                 ,
                 and
                 dieth
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 it
                 yeeldeth
                 its
                 seed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Marble-flower
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 of
                 a
                 small
                 stature
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 stalks
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 soft
                 
                 substance
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 whiteish
                 green
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 colour
                 in
                 shape
                 like
                 the
                 wild
                 poppy-leaves
                 ;
                 this
                 plant
                 beareth
                 many
                 Flowers
                 which
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 than
                 four
                 leaves
                 apiece
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 perfect
                 white
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 flowering
                 is
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 presently
                 after
                 ,
                 then
                 dieth
                 the
                 plant
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 raised
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 time
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 set
                 down
                 every
                 particular
                 concerning
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 so
                 as
                 you
                 raise
                 Monks-hood
                 so
                 you
                 may
                 
                 raise
                 this
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 that
                 at
                 one
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 border
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 at
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Nurssusuly
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Daffodillies
                 ;
                 the
                 difference
                 is
                 ,
                 these
                 flower
                 after
                 the
                 Daffodilly
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 milk
                 white
                 colour
                 ,
                 something
                 smaller
                 ,
                 growing
                 upon
                 longer
                 stalks
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 planted
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 Daffodillies
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 chiefly
                 upon
                 borders
                 of
                 high
                 walks
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 hardy
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 else
                 might
                 so
                 well
                 grow
                 there
                 as
                 they
                 ,
                 because
                 of
                 the
                 drithe
                 you
                 may
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 any
                 place
                 else
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 and
                 flower
                 yearly
                 ,
                 neither
                 weeds
                 ,
                 nor
                 grasse
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 groweth
                 nigh
                 them
                 will
                 kill
                 them
                 ;
                 some
                 will
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Orchards
                 round
                 their
                 fruit-trees
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Oxslips
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 double
                 sort
                 are
                 planted
                 in
                 Gardens
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 flower
                 early
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 using
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 in
                 Salets
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 strewing
                 Flowers
                 .
              
               
                 Oxslips
                 are
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 onely
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 or
                 fall
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 on
                 bank-sides
                 ;
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 once
                 set
                 they
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Oak
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 resembleth
                 a
                 young
                 Oak
                 plant
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 being
                 much
                 smaller
                 ,
                 body
                 and
                 branches
                 also
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 short
                 substance
                 :
                 the
                 
                 plant
                 spreadeth
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 whereon
                 are
                 many
                 pretty
                 Flowers
                 ;
                 they
                 flourish
                 chiefly
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 groweth
                 in
                 great
                 cods
                 eight
                 square
                 ,
                 wherein
                 is
                 brown
                 seed
                 as
                 small
                 as
                 Parsley-seed
                 ;
                 after
                 this
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 the
                 plant
                 dieth
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 propagated
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 only
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 May
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 quarter
                 amongst
                 other
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 but
                 sow
                 no
                 other
                 seed
                 amongst
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 are
                 a
                 tender
                 plant
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 another
                 will
                 kill
                 them
                 :
                 this
                 observed
                 ,
                 sow
                 them
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 directed
                 you
                 to
                 sow
                 Muscabions
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 up
                 (
                 if
                 the
                 seed
                 be
                 good
                 )
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 description
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Pionys
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 these
                 Flowers
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 sorts
                 ;
                 first
                 the
                 male
                 Poiony
                 ,
                 next
                 the
                 Rose-Poiony
                 ,
                 the
                 small
                 Rose-Poiony
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Poiony-Rose
                 ;
                 the
                 colours
                 are
                 all
                 these
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 naturally
                 red
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 searlet
                 colours
                 (
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 so
                 by
                 art
                 )
                 the
                 male
                 Piony
                 never
                 beareth
                 seed
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 rest
                 do
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 raise
                 Pionies
                 of
                 :
                 the
                 way
                 here
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 stand
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 so
                 nigh
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 Tulip-seed
                 ,
                 and
                 must
                 be
                 ordered
                 alike
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 so
                 long
                 before
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 save
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 set
                 it
                 down
                 here
                 ,
                 but
                 refer
                 you
                 where
                 it
                 treateth
                 of
                 Tulip
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 short
                 direction
                 for
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 fittest
                 time
                 for
                 planting
                 of
                 Piony
                 roots
                 is
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 presently
                 
                 after
                 their
                 flowering
                 ,
                 yet
                 you
                 may
                 do
                 it
                 in
                 March
                 ,
                 or
                 September
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 and
                 manner
                 is
                 thus
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 out-borders
                 of
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 the
                 ground
                 being
                 good
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 must
                 set
                 them
                 a
                 yard
                 distance
                 ,
                 no
                 deeper
                 than
                 the
                 root
                 may
                 be
                 covered
                 :
                 Now
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 but
                 small
                 store
                 of
                 roots
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 willingly
                 have
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 Pionies
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 cut
                 every
                 great
                 root
                 into
                 half
                 a
                 score
                 pieces
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 like
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 flower
                 till
                 the
                 second
                 year
                 ;
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 set
                 whole
                 will
                 flower
                 the
                 next
                 Spring
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 old
                 Piony-roots
                 should
                 have
                 the
                 suckers
                 took
                 from
                 them
                 once
                 a
                 year
                 ,
                 in
                 so
                 doing
                 you
                 need
                 not
                 remove
                 the
                 old
                 root
                 ,
                 but
                 make
                 the
                 Flowers
                 much
                 the
                 larger
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 male
                 Piony
                 is
                 planted
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 times
                 and
                 seasons
                 in
                 a
                 box
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 more
                 tenderer
                 nature
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 causing
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 flower
                 early
                 ;
                 some
                 have
                 told
                 me
                 they
                 have
                 had
                 them
                 flower
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 'll
                 not
                 affirm
                 what
                 I
                 hear
                 by
                 relation
                 for
                 fear
                 I
                 should
                 not
                 make
                 it
                 good
                 by
                 my
                 action
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Primrose-tree
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 know
                 it
                 not
                 by
                 that
                 name
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 this
                 description
                 ;
                 when
                 this
                 plant
                 first
                 springeth
                 it
                 hath
                 many
                 broad
                 ,
                 long
                 leaves
                 lying
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 whitish
                 green
                 in
                 colour
                 ,
                 jagged
                 on
                 the
                 sides
                 ,
                 full
                 of
                 veins
                 ;
                 afterward
                 riseth
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 
                 being
                 bore
                 without
                 leaves
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 lowermost
                 part
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 a
                 few
                 small
                 one
                 ;
                 this
                 stalk
                 riseth
                 to
                 four-foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 resembleth
                 the
                 Daisie
                 very
                 much
                 ;
                 this
                 plant
                 beareth
                 its
                 flower
                 in
                 June
                 ,
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 seed
                 that
                 seldome
                 will
                 grow
                 by
                 mans
                 industry
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 have
                 known
                 it
                 grow
                 naturally
                 of
                 it self
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 the
                 branches
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 die
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 and
                 spring
                 again
                 ;
                 this
                 plant
                 hath
                 certain
                 young
                 springs
                 come
                 from
                 the
                 
                 side
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 mother
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 off
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 in
                 good
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 ;
                 thus
                 you
                 must
                 do
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 them
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 would
                 have
                 them
                 to
                 multiply
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 them
                 not
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 procure
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 have
                 them
                 .
                 The
                 place
                 fit
                 to
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 with
                 other
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 will
                 prosper
                 without
                 any
                 more
                 trouble
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 trouble
                 my self
                 to
                 write
                 any
                 more
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Princes-feathers
                 .
              
               
                 Otherwise
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   My
                   Love
                   lieth
                   a
                   bleeding
                
                 ;
                 yet
                 forasmuch
                 
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 called
                 by
                 two
                 several
                 names
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 partly
                 of
                 two
                 kinds
                 ,
                 but
                 both
                 in
                 one
                 shape
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 differ
                 in
                 colour
                 ;
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 called
                 the
                 Princes-feather
                 hath
                 green
                 leaves
                 with
                 red
                 and
                 white
                 speckled
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 bendingof
                 it self
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 put
                 together
                 in
                 a
                 mans
                 hat
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 take
                 it
                 for
                 a
                 feather
                 :
                 That
                 which
                 is
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   My
                   Love
                   lieth
                   a
                   bleeding
                
                 ,
                 hath
                 red
                 branches
                 ,
                 red
                 leaves
                 and
                 red
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 hanging
                 its
                 head
                 down
                 :
                 There
                 is
                 a
                 difference
                 in
                 the
                 seed
                 also
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Princes-feather
                 is
                 white
                 ,
                 that
                 of
                 
                   My
                   Love
                   lieth
                   a
                   bleeding
                
                 red
                 ,
                 both
                 as
                 small
                 or
                 smaller
                 than
                 Mustard-seed
                 ,
                 glistering
                 like
                 a
                 Marble-stone
                 ;
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 alike
                 ,
                 therefore
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 them
                 I
                 will
                 set
                 down
                 alike
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 raising
                 of
                 these
                 curious
                 Flowers
                 is
                 from
                 the
                 
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 April
                 till
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 followeth
                 ;
                 prepare
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 bed
                 being
                 finely
                 raked
                 ,
                 take
                 the
                 seed
                 and
                 mix
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 earth
                 in
                 a
                 dish
                 or
                 bole
                 ,
                 for
                 these
                 seeds
                 are
                 so
                 small
                 that
                 you
                 cannot
                 sow
                 them
                 otherwise
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 unevenly
                 sowed
                 ;
                 this
                 observed
                 ,
                 commit
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 with
                 an
                 even
                 hand
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 your
                 seed
                 ,
                 then
                 riddle
                 a
                 little
                 fine
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 cast
                 
                 uodn
                 the
                 seed
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 thick
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 season
                 prove
                 dry
                 ,
                 afterward
                 you
                 shall
                 water
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 evenings
                 and
                 mornings
                 sometimes
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 this
                 seed
                 to
                 spring
                 up
                 like
                 Bloudwort
                 about
                 the
                 twelfth
                 day
                 .
                 When
                 these
                 plants
                 come
                 to
                 have
                 five
                 leaves
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 remove
                 some
                 of
                 
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 into
                 another
                 bed
                 or
                 border
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 by
                 a
                 line
                 each
                 plant
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 distance
                 :
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 watered
                 at
                 their
                 first
                 planting
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 is
                 commonly
                 dry
                 ;
                 these
                 plants
                 will
                 hang
                 their
                 heads
                 the
                 first
                 three
                 dayes
                 ,
                 while
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 the
                 root
                 is
                 well
                 fixed
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 plant
                 riseth
                 and
                 flourisheth
                 bravely
                 ,
                 and
                 needeth
                 no
                 more
                 labour
                 but
                 only
                 weeding
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 they
                 begin
                 to
                 flower
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 note
                 ,
                 this
                 Flower
                 hath
                 a
                 quality
                 as
                 no
                 other
                 hath
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 this
                 ;
                 it
                 appeareth
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 shape
                 and
                 colour
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 fallnesse
                 of
                 its
                 perfection
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 will
                 be
                 five
                 weeks
                 after
                 :
                 this
                 Flower
                 keepeth
                 long
                 fresh
                 in
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 gathered
                 it
                 fadeth
                 quickly
                 ,
                 therefore
                 they
                 are
                 little
                 used
                 in
                 Flower
                 pots
                 :
                 this
                 plant
                 after
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 dieth
                 suddenly
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 To
                 have
                 them
                 sooner
                 than
                 ordinary
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 raise
                 them
                 upon
                 hot
                 beds
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 Amorantus
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 hath
                 a
                 property
                 of
                 colouring
                 as
                 none
                 hath
                 ,
                 of
                 it self
                 it
                 coloureth
                 red
                 ,
                 writing
                 upon
                 paper
                 ,
                 it
                 serveth
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 best
                 Ink
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 it
                 coloureth
                 Cloath
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 it
                 toucheth
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 shewed
                 a
                 pritty
                 experiment
                 with
                 this
                 Flower
                 ;
                 I
                 took
                 
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 white
                 Lilly
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 it
                 strokes
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 presently
                 the
                 Lilly
                 appeared
                 white
                 and
                 red
                 striped
                 ;
                 all
                 that
                 saw
                 this
                 Lilly
                 thought
                 it
                 grew
                 so
                 naturally
                 ,
                 which
                 indeed
                 is
                 strange
                 to
                 behold
                 .
                 Many
                 rarer
                 things
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 with
                 the
                 juice
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 studious
                 thereabout
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Poppies
                 .
              
               
                 Blew
                 ,
                 white
                 ,
                 black
                 ,
                 red
                 ,
                 double
                 and
                 single
                 ,
                 wild
                 and
                 Garden
                 Poppies
                 there
                 are
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 speak
                 here
                 of
                 the
                 blew
                 
                 and
                 white
                 .
                 Double
                 Poppies
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 :
                 nor
                 shall
                 I
                 need
                 to
                 make
                 any
                 distinction
                 of
                 the
                 directions
                 for
                 
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 of
                 alike
                 nature
                 .
              
               
                 Both
                 these
                 sorts
                 are
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 only
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 March
                 ;
                 the
                 place
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 in
                 a
                 quarter
                 which
                 is
                 reserved
                 for
                 Flowers
                 onely
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 shewed
                 you
                 concerning
                 the
                 Princes-feather
                 :
                 if
                 your
                 seed
                 be
                 good
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 :
                 and
                 observe
                 ,
                 if
                 your
                 plants
                 should
                 be
                 thick
                 ,
                 then
                 pull
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 ,
                 or
                 cast
                 them
                 away
                 ;
                 by
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 following
                 your
                 plants
                 will
                 flower
                 according
                 to
                 their
                 kinds
                 .
                 The
                 white
                 Poppie
                 is
                 for
                 general
                 uses
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 distilling
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Physicians
                 Herbals
                 will
                 shew
                 you
                 .
                 The
                 red
                 is
                 also
                 good
                 for
                 the
                 cure
                 of
                 many
                 maladies
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 second
                 season
                 of
                 sowing
                 of
                 Poppies
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 
                 August
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 in
                 place
                 and
                 manner
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 .
                 These
                 plants
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 May
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Where
                 Poppies
                 are
                 once
                 ,
                 they
                 likely
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 plant
                 dieth
                 every
                 other
                 year
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 seed
                 that
                 it
                 sheddeth
                 springeth
                 up
                 again
                 naturally
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Pinks
                 .
              
               
                 Two
                 sorts
                 there
                 are
                 ,
                 viz.
                 the
                 matted
                 Pink
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 grasse
                 Pink.
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 trouble
                 my self
                 to
                 write
                 any
                 more
                 of
                 them
                 they
                 are
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 only
                 acquaint
                 you
                 the
                 easiest
                 and
                 the
                 best
                 way
                 of
                 propagating
                 them
                 by
                 seed
                 and
                 slip
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 be
                 most
                 for
                 pleasure
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 For
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 which
                 is
                 
                 seasonable
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 in
                 some
                 high
                 border
                 side
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 high
                 wall
                 side
                 ,
                 provided
                 that
                 there
                 be
                 but
                 earth
                 drest
                 conveniently
                 and
                 finely
                 :
                 if
                 the
                 bank-side
                 be
                 ten
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 then
                 make
                 as
                 many
                 drils
                 at
                 a
                 direct
                 line
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 an
                 equal
                 distance
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ;
                 in
                 those
                 drils
                 sow
                 your
                 seed
                 with
                 an
                 equal
                 hand
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 it
                 and
                 fix
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 your
                 bank
                 smooth
                 again
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 understand
                 that
                 these
                 seeds
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 in
                 ranks
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 be
                 very
                 pleasant
                 to
                 the
                 beholders
                 ;
                 these
                 plants
                 must
                 be
                 well
                 weeded
                 the
                 first
                 Summer
                 ,
                 the
                 second
                 Summer
                 they
                 will
                 spread
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 cover
                 the
                 bank
                 themselves
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 no
                 weed
                 can
                 possibly
                 grow
                 there
                 ,
                 then
                 these
                 Pinks
                 will
                 
                 flower
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 cause
                 such
                 a
                 beautious
                 sight
                 as
                 hath
                 nor
                 been
                 seen
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 unlesse
                 it
                 were
                 the
                 like
                 .
                 Besides
                 this
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 need
                 no
                 labour
                 ,
                 but
                 cutting
                 off
                 the
                 dead
                 stalks
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 the
                 setting
                 of
                 the
                 slips
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 borders
                 ,
                 round
                 grasse-work
                 ,
                 
                 or
                 herb-work
                 ,
                 a
                 single
                 chace
                 in
                 every
                 border
                 ,
                 set
                 at
                 three
                 inches
                 distance
                 :
                 so
                 done
                 they
                 'll
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 next
                 May
                 following
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Purple-Primrose
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 Flowers
                 that
                 differ
                 not
                 from
                 the
                 white
                 Primrose
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 growth
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 in
                 bearing
                 purple
                 Flowers
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 rare
                 ,
                 they
                 flower
                 twice
                 a
                 year
                 ,
                 in
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 September
                 :
                 These
                 Flowers
                 are
                 set
                 only
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 at
                 two
                 several
                 seasons
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 are
                 presently
                 after
                 their
                 flowering
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 borders
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 uppermost
                 part
                 
                 thereof
                 ,
                 directly
                 at
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 asunder
                 ;
                 if
                 this
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 time
                 ,
                 the
                 slips
                 must
                 be
                 well
                 watered
                 till
                 they
                 have
                 taken
                 root
                 ;
                 if
                 in
                 the
                 fall
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 no
                 more
                 care
                 or
                 trouble
                 with
                 them
                 but
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 weeded
                 ,
                 to
                 cut
                 off
                 their
                 dead
                 leaves
                 and
                 stalkes
                 after
                 their
                 flowering
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 renewing
                 of
                 their
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 look
                 the
                 pleasanter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Pawmers
                 .
              
               
                 So
                 called
                 because
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 the
                 figure
                 of
                 a
                 Pawmer
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 upon
                 this
                 account
                 men
                 hold
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 a
                 great
                 rarity
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 of
                 little
                 use
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 will
                 bestow
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 propagate
                 it
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 May-day
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 only
                 to
                 be
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 prepare
                 a
                 place
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 under
                 a
                 wall
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 warm
                 place
                 ,
                 there
                 prick
                 in
                 your
                 seeds
                 with
                 your
                 finger
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 asunder
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 suppose
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 set
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 no
                 more
                 usefull
                 )
                 and
                 so
                 by
                 July
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 moneth
                 after
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 plant
                 dieth
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Queens-Gilliflower
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 call
                 it
                 the
                 white
                 Gilliflower
                 ,
                 whether
                 it
                 hath
                 any
                 more
                 names
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 know
                 it
                 is
                 usuall
                 to
                 give
                 divers
                 names
                 to
                 one
                 and
                 the
                 same
                 plant
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 hath
                 many
                 leaves
                 growing
                 and
                 spreading
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 
                 ground
                 ,
                 something
                 long
                 ,
                 sharp-pointed
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 green
                 colour
                 ,
                 being
                 hard
                 ,
                 rough
                 ,
                 rugged
                 ,
                 and
                 grayish
                 underneath
                 ,
                 of
                 little
                 or
                 no
                 sent
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 a
                 fine
                 pleasant
                 sharp
                 tast
                 :
                 above
                 these
                 rise
                 a
                 stalk
                 two
                 foot
                 in
                 heighth
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 tops
                 of
                 the
                 stalks
                 and
                 branches
                 stand
                 many
                 tufts
                 of
                 small
                 white
                 Flowers
                 which
                 smell
                 sweet
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 their
                 places
                 ,
                 being
                 fallen
                 ,
                 come
                 cods
                 wherein
                 is
                 a
                 brown
                 flat
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 one
                 time
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 Flower
                 and
                 seed
                 ripe
                 upon
                 the
                 stalk
                 :
                 the
                 root
                 is
                 somewhat
                 black
                 and
                 woodish
                 with
                 divers
                 great
                 strings
                 ,
                 the
                 top
                 branches
                 die
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 root
                 and
                 the
                 under
                 leaves
                 perish
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 abide
                 many
                 years
                 ,
                 the
                 sides
                 (
                 partly
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 )
                 send
                 forth
                 many
                 young
                 slips
                 every
                 year
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 this
                 description
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 understand
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 
                 plant
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 stand
                 to
                 treat
                 of
                 every
                 particular
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 its
                 ordering
                 :
                 to
                 be
                 short
                 ,
                 get
                 of
                 the
                 slips
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 either
                 in
                 Spring
                 or
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 convenient
                 bed
                 or
                 border
                 of
                 good
                 earth
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Flowers
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 are
                 good
                 in
                 nosegaies
                 or
                 to
                 be
                 placed
                 in
                 Flower-pots
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 a
                 good
                 pot-herb
                 and
                 serve
                 for
                 many
                 physicall
                 uses
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Rose-campions
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 these
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 ,
                 the
                 purple
                 ,
                 they
                 differ
                 not
                 in
                 form
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 colour
                 ,
                 let
                 one
                 description
                 serve
                 for
                 all
                 :
                 Rose-campions
                 have
                 white
                 hoary
                 leaves
                 and
                 soft
                 ,
                 sharp
                 at
                 each
                 end
                 ;
                 the
                 stalks
                 are
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 colour
                 ,
                 weak
                 and
                 small
                 as
                 a
                 Hop-vine
                 ,
                 not
                 well
                 able
                 to
                 support
                 themselves
                 :
                 from
                 one
                 root
                 springeth
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 which
                 spread
                 mightily
                 :
                 in
                 June
                 and
                 July
                 this
                 plant
                 hath
                 its
                 Flower
                 richest
                 in
                 the
                 branch
                 ,
                 these
                 Flowers
                 are
                 made
                 of
                 five
                 leaves
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 lieth
                 in
                 bags
                 which
                 are
                 round
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 bigness
                 of
                 a
                 mans
                 fore-finger
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 this
                 seed
                 is
                 full
                 ripe
                 it
                 will
                 rattle
                 in
                 the
                 husks
                 ;
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 as
                 small
                 as
                 Gunpowder
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 brown
                 colour
                 ;
                 
                 on
                 this
                 plant
                 will
                 be
                 ripe
                 seed
                 and
                 a
                 rich
                 Flower
                 at
                 once
                 :
                 this
                 plant
                 riseth
                 to
                 three
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 the
                 second
                 year
                 the
                 whole
                 plant
                 dieth
                 naturally
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 propagated
                 only
                 of
                 its
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 short
                 I
                 will
                 
                 show
                 you
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 viz.
                 prepare
                 a
                 bed
                 or
                 one
                 end
                 of
                 a
                 bed
                 in
                 the
                 quarter
                 which
                 is
                 appointed
                 for
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 sow
                 your
                 seed
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 it
                 thinly
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 ridled
                 earth
                 ,
                 let
                 this
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 or
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 :
                 now
                 observe
                 ,
                 that
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 sown
                 in
                 August
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 winter
                 following
                 be
                 hard
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 covered
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 straw
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Spring
                 following
                 when
                 your
                 plants
                 are
                 grown
                 up
                 ,
                 make
                 a
                 frame
                 of
                 rods
                 round
                 your
                 bed
                 to
                 support
                 the
                 plants
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 are
                 altogether
                 weak
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 so
                 oft
                 as
                 the
                 seed
                 falleth
                 it
                 groweth
                 naturally
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Rose-Rubee
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 Sattin
                 flower
                 :
                 it
                 rises
                 with
                 a
                 stalk
                 of
                 a
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 bare
                 
                 at
                 the
                 bottome
                 ,
                 towards
                 the
                 top
                 are
                 many
                 leaves
                 like
                 the
                 smooth
                 Charlock
                 leaves
                 or
                 wild
                 Turnop
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 tops
                 of
                 the
                 stalks
                 are
                 many
                 small
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 composed
                 of
                 five
                 leaves
                 betwixt
                 a
                 blush
                 and
                 a
                 scarlet
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 naturall
                 time
                 for
                 the
                 sowing
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 by
                 it self
                 as
                 was
                 said
                 of
                 Rose-campion
                 seed
                 :
                 so
                 done
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 next
                 March
                 these
                 plants
                 flower
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 was
                 described
                 :
                 after
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 gone
                 there
                 appeareth
                 a
                 bag
                 wherein
                 is
                 composed
                 many
                 small
                 seeds
                 ,
                 after
                 these
                 are
                 ripe
                 the
                 plant
                 fadeth
                 and
                 springeth
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Rocket-flower
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 's
                 needless
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 any
                 description
                 of
                 them
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 and
                 so
                 little
                 worth
                 ,
                 yet
                 shall
                 I
                 not
                 wholly
                 exempt
                 this
                 plant
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 it
                 is
                 one
                 that
                 helps
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 the
                 inventory
                 of
                 kiltevated
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 young
                 serve
                 well
                 insallets
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 only
                 ,
                 the
                 season
                 for
                 sowing
                 
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 mid
                 -
                 April
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 Rose
                 campion
                 seed
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 manner
                 and
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 care
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 June
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 after
                 the
                 
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 small
                 as
                 any
                 seed
                 whatsoever
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 whiteish
                 red
                 colour
                 and
                 glistering
                 )
                 the
                 plant
                 fadeth
                 and
                 springeth
                 no
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stock-Gilliflowers
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 hath
                 the
                 preheminency
                 of
                 a
                 Garden
                 for
                 ority
                 of
                 colour
                 ,
                 delicious
                 smell
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 continuance
                 of
                 flowering
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 flower
                 almost
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 :
                 and
                 again
                 they
                 cast
                 such
                 a
                 pleasant
                 sight
                 afar
                 off
                 or
                 nigh
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 such
                 a
                 pleasant
                 ornament
                 ,
                 as
                 cannot
                 be
                 better
                 expressed
                 than
                 they
                 express
                 themselves
                 ,
                 for
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 crimson
                 and
                 a
                 purple
                 die
                 ,
                 others
                 of
                 a
                 scarlet
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 have
                 intermixt
                 colours
                 ,
                 as
                 white
                 and
                 red
                 ,
                 purple
                 and
                 blew
                 ,
                 so
                 overspreading
                 the
                 bush
                 with
                 a
                 passing
                 beauty
                 ,
                 some
                 double
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 single
                 :
                 but
                 the
                 chiefest
                 of
                 my
                 work
                 shall
                 be
                 to
                 show
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 the
                 double
                 stock
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 make
                 some
                 queries
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 meant
                 by
                 a
                 double
                 
                 stock
                 ,
                 whether
                 the
                 double
                 and
                 single
                 are
                 two
                 distinct
                 kinds
                 or
                 no
                 ?
                 I
                 answer
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 double
                 is
                 made
                 by
                 art
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 the
                 single
                 comes
                 naturally
                 :
                 now
                 you
                 must
                 understand
                 there
                 is
                 two
                 sorts
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 voluntary
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 of
                 industry
                 ,
                 for
                 naturally
                 every
                 creature
                 liveth
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 nature
                 and
                 industry
                 every
                 creature
                 cometh
                 to
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 perfection
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 man
                 by
                 nature
                 and
                 
                 industry
                 cometh
                 to
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 wisdome
                 ,
                 whereas
                 naturally
                 he
                 is
                 a
                 fool
                 .
              
               
                 Well
                 then
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 confess
                 it
                 is
                 truth
                 (
                 and
                 this
                 fits
                 my
                 discourse
                 )
                 that
                 we
                 must
                 use
                 industry
                 in
                 the
                 propagation
                 of
                 Gilliflowers
                 ,
                 wherein
                 there
                 is
                 some
                 art
                 in
                 doubling
                 and
                 redoubling
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 thing
                 needfull
                 to
                 know
                 in
                 this
                 art
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 distinct
                 
                 times
                 and
                 seasons
                 for
                 the
                 sowing
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 true
                 it
                 is
                 you
                 may
                 sow
                 them
                 betwixt
                 March
                 and
                 August
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 very
                 well
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 earth
                 be
                 fixt
                 for
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 they
                 will
                 prove
                 single
                 if
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 take
                 the
                 right
                 times
                 and
                 seasons
                 for
                 them
                 :
                 the
                 right
                 season
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 new
                 Moon
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 about
                 fifteen
                 dayes
                 old
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 May
                 also
                 observing
                 the
                 Moon
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 the
                 fit
                 seasons
                 :
                 now
                 I
                 will
                 show
                 you
                 what
                 earth
                 the
                 seeds
                 require
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 a
                 dry
                 ,
                 loose
                 ,
                 and
                 something
                 
                 stony
                 ,
                 but
                 by
                 no
                 means
                 barren
                 :
                 the
                 fittest
                 place
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 by
                 some
                 wall
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 have
                 the
                 reflection
                 of
                 the
                 sun
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 shelter
                 from
                 the
                 storm
                 :
                 such
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 prepared
                 ,
                 sow
                 your
                 seeds
                 as
                 you
                 think
                 fit
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 quantity
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 cover
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 fine
                 mould
                 as
                 thin
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 possible
                 ,
                 forget
                 not
                 to
                 water
                 it
                 if
                 the
                 season
                 be
                 dry
                 :
                 all
                 this
                 done
                 you
                 shall
                 see
                 your
                 plants
                 come
                 up
                 the
                 eighteenth
                 or
                 the
                 twentieth
                 day
                 :
                 let
                 these
                 plants
                 be
                 weeded
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 stand
                 while
                 that
                 day
                 two
                 moneths
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 sown
                 ,
                 then
                 remove
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 richer
                 earth
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 nature
                 :
                 but
                 one
                 thing
                 you
                 must
                 observe
                 ,
                 such
                 plants
                 as
                 have
                 crumpled
                 heads
                 ,
                 them
                 reserve
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 for
                 those
                 will
                 be
                 double
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 order
                 them
                 as
                 followeth
                 :
                 in
                 the
                 next
                 September
                 following
                 remove
                 them
                 again
                 at
                 the
                 full
                 Moon
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 will
                 keep
                 them
                 back
                 from
                 flowering
                 untill
                 the
                 next
                 Spring
                 :
                 be
                 sure
                 these
                 plants
                 be
                 sheltered
                 from
                 the
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 the
                 winter
                 following
                 ,
                 for
                 we
                 found
                 by
                 experience
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 last
                 winter
                 killed
                 all
                 the
                 Stock-Gilliflowers
                 ,
                 both
                 old
                 and
                 young
                 ,
                 unless
                 it
                 were
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 sheltered
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 Replant
                 these
                 plants
                 the
                 first
                 full
                 Moon
                 in
                 March
                 following
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 sure
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 transplanted
                 into
                 a
                 better
                 earth
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 rich
                 as
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 possible
                 ,
                 to
                 that
                 place
                 where
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 most
                 of
                 these
                 will
                 be
                 double
                 ,
                 if
                 in
                 their
                 farther
                 growth
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 you
                 guild
                 off
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 off
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 branches
                 that
                 would
                 deprive
                 the
                 Flower
                 of
                 its
                 sap
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 There
                 are
                 subtle
                 wayes
                 of
                 grafting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 effect
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 to
                 have
                 two
                 severall
                 colours
                 of
                 one
                 stock
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 Cornation-Gilliflowers
                 ,
                 so
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 more
                 ease
                 you
                 may
                 obtain
                 your
                 desire
                 .
              
               
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 The
                 ordinary
                 sowing
                 for
                 ordinary
                 and
                 single
                 Flowers
                 is
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 you
                 please
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 usually
                 grow
                 best
                 to
                 be
                 single
                 Flowers
                 when
                 they
                 have
                 least
                 care
                 took
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 Means
                 for
                 setting
                 of
                 slips
                 of
                 double
                 stocks
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 not
                 degenerate
                 but
                 be
                 double
                 and
                 large
                 ,
                 still
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 first
                 full
                 Moon
                 in
                 May
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 ricked
                 
                 in
                 the
                 branch
                 ,
                 then
                 slip
                 off
                 as
                 many
                 slips
                 of
                 the
                 under
                 leaves
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 conveniently
                 ,
                 then
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 such
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 place
                 as
                 you
                 replanted
                 the
                 seedlings
                 in
                 :
                 Let
                 these
                 slips
                 be
                 often
                 watered
                 with
                 such
                 water
                 wherein
                 have
                 been
                 steeped
                 Sheeps-dung
                 ;
                 these
                 plants
                 thus
                 planted
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 will
                 continue
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 years
                 before
                 they
                 decay
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 supplied
                 with
                 younger
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 .
              
               
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 To
                 plant
                 seedlings
                 for
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 upon
                 the
                 border
                 of
                 a
                 high
                 walk
                 (
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 hedge
                 )
                 set
                 by
                 a
                 direct
                 line
                 ,
                 each
                 plant
                 seven
                 inches
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 grow
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 frame
                 made
                 with
                 small
                 sticks
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 clipt
                 with
                 a
                 pair
                 of
                 sheers
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 top
                 where
                 a
                 plant
                 riseth
                 higher
                 than
                 ordinary
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 stand
                 like
                 a
                 hedge
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 pleasant
                 hedge
                 indeed
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 such
                 a
                 convenient
                 place
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 uniform
                 order
                 insome
                 out-border
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Some
                 may
                 surmise
                 ,
                 or
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 conjecture
                 ,
                 because
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 set
                 down
                 rules
                 for
                 inoculation
                 and
                 transforming
                 of
                 shape
                 ,
                 and
                 altering
                 of
                 sent
                 and
                 colour
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 objections
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 understand
                 whether
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 yea
                 or
                 no.
                 To
                 this
                 I
                 answer
                 ,
                 That
                 
                 these
                 intercisions
                 or
                 supplies
                 ,
                 are
                 but
                 conceits
                 took
                 up
                 upon
                 trust
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 made
                 good
                 by
                 practice
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 dispense
                 with
                 the
                 time
                 to
                 answer
                 them
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 and
                 swell
                 up
                 my
                 Book
                 about
                 such
                 uncertain
                 ,
                 vain
                 and
                 needlesse
                 curiosities
                 which
                 are
                 unpractical
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 never
                 affected
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 wave
                 the
                 Discourse
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Snap-Dragons
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 not
                 distinct
                 kinds
                 ,
                 but
                 distinct
                 colours
                 ,
                 viz.
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 and
                 the
                 peach
                 colour
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 a
                 description
                 which
                 shall
                 serve
                 for
                 all
                 .
                 This
                 plant
                 spreadeth
                 at
                 the
                 middle
                 with
                 many
                 branches
                 ,
                 the
                 bottom
                 of
                 the
                 stalk
                 is
                 bare
                 without
                 branch
                 or
                 leaf
                 ,
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 plant
                 riseth
                 by
                 degrees
                 above
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 whereon
                 are
                 many
                 small
                 leaves
                 ,
                 green
                 and
                 sharp
                 pointed
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 colour
                 of
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 on
                 every
                 branch
                 are
                 many
                 Flowers
                 knit
                 double
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 a
                 Peas
                 blossome
                 :
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 flowering
                 is
                 chiefly
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 which
                 lieth
                 in
                 bags
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 small
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 brown
                 colour
                 :
                 after
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 ripe
                 ,
                 the
                 uppermost
                 branches
                 die
                 ,
                 the
                 lowermost
                 spring
                 again
                 two
                 year
                 after
                 its
                 first
                 flowering
                 ,
                 then
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 dieth
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 propagated
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 only
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 is
                 in
                 March
                 or
                 August
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 best
                 in
                 August
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 as
                 followeth
                 :
                 Prepare
                 a
                 bed
                 or
                 a
                 border
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 sow
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 others
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 fortnights
                 space
                 ,
                 it
                 need
                 not
                 be
                 removed
                 ;
                 all
                 the
                 care
                 is
                 to
                 shelter
                 it
                 the
                 Winter
                 following
                 from
                 the
                 frost
                 and
                 snow
                 ;
                 the
                 Summer
                 following
                 these
                 plants
                 will
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 continue
                 with
                 you
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 description
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sweet
                 Williams
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 springeth
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 at
                 its
                 full
                 growth
                 ,
                 it
                 lieth
                 one
                 half
                 of
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 rising
                 up
                 ;
                 
                 the
                 whole
                 branches
                 being
                 nigh
                 three
                 foot
                 in
                 length
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 knots
                 or
                 joints
                 ,
                 where
                 springeth
                 many
                 small
                 leaves
                 set
                 close
                 on
                 to
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 betwixt
                 the
                 stalk
                 and
                 the
                 leaves
                 springeth
                 tufts
                 whereon
                 are
                 many
                 small
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 four
                 leaves
                 in
                 number
                 of
                 a
                 Pink
                 colour
                 ,
                 rising
                 all
                 of
                 a
                 height
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 you
                 would
                 take
                 it
                 for
                 one
                 united
                 Flower
                 :
                 this
                 plant
                 continueth
                 flowering
                 both
                 June
                 and
                 July
                 ,
                 it
                 seldom
                 or
                 never
                 beareth
                 seed
                 to
                 perfection
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 March
                 or
                 September
                 ;
                 the
                 
                 slips
                 must
                 be
                 such
                 as
                 have
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 branch
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 easie
                 to
                 be
                 had
                 where
                 they
                 grow
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 root
                 spreadeth
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 mightily
                 .
                 The
                 place
                 for
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 banks
                 or
                 border
                 sides
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 stand
                 to
                 declare
                 every
                 particular
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 you
                 set
                 the
                 Bachelors-buttons
                 ,
                 so
                 set
                 these
                 :
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 once
                 planted
                 they
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 ,
                 they
                 need
                 no
                 more
                 trouble
                 ,
                 but
                 after
                 their
                 flowering
                 cut
                 off
                 the
                 old
                 vines
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 spring
                 anew
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Scarlet
                 Beans
                 .
              
               
                 Various
                 are
                 the
                 wayes
                 which
                 I
                 could
                 enter
                 upon
                 the
                 description
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 or
                 Flower
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 omit
                 :
                 The
                 description
                 is
                 thus
                 :
                 This
                 plant
                 riseth
                 in
                 all
                 respects
                 
                 like
                 the
                 Kidney
                 or
                 French
                 Bean
                 ;
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 scarlet
                 colour
                 ,
                 which
                 continueth
                 long
                 on
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 it
                 fadeth
                 springeth
                 cods
                 ,
                 wherein
                 are
                 likely
                 five
                 Beans
                 ,
                 something
                 bigger
                 than
                 the
                 Kidney-bean
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 shape
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 an
                 intermixt
                 purple
                 and
                 red
                 colour
                 ;
                 these
                 Beans
                 or
                 seeds
                 are
                 set
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 till
                 May-day
                 ,
                 if
                 opportunity
                 do
                 not
                 then
                 serve
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 weather
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 season
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 out-borders
                 of
                 Gardens
                 of
                 pleasure
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 runne
                 up
                 against
                 the
                 trees
                 ,
                 or
                 supported
                 with
                 sticks
                 against
                 the
                 wall
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 July
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 ,
                 and
                 yeeld
                 their
                 seed
                 ripe
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 September
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 dieth
                 the
                 plant
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 This
                 plant
                 yeeldeth
                 a
                 great
                 increase
                 of
                 seed
                 ,
                 which
                 
                 you
                 may
                 plant
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 prosper
                 very
                 well
                 without
                 any
                 changing
                 for
                 three
                 years
                 :
                 These
                 Beans
                 are
                 very
                 good
                 for
                 to
                 eat
                 ,
                 insomuch
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 prized
                 before
                 the
                 Kidney-bean
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 great
                 quantity
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 plant
                 
                 them
                 for
                 food
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 do
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 Kitchen-garden
                 ,
                 the
                 ground
                 being
                 hot
                 and
                 sandy
                 ,
                 well
                 dunged
                 ;
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 rowes
                 of
                 two
                 foot
                 and
                 an
                 half
                 distance
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 grown
                 up
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 stuck
                 with
                 small
                 sticks
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 much
                 the
                 better
                 ,
                 yet
                 they
                 will
                 bring
                 a
                 good
                 increase
                 without
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Snails
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 so
                 called
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 twisted
                 much
                 like
                 it
                 in
                 shape
                 and
                 bignesse
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 a
                 dry
                 Tobacco-leaf
                 :
                 This
                 seed
                 is
                 ordinary
                 to
                 be
                 bought
                 at
                 most
                 seedmens
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 set
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 time
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 and
                 bring
                 forth
                 its
                 seed
                 the
                 same
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 that
                 the
                 plant
                 dieth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Snow-drops
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 rise
                 with
                 many
                 spirish
                 blades
                 ,
                 thick
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 soft
                 substance
                 ,
                 
                 set
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 bending
                 with
                 their
                 tops
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 again
                 ,
                 through
                 which
                 rise
                 many
                 small
                 stalks
                 of
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 in
                 length
                 ,
                 upon
                 which
                 groweth
                 Flowers
                 of
                 the
                 
                 bignesse
                 and
                 shape
                 of
                 an
                 Acorn
                 ,
                 five
                 leaves
                 in
                 number
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 milk
                 white
                 colour
                 bending
                 downward
                 :
                 The
                 time
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 the
                 roots
                 are
                 bullous-roots
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 transplant
                 after
                 their
                 flowering
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 place
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 commonly
                 planted
                 in
                 is
                 upon
                 borders
                 in
                 intervales
                 ,
                 with
                 Crokus
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Flowers
                 with
                 bullous-roots
                 .
                 Let
                 this
                 short
                 direction
                 serve
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 is
                 needfull
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 a
                 Flower
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 hardy
                 nature
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Start
                 up
                 and
                 kisse
                 me
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 otherwise
                 called
                 Wag-wantons
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 plant
                 that
                 riseth
                 to
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 in
                 height
                 ,
                 with
                 many
                 small
                 brown
                 leaves
                 ,
                 
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 branches
                 spreading
                 from
                 the
                 stalk
                 ,
                 whereon
                 groweth
                 Flowers
                 of
                 a
                 sky
                 colour
                 ,
                 being
                 but
                 a
                 small
                 Flower
                 spreading
                 of
                 it self
                 full
                 abroad
                 ;
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 standeth
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 knots
                 alwayes
                 wagging
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 the
                 flower
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 this
                 flowereth
                 is
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 gone
                 ,
                 are
                 round
                 husks
                 wherein
                 is
                 seed
                 much
                 like
                 Violet
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 sown
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 or
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 March
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 you
                 do
                 Violets
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 like
                 .
                 I
                 cannot
                 stand
                 to
                 dispense
                 any
                 more
                 time
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 must
                 go
                 to
                 that
                 of
                 more
                 consequence
                 ,
                 which
                 is
              
            
             
               
                 Tulips
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 come
                 now
                 to
                 that
                 Flower
                 which
                 Authors
                 have
                 left
                 a
                 large
                 description
                 of
                 to
                 posterity
                 ,
                 and
                 also
                 vain
                 disputes
                 ,
                 how
                 Tulips
                 are
                 made
                 by
                 art
                 into
                 those
                 several
                 colours
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 .
                 To
                 give
                 an
                 answer
                 to
                 those
                 things
                 I
                 shall
                 omit
                 the
                 pains
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 raise
                 my
                 discourse
                 out
                 of
                 other
                 mens
                 words
                 :
                 so
                 I
                 'll
                 set
                 down
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 by
                 experience
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 In
                 nature
                 :
                 Here
                 is
                 a
                 wonderfull
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 rare
                 and
                 excellent
                 things
                 to
                 be
                 observed
                 from
                 this
                 work
                 in
                 nature
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 consider
                 how
                 beautifull
                 it
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 what
                 a
                 hardy
                 nature
                 it
                 is
                 of
                 ;
                 other
                 Flowers
                 that
                 are
                 beautifull
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 tender
                 nature
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 with
                 this
                 ,
                 considering
                 what
                 a
                 stately
                 form
                 it
                 hath
                 :
                 but
                 this
                 I
                 shall
                 wave
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 speak
                 how
                 Tulips
                 are
                 tituled
                 .
              
               
               
                 Tulips
                 are
                 distinguished
                 and
                 called
                 in
                 the
                 oraty
                 of
                 the
                 colour
                 each
                 Tulip
                 hath
                 ;
                 that
                 which
                 is
                 held
                 most
                 in
                 estimation
                 
                 is
                 the
                 Scarlet
                 ,
                 the
                 Princes-robes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Fools-coat
                 ,
                 the
                 Chimney-sweeper
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 black
                 and
                 yellow
                 ,
                 especially
                 if
                 they
                 have
                 the
                 shape
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 Tulip
                 .
                 The
                 ordinary
                 sort
                 of
                 Tulips
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 the
                 Wind
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 London-white
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 ,
                 the
                 purple
                 ,
                 the
                 peach
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 Maiden-blush
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 Cinamon
                 ,
                 the
                 Widow-Tulip
                 .
                 Ordinary
                 mixt
                 colours
                 are
                 these
                 ,
                 the
                 Lords-livery
                 ,
                 the
                 Priests-vestures
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 and
                 white
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 and
                 red
                 ,
                 the
                 orange
                 and
                 damask
                 ,
                 the
                 purple
                 and
                 red
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 more
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 cannot
                 stand
                 to
                 name
                 .
                 All
                 these
                 colours
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 doth
                 sometimes
                 alter
                 their
                 colour
                 by
                 nature
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 by
                 industry
                 of
                 themselves
                 ;
                 and
                 forasmuch
                 as
                 the
                 colour
                 of
                 Tulips
                 do
                 differ
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 an
                 apt
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 of
                 a
                 forced
                 nature
                 ;
                 and
                 seeing
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 apt
                 to
                 alter
                 of
                 themselves
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 endeavour
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 how
                 you
                 shall
                 find
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 If
                 you
                 have
                 Tulips
                 already
                 in
                 your
                 Garden
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 flowering
                 ,
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 what
                 colour
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 then
                 stick
                 a
                 small
                 stick
                 by
                 each
                 particular
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 write
                 upon
                 the
                 stick
                 what
                 colour
                 each
                 Flower
                 is
                 ;
                 now
                 by
                 the
                 setting
                 down
                 of
                 this
                 stick
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 know
                 what
                 colour
                 they
                 were
                 when
                 the
                 Flower
                 is
                 faded
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 remaineth
                 but
                 the
                 root
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 :
                 Let
                 these
                 sticks
                 or
                 marks
                 stand
                 till
                 such
                 time
                 as
                 you
                 remove
                 them
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 removing
                 them
                 is
                 presently
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 done
                 flowering
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 about
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 June
                 :
                 in
                 the
                 removing
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 all
                 the
                 art
                 and
                 knowledge
                 consists
                 ,
                 either
                 for
                 the
                 enlarging
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 have
                 them
                 flower
                 at
                 contrary
                 seasons
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 For
                 altering
                 the
                 colour
                 :
                 Having
                 set
                 the
                 marks
                 to
                 know
                 what
                 colour
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 take
                 up
                 your
                 roots
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 
                 each
                 colour
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 prepare
                 your
                 ground
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 up
                 ,
                 some
                 fresh
                 mould
                 must
                 be
                 gotten
                 and
                 well
                 ridled
                 ,
                 so
                 lay
                 it
                 upon
                 the
                 border
                 where
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 happily
                 you
                 may
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 wrong
                 place
                 for
                 ornament
                 ,
                 
                 therefore
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 some
                 directions
                 for
                 the
                 place
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 Garden
                 be
                 crosse-work
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 proper
                 to
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 border
                 round
                 it
                 ;
                 if
                 Herb-work
                 ,
                 then
                 Tulips
                 must
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 a
                 quarter
                 cast
                 out
                 into
                 beds
                 ,
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 as
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 draft-work
                 of
                 this
                 Book
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 These
                 Tulip-roots
                 thus
                 taken
                 up
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 seprrate
                 the
                 young
                 suckers
                 from
                 the
                 old
                 bearers
                 ,
                 and
                 plant
                 them
                 
                 in
                 a
                 bed
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 at
                 a
                 hands
                 breadth
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 ,
                 the
                 old
                 bearers
                 must
                 be
                 planted
                 at
                 eight
                 inches
                 difference
                 either
                 in
                 bed
                 or
                 border
                 ,
                 no
                 deeper
                 than
                 that
                 there
                 be
                 half
                 an
                 inch
                 of
                 earth
                 above
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 you
                 do
                 ,
                 they
                 lie
                 cold
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 get
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 and
                 air
                 to
                 cause
                 them
                 to
                 spring
                 timely
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 Concerning
                 the
                 altering
                 of
                 colour
                 ,
                 having
                 taken
                 
                 notice
                 of
                 what
                 colour
                 they
                 were
                 before
                 ,
                 set
                 the
                 red
                 Tulips
                 by
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 white
                 Tulips
                 by
                 themselves
                 after
                 these
                 directions
                 ;
                 take
                 a
                 quantity
                 of
                 wild
                 or
                 Garden-herbs
                 ,
                 and
                 Sheeps-dung
                 ,
                 and
                 Pigeons-dung
                 ,
                 beat
                 these
                 Herbs
                 and
                 the
                 dung
                 together
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 put
                 some
                 of
                 this
                 into
                 the
                 holes
                 where
                 you
                 set
                 your
                 Tulip-roots
                 ,
                 anoint
                 the
                 roots
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 into
                 the
                 holes
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 in
                 more
                 atop
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 covering
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 earth
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 upon
                 several
                 trials
                 it
                 hath
                 altered
                 the
                 colour
                 ,
                 some
                 after
                 one
                 manner
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 after
                 another
                 ,
                 but
                 still
                 the
                 red
                 and
                 the
                 white
                 carrieth
                 the
                 greatest
                 sway
                 .
              
               
                 Again
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 told
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 conceited
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 planting
                 of
                 a
                 red
                 Tulip
                 ,
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 colour
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 take
                 a
                 white
                 Tulip-root
                 ,
                 Lettice-leaves
                 ,
                 Solendine
                 leaves
                 ,
                 Camomile
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 white
                 Thistle
                 and
                 Peas-flower
                 ,
                 and
                 beat
                 all
                 these
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 I
                 did
                 ,
                 and
                 committed
                 them
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 did
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 did
                 imagine
                 that
                 the
                 root
                 would
                 partake
                 of
                 those
                 several
                 coloured
                 juices
                 ,
                 and
                 convert
                 it
                 into
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 ,
                 which
                 should
                 cause
                 so
                 many
                 orites
                 of
                 colours
                 as
                 was
                 mixt
                 in
                 the
                 juices
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 found
                 by
                 experience
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 nothing
                 so
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 found
                 no
                 more
                 alteration
                 in
                 those
                 than
                 I
                 did
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 only
                 the
                 enriching
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 with
                 the
                 strength
                 of
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 the
                 Herbs
                 and
                 dung
                 ;
                 so
                 Flowers
                 do
                 not
                 convert
                 any
                 colours
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 ,
                 but
                 into
                 its
                 own
                 colour
                 and
                 intercisial
                 form
                 as
                 every
                 one
                 hath
                 .
                 
                 Some
                 think
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 several
                 juices
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 is
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 Garlick
                 be
                 set
                 by
                 Gilliflowers
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 the
                 sweeter
                 ,
                 because
                 that
                 they
                 think
                 that
                 the
                 Garlick
                 doth
                 draw
                 away
                 the
                 strongest
                 juice
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 as
                 uncreditable
                 as
                 the
                 stories
                 of
                 Robinhood
                 ;
                 for
                 sure
                 if
                 Flowers
                 draw
                 juice
                 ,
                 so
                 does
                 the
                 Crab-tree
                 ,
                 I
                 mean
                 drawing
                 or
                 receiving
                 of
                 
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 ;
                 then
                 mark
                 ,
                 an
                 Apple
                 grafted
                 upon
                 a
                 Crab-tree
                 must
                 needs
                 turn
                 a
                 Crab
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 receiveth
                 its
                 juice
                 from
                 the
                 Crab-stock
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 they
                 say
                 the
                 Crab-stock
                 draweth
                 sower
                 juice
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 so
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 should
                 the
                 Apple
                 receive
                 its
                 sweet
                 juice
                 ?
                 Why
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 plain
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Apple
                 graft
                 converts
                 the
                 sower
                 juice
                 of
                 the
                 Crab-stock
                 into
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 becometh
                 of
                 a
                 pleasant
                 taste
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 with
                 all
                 plants
                 else
                 :
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 Garlick
                 by
                 Roses
                 can
                 make
                 them
                 the
                 sweeter
                 ,
                 nor
                 contrary
                 colours
                 applied
                 to
                 Tulips
                 that
                 will
                 alter
                 the
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 seeing
                 there
                 are
                 divers
                 colours
                 it
                 is
                 an
                 art
                 of
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 I
                 direct
                 you
                 to
                 apply
                 to
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 page
                 ,
                 is
                 that
                 which
                 doth
                 agree
                 with
                 their
                 nature
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 inlargeth
                 the
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 altereth
                 the
                 colour
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 any
                 thing
                 whatsoever
                 applied
                 unto
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 There
                 is
                 certain
                 wayes
                 of
                 grafting
                 of
                 them
                 to
                 
                 have
                 two
                 Flowers
                 spring
                 from
                 one
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 done
                 thus
                 ;
                 Take
                 two
                 Tulip-roots
                 of
                 two
                 several
                 colours
                 ,
                 one
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 off
                 a
                 part
                 from
                 the
                 side
                 of
                 each
                 ,
                 proportionably
                 alike
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 cut
                 not
                 the
                 strings
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 ,
                 then
                 joyn
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 bind
                 them
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 flax
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 year
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 what
                 they
                 are
                 grafted
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 bring
                 forth
                 Flowers
                 of
                 two
                 several
                 kinds
                 ,
                 seeming
                 to
                 spring
                 from
                 one
                 root
                 ;
                 some
                 are
                 so
                 simple
                 to
                 think
                 that
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 mixt
                 colours
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 is
                 answered
                 where
                 I
                 treat
                 of
                 Flower-deluce-roots
                 ,
                 and
                 prove
                 to
                 the
                 contrary
                 .
              
               
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 To
                 have
                 Tulips
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 sow
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 
                 end
                 of
                 August
                 in
                 a
                 fine
                 fertile
                 earth
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 tender
                 feed
                 ,
                 though
                 when
                 it
                 is
                 come
                 to
                 perfection
                 the
                 plant
                 is
                 the
                 hardiest
                 of
                 all
                 others
                 .
                 The
                 plants
                 that
                 come
                 of
                 seed
                 will
                 be
                 very
                 small
                 the
                 first
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 beareth
                 no
                 Flower
                 while
                 the
                 fourth
                 year
                 ;
                 and
                 seeing
                 Mr.
                 Purchas
                 and
                 others
                 have
                 took
                 up
                 their
                 time
                 to
                 study
                 curiosities
                 about
                 ordering
                 this
                 seed
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 this
                 Flower
                 
                 is
                 grown
                 so
                 common
                 that
                 the
                 roots
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 almost
                 any
                 where
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 insist
                 any
                 more
                 upon
                 ordering
                 this
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 Tulips
                 must
                 be
                 removed
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 every
                 
                 other
                 year
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 later
                 end
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 ;
                 the
                 reason
                 is
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 removed
                 ,
                 they
                 grow
                 too
                 deep
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ground
                 groweth
                 stiff
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 send
                 forth
                 suckers
                 from
                 the
                 old
                 bearers
                 ;
                 these
                 things
                 hinder
                 the
                 timely
                 bearing
                 ,
                 and
                 maketh
                 the
                 Flower
                 the
                 less
                 .
              
               
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 Concerning
                 sent
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 former
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Gilliflowers
                 I
                 had
                 an
                 occasion
                 to
                 speak
                 of
                 the
                 alteration
                 of
                 the
                 
                 sent
                 of
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 could
                 be
                 done
                 on
                 this
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 know
                 it
                 is
                 impossible
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 make
                 this
                 Flower
                 exceed
                 all
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 for
                 here
                 is
                 nothing
                 wanting
                 in
                 this
                 Flower
                 that
                 nature
                 did
                 bestow
                 in
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 except
                 sent
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 altering
                 the
                 sent
                 ,
                 Authors
                 say
                 it
                 is
                 thus
                 :
                 Take
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Cloves
                 ,
                 as
                 much
                 Mace
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 stick
                 of
                 Oinamon
                 ,
                 two
                 grains
                 of
                 Musk
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 little
                 Amber-grease
                 ,
                 these
                 beaten
                 together
                 ,
                 adde
                 unto
                 it
                 a
                 few
                 drops
                 of
                 Damask-rose-water
                 ,
                 then
                 take
                 a
                 fine
                 Camebrick
                 rag
                 ,
                 and
                 spread
                 this
                 upon
                 it
                 ;
                 lay
                 this
                 to
                 a
                 Tulip-root
                 ,
                 then
                 commit
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 earth
                 ;
                 this
                 done
                 ,
                 water
                 them
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 with
                 Damask
                 rose-water
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 sweet
                 drugs
                 this
                 cost
                 with
                 diligence
                 performed
                 ,
                 say
                 they
                 ,
                 the
                 Tulip
                 that
                 springeth
                 from
                 that
                 root
                 will
                 be
                 as
                 sweet
                 as
                 any
                 Flower
                 whatsoever
                 .
                 This
                 you
                 may
                 believe
                 if
                 you
                 please
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 can
                 assure
                 you
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 lose
                 your
                 labour
                 and
                 cost
                 :
                 My
                 reason
                 is
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 before
                 ,
                 plants
                 do
                 not
                 contract
                 any
                 substance
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 either
                 sweet
                 or
                 sowr
                 ,
                 black
                 or
                 white
                 ,
                 but
                 into
                 its
                 own
                 sent
                 ,
                 colour
                 and
                 for
                 me
                 that
                 God
                 and
                 Nature
                 gave
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Some
                 things
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 crossing
                 of
                 the
                 nature
                 
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 ,
                 by
                 keeping
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 to
                 put
                 it
                 backward
                 for
                 flowering
                 at
                 contrary
                 seasons
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 may
                 keep
                 it
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 a
                 quarter
                 of
                 a
                 year
                 and
                 set
                 it
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 and
                 flower
                 ;
                 thus
                 you
                 may
                 keep
                 them
                 back
                 from
                 flowering
                 one
                 Summer
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 Summer
                 they
                 will
                 flower
                 the
                 timelier
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Flowers
                 will
                 be
                 much
                 the
                 larger
                 .
                 I
                 cannot
                 insist
                 upon
                 every
                 particular
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 hope
                 I
                 have
                 shewed
                 you
                 the
                 principal
                 things
                 of
                 concernment
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 
                 have
                 answered
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 groundlesse
                 opinions
                 that
                 men
                 have
                 took
                 up
                 upon
                 trust
                 concerning
                 the
                 ordering
                 of
                 this
                 Flower
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Sensitive
                 plant
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 strange
                 nature
                 this
                 plant
                 hath
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 touch
                 it
                 with
                 his
                 hand
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 crumble
                 it self
                 up
                 together
                 ;
                 hence
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 derived
                 ,
                 or
                 called
                 the
                 Sensitive
                 plant
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 riseth
                 to
                 a
                 span
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 weak
                 stalks
                 ,
                 but
                 tough
                 with
                 
                 small
                 brownish
                 leaves
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 few
                 tufts
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 of
                 the
                 branches
                 ,
                 where
                 groweth
                 small
                 Flowers
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 small
                 seed
                 presently
                 after
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 raised
                 on
                 a
                 hot
                 bed
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 under
                 a
                 glass
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 May
                 transplant
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 box
                 of
                 fertile
                 earth
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 will
                 remain
                 two
                 years
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 housed
                 in
                 the
                 Winter
                 ,
                 and
                 carefully
                 looked
                 after
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Thrift
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 matted
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 like
                 matted
                 grasse
                 ,
                 with
                 spiry
                 
                 blades
                 like
                 matted
                 Pinks
                 ;
                 it
                 spreadeth
                 mightily
                 upon
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 beareth
                 a
                 Flower
                 in
                 May
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 double
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 whitish
                 Pink
                 colour
                 :
                 This
                 Flower
                 standeth
                 upon
                 a
                 naked
                 stalk
                 of
                 an
                 handfull
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 Flower
                 fadeth
                 and
                 beareth
                 no
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 only
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 keeping
                 up
                 of
                 borders
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 distinguishing
                 of
                 knots
                 ;
                 these
                 slips
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Spring
                 or
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 they
                 are
                 set
                 they
                 alwayes
                 continue
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Turkey-caps
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 spring
                 up
                 like
                 red
                 Lillies
                 to
                 two-foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 afterward
                 brancheth
                 out
                 into
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 branches
                 ,
                 on
                 each
                 branch
                 groweth
                 a
                 Flower
                 which
                 is
                 red
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 cap
                 ,
                 standing
                 with
                 the
                 tops
                 exactly
                 downward
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 its
                 flowering
                 is
                 in
                 July
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 Flower
                 fadeth
                 ,
                 it
                 leaveth
                 the
                 seed
                 behind
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 seldome
                 cometh
                 to
                 perfection
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Flower
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 only
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 presently
                 
                 after
                 its
                 flowering
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 its
                 first
                 springing
                 in
                 March
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 places
                 and
                 manner
                 as
                 was
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 Lillies
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 stalk
                 dieth
                 the
                 root
                 springeth
                 again
                 yearly
                 ,
                 the
                 roots
                 would
                 be
                 removed
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 every
                 other
                 year
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 Flowers
                 will
                 be
                 but
                 small
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Violets
                 .
              
               
                 Both
                 double
                 and
                 single
                 are
                 sown
                 and
                 planted
                 in
                 Gardens
                 for
                 several
                 uses
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 for
                 pleasure
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 August
                 and
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 March
                 they
                 set
                 up
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 borders
                 or
                 banks
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 April
                 you
                 may
                 sow
                 them
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 drils
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 shown
                 of
                 Pinks
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 will
                 alwayes
                 remain
                 .
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 trouble
                 my self
                 to
                 write
                 any
                 more
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Wall-gilliflowers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 now
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 last
                 Flower
                 in
                 my
                 Treatise
                 ,
                 it
                 needeth
                 no
                 description
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 only
                 propagated
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 by
                 sowing
                 of
                 it
                 amongst
                 rubbish
                 ,
                 or
                 upon
                 wals
                 ,
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 you
                 please
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 seed
                 of
                 that
                 hardinesse
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 maketh
                 no
                 difference
                 betwixt
                 the
                 Winter
                 and
                 the
                 Summer
                 ,
                 but
                 will
                 flourish
                 in
                 both
                 equal
                 ,
                 and
                 beareth
                 its
                 Flowers
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ;
                 therefore
                 I
                 advise
                 you
                 to
                 sow
                 it
                 upon
                 some
                 wall
                 or
                 stony
                 bank
                 :
                 Now
                 after
                 this
                 seed
                 is
                 once
                 sown
                 and
                 hath
                 taken
                 root
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 naturally
                 of
                 it self
                 overspread
                 much
                 ground
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 hardly
                 ever
                 after
                 be
                 rooted
                 out
                 .
                 This
                 beareth
                 its
                 seed
                 much
                 like
                 to
                 the
                 Stock-gilliflower
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 much
                 smaller
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 lightest
                 of
                 all
                 seeds
                 ;
                 and
                 as
                 it
                 scattereth
                 it
                 cometh
                 up
                 naturally
                 of
                 it self
                 ;
                 and
                 seeing
                 it
                 requireth
                 no
                 more
                 labour
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 insist
                 any
                 more
                 upon
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 So
                 endeth
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Flowers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               THE
               GARDEN
               of
               PLEASURE
               as
               it
               treateth
               of
               CURIOUS
               TREES
               .
            
             
               Here
               followeth
               short
               Descriptions
               and
               Directions
               for
               the
               raising
               and
               maintaining
               of
               such
               curious
               Trees
               as
               are
               placed
               in
               Gardens
               of
               Pleasure
               now
               in
               England
               ,
               either
               for
               their
               Fruits
               ,
               Flowers
               or
               Pleasure
               .
            
             
               
                 Apricock
                 .
              
               
                 AN
                 Apricock
                 is
                 a
                 tree
                 that
                 is
                 placed
                 against
                 a
                 wall
                 for
                 the
                 gaining
                 of
                 fruit
                 from
                 them
                 ;
                 for
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 set
                 abroad
                 for
                 standards
                 they
                 will
                 never
                 bring
                 fruit
                 to
                 perfection
                 ;
                 neither
                 will
                 those
                 against
                 the
                 wals
                 some
                 years
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 preserved
                 with
                 mats
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 done
                 thus
                 ;
                 Drive
                 some
                 Tenter-hooks
                 at
                 the
                 uppermost
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 those
                 hooks
                 with
                 a
                 pole
                 hang
                 your-mats
                 in
                 the
                 Evening
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 take
                 them
                 off
                 with
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 and
                 these
                 mats
                 will
                 preserve
                 the
                 fruit
                 from
                 frosts
                 ,
                 winds
                 and
                 blasts
                 ,
                 which
                 oftentimes
                 perisheth
                 fruit
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 knitting
                 :
                 thus
                 you
                 may
                 preserve
                 any
                 other
                 wall
                 fruit
                 .
              
               
                 Apricocks
                 are
                 propagated
                 by
                 inoculation
                 and
                 circumcising
                 ;
                 the
                 experiments
                 I
                 refer
                 to
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 Fruit-trees
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Almonds
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 two
                 sorts
                 ,
                 the
                 sweet
                 and
                 the
                 sowr
                 ;
                 the
                 sweet
                 sort
                 are
                 planted
                 against
                 wals
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Apricocks
                 are
                 ,
                 and
                 propagated
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 are
                 in
                 all
                 respects
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Bay.
                 
              
               
                 Bay-trees
                 are
                 planted
                 sometimes
                 against
                 pillars
                 ,
                 or
                 on
                 each
                 side
                 of
                 doors
                 of
                 Gardens
                 of
                 Pleasure
                 ,
                 but
                 chiefly
                 in
                 fore-Courts
                 at
                 a
                 yard
                 difference
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 they
                 shall
                 spread
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 grow
                 too
                 big
                 ,
                 for
                 then
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 nailed
                 to
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 but
                 would
                 endanger
                 to
                 throw
                 it
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 stand
                 very
                 unseemly
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 trees
                 are
                 raised
                 of
                 seed
                 or
                 slip
                 :
                 First
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ;
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 good
                 earth
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 the
                 seed
                 be
                 new
                 and
                 sound
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 suddenly
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 third
                 year
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 four
                 foot
                 high
                 :
                 The
                 setting
                 of
                 the
                 slips
                 is
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 in
                 September
                 go
                 to
                 a
                 Bay
                 tree
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 the
                 strait
                 shoots
                 that
                 are
                 joyning
                 to
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 them
                 slope-waies
                 in
                 good
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 take
                 root
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 twelve
                 moneth
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 took
                 up
                 and
                 set
                 in
                 those
                 places
                 where
                 they
                 shall
                 remain
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Box.
                 
              
               
                 With
                 Box
                 ,
                 knots
                 and
                 borders
                 are
                 set
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 it
                 is
                 almost
                 out
                 of
                 fashion
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 roots
                 of
                 it
                 drieth
                 and
                 improverisheth
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 nothing
                 can
                 grow
                 nigh
                 it
                 ,
                 so
                 it
                 is
                 chiefly
                 now
                 used
                 for
                 setting
                 of
                 hedges
                 upon
                 the
                 edge
                 of
                 high
                 walks
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 shall
                 annoy
                 nothing
                 but
                 cast
                 a
                 pleasant
                 sight
                 alwayes
                 :
                 this
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 September
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 least
                 slip
                 of
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 ,
                 though
                 it
                 be
                 but
                 slowly
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Ciprus
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 two
                 kinds
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 the
                 great
                 Cipruss
                 and
                 the
                 dwarf-Cipruss
                 :
                 the
                 great
                 kind
                 will
                 grow
                 to
                 twelve
                 foot
                 high
                 ;
                 the
                 dwarf-Cipruss
                 seldome
                 grows
                 to
                 above
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 foot
                 high
                 ;
                 they
                 are
                 both
                 planted
                 for
                 pleasure
                 thus
                 :
                 The
                 great
                 kind
                 is
                 planted
                 at
                 ten
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 more
                 or
                 lesse
                 in
                 grasle-knots
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 space
                 of
                 the
                 Garden
                 ,
                 usually
                 at
                 the
                 corners
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 to
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 a
                 pleasant
                 form
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 set
                 a
                 stake
                 by
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 strait
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 the
                 plant
                 may
                 grow
                 up
                 by
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 bound
                 to
                 it
                 with
                 wier
                 ,
                 and
                 clipping
                 off
                 of
                 the
                 loose
                 branches
                 with
                 a
                 pair
                 of
                 sheers
                 ,
                 and
                 keeping
                 of
                 it
                 so
                 clipt
                 that
                 they
                 grow
                 no
                 bigger
                 than
                 a
                 mans
                 
                 body
                 ,
                 and
                 cutting
                 of
                 them
                 all
                 off
                 at
                 an
                 equal
                 height
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 usually
                 at
                 nine
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 at
                 their
                 full
                 growth
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 kept
                 in
                 this
                 form
                 with
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 clipping
                 in
                 the
                 year
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 dwarf-Cipruss
                 is
                 usually
                 planted
                 by
                 pole-hedges
                 ,
                 two
                 foot
                 and
                 an
                 half
                 distance
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 grown
                 up
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 a
                 hedge
                 themselves
                 ,
                 cut
                 at
                 three
                 foot
                 and
                 a
                 half
                 high
                 :
                 The
                 place
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 thus
                 planted
                 ,
                 is
                 round
                 the
                 quarters
                 of
                 a
                 Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 newest
                 work
                 that
                 is
                 growing
                 ,
                 witness
                 his
                 Majesties
                 new
                 Garden
                 at
                 St.
                 Jameses
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 plants
                 are
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 April
                 ,
                 sown
                 in
                 exceeding
                 good
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 in
                 hot
                 beds
                 :
                 The
                 plants
                 thus
                 come
                 of
                 seed
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 transplanted
                 into
                 other
                 beds
                 ,
                 and
                 set
                 at
                 half
                 a
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 sheltered
                 the
                 first
                 Winter
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 third
                 transplanted
                 for
                 pleasure
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Fig-tree
                 .
              
               
                 Fig-trees
                 are
                 planted
                 against
                 the
                 house
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 run
                 up
                 to
                 such
                 an
                 height
                 that
                 no
                 wall
                 will
                 be
                 high
                 enough
                 for
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 which
                 springeth
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 Fig-tree
                 ,
                 as
                 usually
                 all
                 Fig-trees
                 put
                 forth
                 ,
                 unless
                 such
                 as
                 be
                 set
                 in
                 pavements
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 stones
                 hinder
                 them
                 from
                 coming
                 up
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Figs
                 of
                 India
                 .
              
               
                 Figs
                 of
                 India
                 ,
                 or
                 Indian-figs
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 strange
                 kind
                 of
                 plant
                 that
                 I
                 cannot
                 call
                 it
                 an
                 Herb
                 ,
                 Flower
                 ,
                 nor
                 Tree
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 groweth
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 like
                 an
                 heap
                 of
                 Cucumbers
                 laid
                 
                 up
                 together
                 without
                 either
                 branch
                 or
                 leaf
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thing
                 like
                 it
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 root
                 which
                 is
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 soft
                 substance
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 kind
                 of
                 parts
                 which
                 I
                 cannot
                 give
                 a
                 name
                 for
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 are
                 like
                 Cucumbers
                 ,
                 take
                 root
                 ,
                 whereby
                 it
                 increaseth
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 any
                 farther
                 account
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 go
                 beyond
                 my
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 but
                 these
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 in
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Meaths
                 Garden
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Filleroy
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 many
                 sorts
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 are
                 of
                 one
                 nature
                 and
                 held
                 in
                 great
                 estimation
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 are
                 trees
                 that
                 grow
                 to
                 three
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 spreading
                 with
                 branches
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 bottome
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 
                 March
                 this
                 plant
                 putteth
                 forth
                 so
                 many
                 Flowers
                 that
                 it
                 covereth
                 it self
                 ,
                 these
                 Flowers
                 are
                 made
                 of
                 four
                 leaves
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 reddish
                 colour
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 Flowers
                 shed
                 there
                 springeth
                 leaves
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 swarthy
                 green
                 colour
                 and
                 as
                 broad
                 as
                 a
                 shilling
                 ,
                 afterward
                 appeareth
                 a
                 green
                 berry
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 August
                 it
                 turneth
                 red
                 as
                 a
                 Cherry
                 ,
                 and
                 something
                 bigger
                 than
                 a
                 great
                 Pea
                 ,
                 by
                 Michaelmas
                 it
                 is
                 full
                 ripe
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 coal
                 black
                 and
                 loseth
                 the
                 outer
                 husk
                 ,
                 the
                 seed
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 middle
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 black
                 also
                 and
                 smooth
                 as
                 glass
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 propagating
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 chiefly
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 make
                 hot
                 beds
                 of
                 a
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 laying
                 of
                 two
                 inches
                 of
                 earth
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 then
                 cast
                 the
                 seed
                 upon
                 that
                 ,
                 then
                 lay
                 another
                 inch
                 of
                 earth
                 upon
                 that
                 ,
                 let
                 both
                 be
                 ridled
                 well
                 ;
                 make
                 a
                 shelter
                 over
                 the
                 bed
                 with
                 sticks
                 and
                 mats
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 short
                 time
                 the
                 seeds
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 and
                 there
                 they
                 must
                 stand
                 till
                 the
                 fall
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 transplant
                 it
                 into
                 ordinary
                 beds
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 sheltered
                 the
                 winter
                 following
                 or
                 else
                 the
                 cold
                 will
                 endanger
                 to
                 kill
                 them
                 :
                 many
                 curiosities
                 more
                 there
                 are
                 used
                 about
                 them
                 which
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 treat
                 of
                 ,
                 a
                 wise
                 man
                 knows
                 one
                 thing
                 by
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gesamits
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 these
                 there
                 are
                 two
                 sorts
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 yellow
                 ,
                 the
                 yellow
                 is
                 little
                 set
                 by
                 because
                 it
                 hath
                 no
                 sent
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 flowereth
                 early
                 even
                 at
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 May
                 ,
                 the
                 white
                 Gesamit
                 flowereth
                 not
                 while
                 June
                 ,
                 this
                 tree
                 beareth
                 a
                 Flower
                 ,
                 in
                 sent
                 ,
                 colour
                 and
                 shape
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 white
                 stock-Gilliflower
                 ,
                 both
                 these
                 kinds
                 are
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 in
                 Autumn
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 moist
                 rich
                 soyl
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 will
                 take
                 root
                 by
                 the
                 Spring
                 :
                 the
                 place
                 they
                 are
                 severally
                 transplanted
                 to
                 after
                 they
                 have
                 taken
                 root
                 ,
                 is
                 against
                 walls
                 or
                 bowers
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 be
                 nailed
                 or
                 tied
                 up
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 cannot
                 stand
                 of
                 themselves
                 :
                 these
                 directions
                 are
                 sufficient
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 curiosity
                 belongeth
                 to
                 these
                 plants
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Holyander
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 tree
                 that
                 keepeth
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 it
                 groweth
                 to
                 
                 four
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 branches
                 rising
                 together
                 even
                 from
                 the
                 very
                 root
                 ,
                 on
                 these
                 branches
                 stand
                 leaves
                 in
                 order
                 one
                 against
                 another
                 much
                 like
                 the
                 Laurell
                 leaves
                 ,
                 and
                 atop
                 of
                 every
                 branch
                 springeth
                 a
                 Flower
                 like
                 the
                 white
                 Lillie
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 plants
                 are
                 not
                 raised
                 in
                 England
                 but
                 are
                 brought
                 in
                 boxes
                 of
                 earth
                 out
                 of
                 Italy
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 shall
                 cease
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 directions
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 the
                 tree
                 :
                 this
                 tree
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 seen
                 in
                 the
                 Lord
                 of
                 Brobston's
                 Garden
                 ,
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 satisfied
                 whether
                 I
                 have
                 given
                 you
                 a
                 right
                 information
                 of
                 it
                 yea
                 or
                 no.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Horn-Fig-trees
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 tree
                 hath
                 few
                 branches
                 scattering
                 one
                 from
                 another
                 
                 with
                 here
                 and
                 there
                 a
                 leaf
                 ,
                 the
                 bark
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 is
                 of
                 a
                 brown
                 colour
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 tree
                 groweth
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 little
                 higher
                 than
                 a
                 man
                 ,
                 atop
                 of
                 every
                 branch
                 putteth
                 forth
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 a
                 fruit
                 like
                 a
                 Key
                 ball
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 it
                 hath
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 a
                 red
                 husk
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 maketh
                 it
                 appear
                 at
                 a
                 distance
                 like
                 a
                 Flower
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 that
                 sheddeth
                 the
                 fruit
                 is
                 as
                 hard
                 that
                 is
                 underneath
                 and
                 as
                 rough
                 as
                 the
                 Pyone
                 Apple
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 tree
                 is
                 raised
                 either
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 or
                 slip
                 ,
                 but
                 best
                 of
                 the
                 seed
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 ease
                 as
                 the
                 Pippin-kernels
                 are
                 raised
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 hard
                 to
                 procure
                 the
                 seed
                 or
                 slip
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 tree
                 is
                 very
                 scarce
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Creeping
                 Vine
                 .
              
               
                 So
                 called
                 ,
                 because
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 set
                 against
                 a
                 wall
                 or
                 a
                 house
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 take
                 hold
                 it self
                 without
                 any
                 nailing
                 ,
                 and
                 run
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 very
                 top
                 ,
                 and
                 needeth
                 no
                 care
                 but
                 pruneing
                 :
                 you
                 may
                 say
                 ,
                 what
                 need
                 it
                 have
                 any
                 pruneing
                 ,
                 seeing
                 every
                 branch
                 will
                 take
                 hold
                 of
                 the
                 wall
                 ?
                 I
                 answer
                 ,
                 the
                 reason
                 is
                 ,
                 because
                 one
                 branch
                 will
                 grow
                 over
                 another
                 else
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 prevented
                 while
                 they
                 are
                 young
                 by
                 cutting
                 off
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 trouble
                 my self
                 in
                 setting
                 down
                 waies
                 for
                 the
                 planting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 ease
                 as
                 the
                 ordinary
                 Vine
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Lowaray
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 tree
                 groweth
                 to
                 ten
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 with
                 branches
                 springing
                 
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 even
                 from
                 the
                 very
                 bottome
                 to
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 being
                 very
                 strait
                 shoots
                 covered
                 with
                 a
                 grey
                 bark
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 pale
                 colour
                 ,
                 round
                 at
                 the
                 bottome
                 and
                 sharp
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 :
                 at
                 the
                 and
                 of
                 every
                 old
                 branch
                 springeth
                 a
                 Flower
                 in
                 the
                 form
                 that
                 the
                 Vine
                 putteth
                 forth
                 her
                 Flower
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 a
                 blew
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 tree
                 is
                 raised
                 of
                 the
                 sucker
                 which
                 springeth
                 from
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 these
                 being
                 taken
                 away
                 in
                 September
                 and
                 set
                 in
                 any
                 ordinary
                 earth
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 as
                 soon
                 as
                 a
                 willow
                 :
                 the
                 place
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 usually
                 set
                 in
                 is
                 by
                 bowers
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 cover
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 you
                 may
                 bend
                 this
                 tree
                 which
                 way
                 you
                 please
                 and
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 break
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Laurell
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 so
                 generally
                 known
                 that
                 I
                 need
                 not
                 speak
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 describing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 speak
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 for
                 ornament
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 for
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 have
                 good
                 store
                 of
                 Laurell
                 trees
                 ,
                 at
                 Michaelmas
                 cut
                 off
                 so
                 many
                 young
                 branches
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 two
                 foot
                 in
                 length
                 and
                 longer
                 ,
                 the
                 longer
                 the
                 better
                 ,
                 then
                 find
                 out
                 a
                 place
                 that
                 is
                 very
                 moist
                 earth
                 and
                 rich
                 ,
                 lying
                 something
                 in
                 the
                 shade
                 ,
                 there
                 plant
                 your
                 cuttings
                 ,
                 laying
                 of
                 them
                 slope-waies
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 foot
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 ground
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 above
                 ;
                 thus
                 done
                 let
                 these
                 cuttings
                 remain
                 there
                 till
                 the
                 next
                 March
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 they
                 will
                 have
                 roots
                 of
                 an
                 inch
                 long
                 ,
                 then
                 you
                 may
                 transplant
                 them
                 to
                 wall-sides
                 or
                 pales
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 at
                 four
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 and
                 kept
                 nailed
                 to
                 the
                 walls
                 or
                 pales
                 :
                 those
                 that
                 have
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 them
                 make
                 hedges
                 of
                 them
                 by
                 walks
                 sides
                 ,
                 supporting
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 poles
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 keep
                 them
                 cut
                 at
                 the
                 top
                 :
                 about
                 London
                 they
                 make
                 a
                 great
                 profit
                 of
                 the
                 cuttings
                 of
                 Laurell
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lowrex
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 spreadeth
                 like
                 a
                 bush
                 even
                 close
                 to
                 the
                 ground
                 ,
                 
                 
                 and
                 seldome
                 groweth
                 to
                 be
                 three
                 foot
                 high
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 green
                 and
                 two
                 inches
                 in
                 breadth
                 ,
                 made
                 of
                 the
                 fashion
                 of
                 a
                 long
                 ovall
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 so
                 thick
                 set
                 on
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 man
                 cannot
                 see
                 into
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 the
                 plant
                 :
                 this
                 plant
                 keepeth
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 beareth
                 a
                 berry
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 never
                 cometh
                 to
                 any
                 perfection
                 ,
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 least
                 slip
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 will
                 grow
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 raising
                 of
                 it
                 and
                 planting
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 as
                 I
                 told
                 you
                 of
                 the
                 Laurell
                 cuttings
                 ,
                 therefore
                 let
                 one
                 direction
                 serve
                 for
                 both
                 :
                 the
                 place
                 that
                 this
                 plant
                 is
                 set
                 in
                 ,
                 is
                 in
                 physick-Gardens
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 physicall
                 plant
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lorestrinus
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 branches
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 are
                 weak
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 are
                 usually
                 
                 planted
                 against
                 walls
                 ,
                 arbors
                 ,
                 or
                 upon
                 frames
                 of
                 close
                 walks
                 :
                 it
                 keepeth
                 its
                 leaves
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 which
                 are
                 of
                 a
                 brownish
                 green
                 ,
                 shooteth
                 out
                 with
                 long
                 branches
                 ,
                 like
                 the
                 young
                 Vine
                 shoots
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 old
                 shoots
                 beareth
                 a
                 tufty
                 white
                 Flower
                 which
                 flourisheth
                 in
                 May.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 planted
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 as
                 most
                 plants
                 are
                 that
                 keepeth
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 need
                 to
                 insist
                 upon
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 done
                 with
                 as
                 much
                 ease
                 as
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 so
                 nothing
                 remains
                 but
                 that
                 it
                 be
                 planted
                 in
                 the
                 places
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 description
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Lignae-vitae
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 a
                 tree
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 very
                 common
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 know
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 saw
                 above
                 three
                 of
                 them
                 in
                 my
                 life
                 ,
                 yet
                 if
                 the
                 slips
                 of
                 them
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 confident
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 grow
                 almost
                 any
                 where
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 never
                 beareth
                 seed
                 which
                 cometh
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 maketh
                 it
                 so
                 much
                 a
                 stranger
                 in
                 England
                 :
                 and
                 for
                 your
                 better
                 understanding
                 I
                 give
                 you
                 this
                 short
                 description
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 tree
                 which
                 hath
                 branches
                 like
                 the
                 Saven
                 ,
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 smooth
                 and
                 strait
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 ruddy
                 colour
                 ,
                 with
                 never
                 a
                 twig
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 the
                 very
                 top
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 very
                 pleasant
                 to
                 behold
                 :
                 this
                 tree
                 at
                 his
                 full
                 growth
                 is
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 a
                 mans
                 thigh
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 twelve
                 foot
                 in
                 heighth
                 ,
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 wood
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 for
                 musicall
                 instruments
                 and
                 for
                 your
                 new
                 Engine
                 turning-work
                 ;
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 needless
                 to
                 speak
                 any
                 
                 thing
                 of
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 it
                 more
                 than
                 I
                 have
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mirtill-trees
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Mirtils
                 :
                 there
                 is
                 the
                 sweet
                 Mirtill
                 ,
                 the
                 smooth
                 Mirtill
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 prickly
                 Mirtill
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 will
                 have
                 them
                 distinguished
                 into
                 more
                 names
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 that
                 knoweth
                 the
                 one
                 may
                 easily
                 know
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 Mirtils
                 keep
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 a
                 thick
                 leaf
                 
                 as
                 broad
                 as
                 a
                 groat
                 ;
                 that
                 they
                 call
                 the
                 prickly
                 Mirtill
                 hath
                 a
                 sharp-pointed
                 leaf
                 full
                 of
                 veins
                 :
                 the
                 sweet
                 Mirtils
                 leaves
                 are
                 smooth
                 and
                 round
                 :
                 that
                 they
                 call
                 the
                 smooth
                 Mirtill
                 ,
                 differeth
                 not
                 in
                 any
                 thing
                 from
                 the
                 sweet
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 the
                 sweet
                 hath
                 a
                 bloom
                 which
                 hath
                 a
                 sweet
                 savour
                 :
                 no
                 Mirtill
                 tree
                 groweth
                 to
                 any
                 great
                 stature
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 tree
                 counted
                 that
                 is
                 so
                 big
                 as
                 a
                 mans
                 thigh
                 and
                 six
                 foot
                 high
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 propagating
                 of
                 each
                 of
                 these
                 sorts
                 is
                 chiefly
                 of
                 the
                 berry
                 or
                 seed
                 on
                 this
                 wise
                 ,
                 prepare
                 boxes
                 of
                 as
                 good
                 mould
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 ,
                 set
                 the
                 seeds
                 therein
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 boxes
                 be
                 sheltered
                 anights
                 :
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 this
                 is
                 in
                 the
                 beginning
                 of
                 April
                 ,
                 this
                 observed
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 seed
                 be
                 good
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 up
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 more
                 than
                 three
                 weeks
                 space
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 plants
                 stand
                 in
                 these
                 boxes
                 till
                 the
                 next
                 September
                 ,
                 then
                 draw
                 out
                 such
                 plants
                 as
                 stand
                 too
                 thick
                 ,
                 and
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 other
                 boxes
                 ,
                 and
                 let
                 some
                 remain
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 may
                 stand
                 alwaies
                 if
                 the
                 boxes
                 be
                 big
                 enough
                 and
                 deep
                 enough
                 :
                 these
                 plants
                 must
                 be
                 housed
                 in
                 the
                 winter
                 as
                 long
                 as
                 they
                 stand
                 in
                 boxes
                 ,
                 but
                 some
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 three
                 years
                 growth
                 transplant
                 them
                 against
                 walls
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 will
                 prosper
                 very
                 well
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 upon
                 the
                 South
                 part
                 thereof
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Orange-trees
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 Lemon-trees
                 will
                 grow
                 very
                 well
                 in
                 England
                 if
                 they
                 have
                 houses
                 built
                 on
                 purpose
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 wheeled
                 in
                 and
                 out
                 upon
                 truckels
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 boxes
                 of
                 earth
                 that
                 they
                 grow
                 in
                 ,
                 but
                 yet
                 they
                 seldome
                 bring
                 any
                 fruit
                 to
                 any
                 perfection
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 only
                 for
                 a
                 sight
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 pleasant
                 trees
                 to
                 behold
                 ,
                 for
                 their
                 leaf
                 never
                 fadeth
                 but
                 keepeth
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 :
                 I
                 think
                 I
                 may
                 spare
                 the
                 labour
                 to
                 give
                 any
                 further
                 information
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 directions
                 for
                 the
                 propagating
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 
                 think
                 few
                 of
                 my
                 countreymen
                 will
                 dispence
                 of
                 so
                 much
                 charge
                 for
                 to
                 have
                 nothing
                 but
                 a
                 sight
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Pomegranate-tree
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 the
                 stateliest
                 tree
                 in
                 shape
                 or
                 growth
                 of
                 all
                 others
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 tree
                 also
                 that
                 never
                 fadeth
                 its
                 leaf
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 are
                 long
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 yellowish
                 green
                 colour
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 thick
                 substance
                 :
                 this
                 plant
                 groweth
                 not
                 to
                 its
                 full
                 stature
                 in
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 therefore
                 I
                 cannot
                 give
                 a
                 right
                 description
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 these
                 plants
                 will
                 be
                 raised
                 no
                 where
                 but
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 in
                 Spain
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 brought
                 hither
                 when
                 they
                 are
                 young
                 plants
                 ,
                 in
                 boxes
                 of
                 earth
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 preserved
                 in
                 warm
                 chambers
                 to
                 bring
                 untimely
                 fruit
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Peach-trees
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Peaches
                 :
                 there
                 is
                 the
                 double
                 Peach-flower
                 ,
                 the
                 smooth
                 Peach
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rough
                 Peach
                 ,
                 the
                 early
                 Peach
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 winter
                 Peach
                 ,
                 all
                 these
                 are
                 planted
                 against
                 walls
                 ,
                 at
                 twelve
                 foot
                 distance
                 ,
                 and
                 preserved
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 see
                 of
                 Apricocks
                 :
                 for
                 the
                 raising
                 of
                 them
                 I
                 shall
                 wave
                 it
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 speak
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 fruit-trees
                 ,
                 I
                 only
                 name
                 them
                 here
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 cultivated
                 in
                 the
                 Garden
                 of
                 pleasure
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Perry
                 winckle
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 runneth
                 training
                 on
                 the
                 ground
                 with
                 many
                 joynts
                 ,
                 
                 whereat
                 shoot
                 out
                 leaves
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 green
                 ,
                 shining
                 leaves
                 somewhat
                 like
                 the
                 Bay
                 leaves
                 but
                 not
                 half
                 so
                 big
                 ;
                 at
                 every
                 joynt
                 cometh
                 Flowers
                 of
                 a
                 paleblew
                 colour
                 ,
                 some
                 are
                 white
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 a
                 dark
                 reddish
                 colour
                 ;
                 the
                 root
                 is
                 a
                 little
                 bigger
                 than
                 a
                 rush
                 ,
                 the
                 branches
                 creepeth
                 far
                 about
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 plant
                 is
                 set
                 of
                 the
                 slip
                 only
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 set
                 any
                 where
                 ,
                 it
                 refuseth
                 no
                 ground
                 ,
                 being
                 set
                 either
                 in
                 the
                 Spring
                 or
                 the
                 fall
                 :
                 the
                 best
                 place
                 to
                 set
                 it
                 in
                 is
                 upon
                 bank-sides
                 ,
                 where
                 little
                 or
                 nothing
                 will
                 grow
                 ,
                 this
                 taketh
                 root
                 and
                 spreadeth
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 ground
                 presently
                 ,
                 and
                 keepeth
                 the
                 bank
                 whole
                 of
                 it self
                 without
                 weeds
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 killeth
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sweet-Bryer
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 planted
                 underneath
                 windows
                 for
                 its
                 sweet
                 savour
                 sake
                 ,
                 the
                 suckers
                 that
                 come
                 from
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 planted
                 ,
                 they
                 will
                 grow
                 up
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 have
                 great
                 store
                 of
                 sweet-Bryer
                 ,
                 save
                 the
                 seeds
                 while
                 the
                 Spring
                 of
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 sow
                 it
                 in
                 beds
                 of
                 loose
                 earth
                 and
                 it
                 will
                 grow
                 without
                 fail
                 ,
                 the
                 plant
                 sprung
                 of
                 that
                 seed
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 a
                 twelve
                 moneth
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 big
                 enough
                 to
                 transplant
                 into
                 hedge-rows
                 ,
                 as
                 some
                 have
                 them
                 planted
                 round
                 their
                 quarters
                 of
                 their
                 Gardens
                 ,
                 others
                 plant
                 them
                 in
                 maze-form
                 ,
                 keeping
                 of
                 the
                 sides
                 cut
                 and
                 the
                 top
                 ,
                 and
                 pleasant
                 walking
                 it
                 is
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tamarus
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 a
                 tree
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 that
                 it
                 needeth
                 no
                 description
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 usually
                 planted
                 to
                 grow
                 over
                 doors
                 or
                 bowers
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 shadeth
                 and
                 covereth
                 much
                 ;
                 it
                 's
                 a
                 tree
                 that
                 never
                 beareth
                 seed
                 ,
                 therefore
                 it
                 is
                 only
                 planted
                 of
                 the
                 sucker
                 or
                 the
                 slips
                 which
                 comes
                 from
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 root
                 being
                 took
                 of
                 in
                 September
                 and
                 planted
                 where
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 desire
                 they
                 should
                 grow
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 done
                 without
                 any
                 curiosity
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Gilli-Rose
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 the
                 Gilderland-Rose
                 ;
                 it
                 riseth
                 to
                 six
                 foot
                 high
                 with
                 
                 a
                 body
                 as
                 big
                 as
                 a
                 mans
                 wrist
                 with
                 a
                 reddish
                 bark
                 ,
                 the
                 leaves
                 resemble
                 the
                 Vine
                 leaf
                 ,
                 though
                 much
                 less
                 and
                 of
                 a
                 darker
                 colour
                 ,
                 upon
                 one
                 branch
                 groweth
                 but
                 one
                 Flower
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 Flower
                 sheddeth
                 there
                 appeareth
                 a
                 seed
                 but
                 it
                 never
                 cometh
                 to
                 perfection
                 ,
                 this
                 tree
                 decayeth
                 not
                 in
                 eight
                 or
                 nine
                 years
                 where
                 it
                 liketh
                 its
                 air
                 and
                 earth
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 the
                 sucker
                 this
                 Rose
                 may
                 be
                 raised
                 :
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 getting
                 and
                 setting
                 of
                 the
                 sucker
                 is
                 in
                 February
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 thereof
                 ,
                 placing
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 warm
                 place
                 ,
                 so
                 done
                 it
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 flower
                 the
                 third
                 year
                 after
                 :
                 another
                 way
                 is
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 more
                 certainer
                 ,
                 for
                 to
                 inoculate
                 it
                 upon
                 a
                 Damask-Rose
                 stock
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 The
                 Province-Rose
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 be
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 sorts
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 Provincerosal
                 ,
                 the
                 Province-vicar
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 Province
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 damask
                 Province
                 :
                 a
                 great
                 enlargement
                 I
                 could
                 make
                 upon
                 these
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 summe
                 of
                 all
                 is
                 ,
                 Province-Roses
                 must
                 be
                 inoculated
                 upon
                 damask
                 Rose
                 stocks
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 shall
                 give
                 you
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 inoculation
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 briefly
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 Observe
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 about
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 June
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 plant
                 is
                 full
                 of
                 sap
                 :
                 now
                 followeth
                 the
                 manner
                 ;
                 Go
                 to
                 a
                 Province-Rose
                 tree
                 ,
                 and
                 cut
                 off
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 likeliest
                 young
                 shouts
                 that
                 you
                 can
                 see
                 ,
                 then
                 go
                 to
                 a
                 young
                 damask-Rose
                 stock
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 above
                 a
                 year
                 old
                 ;
                 this
                 observed
                 ,
                 take
                 off
                 a
                 bud
                 from
                 off
                 the
                 cutting
                 which
                 you
                 brought
                 from
                 the
                 Province-rose
                 ;
                 the
                 bud
                 took
                 off
                 evenly
                 and
                 square
                 ,
                 then
                 lay
                 it
                 upon
                 the
                 damask-rose
                 stock
                 ,
                 a
                 matter
                 of
                 a
                 foot
                 from
                 the
                 ground
                 let
                 it
                 be
                 ,
                 so
                 mark
                 out
                 just
                 such
                 a
                 proportion
                 of
                 bark
                 by
                 that
                 ,
                 then
                 take
                 it
                 out
                 with
                 the
                 point
                 of
                 your
                 knife
                 ,
                 then
                 set
                 the
                 other
                 in
                 its
                 room
                 ,
                 which
                 if
                 you
                 did
                 it
                 artificially
                 ,
                 will
                 just
                 fill
                 up
                 the
                 place
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 it
                 is
                 worth
                 nothing
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 it
                 do
                 joyn
                 right
                 then
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 likely
                 if
                 will
                 grow
                 ,
                 then
                 bind
                 it
                 with
                 a
                 little
                 flax
                 ,
                 leaving
                 the
                 middle
                 open
                 for
                 the
                 bud
                 to
                 grow
                 out
                 ;
                 set
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 of
                 these
                 buds
                 of
                 one
                 stock
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 one
                 grow
                 it
                 is
                 enough
                 .
                 Now
                 when
                 you
                 see
                 the
                 bud
                 incorporated
                 with
                 the
                 stock
                 ,
                 then
                 unbind
                 them
                 for
                 the
                 band
                 will
                 do
                 them
                 hurt
                 ;
                 after
                 the
                 bud
                 is
                 shotten
                 forth
                 an
                 handfull
                 length
                 ,
                 then
                 cut
                 the
                 stock
                 off
                 above
                 it
                 :
                 these
                 are
                 certain
                 and
                 easie
                 wayes
                 of
                 inoculation
                 of
                 Roses
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 are
                 not
                 satisfied
                 with
                 these
                 short
                 directions
                 ,
                 see
                 the
                 Treatise
                 of
                 inoculation
                 for
                 fruit
                 trees
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cinamon-Rose
                 .
              
               
                 A
                 great
                 quoil
                 there
                 is
                 about
                 this
                 Rose
                 :
                 Some
                 think
                 it
                 was
                 coloured
                 by
                 a
                 morical
                 substance
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 damask
                 Rose
                 before
                 :
                 Others
                 are
                 of
                 that
                 opinion
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 inoculated
                 upon
                 a
                 Barbary
                 stock
                 ;
                 but
                 whilst
                 men
                 hold
                 these
                 opinions
                 ,
                 it
                 doth
                 plainly
                 appear
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 do
                 believe
                 ,
                 that
                 colours
                 in
                 Flowers
                 were
                 made
                 by
                 mans
                 art
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 of
                 that
                 opinion
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 believe
                 they
                 are
                 only
                 preserved
                 by
                 mans
                 industry
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 mans
                 
                 art
                 is
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 working
                 nature
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 is
                 here
                 required
                 in
                 the
                 promoting
                 of
                 this
                 plant
                 in
                 its
                 own
                 nature
                 ,
                 is
                 to
                 inoculate
                 it
                 upon
                 a
                 damask
                 Rose
                 stock
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 stand
                 in
                 a
                 warm
                 convenient
                 place
                 where
                 the
                 unkind
                 Winter
                 may
                 not
                 nip
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Vines
                 .
              
               
                 Of
                 Vines
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 kinds
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 Authors
                 have
                 given
                 large
                 descriptions
                 ,
                 praises
                 and
                 directions
                 for
                 the
                 promoting
                 of
                 Vines
                 ,
                 whose
                 large
                 and
                 historical
                 Discourses
                 have
                 drowned
                 the
                 sense
                 or
                 the
                 method
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Reader
                 :
                 This
                 Discourse
                 I
                 shall
                 omit
                 ,
                 and
                 speak
                 a
                 few
                 words
                 in
                 brief
                 ,
                 how
                 Vines
                 are
                 propagated
                 of
                 such
                 ordinary
                 sorts
                 as
                 grow
                 in
                 England
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 There
                 is
                 the
                 white
                 Muskadine
                 ,
                 the
                 red
                 Muskadine
                 ,
                 the
                 small
                 sugar
                 Grape
                 ,
                 the
                 Murcot
                 ,
                 the
                 ordinary
                 French
                 white
                 and
                 red
                 Grapes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 English
                 white
                 and
                 wild
                 Grape
                 :
                 In
                 the
                 raising
                 and
                 maintaining
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 I
                 find
                 but
                 four
                 things
                 requisite
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 Planting
                 ,
                 Pruning
                 ,
                 Gelding
                 ,
                 and
                 Cures
                 for
                 hurtfull
                 distempers
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 Before
                 you
                 plant
                 ,
                 get
                 such
                 plants
                 as
                 are
                 rooted
                 ,
                 though
                 some
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 cuttings
                 will
                 root
                 very
                 well
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 have
                 found
                 by
                 experience
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 in
                 ten
                 will
                 hardly
                 come
                 to
                 any
                 thing
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 do
                 shoot
                 out
                 the
                 first
                 year
                 ,
                 they
                 decay
                 afterward
                 :
                 The
                 way
                 to
                 get
                 rooted
                 plants
                 is
                 thus
                 ;
                 Go
                 to
                 an
                 old
                 Vine
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 young
                 Vines
                 that
                 grow
                 nigh
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 them
                 under
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 and
                 bring
                 the
                 tops
                 up
                 to
                 the
                 wall
                 again
                 ;
                 this
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 in
                 September
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 Vines
                 let
                 lie
                 under
                 the
                 earth
                 while
                 that
                 time
                 twelve
                 moneth
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 that
                 time
                 they
                 will
                 have
                 taken
                 root
                 ,
                 then
                 they
                 may
                 be
                 cut
                 from
                 the
                 old
                 mother
                 ,
                 and
                 planted
                 against
                 walls
                 ,
                 houses
                 ,
                 bowers
                 ,
                 or
                 close
                 walk
                 frames
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 setting
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 observe
                 that
                 they
                 stand
                 not
                 too
                 nigh
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 above
                 a
                 foot
                 deep
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 you
                 put
                 about
                 them
                 some
                 Pigeous-dung
                 and
                 good
                 mould
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 plant
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 a
                 yard
                 above
                 the
                 ground
                 :
                 these
                 are
                 certain
                 and
                 sure
                 wayes
                 of
                 planting
                 of
                 Vines
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 second
                 is
                 Pruning
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 necessariest
                 
                 things
                 that
                 belongeth
                 unto
                 them
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 not
                 pruned
                 they
                 will
                 soon
                 decay
                 and
                 give
                 over
                 bearing
                 of
                 fruit
                 ,
                 and
                 grow
                 out
                 of
                 all
                 shape
                 and
                 form
                 .
                 The
                 time
                 for
                 pruning
                 of
                 them
                 is
                 in
                 February
                 ,
                 for
                 if
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 before
                 ,
                 the
                 cold
                 would
                 nip
                 the
                 cuttings
                 and
                 kill
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 done
                 after
                 ,
                 the
                 Vine
                 would
                 bleed
                 out
                 most
                 of
                 its
                 sap
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 hinder
                 its
                 growth
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 it
                 from
                 bearing
                 that
                 year
                 .
                 Now
                 the
                 pruning
                 is
                 thus
                 ;
                 cut
                 off
                 all
                 such
                 as
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 years
                 growth
                 ,
                 save
                 such
                 as
                 are
                 leaders
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 must
                 be
                 left
                 to
                 spread
                 further
                 against
                 the
                 wall
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 cutting
                 the
                 branches
                 off
                 cut
                 them
                 so
                 that
                 you
                 leave
                 one
                 joint
                 or
                 eye
                 from
                 whence
                 springeth
                 the
                 Grape
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 the
                 third
                 ,
                 Gelding
                 of
                 the
                 Vine
                 is
                 requisite
                 for
                 the
                 preserving
                 of
                 the
                 Flowers
                 and
                 the
                 Grape
                 :
                 First
                 Understand
                 that
                 gelding
                 is
                 to
                 pluck
                 away
                 the
                 sprouts
                 where
                 they
                 grow
                 thick
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 leaves
                 which
                 deprive
                 the
                 grape
                 of
                 its
                 sap
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 the
                 Sun
                 from
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 Vine
                 loveth
                 above
                 all
                 plants
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 Hurtfull
                 Distempers
                 which
                 annoy
                 Vines
                 is
                 canker
                 eaten
                 earth
                 ,
                 bound
                 and
                 barrennesse
                 of
                 the
                 soil
                 :
                 First
                 ,
                 for
                 canker
                 eaten
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 usually
                 at
                 the
                 root
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 eaten
                 by
                 worms
                 ;
                 the
                 cure
                 is
                 to
                 anoint
                 it
                 with
                 tar
                 and
                 Herb-grasse
                 ,
                 and
                 pouring
                 some
                 Chamber-lie
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 which
                 will
                 cure
                 the
                 distemper
                 ,
                 and
                 keep
                 the
                 worm
                 from
                 eating
                 of
                 the
                 root
                 any
                 more
                 .
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 If
                 they
                 be
                 earth
                 bound
                 ,
                 then
                 open
                 the
                 earth
                 from
                 about
                 the
                 root
                 in
                 September
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 a
                 little
                 chaff
                 or
                 bran
                 about
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 let
                 it
                 lie
                 till
                 February
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 take
                 the
                 chaff
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 good
                 mould
                 in
                 the
                 room
                 .
                 Barrennesse
                 in
                 a
                 Vine
                 is
                 sometimes
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 its
                 too
                 deep
                 planting
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 barrennesse
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ;
                 if
                 the
                 cause
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 soon
                 remedied
                 with
                 the
                 taking
                 that
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 bringing
                 better
                 in
                 its
                 stead
                 ;
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 too
                 deep
                 and
                 an
                 old
                 Vine
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 little
                 remedy
                 :
                 I
                 am
                 forc'd
                 to
                 end
                 here
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           GARDENERS
           PRACTICE
           IN
           The
           Physical
           and
           Fruitfull
           Garden
           ,
           in
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           Raising
           ,
           Growing
           ,
           and
           Maintaining
           of
           Herbs
           and
           Trees
           contained
           therein
           .
        
         
           
             First
             as
             it
             treateth
             of
             HERBS
             .
          
           
             
               Angelica
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               called
               by
               no
               other
               name
               ,
               and
               so
               well
               known
               I
               need
               not
               describe
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               plant
               is
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               or
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               ;
               the
               slip
               is
               that
               which
               springeth
               from
               the
               old
               mother-root
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               more
               properly
               called
               young
               plants
               :
               the
               time
               for
               the
               getting
               and
               setting
               of
               these
               is
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               March
               at
               the
               first
               springing
               ,
               or
               in
               September
               after
               the
               old
               branch
               decayeth
               .
               The
               place
               of
               setting
               of
               them
               (
               if
               you
               have
               a
               great
               quantity
               )
               is
               in
               beds
               by
               themselves
               laid
               out
               at
               two
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               in
               breadth
               ,
               two
               rows
               on
               a
               bed
               ,
               each
               plant
               afoot
               asunder
               ;
               the
               earth
               would
               be
               very
               rich
               ,
               because
               the
               plant
               is
               of
               a
               speedy
               growth
               ,
               and
               where
               it
               is
               once
               set
               it
               alwayes
               continues
               ,
               yet
               the
               old
               plant
               dieth
               being
               six
               years
               old
               ,
               and
               sendeth
               young
               suckers
               from
               its
               sides
               ,
               which
               keepeth
               the
               bed
               alwayes
               flourishing
               ;
               and
               (
               as
               I
               said
               before
               )
               if
               the
               earth
               be
               not
               made
               rich
               at
               the
               first
               planting
               ,
               it
               cannot
               be
               easily
               hope
               afterward
               ,
               because
               the
               plant
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               removed
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Observe
               that
               the
               branches
               of
               Angelica
               dieth
               
               every
               year
               ,
               and
               beareth
               a
               seed
               in
               like
               manner
               as
               the
               Parsnip
               doth
               ,
               and
               the
               seed
               is
               much
               like
               it
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               is
               thicker
               and
               weightier
               ,
               it
               hath
               a
               stronger
               sent
               than
               the
               herb
               ,
               and
               as
               much
               vertue
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               is
               great
               profit
               to
               sow
               or
               plant
               Angelica
               near
               any
               Market
               Towns
               where
               there
               live
               any
               Apothecaries
               or
               strong
               Water
               men
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               the
               excellentest
               of
               all
               Herbs
               for
               Waters
               or
               Cordials
               ,
               and
               commonly
               sold
               at
               a
               dear
               rate
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               In
               sowing
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               noted
               ,
               that
               it
               hath
               a
               peevish
               nature
               ,
               for
               if
               you
               take
               never
               so
               much
               pains
               and
               care
               with
               it
               it
               will
               not
               grow
               ,
               and
               yet
               sometimes
               as
               it
               shades
               naturally
               of
               it self
               ,
               so
               it
               will
               come
               up
               if
               the
               plants
               grow
               in
               a
               moist
               place
               ;
               therefore
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               cast
               the
               seed
               in
               a
               mighty
               moist
               place
               in
               August
               ,
               raking
               of
               it
               lightly
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               next
               Spring
               some
               of
               this
               seed
               will
               come
               up
               ,
               and
               some
               the
               next
               year
               after
               ;
               every
               Michaelmas
               take
               these
               plants
               out
               of
               that
               place
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               in
               beds
               ,
               the
               first
               year
               they
               will
               be
               worth
               little
               ,
               the
               second
               year
               they
               may
               be
               cut
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               year
               it
               beareth
               seed
               :
               This
               is
               as
               much
               as
               need
               to
               be
               done
               or
               understood
               in
               the
               ordering
               of
               Angelica
               .
            
          
           
             
               Alicompane
               .
            
             
               It
               shooteth
               up
               with
               long
               broad
               and
               whitish
               leaves
               ,
               hoary
               
               and
               soft
               in
               the
               handling
               ,
               set
               upon
               three
               foot
               stalks
               ,
               with
               a
               lesser
               toward
               the
               top
               :
               This
               plant
               hath
               divers
               great
               and
               large
               Flowers
               ,
               like
               those
               of
               the
               Corn-marigold
               ,
               and
               the
               middle
               thrim
               being
               yellow
               ,
               which
               turn
               into
               down
               ,
               and
               underneath
               are
               small
               brownish
               seeds
               ,
               the
               root
               is
               great
               and
               thick
               ,
               branching
               forth
               divers
               wayes
               ,
               black
               on
               the
               outside
               and
               white
               within
               ,
               and
               as
               tart
               of
               taste
               as
               Mustard-seed
               .
            
             
               This
               plant
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               which
               sendeth
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               being
               set
               in
               any
               kind
               of
               earth
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               and
               continue
               in
               that
               place
               alwayes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               .
            
             
               Alexander
               is
               also
               called
               Alexandre
               and
               Horse-pisle
               ;
               it
               hath
               winged
               leaves
               much
               like
               young
               Elders
               ,
               and
               beareth
               its
               seed
               in
               tufts
               like
               Parsnips
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               black
               and
               
               three
               square
               ,
               pretty
               great
               and
               weighty
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               propagated
               either
               of
               the
               seed
               or
               slip
               ;
               if
               you
               sow
               it
               of
               the
               seed
               it
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               when
               ,
               nor
               is
               it
               material
               where
               ,
               it
               being
               committed
               to
               any
               ordinary
               digged
               earth
               ,
               it
               cometh
               up
               naturally
               ,
               and
               continueth
               there
               alwayes
               .
            
             
               The
               leaves
               of
               it
               are
               boiled
               with
               Beef
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Spring
               time
               it
               is
               used
               for
               a
               Pot-herb
               ;
               the
               root
               is
               used
               for
               sauce
               .
            
          
           
             
               Annis
               .
            
             
               It
               will
               grow
               in
               England
               if
               it
               be
               carefully
               manured
               ,
               but
               seeing
               that
               the
               leaves
               of
               this
               plant
               are
               for
               no
               use
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               lost
               labour
               to
               raise
               it
               ,
               considering
               the
               seed
               may
               be
               bought
               any
               where
               .
            
          
           
             
               All-Hail
               .
            
             
               All-hail
               ,
               or
               Clowns
               All-hail
               ,
               by
               others
               Woundwort
               .
               It
               hath
               leaves
               thick
               and
               round
               of
               the
               breadth
               of
               a
               six-pence
               ,
               
               gray
               ,
               rough
               and
               full
               of
               sap
               ;
               the
               branches
               that
               they
               grow
               on
               lie
               on
               the
               ground
               much
               like
               Germander
               ,
               but
               it
               runneth
               not
               out
               so
               long
               ;
               it
               beareth
               a
               little
               blewish
               Flower
               ,
               but
               never
               leaveth
               seed
               to
               perfection
               ;
               the
               nethermost
               leaves
               keep
               green
               all
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               the
               Spring
               time
               in
               borders
               ,
               or
               any
               ordinary
               earth
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               and
               spring
               yearly
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bares-britch
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               doth
               resemble
               the
               smooth
               Thistle
               ,
               rising
               up
               with
               a
               stalk
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               top
               the
               leaves
               turn
               something
               
               round
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               middle
               springeth
               tufty
               downy
               Flowers
               ,
               of
               a
               brownish
               colour
               ,
               growing
               in
               rough
               husks
               ,
               and
               underneath
               is
               grayish
               rough
               seeds
               .
            
             
               This
               plant
               groweth
               wild
               in
               some
               parts
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               nursed
               up
               in
               Gardens
               for
               physical
               uses
               ;
               it
               is
               usually
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               and
               it
               flowereth
               that
               Summer
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               hath
               yeelded
               its
               seed
               three
               times
               the
               plant
               dieth
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Balm
               .
            
             
               Balm
               beareth
               a
               seed
               which
               it
               may
               be
               raised
               of
               ,
               but
               the
               Herb
               is
               so
               common
               that
               it
               is
               needless
               to
               trouble
               you
               with
               its
               description
               .
               The
               time
               that
               they
               usually
               set
               the
               slip
               of
               this
               Herb
               is
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               April
               ,
               if
               in
               case
               that
               you
               can
               get
               but
               few
               of
               the
               roots
               ,
               they
               may
               be
               slipt
               into
               many
               parts
               ,
               and
               each
               part
               will
               grow
               if
               it
               have
               but
               part
               of
               the
               branch
               with
               it
               .
               The
               place
               that
               it
               is
               usually
               planted
               in
               ,
               is
               in
               beds
               by
               it self
               of
               two
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               broad
               ,
               four
               rows
               of
               it
               in
               a
               bed
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               have
               all
               the
               bed
               to
               it self
               ,
               and
               let
               it
               be
               well
               watered
               at
               the
               first
               planting
               ,
               it
               requireth
               no
               more
               trouble
               ,
               but
               springeth
               yearly
               :
               The
               dead
               branches
               would
               be
               cut
               off
               when
               Winter
               cometh
               .
            
          
           
             
               Basyll
               .
            
             
               Garden
               seed
               Basyll
               hath
               one
               upright
               stalk
               ,
               rising
               up
               to
               one
               
               foot
               high
               ,
               whereon
               are
               set
               small
               branches
               with
               two
               leaves
               upon
               a
               joint
               set
               one
               against
               another
               ,
               whereat
               spring
               a
               small
               Flower
               whitish
               in
               colour
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               fadeth
               it
               leaveth
               one
               seed
               in
               a
               bag
               ,
               which
               is
               black
               ,
               and
               something
               bigger
               than
               Hysop-seed
               ;
               this
               Herb
               hath
               the
               sweetest
               sent
               of
               all
               others
               ;
               at
               the
               approaching
               of
               Winter
               this
               Herb
               dieth
               ;
               it
               is
               propagated
               only
               of
               the
               seed
               ;
               the
               time
               for
               it
               is
               in
               the
               later
               end
               of
               April
               ;
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
               dig
               a
               bed
               finely
               in
               a
               quarter
               which
               is
               reserved
               for
               sweet
               Herbs
               ,
               rake
               it
               likewise
               ,
               then
               sow
               your
               seed
               on
               it
               ,
               and
               cover
               it
               with
               a
               little
               fine
               mould
               thinly
               .
               Now
               observe
               ,
               if
               that
               it
               be
               like
               to
               rain
               after
               ,
               the
               bed
               ought
               to
               be
               covered
               ,
               for
               if
               the
               seed
               take
               wet
               before
               its
               gemination
               ,
               it
               turneth
               all
               to
               a
               gelly
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               lost
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               This
               seed
               cometh
               up
               the
               ninth
               or
               tenth
               day
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               would
               be
               watered
               in
               dry
               weather
               ,
               till
               such
               time
               as
               it
               covereth
               the
               bed
               .
               The
               use
               of
               this
               Herb
               is
               for
               broth
               or
               for
               stewing
               meats
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
          
           
             
               Blessed-Thistle
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               called
               
                 Cardus
                 Benedictus
              
               ,
               Holy-thistle
               ,
               and
               Cardus
               ;
               I
               suppose
               it
               need
               not
               any
               further
               description
               .
            
             
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               raised
               of
               the
               seed
               only
               in
               March
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               sown
               in
               a
               loose
               rich
               earth
               ,
               in
               a
               warm
               place
               under
               some
               pale
               ,
               hedge
               or
               walk
               ,
               you
               should
               prick
               in
               the
               seeds
               with
               your
               finger
               in
               the
               bed
               at
               three
               fingers
               breadth
               asunder
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               should
               be
               raked
               ,
               the
               beards
               that
               are
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               seeds
               would
               not
               let
               them
               be
               covered
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               reason
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               prick
               them
               in
               with
               your
               finger
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               season
               of
               sowing
               of
               it
               is
               in
               the
               later
               end
               of
               April
               ,
               then
               it
               may
               be
               sown
               without
               any
               trouble
               in
               any
               ordinary
               earth
               ,
               and
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               ,
               and
               so
               this
               Herb
               dieth
               at
               the
               approaching
               of
               Winter
               ,
               then
               you
               may
               save
               the
               seed
               and
               sow
               it
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               in
               like
               manner
               as
               I
               told
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bares-foot
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               shooteth
               up
               branches
               two
               foot
               high
               ,
               with
               many
               joints
               ,
               whereat
               shoot
               out
               springs
               with
               five
               dark
               green
               
               leaves
               upon
               them
               shaped
               like
               a
               Bares-foot
               ,
               and
               pale
               coloured
               Flowers
               fashioned
               like
               a
               cup
               ,
               hanging
               with
               the
               top
               downward
               .
               This
               Flower
               is
               upon
               the
               branch
               in
               May
               ,
               it
               hath
               clumped
               roots
               which
               spread
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               are
               of
               a
               stinking
               savour
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               set
               of
               this
               root
               onely
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               fall
               ;
               it
               delighteth
               in
               a
               shadie
               place
               ,
               where
               if
               you
               set
               it
               ,
               it
               will
               grow
               without
               any
               more
               trouble
               ,
               and
               spring
               every
               year
               after
               according
               to
               the
               description
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bugloss
               .
            
             
               I
               suppose
               this
               is
               so
               well
               known
               ,
               it
               needeth
               no
               description
               .
            
             
               Bugloss
               may
               be
               sown
               either
               in
               March
               ,
               or
               the
               later
               end
               of
               August
               thinly
               ,
               for
               it
               spreadeth
               much
               ground
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               sown
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               late
               in
               the
               Summer
               before
               it
               come
               to
               flower
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               best
               to
               sow
               it
               in
               August
               .
               It
               continueth
               three
               year
               before
               it
               dieth
               ,
               but
               the
               branches
               die
               every
               year
               ,
               only
               the
               root
               remains
               which
               springeth
               again
               .
            
             
               The
               vulgar
               uses
               of
               this
               Herb
               is
               ,
               the
               Flowers
               and
               the
               leaves
               are
               put
               into
               Claret-wine
               and
               Beer
               ,
               to
               give
               it
               a
               pleapleasant
               
               taste
               ;
               the
               Flowers
               also
               are
               used
               in
               Sallets
               and
               Syrups
               .
            
          
           
             
               Burrage
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               much
               like
               the
               former
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               groweth
               not
               to
               such
               a
               stature
               ,
               and
               the
               leaves
               are
               shorter
               and
               broader
               .
               I
               need
               not
               write
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               time
               of
               sowing
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               sow
               it
               when
               you
               will
               it
               will
               come
               up
               at
               its
               natural
               season
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               suffer
               it
               to
               seed
               ,
               the
               seed
               that
               falleth
               comes
               up
               naturally
               ,
               and
               in
               time
               will
               overspread
               the
               Garden
               ,
               therefore
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               sow
               it
               in
               some
               reversion
               ,
               or
               some
               waste
               place
               in
               the
               Garden
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bloodwort
               .
            
             
               Bloodwort
               hath
               leaves
               shaped
               and
               striped
               like
               the
               Harts-tongue
               leaf
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               of
               a
               red
               colour
               ;
               these
               leaves
               are
               set
               on
               close
               to
               the
               ground
               ,
               through
               which
               rise
               stalks
               like
               the
               dock
               ,
               and
               beareth
               a
               seed
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               which
               is
               red
               and
               three
               square
               ,
               glistering
               like
               the
               Sorel
               seed
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               sowed
               of
               the
               seed
               in
               the
               Spring
               time
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               in
               a
               small
               bed
               by
               itself
               ;
               it
               cometh
               up
               soon
               after
               its
               sowing
               ,
               and
               will
               come
               to
               cover
               the
               bed
               suddenly
               ;
               it
               beareth
               not
               seed
               till
               the
               second
               Summer
               after
               its
               sowing
               ,
               and
               the
               fourth
               year
               it
               dieth
               ,
               but
               it
               seldom
               leaveth
               the
               ground
               without
               young
               in
               the
               stead
               ;
               for
               if
               you
               suffer
               it
               to
               bear
               seed
               ,
               as
               it
               falleth
               it
               cometh
               up
               naturally
               :
               This
               Herb
               is
               very
               good
               in
               broth
               ,
               and
               bloud
               puddings
               of
               all
               sorts
               .
            
          
           
             
               Burnat
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               a
               wild
               kind
               ,
               and
               a
               Garden
               kind
               ;
               of
               the
               Garden
               kind
               there
               is
               only
               double
               and
               single
               ;
               one
               description
               will
               serve
               for
               both
               .
               Burnats
               have
               winged
               leaves
               rising
               thick
               from
               the
               very
               root
               ,
               being
               much
               crumpled
               and
               jagged
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               palish
               green
               colour
               ;
               through
               the
               midst
               of
               them
               riseth
               a
               stalk
               two
               foot
               high
               ,
               whereon
               are
               many
               branches
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               top
               of
               each
               groweth
               a
               knob
               something
               like
               a
               button
               ,
               red
               and
               white
               speckled
               ,
               in
               which
               groweth
               yellow
               seed
               something
               like
               redish
               seed
               ;
               the
               branch
               dieth
               yearly
               .
            
             
               Of
               this
               seed
               this
               Herb
               is
               sown
               ,
               or
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               March
               
               or
               April
               ,
               in
               the
               end
               of
               a
               bed
               or
               border
               by
               it self
               ,
               where
               it
               will
               grow
               and
               flourish
               according
               to
               the
               description
               :
               it
               requireth
               no
               more
               care
               than
               to
               cleanse
               it
               from
               weeds
               ,
               this
               herb
               is
               used
               in
               Claret-wine
               and
               in
               sallets
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               March
               ,
               for
               it
               springeth
               very
               early
               .
            
          
           
             
               Betony
               .
            
             
               Garden
               Betony
               is
               so
               well
               known
               I
               need
               not
               write
               the
               description
               of
               it
               ,
               therefore
               take
               the
               ordering
               of
               it
               as
               followeth
               :
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               for
               it
               never
               beareth
               seed
               to
               any
               perfection
               ;
               the
               time
               for
               setting
               of
               it
               is
               in
               March
               or
               April
               ,
               the
               place
               for
               it
               is
               usually
               in
               the
               edge
               of
               borders
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               for
               to
               have
               a
               great
               quantity
               of
               it
               for
               stilling
               of
               it
               in
               cordiall
               waters
               ,
               then
               in
               beds
               by
               it self
               without
               any
               curiosity
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               a
               hardy
               herb
               ,
               and
               will
               continue
               a
               long
               time
               being
               once
               planted
               .
            
          
           
             
               Camomill
               .
            
             
               Is
               known
               so
               well
               ,
               and
               the
               manner
               and
               time
               for
               setting
               of
               it
               ,
               so
               I
               shall
               wave
               that
               ,
               and
               speak
               of
               the
               place
               only
               ;
               the
               first
               fit
               place
               that
               I
               shall
               name
               is
               round
               upon
               the
               edge
               of
               borders
               next
               to
               gravell
               walks
               ;
               the
               second
               place
               is
               upon
               banks
               of
               earth
               made
               couch-fashion
               ;
               to
               the
               end
               that
               a
               man
               might
               sleep
               upon
               a
               Camomill
               bed
               ;
               the
               third
               way
               is
               ,
               to
               set
               walks
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               of
               each
               side
               of
               the
               walk
               a
               water
               table
               laid
               with
               white
               sand
               which
               is
               a
               very
               pleasant
               sight
               :
               the
               fourth
               way
               is
               ,
               to
               distinguish
               knots
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               thus
               ,
               set
               Camomill
               in
               the
               same
               form
               as
               you
               would
               lay
               Grass-work
               ,
               and
               truly
               the
               best
               Garden
               that
               ever
               I
               saw
               in
               his
               Majesties
               Dominions
               had
               a
               knot
               thus
               set
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Be
               pleased
               to
               take
               notice
               that
               Camomill
               set
               as
               was
               prescribed
               ,
               must
               be
               kept
               mown
               and
               clipt
               once
               or
               twice
               a
               week
               for
               the
               summer
               time
               ,
               or
               else
               it
               will
               grow
               out
               of
               form
               and
               hollow
               at
               the
               bottome
               and
               soon
               decay
               .
            
          
           
             
               Comfrey
               .
            
             
               A
               description
               of
               it
               is
               vain
               ,
               and
               a
               direction
               for
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               is
               needless
               ,
               for
               it
               will
               grow
               in
               any
               place
               where
               it
               is
               set
               ;
               
               I
               only
               name
               it
               to
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               somewhere
               about
               your
               house
               ,
               for
               its
               vertue
               is
               generall
               for
               man
               and
               beast
               ,
               as
               the
               Physicians
               Herbals
               will
               show
               you
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               bestow
               the
               labour
               to
               plant
               it
               once
               ,
               for
               inso
               doing
               you
               need
               not
               do
               it
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cives
               .
            
             
               Sometimes
               called
               Rush
               Leeks
               ,
               Chives
               and
               Chivet
               ,
               I
               hope
               that
               by
               one
               of
               these
               names
               there
               is
               no
               man
               but
               will
               know
               them
               ;
               the
               ready
               way
               for
               setting
               of
               them
               ,
               is
               to
               slip
               them
               into
               as
               many
               heads
               as
               they
               have
               ,
               and
               that
               will
               be
               sometimes
               twenty
               on
               one
               bed
               ,
               so
               done
               prick
               them
               into
               a
               bed
               finely
               digged
               and
               raked
               ,
               at
               two
               fingers
               distance
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               may
               come
               to
               cover
               the
               body
               themselves
               ,
               for
               the
               keeping
               of
               the
               ground
               moist
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               less
               expence
               in
               weeding
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               will
               alwayes
               remain
               ;
               yet
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               removed
               after
               they
               have
               stood
               four
               years
               ,
               because
               they
               will
               grow
               so
               thick
               that
               they
               will
               want
               moisture
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cammell
               Beg.
               
            
             
               The
               leaves
               of
               this
               keepeth
               close
               to
               the
               ground
               and
               something
               resemble
               Violet
               leaves
               ,
               but
               only
               thicker
               and
               of
               a
               darker
               
               green
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               middle
               standeth
               a
               stalk
               some
               eight
               inches
               in
               heighth
               ,
               whereon
               groweth
               one
               knapped
               Flower
               like
               the
               Flower
               of
               Betony
               ,
               the
               stalk
               and
               some
               part
               of
               the
               leaves
               die
               yearly
               ,
               and
               the
               under
               leaves
               alwaies
               keep
               green
               .
            
             
               This
               plant
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               ,
               which
               must
               have
               part
               of
               the
               root
               and
               branch
               ,
               the
               best
               place
               for
               setting
               of
               it
               in
               ,
               is
               upon
               the
               edge
               of
               borders
               for
               the
               keeping
               of
               them
               up
               ;
               this
               herb
               is
               for
               speciall
               uses
               being
               employed
               physically
               .
            
          
           
             
               Chervill
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               called
               Merah
               Chervill
               ,
               sweet
               Chervill
               ,
               and
               sweet
               Sisly
               ,
               it
               is
               supposed
               there
               were
               three
               kinds
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               wild
               Chervill
               ,
               the
               sallet
               Chervill
               ,
               and
               the
               sweet
               Chervill
               ;
               one
               description
               will
               serve
               for
               the
               Garden
               kinds
               .
            
             
               Both
               sorts
               the
               leaves
               resemble
               tongue-grass
               but
               of
               a
               fresher
               
               green
               colour
               ,
               the
               stalks
               rising
               up
               a
               yard
               high
               ,
               spreading
               with
               white
               Flowers
               at
               the
               top
               ,
               after
               which
               comes
               long
               black
               
               shining
               seeds
               ,
               the
               herb
               is
               sweet
               to
               smell
               and
               tast
               ,
               where
               once
               it
               is
               growing
               it
               continueth
               many
               years
               ,
               but
               the
               branch
               perisheth
               in
               the
               winter
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               sown
               only
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               other
               way
               of
               gaining
               of
               it
               :
               there
               are
               two
               seasons
               for
               the
               sowing
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               one
               is
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               April
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               August
               ,
               these
               are
               the
               times
               :
               the
               place
               is
               in
               a
               bed
               amongst
               sweet
               herbs
               ,
               in
               manner
               as
               I
               shewed
               you
               of
               Basill
               ,
               so
               done
               it
               will
               come
               up
               according
               as
               it
               was
               described
               .
            
          
           
             
               Carowaies
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               first
               coming
               up
               a
               man
               at
               a
               distance
               may
               very
               well
               take
               them
               for
               Carots
               ,
               but
               as
               they
               grow
               up
               bigger
               they
               differ
               more
               ,
               for
               the
               Caroway
               is
               of
               a
               darker
               green
               and
               yeeldeth
               its
               
               seed
               like
               the
               Fennell
               .
            
             
               The
               time
               and
               the
               only
               time
               for
               sowing
               of
               Carowaies
               is
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               August
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               often
               tried
               it
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               and
               I
               could
               never
               have
               it
               to
               grow
               ,
               and
               I
               sowed
               but
               once
               in
               August
               and
               it
               prospered
               very
               well
               ,
               therefore
               sow
               it
               in
               August
               ,
               and
               the
               next
               summer
               it
               will
               yeeld
               seed
               ,
               and
               after
               the
               branch
               dieth
               ,
               but
               springeth
               again
               and
               yeeldeth
               seed
               every
               summer
               for
               many
               years
               without
               any
               care
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clary
               .
            
             
               The
               leaves
               are
               thick
               ,
               gross
               and
               woolly
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               light
               
               brownish
               colour
               ,
               very
               broad
               spreading
               upon
               the
               ground
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               middle
               riseth
               a
               stalk
               of
               two
               foot
               high
               ,
               with
               many
               branches
               spreading
               ,
               whereon
               are
               many
               Flowers
               like
               those
               of
               Sage
               ,
               and
               each
               Flower
               leaveth
               its
               seed
               behind
               it
               like
               that
               of
               Radish
               ,
               but
               something
               smaller
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               and
               it
               requireth
               a
               good
               ground
               and
               to
               grow
               in
               a
               bed
               by
               itself
               :
               there
               is
               two
               seasons
               for
               the
               sowing
               of
               it
               ,
               one
               in
               the
               Spring
               and
               the
               other
               in
               the
               fall
               ;
               that
               which
               is
               sowed
               in
               the
               fall
               a
               hard
               winter
               will
               kill
               it
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               best
               to
               sow
               it
               in
               the
               Spring
               :
               the
               vulgar
               uses
               of
               this
               herb
               is
               for
               frying
               with
               eggs
               and
               other
               things
               ,
               for
               it
               strengtheneth
               the
               back
               and
               encreaseth
               venery
               .
            
          
           
             
               Course-Mary
               .
            
             
               Or
               Ale-Coust
               ,
               and
               by
               some
               Balsom-herb
               ,
               it
               is
               known
               
               of
               a
               long
               whitish
               leaf
               ,
               sharp
               pointed
               at
               both
               ends
               and
               finely
               cut
               about
               the
               edges
               ,
               the
               stalk
               hath
               many
               such
               like
               leaves
               though
               smaller
               ,
               with
               a
               tust
               at
               the
               top
               when
               it
               flowereth
               like
               that
               of
               sweet
               Maudlin
               ,
               and
               it
               never
               yeeldeth
               seed
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               ;
               I
               hope
               I
               need
               not
               stand
               to
               shew
               every
               particular
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               as
               you
               set
               sweet
               Maudlin
               so
               set
               this
               :
               the
               time
               for
               it
               is
               in
               March
               ,
               and
               where
               it
               is
               once
               planted
               it
               flourisheth
               every
               summer
               for
               many
               years
               after
               ,
               this
               herb
               is
               used
               in
               Ale
               and
               clarified
               Whey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cummin
               .
            
             
               Besides
               it
               is
               called
               Bullwort
               ,
               Amios
               ,
               Bishops-weed
               ,
               and
               Cummin-royall
               ;
               for
               a
               better
               knowledge
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               groweth
               four
               foot
               high
               ,
               with
               round
               stalks
               ,
               and
               many
               branches
               growing
               of
               them
               with
               long
               green
               leaves
               ,
               from
               the
               top
               of
               the
               branches
               are
               white
               fussy
               Flowers
               ,
               after
               this
               fadeth
               the
               seed
               soon
               appeareth
               ,
               which
               is
               like
               Parsly-seed
               ,
               but
               four
               times
               as
               big
               ,
               the
               root
               and
               branch
               perisheth
               every
               winter
               .
            
             
               It
               must
               be
               sown
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               in
               a
               good
               earth
               which
               is
               very
               moist
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               as
               was
               said
               :
               the
               common
               use
               of
               this
               seed
               is
               ,
               to
               tole
               Pigeons
               to
               a
               Dove-coat
               ;
               there
               are
               besides
               speciall
               and
               physicall
               uses
               which
               I
               need
               not
               to
               set
               down
               it
               is
               so
               largely
               spoken
               of
               in
               many
               Herbals
               .
            
          
           
             
               Coriander
               .
            
             
               It
               resembleth
               Flax
               and
               beareth
               its
               seed
               much
               like
               it
               ,
               but
               
               it
               is
               hollow
               ,
               something
               big
               and
               very
               light
               and
               of
               a
               whitish
               colour
               ,
               the
               plant
               peritheth
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               seed
               is
               ripe
               .
            
             
               The
               time
               of
               sowing
               Coriander
               seed
               is
               toward
               May
               day
               ,
               there
               be
               those
               that
               sowes
               half
               acres
               of
               it
               and
               more
               ,
               I
               suppose
               I
               cannot
               give
               them
               directions
               ,
               but
               what
               I
               have
               observed
               from
               them
               I
               will
               give
               you
               ,
               they
               usually
               sow
               in
               a
               light
               rich
               ground
               ,
               and
               but
               thinly
               ,
               for
               each
               plant
               spreadeth
               much
               ground
               :
               the
               use
               of
               this
               is
               for
               strong
               waters
               ,
               the
               seed
               of
               it
               I
               mean
               ,
               whereby
               those
               that
               sow
               it
               have
               great
               profit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Celandine
               .
            
             
               The
               leaves
               are
               in
               the
               form
               of
               Turnip-leaves
               ,
               of
               a
               whitish
               
               yellow
               colour
               and
               full
               of
               yellow
               sap
               ,
               the
               root
               is
               reddish
               
               and
               full
               of
               yellow
               sap
               also
               ;
               the
               branches
               rise
               to
               a
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               high
               ,
               full
               of
               yellow
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               yeeldeth
               small
               seeds
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               ordering
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               will
               be
               short
               with
               you
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               sown
               in
               any
               place
               in
               digged
               earth
               ,
               it
               will
               grow
               and
               prosper
               ,
               and
               never
               forsake
               you
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               did
               but
               know
               the
               worth
               of
               it
               ,
               you
               would
               not
               neglect
               the
               doing
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dragons
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               not
               need
               to
               stand
               long
               to
               describe
               it
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               very
               easie
               to
               be
               known
               by
               this
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               lowermost
               part
               of
               them
               are
               absolutely
               like
               a
               Snake
               ,
               and
               as
               big
               as
               the
               biggest
               Snake
               whatsoever
               ,
               and
               two
               foot
               from
               the
               ground
               spreadeth
               out
               winged
               leaves
               ,
               made
               in
               the
               shape
               of
               a
               Dragons-claw
               of
               a
               whitish
               green
               colour
               ,
               above
               that
               riseth
               that
               which
               we
               may
               call
               the
               Flower
               ;
               it
               is
               made
               in
               the
               fashion
               of
               that
               they
               call
               Cookowpintle
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               lieth
               much
               small
               seed
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               small
               as
               the
               smallest
               ,
               of
               a
               brownish
               colour
               ;
               the
               branch
               fadeth
               every
               Winter
               ,
               and
               springeth
               again
               the
               first
               of
               April
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               seventh
               or
               eighth
               year
               dieth
               root
               and
               branch
               ,
               but
               it
               leaveth
               suckers
               behind
               it
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               sucker
               this
               Herb
               is
               to
               be
               planted
               in
               the
               choisest
               earth
               that
               may
               be
               had
               ,
               or
               else
               it
               will
               not
               prosper
               ;
               the
               time
               for
               it
               is
               about
               the
               middle
               of
               April
               ;
               of
               the
               seed
               also
               this
               plant
               may
               be
               raised
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               very
               difficult
               ;
               I
               cannot
               permit
               the
               time
               to
               explain
               every
               particular
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dill.
               
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               not
               without
               its
               vertue
               ,
               nor
               is
               it
               fit
               I
               should
               
               exempt
               it
               out
               of
               the
               inventory
               ,
               and
               I
               know
               that
               you
               need
               not
               my
               judgment
               in
               the
               sowing
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               nature
               doth
               it
               better
               than
               you
               or
               I
               ;
               for
               sow
               it
               when
               you
               will
               it
               will
               come
               up
               at
               its
               natural
               season
               .
            
          
           
             
               Evat
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               long
               slender
               stalks
               rising
               to
               three
               foot
               high
               ,
               beset
               
               with
               leaves
               round
               about
               one
               against
               another
               ,
               in
               shape
               and
               
               colour
               like
               that
               of
               Arssmart
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               top
               standeth
               downy
               white
               Flowers
               ,
               which
               the
               wind
               carry
               away
               ;
               it
               never
               yeeldeth
               seed
               ,
               the
               leaves
               have
               little
               sent
               ,
               but
               as
               bitter
               as
               wormwood
               in
               taste
               ;
               the
               root
               is
               like
               Spare-mint
               root
               in
               tufts
               ,
               spreading
               far
               :
               of
               the
               root
               this
               Herb
               is
               planted
               wither
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               Autumn
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               grow
               almost
               in
               any
               place
               where
               it
               is
               set
               and
               never
               decay
               :
               this
               is
               a
               special
               Herb
               in
               Physick
               ,
               and
               will
               well
               reward
               your
               labour
               ,
               if
               you
               know
               the
               worth
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fether-few
               .
            
             
               Otherwise
               called
               white
               Wort
               ,
               in
               the
               North
               of
               England
               they
               call
               it
               white
               Rue
               ;
               I
               suppose
               I
               need
               not
               give
               any
               description
               of
               so
               common
               an
               Herb.
               
            
             
               This
               Herb
               may
               be
               set
               of
               the
               〈…〉
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               the
               fall
               ,
               refuseth
               no
               ground
               ,
               and
               continueth
               many
               years
               without
               any
               replanting
               ;
               if
               men
               that
               live
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               and
               have
               Cattel
               ,
               did
               but
               know
               the
               worth
               of
               this
               Herb
               ,
               they
               would
               find
               that
               it
               would
               do
               them
               as
               much
               good
               as
               a
               Horse-Doctor
               .
            
          
           
             
               Fennell
               .
            
             
               There
               be
               three
               sorts
               of
               Fennell
               ,
               viz.
               Fennell-flower
               ,
               sweet
               Fennell
               ,
               and
               the
               ordinary
               great
               Fennell
               :
               The
               first
               two
               dieth
               yearly
               being
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               so
               I
               shall
               only
               trouble
               you
               with
               the
               common
               Fennell
               ,
               and
               I
               suppose
               that
               can
               be
               no
               great
               trouble
               to
               you
               ;
               for
               put
               either
               seed
               or
               slip
               in
               the
               earth
               .
               and
               it
               will
               grow
               .
            
          
           
             
               French
               Honey-suckles
               .
            
             
               
                 French
                 Honey-suckles
              
               has
               not
               long
               been
               inhabited
               in
               England
               ,
               therefore
               I
               will
               give
               a
               description
               .
               This
               Herb
               hath
               leaves
               a
               foot
               long
               coming
               forth
               even
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               in
               some
               places
               two
               inches
               in
               breadth
               ,
               and
               in
               other
               places
               a
               hand
               breadth
               ,
               scolloping
               out
               with
               five
               or
               six
               scollops
               between
               the
               bottom
               and
               the
               top
               ,
               being
               of
               a
               fresh
               green
               colour
               ,
               and
               smooth
               ;
               it
               hath
               branches
               springing
               up
               to
               four
               foot
               high
               ,
               with
               many
               of
               those
               said
               leaves
               on
               them
               ,
               and
               many
               yellowish
               Flowers
               ,
               which
               leave
               a
               brown
               ,
               rough
               ,
               flat
               seed
               behind
               them
               ,
               
               the
               nethermost
               branches
               green
               all
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               propagated
               of
               seed
               or
               slip
               ,
               but
               chiefly
               of
               the
               seed
               ;
               the
               time
               for
               sowing
               of
               the
               seed
               is
               in
               April
               ;
               the
               place
               is
               in
               a
               border
               ,
               where
               it
               shall
               remain
               the
               season
               being
               temperate
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               good
               ;
               it
               cometh
               up
               suddenly
               ,
               but
               it
               beareth
               no
               Flower
               till
               the
               second
               year
               .
            
          
           
             
               French-Mallows
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               ,
               hath
               strait
               stalks
               ,
               which
               grow
               up
               to
               three
               or
               four
               foot
               high
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               not
               cut
               it
               hath
               a
               round
               jagged
               crumpley
               
               and
               pale
               coloured
               leaf
               ,
               something
               broader
               than
               a
               mans
               hand
               ,
               with
               many
               small
               white
               Flowers
               of
               the
               stalks
               made
               of
               five
               leaves
               a
               peece
               ,
               each
               Flower
               yeeldeth
               one
               seed
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               three
               cornered
               fashion
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               gray
               colour
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               to
               be
               sown
               only
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               not
               in
               beds
               in
               a
               quarter
               where
               pot-herbs
               are
               sown
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               bed
               by
               it self
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               ground
               be
               good
               the
               seed
               cometh
               up
               the
               sixth
               day
               ,
               and
               by
               August
               it
               cometh
               to
               flower
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               description
               ,
               and
               when
               the
               Winter
               cometh
               on
               it
               perisheth
               ,
               but
               whilest
               it
               is
               young
               it
               is
               very
               good
               in
               Sallets
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               a
               good
               pot-herb
               at
               all
               times
               ,
               whilst
               it
               is
               green
               .
            
          
           
             
               Gromwel
               .
            
             
               Two
               kinds
               there
               are
               ,
               the
               wood
               Gromwel
               ,
               and
               the
               Garden
               Gromwel
               .
               There
               is
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               difference
               betwixt
               these
               two
               kinds
               ;
               I
               shall
               onely
               describe
               the
               Garden
               kind
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               woody
               branches
               like
               the
               Mustard-branches
               ,
               but
               
               slenderer
               and
               lower
               ,
               many
               short
               leaves
               and
               blewish
               Flowers
               ,
               standing
               in
               brown
               husks
               ,
               and
               in
               each
               husk
               after
               the
               Flower
               fadeth
               ,
               there
               appeareth
               one
               seed
               in
               a
               husk
               ,
               which
               are
               small
               and
               of
               a
               sky
               colour
               ,
               glistering
               like
               pearls
               ;
               the
               branches
               perish
               yearly
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               suffer
               the
               seed
               to
               shade
               ,
               it
               cometh
               up
               naturally
               of
               it self
               .
            
             
               So
               if
               I
               should
               give
               any
               directions
               for
               times
               and
               seasons
               of
               sowing
               it
               ,
               it
               were
               needlesse
               ,
               for
               the
               description
               sheweth
               it
               ;
               so
               there
               is
               no
               more
               to
               be
               said
               ,
               sow
               it
               when
               you
               will
               ,
               it
               will
               come
               up
               at
               its
               own
               season
               .
               The
               virtue
               of
               these
               seeds
               are
               incomparable
               for
               curing
               of
               the
               stone
               and
               gravel
               ,
               and
               women
               when
               they
               be
               in
               labour
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Gladin
               .
            
             
               It
               springeth
               up
               with
               spiry
               blades
               like
               the
               flag
               ,
               and
               
               beareth
               a
               Flower
               something
               like
               the
               Flower-deluce
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               yellow
               colour
               ,
               it
               hath
               double
               roots
               spreading
               in
               the
               ground
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               root
               this
               Herb
               or
               Flower
               is
               set
               without
               any
               curiosity
               ,
               and
               in
               any
               ordinary
               place
               ,
               and
               there
               it
               will
               continue
               alwayes
               ,
               and
               flower
               in
               July
               :
               the
               root
               of
               it
               is
               excellent
               in
               Physick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Gooses-tongue
               .
            
             
               A
               common
               thing
               it
               is
               to
               give
               three
               or
               four
               names
               to
               one
               and
               the
               same
               thing
               ;
               for
               fear
               there
               should
               be
               any
               mistake
               in
               the
               name
               ,
               I
               will
               give
               you
               this
               short
               description
               of
               it
               :
               This
               Herb
               is
               in
               all
               parts
               at
               the
               first
               springing
               like
               sweet
               Maudlin
               only
               ,
               it
               is
               of
               a
               darker
               green
               colour
               ,
               and
               afterward
               it
               rises
               up
               with
               branches
               spreading
               ,
               beset
               with
               jagged
               leaves
               ,
               and
               tufts
               atop
               ,
               of
               downy
               stuff
               like
               that
               of
               Coursemary
               ;
               it
               never
               yeeldeth
               seed
               ;
               it
               hath
               a
               sweet
               savour
               and
               stringed
               roots
               ,
               whereby
               it
               spreadeth
               and
               increaseth
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               in
               a
               bed
               in
               a
               quarter
               amongst
               pot-herbs
               ,
               where
               it
               will
               grow
               without
               any
               industry
               ,
               and
               continue
               alwayes
               green
               ,
               it
               should
               have
               the
               top
               branches
               cut
               off
               at
               the
               comeing
               in
               of
               Winter
               .
               Note
               also
               this
               Herb
               is
               one
               of
               the
               best
               of
               pot
               herbs
               .
            
          
           
             
               Germander
               .
            
             
               It
               runneth
               with
               small
               branches
               on
               the
               ground
               which
               will
               take
               root
               ;
               it
               is
               set
               thick
               with
               small
               leaves
               ,
               of
               a
               brownish
               colour
               ;
               
               it
               beareth
               the
               smallest
               Flower
               of
               any
               other
               ,
               and
               no
               seed
               ;
               it
               keepeth
               green
               all
               the
               year
               and
               never
               decayeth
               .
               Now
               this
               Herb
               is
               set
               only
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               border
               sides
               ,
               for
               the
               keeping
               of
               them
               up
               .
               Others
               distinguish
               knots
               with
               it
               ;
               it
               must
               be
               kept
               alwayes
               cut
               ,
               for
               it
               runneth
               and
               spreadeth
               farre
               else
               .
               Note
               it
               is
               a
               stinking
               Herb
               ,
               yet
               sovereigne
               in
               Physick
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Garlick
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               needlesse
               curiosity
               to
               describe
               that
               which
               all
               men
               know
               so
               well
               ,
               and
               to
               pen
               down
               the
               vertues
               ,
               it
               were
               double
               labour
               ,
               seeing
               the
               Physicians
               have
               done
               it
               so
               often
               ;
               so
               I
               will
               onely
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               of
               the
               setting
               of
               it
               in
               March
               ,
               and
               taking
               of
               it
               up
               at
               Michaelmas
               for
               your
               several
               uses
               ,
               so
               that
               you
               might
               not
               want
               it
               ,
               when
               you
               have
               occasion
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               my
               Physical
               Garden
               should
               not
               be
               without
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Horse-Redish
               .
            
             
               At
               its
               first
               springing
               it
               hath
               jagged
               and
               torn
               leaves
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               of
               a
               light
               green
               colour
               ,
               the
               next
               that
               spring
               are
               broader
               
               and
               longer
               ,
               and
               only
               cut
               a
               little
               on
               the
               edges
               ,
               then
               runneth
               up
               spindle
               stalks
               ,
               whereon
               are
               white
               Flowers
               ,
               seldom
               any
               seed
               to
               perfection
               .
            
             
               The
               manner
               of
               planting
               of
               this
               is
               of
               the
               root
               ,
               and
               so
               easie
               and
               so
               plain
               that
               you
               cannot
               misle
               ,
               for
               put
               the
               least
               piece
               of
               the
               root
               of
               it
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               spring
               up
               (
               as
               was
               said
               )
               and
               in
               three
               years
               time
               it
               will
               come
               to
               be
               as
               big
               as
               the
               small
               of
               a
               mans
               leg
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               should
               be
               taken
               up
               for
               the
               vertue
               that
               is
               in
               it
               ,
               or
               else
               it
               will
               decay
               ,
               and
               be
               worth
               nothing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Herb
               grasse
               .
            
             
               Herb-grass
               or
               Rue
               :
               It
               is
               a
               common
               Herb
               ,
               yet
               there
               is
               great
               difficulty
               in
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               it
               will
               not
               grow
               in
               any
               place
               ,
               let
               the
               earth
               be
               never
               so
               good
               ,
               for
               where
               it
               doth
               like
               it
               groweth
               very
               slowly
               ,
               and
               so
               doth
               all
               sorts
               of
               Herbs
               and
               trees
               that
               have
               most
               vertue
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               It
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               that
               this
               Herb
               is
               to
               be
               propagated
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               ,
               for
               it
               never
               beareth
               any
               seed
               ,
               therefore
               take
               the
               observations
               in
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               followeth
               .
            
             
               In
               September
               get
               the
               slips
               of
               this
               Herb
               ,
               which
               must
               be
               slipt
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               not
               from
               the
               branches
               ;
               this
               observed
               ,
               then
               look
               out
               a
               convenient
               border
               ,
               either
               under
               a
               wall
               ,
               a
               hedge
               or
               a
               pale
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               it
               may
               have
               shadow
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               under
               the
               shadow
               of
               a
               Bay-tree
               ;
               for
               this
               Herb
               
               is
               an
               hot
               Herb
               ,
               and
               delighteth
               least
               in
               the
               Sunne
               of
               all
               others
               ;
               as
               for
               example
               ,
               Pulse
               which
               is
               cold
               ,
               as
               Musmillions
               and
               Cucumbers
               ,
               these
               are
               cooler
               ,
               and
               desire
               the
               benefit
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               heat
               of
               manure
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               You
               see
               it
               is
               plain
               ,
               that
               Herb-grass
               requireth
               a
               shady
               place
               ,
               where
               it
               may
               have
               the
               Sunne
               only
               some
               small
               part
               of
               the
               day
               ,
               then
               ser
               it
               (
               as
               I
               told
               you
               )
               in
               a
               shady
               border
               ,
               and
               let
               the
               earth
               be
               very
               good
               ,
               though
               Authors
               have
               said
               that
               it
               abhorreth
               dung
               ,
               yet
               I
               have
               found
               by
               continual
               experience
               ,
               that
               dung
               well
               qualified
               maketh
               it
               prosper
               mightily
               ,
               so
               nothing
               remains
               but
               that
               you
               set
               it
               so
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               ;
               but
               the
               first
               year
               and
               the
               second
               it
               will
               grow
               but
               very
               slowly
               ,
               till
               it
               be
               well
               rooted
               ,
               and
               afterward
               it
               will
               flourish
               for
               nine
               or
               ten
               years
               ,
               if
               no
               accident
               befall
               it
               (
               as
               some
               suppose
               )
               that
               if
               an
               evil
               woman
               break
               any
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               will
               soon
               fade
               and
               die
               presently
               after
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               so
               ,
               my
               judgement
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               be
               few
               or
               no
               women
               can
               break
               off
               this
               Herb
               ,
               but
               it
               must
               of
               necessity
               die
               :
               To
               prove
               whether
               it
               be
               so
               or
               no
               ,
               it
               would
               take
               up
               an
               extraordinary
               Discourse
               ,
               which
               I
               shall
               wave
               ,
               and
               leave
               this
               vertuous
               Herb
               to
               be
               propagated
               by
               your
               care
               for
               your
               use
               and
               profit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hore-hound
               .
            
             
               Of
               these
               there
               are
               two
               sorts
               ;
               there
               are
               the
               wild
               kind
               ,
               which
               hath
               a
               stinking
               smell
               ;
               but
               that
               which
               I
               here
               prescribe
               ,
               and
               intend
               to
               treat
               of
               ,
               is
               the
               sweet
               Hore-hound
               ,
               which
               is
               nursed
               in
               Gardens
               for
               its
               Physical
               vertues
               :
               I
               suppose
               it
               is
               needless
               to
               give
               any
               description
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               of
               propagating
               of
               it
               is
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               which
               hath
               part
               of
               the
               root
               ;
               the
               time
               for
               doing
               of
               it
               is
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               fall
               ,
               according
               as
               opportunity
               shall
               best
               serve
               :
               The
               manner
               of
               it
               is
               without
               any
               difficulty
               ,
               even
               as
               I
               told
               of
               Betony
               ,
               and
               so
               done
               ,
               it
               prospereth
               very
               well
               ,
               and
               springeth
               every
               year
               after
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hyssop
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               only
               two
               sorts
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               yellow
               and
               the
               green
               ;
               they
               differ
               not
               in
               nature
               ,
               though
               in
               vertue
               :
               one
               direction
               will
               serve
               for
               both
               in
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               
               therein
               I
               shall
               be
               very
               brief
               .
               The
               best
               and
               the
               easiest
               way
               for
               raising
               Hislop
               is
               of
               the
               seed
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               The
               ordinary
               way
               of
               raising
               of
               it
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               later
               end
               of
               April
               ;
               the
               place
               fit
               for
               it
               is
               in
               beds
               two
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               in
               breadth
               ,
               in
               the
               quarter
               with
               the
               sweet
               Herbs
               ,
               in
               that
               form
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               in
               the
               draft-work
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               this
               Treatise
               :
               I
               shall
               save
               the
               labour
               to
               write
               the
               manner
               of
               sowing
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               so
               as
               Basil
               is
               sown
               ,
               so
               is
               this
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               way
               of
               sowing
               of
               it
               is
               in
               drils
               ,
               round
               beds
               ,
               wherein
               is
               Tulips
               ,
               and
               other
               Flowers
               of
               bullous-roots
               ;
               the
               seed
               in
               like
               manner
               is
               sown
               in
               drils
               ,
               for
               the
               distinguishing
               of
               knots
               ,
               either
               division-work
               ,
               or
               running-drafts
               .
               Now
               take
               notice
               ,
               that
               Hissop-seed
               thus
               sown
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               way
               ,
               being
               thinly
               covered
               ;
               it
               cometh
               up
               suddenly
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               later
               end
               of
               the
               Summer
               it
               will
               come
               to
               seed
               ,
               if
               you
               cut
               it
               not
               ;
               but
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               cut
               it
               every
               fortnight
               ,
               after
               it
               is
               grown
               to
               a
               handfull
               high
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               for
               profit
               ,
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               the
               Herb
               ;
               for
               that
               which
               is
               kept
               from
               seeding
               will
               flourish
               seven
               or
               eight
               years
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               not
               half
               so
               long
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               This
               Herb
               may
               be
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               manner
               and
               place
               ,
               as
               was
               said
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               flourish
               accordingly
               ;
               if
               it
               be
               well
               watered
               at
               the
               first
               planting
               ,
               and
               afterward
               if
               the
               season
               be
               dry
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Hissop
               is
               the
               best
               of
               strowing
               Herbs
               ,
               both
               for
               sent
               and
               for
               growth
               ,
               and
               being
               distilled
               the
               water
               of
               it
               is
               very
               precious
               .
            
          
           
             
               Housleek
               .
            
             
               Housleek
               or
               Singreen
               is
               an
               Herb
               of
               general
               uses
               ,
               and
               though
               it
               be
               no
               art
               in
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               name
               it
               for
               its
               worth
               ,
               and
               to
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               that
               you
               may
               plant
               it
               upon
               wals
               or
               thatcht
               houses
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               Cow-dung
               and
               earth
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               ,
               and
               spread
               and
               continue
               with
               you
               without
               any
               more
               trouble
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jerusalem-Sage
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               many
               rugged
               leaves
               to
               the
               sight
               and
               handling
               ,
               they
               
               
               are
               at
               a
               span
               in
               length
               ,
               sharp
               pointed
               at
               the
               upper
               end
               ;
               the
               lowermost
               part
               growing
               close
               to
               the
               earth
               ,
               spreading
               every
               way
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               greenish
               gray
               colour
               ;
               in
               the
               middest
               groweth
               many
               spindles
               ,
               something
               like
               Cowslips
               ,
               with
               Flowers
               on
               them
               like
               those
               of
               English-sage
               .
               This
               Flower
               never
               yeeldeth
               seed
               ;
               it
               is
               propagated
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               as
               followeth
               .
            
             
               In
               March
               or
               September
               get
               the
               slip
               of
               this
               Herb
               ,
               and
               set
               it
               in
               a
               bed
               of
               good
               mould
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               it
               will
               not
               .
               Now
               observe
               ,
               after
               these
               slips
               are
               rooted
               ,
               they
               will
               continue
               many
               years
               in
               that
               place
               without
               any
               more
               trouble
               ;
               and
               the
               leaves
               and
               Flowers
               are
               for
               sovereign
               Medicines
               ,
               although
               I
               cannot
               find
               the
               Physicians
               have
               treated
               of
               it
               either
               by
               name
               or
               description
               ;
               yet
               the
               vertues
               are
               these
               ;
               it
               cureth
               sore
               brests
               ,
               applied
               Poultiswayes
               ,
               and
               made
               up
               into
               salve
               ;
               it
               cureth
               all
               manner
               of
               green
               wounds
               ,
               and
               drunk
               inwardly
               helpeth
               women
               in
               travel
               ,
               and
               many
               other
               vertues
               it
               hath
               ,
               which
               I
               cannot
               dispense
               with
               time
               to
               repeat
               .
            
          
           
             
               Kings-mallow
               .
            
             
               Kings-mallows
               or
               March-mallows
               ;
               these
               are
               much
               like
               the
               Pot-mallows
               ,
               or
               Hollihock
               ,
               but
               a
               great
               deal
               bigger
               in
               body
               ,
               and
               leaves
               something
               rounder
               ;
               the
               branches
               grow
               not
               so
               high
               as
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               something
               crookeder
               .
            
             
               The
               raising
               of
               this
               Mallow
               is
               of
               the
               seed
               in
               March
               ;
               the
               place
               fit
               for
               it
               is
               in
               some
               out-border
               of
               the
               Garden
               ,
               where
               it
               may
               grow
               without
               any
               replanting
               ,
               and
               so
               at
               the
               later
               end
               of
               August
               next
               after
               the
               sowing
               ,
               it
               beareth
               a
               small
               Flower
               in
               comparison
               of
               the
               Hollihock
               ,
               much
               like
               it
               ,
               and
               afterward
               the
               seed
               (
               which
               seldom
               comes
               to
               perfection
               )
               having
               done
               so
               three
               years
               ,
               root
               and
               branch
               dieth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Kapons-tayles
               .
            
             
               By
               some
               named
               Capons-feathers
               ,
               and
               by
               others
               Caponherb
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               winged
               leaves
               rising
               from
               the
               root
               of
               a
               foot
               long
               ,
               
               of
               a
               fresh
               green
               colour
               ,
               smooth
               to
               the
               sight
               and
               in
               handling
               ;
               
               in
               the
               middest
               riseth
               branches
               to
               four
               foot
               height
               ,
               weak
               and
               bending
               ,
               with
               many
               such
               like
               leaves
               as
               the
               former
               ,
               though
               not
               so
               big
               ;
               the
               top
               of
               the
               branches
               are
               huskey
               Flowers
               ,
               of
               a
               sad
               white
               colour
               ,
               which
               dry
               on
               to
               the
               stalk
               ,
               and
               never
               yeeldeth
               seed
               ;
               the
               roots
               are
               long
               and
               white
               ,
               full
               of
               knots
               and
               spreading
               ,
               which
               shoot
               up
               young
               branches
               every
               year
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               root
               this
               Herb
               is
               planted
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               fall
               ;
               the
               fittest
               place
               for
               it
               is
               in
               a
               bed
               with
               other
               pot-herbes
               ,
               and
               being
               done
               ,
               it
               needeth
               no
               more
               industry
               ,
               but
               will
               prosper
               according
               to
               the
               description
               .
               This
               Herb
               is
               excellent
               good
               for
               broath
               ,
               and
               for
               Puddings
               made
               of
               bloud
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lovage
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               stalks
               growing
               to
               a
               mans
               height
               ,
               hollow
               like
               Bean
               stalks
               ,
               with
               many
               branches
               spreading
               from
               the
               sides
               of
               
               them
               ,
               whereon
               are
               leaves
               much
               like
               those
               of
               Angelica
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               strong
               stinking
               savour
               ;
               the
               branches
               and
               stalks
               perish
               yearly
               ,
               and
               the
               root
               sendeth
               up
               the
               like
               again
               .
            
             
               Now
               for
               the
               ordering
               of
               it
               I
               will
               be
               short
               ,
               for
               the
               Herb
               is
               hardy
               ,
               and
               requireth
               no
               more
               than
               to
               be
               set
               in
               the
               earth
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               the
               fall
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               continue
               ,
               as
               was
               said
               in
               the
               description
               .
            
          
           
             
               Liquorish
               .
            
             
               I
               suppose
               the
               root
               of
               it
               is
               well
               known
               of
               all
               those
               that
               are
               troubled
               with
               colour
               ,
               that
               take
               any
               thing
               to
               prevent
               it
               ;
               the
               
               branches
               that
               springeth
               from
               the
               roots
               are
               in
               all
               respects
               like
               young
               Ash-plants
               at
               four
               foot
               high
               ;
               this
               may
               serve
               for
               the
               knowledge
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               of
               planting
               of
               it
               for
               profit
               ,
               as
               many
               do
               now
               plant
               three
               or
               four
               Acres
               of
               it
               (
               more
               or
               lesse
               according
               to
               their
               opportunities
               and
               abilities
               )
               would
               take
               up
               a
               large
               Discourse
               ,
               and
               very
               probable
               I
               might
               outrun
               my
               judgement
               in
               some
               particulars
               :
               Those
               that
               are
               Plantaginers
               of
               it
               differ
               in
               the
               way
               and
               judgement
               of
               planting
               of
               it
               ;
               so
               I
               will
               wave
               the
               quantity
               ,
               and
               speak
               of
               the
               nature
               and
               quality
               .
               My
               reason
               is
               ,
               
               because
               I
               think
               that
               those
               need
               not
               my
               judgment
               that
               plant
               such
               great
               quantities
               ,
               so
               take
               the
               way
               of
               planting
               of
               a
               bed
               for
               a
               houshold
               use
               as
               followeth
               :
            
             
               In
               March
               provide
               a
               bed
               of
               good
               earth
               either
               light
               or
               sandy
               ,
               and
               of
               three
               spit
               deep
               ;
               such
               a
               bed
               of
               earth
               provided
               ,
               and
               layed
               out
               at
               three
               foot
               in
               breadth
               ,
               then
               set
               three
               chace
               of
               roots
               at
               a
               foot
               distance
               ,
               each
               root
               a
               foot
               asunder
               ;
               now
               note
               ,
               the
               roots
               must
               be
               but
               half
               a
               foot
               in
               length
               at
               the
               most
               ,
               pricked
               in
               with
               a
               diber
               ,
               so
               that
               there
               be
               but
               an
               inch
               of
               earth
               above
               them
               ;
               atop
               of
               this
               you
               may
               sow
               any
               salletting
               the
               first
               year
               ,
               the
               second
               year
               it
               would
               have
               the
               bed
               to
               it self
               ,
               and
               the
               earth
               loosened
               about
               it
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               year
               in
               January
               or
               February
               it
               should
               be
               taken
               up
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               taking
               of
               it
               up
               ,
               note
               that
               such
               roots
               as
               run
               downward
               are
               good
               Liquorish
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               run
               side-waies
               are
               not
               so
               good
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               better
               for
               planting
               again
               than
               the
               other
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               plant
               in
               the
               manner
               as
               was
               said
               before
               in
               the
               March
               following
               ,
               and
               by
               this
               industry
               you
               may
               come
               to
               have
               acres
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               is
               at
               the
               neat
               houses
               nigh
               London
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               See
               what
               profit
               is
               made
               of
               planting
               of
               Liquorish
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Apothecaries
               give
               fifty
               shillings
               for
               a
               hundred
               weight
               of
               the
               roots
               ,
               and
               upon
               this
               account
               some
               have
               made
               five
               hundred
               pounds
               upon
               the
               encrease
               of
               six
               acres
               of
               land
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lavender-cotton
               .
            
             
               Or
               white
               Lavender
               :
               the
               branches
               of
               it
               are
               like
               Cypruss
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               white
               colour
               ,
               and
               riseth
               not
               altogether
               so
               high
               as
               the
               Lavender
               slip
               doth
               ;
               it
               beareth
               a
               yellow
               downy
               Flower
               ,
               and
               leaveth
               no
               seed
               :
               the
               herb
               is
               bitter
               in
               tast
               ,
               and
               little
               better
               in
               sent
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               slip
               this
               herb
               is
               set
               either
               in
               March
               or
               September
               ,
               after
               two
               sorts
               or
               waies
               ,
               first
               when
               it
               is
               set
               for
               physicall
               uses
               or
               for
               profit
               ,
               it
               is
               in
               beds
               in
               manner
               as
               you
               set
               Rosemary
               :
               secondly
               when
               it
               is
               set
               for
               pleasure
               ,
               it
               is
               either
               in
               borders
               or
               knots
               ,
               and
               to
               see
               a
               knot
               set
               of
               Lavender-cotton
               ,
               drawn
               in
               a
               large
               scope
               of
               ground
               ,
               either
               division
               or
               in
               running
               draft-work
               ,
               done
               by
               the
               hand
               of
               an
               artificial
               workman
               ,
               and
               let
               grow
               to
               a
               foot
               high
               and
               half
               ,
               a
               foot
               a
               breadth
               ,
               being
               kept
               clipt
               evenly
               with
               a
               pair
               of
               shears
               ,
               is
               a
               rare
               prospect
               ,
               and
               casteth
               the
               
               pleasantest
               sight
               of
               all
               works
               of
               a
               Gardeners
               inventing
               ,
               and
               also
               this
               knot
               so
               planted
               and
               so
               kept
               ,
               will
               continue
               so
               twelve
               or
               fourteen
               years
               before
               the
               herb
               dieth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lavender-spike
               .
            
             
               Sometimes
               called
               Spike
               :
               I
               think
               it
               is
               altogether
               needless
               to
               write
               any
               description
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               ,
               the
               best
               time
               for
               it
               is
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               March
               in
               beds
               of
               good
               mould
               ,
               setting
               two
               chase
               in
               a
               bed
               ,
               each
               slip
               at
               half
               a
               foot
               distance
               ,
               and
               the
               bed
               of
               two
               foot
               and
               a
               half
               breadth
               ;
               it
               must
               be
               well
               watered
               at
               the
               first
               planting
               or
               else
               it
               will
               not
               take
               root
               ,
               but
               if
               it
               may
               be
               so
               ordered
               ,
               by
               July
               most
               of
               those
               slips
               will
               spindle
               up
               with
               a
               knapple
               like
               the
               Flower
               of
               Betony
               ,
               yeelding
               the
               pleasantest
               sent
               of
               all
               other
               herbs
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               It
               is
               profitable
               to
               plant
               this
               herb
               for
               distilling
               and
               for
               other
               physicall
               uses
               ,
               and
               especially
               for
               oils
               which
               are
               of
               most
               vertues
               approbated
               to
               any
               pain
               or
               distemper
               of
               man
               which
               cometh
               by
               aches
               or
               old
               bruises
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lavender-slip
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               which
               is
               known
               so
               well
               to
               be
               planted
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               ,
               with
               little
               labour
               but
               it
               yeeldeth
               more
               profit
               :
               the
               fittest
               time
               for
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               March
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               may
               take
               root
               before
               the
               dry
               weather
               cometh
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               also
               observed
               ,
               that
               the
               sooner
               of
               the
               year
               it
               is
               planted
               ,
               the
               longer
               it
               will
               continue
               before
               it
               decayeth
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               such
               an
               ordinary
               thing
               ,
               yet
               I
               have
               seen
               errors
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               they
               plant
               it
               too
               thick
               ,
               for
               some
               I
               have
               seen
               plant
               three
               rows
               in
               a
               border
               ,
               of
               two
               foot
               and
               a
               half
               in
               breadth
               ,
               when
               one
               is
               enough
               ,
               therefore
               I
               advise
               those
               that
               set
               it
               ,
               to
               set
               but
               one
               ,
               each
               slip
               near
               half
               a
               foot
               asunder
               ,
               and
               also
               observe
               to
               twist
               the
               nether
               end
               of
               the
               slip
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lemon-time
               .
            
             
               I
               wonder
               that
               the
               Physicians
               have
               left
               this
               herb
               out
               of
               their
               Herbals
               ,
               considering
               that
               it
               is
               for
               severall
               uses
               ,
               as
               distilled
               for
               waters
               ,
               and
               a
               good
               pot-herb
               and
               nursed
               in
               Gardens
               also
               ,
               
               this
               forceth
               me
               to
               give
               a
               short
               description
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               they
               and
               you
               might
               be
               acquainted
               with
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               much
               like
               the
               pot-Marjerom
               in
               shape
               ,
               but
               little
               
               bigger
               in
               leaf
               and
               branch
               than
               the
               ordinary
               green
               Time
               ,
               and
               it
               spreadeth
               upon
               the
               ground
               ,
               sometimes
               taking
               root
               ;
               the
               colour
               of
               it
               is
               betwixt
               a
               light
               yellow
               and
               a
               green
               ,
               the
               sent
               of
               it
               is
               pleasant
               and
               sweet
               ,
               it
               beareth
               its
               Flower
               like
               the
               pot-Marjerom
               ,
               but
               never
               yeeldeth
               any
               seed
               ;
               it
               keepeth
               fresh
               all
               the
               year
               and
               never
               decayeth
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               planted
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               from
               part
               of
               the
               root
               ;
               this
               may
               be
               done
               either
               in
               April
               or
               August
               ;
               the
               place
               is
               sometimes
               in
               beds
               by
               it self
               when
               it
               is
               planted
               for
               its
               use
               ,
               and
               others
               plant
               knots
               of
               it
               for
               pleasure
               ,
               and
               being
               kept
               clipt
               often
               and
               clean
               (
               as
               Garden
               knots
               ought
               to
               be
               )
               it
               out-lasteth
               the
               planter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mallows
               .
            
             
               Or
               Garden-Mallows
               ,
               otherwise
               called
               Holihocks
               :
               in
               the
               Treatise
               of
               Flowers
               I
               had
               an
               occasion
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               double
               kinds
               of
               Holihocks
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               severall
               kinds
               and
               colours
               ,
               how
               they
               are
               raised
               and
               planted
               for
               ority
               of
               the
               Garden
               of
               pleasure
               ;
               these
               Mallows
               that
               I
               prescribe
               here
               are
               single
               kinds
               ,
               and
               sown
               in
               the
               physicall
               Garden
               for
               physicall
               or
               kitchin
               uses
               .
            
             
               The
               time
               of
               sowing
               is
               either
               in
               March
               or
               in
               August
               ,
               in
               a
               remote
               place
               or
               an
               out-border
               ;
               by
               reason
               of
               their
               high
               growth
               they
               would
               be
               unhandsome
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               a
               Garden
               ,
               therefore
               sow
               them
               against
               the
               pales
               or
               wall
               ,
               and
               they
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               in
               any
               ordinary
               earth
               :
               now
               note
               ,
               that
               seed
               which
               is
               sown
               in
               March
               seldome
               cometh
               to
               flower
               that
               year
               ,
               those
               that
               are
               sown
               in
               August
               come
               to
               flower
               the
               next
               summer
               at
               its
               naturall
               season
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               July
               :
               and
               lastly
               note
               ,
               that
               Mallows
               spring
               four
               or
               five
               years
               ,
               and
               only
               loseth
               its
               branch
               in
               the
               winter
               and
               then
               it
               dieth
               .
            
          
           
             
               March.
               
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               much
               like
               Parsly
               at
               the
               first
               coming
               up
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               darker
               green
               colour
               and
               of
               a
               stinking
               sent
               ,
               afterward
               it
               
               spreadeth
               into
               bushy
               branches
               ,
               never
               rising
               to
               above
               two
               foot
               high
               ,
               carrying
               of
               its
               leaves
               to
               the
               very
               top
               ,
               yeelding
               of
               its
               
               seed
               in
               like
               manner
               as
               the
               Parsly
               doth
               in
               shape
               and
               colour
               ,
               but
               much
               smaller
               and
               of
               as
               strong
               a
               sent
               as
               the
               herb
               :
               the
               branch
               perisheth
               yearly
               ,
               and
               springeth
               again
               for
               three
               or
               four
               years
               and
               then
               dieth
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               raised
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               at
               what
               time
               ,
               for
               where
               it
               groweth
               ,
               as
               the
               seed
               sheddeth
               naturally
               so
               it
               cometh
               up
               again
               ,
               therefore
               the
               time
               cannot
               make
               much
               difference
               :
               let
               the
               place
               be
               in
               a
               bed
               which
               is
               reserved
               for
               such
               like
               strong
               herbs
               ,
               as
               Rue
               ,
               Wormwood
               ,
               Featherfew
               ,
               Savin
               ,
               Southern-wood
               ,
               and
               Germander
               ,
               for
               these
               like
               herbs
               agree
               best
               together
               ,
               and
               are
               for
               the
               curing
               of
               desperate
               diseases
               :
               but
               as
               is
               said
               ,
               if
               the
               seed
               be
               committed
               to
               the
               earth
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               but
               new
               and
               sound
               ,
               it
               will
               come
               up
               at
               its
               naturall
               season
               ,
               and
               your
               Garden
               will
               never
               be
               without
               it
               :
               this
               may
               serve
               for
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               Now
               I
               'le
               describe
               some
               of
               the
               vertues
               of
               this
               herb
               ,
               my
               reason
               is
               this
               ,
               I
               have
               run
               my
               eye
               over
               Culpeppers
               Physician
               and
               other
               Herbals
               ,
               and
               I
               found
               that
               the
               name
               and
               description
               of
               this
               herb
               was
               not
               there
               ,
               and
               the
               vertue
               of
               it
               is
               so
               needfull
               and
               usefull
               that
               I
               must
               describe
               it
               ,
               viz.
               it
               cureth
               Fellons
               and
               Gangreens
               of
               the
               flesh
               applied
               Poultiss-way
               ,
               it
               preventeth
               in
               Cattell
               the
               Murrain
               and
               the
               Pestilence
               ,
               giving
               them
               a
               drench
               of
               it
               :
               many
               more
               vertues
               it
               hath
               which
               I
               would
               wish
               both
               Physician
               and
               Patient
               to
               study
               how
               to
               know
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Madrath
               .
            
             
               Many
               long
               four
               square
               stalks
               trailing
               on
               the
               ground
               it
               hath
               ,
               something
               reddish
               and
               full
               of
               joynts
               ,
               whereout
               shoot
               
               forth
               long
               narrowish
               leaves
               rough
               and
               hairy
               ,
               betwixt
               them
               riseth
               Flowers
               pale
               and
               yellowish
               ,
               after
               they
               fade
               cometh
               small
               round
               heads
               ,
               green
               at
               the
               first
               and
               black
               afterwards
               ,
               wherein
               is
               contained
               the
               seed
               :
               the
               root
               runneth
               down
               into
               the
               ground
               even
               four
               foot
               (
               if
               it
               may
               have
               good
               earth
               so
               deep
               ,
               )
               and
               spreadeth
               many
               waies
               also
               ,
               and
               are
               of
               a
               red
               colour
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               planted
               of
               the
               root
               in
               March
               ,
               in
               manner
               as
               followeth
               :
            
             
               First
               ,
               Provide
               a
               bed
               in
               a
               warm
               place
               for
               matter
               of
               foyl
               ,
               for
               it
               will
               endure
               any
               air
               :
               now
               the
               bed
               being
               cast
               something
               high
               at
               three
               foot
               a
               breadth
               ,
               and
               good
               store
               of
               rotten
               dung
               
               under
               them
               ,
               then
               set
               the
               roots
               in
               manner
               and
               distance
               ,
               as
               was
               shown
               of
               Liquorish
               ;
               so
               done
               ,
               the
               Summer
               following
               it
               shooteth
               up
               with
               branches
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               description
               ,
               that
               would
               be
               cut
               off
               at
               the
               Winters
               approaching
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               all
               that
               need
               to
               be
               done
               till
               the
               third
               year
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               root
               ought
               to
               be
               took
               up
               for
               its
               use
               and
               vertue
               ;
               the
               use
               is
               for
               Diers
               for
               dying
               ,
               and
               the
               Physical
               vertues
               the
               Herbals
               will
               shew
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Marygolds
               .
            
             
               There
               be
               double
               and
               single
               flowered
               ones
               ,
               and
               both
               of
               them
               yeeldeth
               seed
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               be
               sown
               in
               any
               place
               which
               is
               digged
               ,
               it
               will
               grow
               and
               keep
               the
               Garden
               full
               ,
               but
               if
               the
               ground
               be
               barren
               ,
               they
               will
               degenerate
               and
               turn
               single
               .
            
             
               The
               use
               of
               the
               Flower
               of
               this
               Herb
               is
               for
               the
               pot
               for
               broth
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               and
               those
               that
               do
               think
               of
               the
               Winter
               in
               the
               Summer
               ,
               do
               gather
               the
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               dry
               them
               in
               the
               shade
               ,
               and
               put
               them
               up
               in
               paper
               bags
               for
               the
               like
               uses
               and
               others
               ,
               viz.
               for
               to
               make
               Posit-drinks
               for
               those
               that
               have
               any
               distemper
               at
               their
               hearts
               :
               It
               is
               also
               thought
               that
               it
               is
               as
               effectual
               as
               Saffron
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mother-wort
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               brownish
               strong
               stalks
               rising
               two
               or
               three
               foot
               
               high
               ,
               with
               many
               leaves
               cut
               deep
               into
               the
               very
               stem
               ,
               something
               like
               the
               Vine-leaf
               ,
               rough
               and
               crumpled
               ,
               of
               a
               sad
               green
               colour
               ,
               but
               many
               veins
               therein
               ;
               there
               are
               many
               branches
               and
               one
               stalk
               ,
               which
               also
               yeeld
               at
               the
               tops
               thereof
               a
               purple
               coloured
               Flower
               ,
               as
               small
               as
               that
               of
               Balm
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               as
               that
               of
               Hore-hound
               ,
               after
               which
               come
               small
               blackish
               seeds
               in
               great
               plenty
               :
               The
               bottome
               of
               the
               plant
               keepeth
               green
               many
               years
               before
               the
               root
               perisheth
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               will
               seldom
               grow
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               therefore
               it
               must
               be
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               or
               sucker
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               partly
               from
               the
               root
               :
               The
               time
               for
               it
               is
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               fall
               ,
               in
               a
               border
               or
               a
               bed
               of
               good
               earth
               ,
               where
               it
               will
               prosper
               and
               come
               to
               perfection
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               description
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Nip
               .
            
             
               Garden
               Nip
               is
               much
               like
               Balm
               in
               the
               leaf
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               are
               sharper
               pointed
               ,
               whiter
               and
               hoary
               ,
               growing
               on
               four
               
               square
               stalks
               ,
               shoot
               up
               to
               three
               foot
               high
               ,
               with
               many
               small
               branches
               set
               thereunto
               ,
               having
               smaller
               leaves
               than
               those
               at
               the
               bottome
               .
               This
               Herb
               yeeldeth
               a
               strong
               sent
               ,
               something
               sweet
               like
               Balm
               ;
               the
               Flowers
               grow
               in
               large
               tufs
               at
               the
               tops
               of
               each
               branch
               ,
               something
               like
               that
               of
               Sparemint
               ,
               of
               a
               whitish
               purple
               colour
               :
               The
               root
               remaineth
               in
               the
               ground
               like
               that
               of
               the
               Mint
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Winter
               some
               of
               the
               nether
               most
               leaves
               keep
               green
               :
               The
               seed
               that
               this
               Herb
               yeeldeth
               ,
               is
               like
               Purslain
               in
               all
               respects
               ,
               but
               only
               it
               hath
               one
               white
               speck
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               where
               it
               grew
               to
               the
               cod
               ,
               and
               at
               that
               place
               it
               springeth
               its
               branch
               again
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               seed
               or
               slip
               this
               Herb
               may
               be
               propagated
               ;
               the
               seed
               (
               if
               it
               hit
               )
               it
               is
               long
               before
               it
               comes
               to
               perfection
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               very
               tickle
               in
               gemination
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               found
               by
               experience
               :
               The
               best
               time
               for
               sowing
               of
               it
               (
               if
               you
               will
               go
               to
               the
               trouble
               )
               is
               in
               the
               later
               end
               of
               August
               ;
               but
               I
               think
               it
               better
               to
               set
               it
               of
               the
               slip
               (
               if
               it
               may
               be
               had
               )
               for
               that
               way
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               in
               any
               ordinary
               earth
               :
               The
               time
               and
               manner
               of
               doing
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               (
               as
               I
               told
               you
               of
               Balm
               in
               the
               former
               part
               of
               this
               Treatise
               )
               in
               a
               bed
               by
               it self
               .
            
          
           
             
               Orpine
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               round
               and
               brittle
               stalks
               with
               fat
               and
               fleshy
               leaves
               of
               
               a
               pale
               green
               colour
               ;
               the
               Flowers
               are
               white
               growing
               in
               tufts
               ;
               the
               roots
               are
               divers
               ,
               thick
               ,
               round
               tubelous
               roots
               ,
               and
               the
               branches
               fade
               yearly
               :
               This
               Herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               root
               onely
               in
               a
               bed
               reserved
               for
               it self
               :
               The
               time
               is
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               fall
               and
               without
               any
               curiosity
               ,
               being
               committed
               to
               the
               earth
               ,
               in
               its
               season
               it
               will
               grow
               and
               flower
               as
               was
               said
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pepperwort
               .
            
             
               The
               root
               sendeth
               up
               leaves
               in
               shape
               like
               the
               Coursemary
               cut
               on
               the
               edges
               ,
               carrying
               the
               colour
               of
               the
               Horse-reddish
               
               leaves
               ,
               it
               hath
               a
               hard
               small
               round
               stalk
               with
               many
               branches
               like
               the
               same
               ,
               very
               thinly
               set
               with
               leaves
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               top
               of
               
               every
               branch
               are
               small
               white
               Flowers
               which
               leaveth
               a
               small
               seed
               that
               seldome
               cometh
               to
               perfection
               ;
               after
               the
               seed
               falleth
               the
               branch
               dieth
               ,
               and
               the
               root
               remaineth
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               which
               sendeth
               up
               the
               like
               again
               :
               This
               root
               is
               something
               like
               the
               wild
               Parsnip
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               of
               propagating
               of
               this
               Herb
               is
               of
               the
               root
               ;
               the
               time
               for
               it
               is
               in
               March
               ;
               the
               manner
               thus
               ;
               Cut
               your
               roots
               into
               short
               pieces
               of
               three
               inches
               in
               length
               ,
               so
               done
               (
               a
               bed
               of
               earth
               prepared
               for
               that
               purpose
               )
               then
               prick
               in
               them
               pieces
               of
               roots
               at
               half
               a
               foot
               distance
               ,
               by
               May
               they
               will
               shoot
               up
               with
               leaves
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               later
               end
               of
               Summer
               with
               stalks
               (
               as
               was
               said
               :
               )
               Now
               note
               that
               these
               roots
               must
               remain
               in
               that
               place
               untouched
               three
               years
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               have
               them
               at
               their
               full
               vertue
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               may
               be
               took
               up
               ,
               and
               the
               roots
               set
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Pot-Margerum
               .
            
             
               I
               imagine
               it
               is
               altogether
               needlesse
               to
               describe
               it
               ,
               seeing
               it
               is
               so
               common
               an
               Herb
               ;
               therefore
               take
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               by
               seed
               and
               slip
               ,
               as
               followeth
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Of
               the
               seed
               :
               The
               season
               for
               it
               is
               either
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               April
               ,
               or
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               August
               ;
               the
               place
               is
               in
               a
               bed
               by
               it self
               ,
               in
               a
               quarter
               with
               other
               sweet
               Herbs
               ,
               and
               done
               in
               the
               manner
               ,
               as
               I
               shewed
               you
               of
               Basil
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Of
               the
               slip
               ,
               that
               is
               done
               at
               the
               same
               seasons
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               not
               in
               the
               same
               places
               ;
               for
               we
               set
               it
               on
               border
               sides
               to
               keep
               them
               up
               ,
               where
               it
               will
               spring
               as
               well
               as
               in
               a
               bed
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               continue
               alwayes
               where
               it
               is
               once
               rooted
               in
               bed
               or
               border
               ,
               for
               it
               putteth
               forth
               side
               suckers
               which
               flourish
               after
               the
               old
               plant
               dieth
               :
               I
               think
               it
               is
               but
               lost
               labour
               to
               write
               any
               thing
               more
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               Herb
               being
               so
               hardy
               ,
               and
               so
               well
               known
               .
            
          
           
             
               Prick-Madam
               .
            
             
               Or
               Prick
               my
               Dame.
               Divers
               trailing
               branches
               upon
               the
               ground
               it
               hath
               ,
               composed
               of
               a
               soft
               substance
               ,
               
               not
               divided
               into
               branches
               or
               leaves
               ,
               but
               all
               parts
               alike
               ,
               which
               are
               round
               prickles
               like
               those
               of
               the
               Furse
               ,
               but
               as
               big
               as
               a
               Goose
               quill
               ;
               if
               you
               touch
               it
               ,
               a
               small
               matter
               breaketh
               it
               ,
               and
               
               it
               is
               not
               prickley
               at
               all
               ,
               though
               it
               seem
               so
               to
               be
               ;
               the
               colour
               of
               it
               is
               a
               blewish
               green
               ,
               and
               beareth
               a
               yellow
               Flower
               in
               August
               ,
               and
               a
               long
               seed
               a
               little
               after
               like
               that
               of
               Muscove
               ,
               but
               seldom
               to
               perfection
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               borders
               sides
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               Spring
               or
               the
               fall
               ,
               one
               chase
               in
               a
               border
               upon
               the
               uppermost
               edge
               thereof
               ;
               for
               after
               it
               is
               rooted
               it
               runneth
               upon
               the
               ground
               like
               Penny-royal
               ,
               and
               taketh
               root
               with
               its
               branches
               ,
               therefore
               it
               would
               be
               kept
               cut
               in
               order
               by
               a
               direct
               line
               at
               the
               nethermost
               part
               of
               the
               border
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               appeareth
               pretily
               :
               it
               keepeth
               green
               all
               the
               year
               and
               continueth
               many
               so
               .
               This
               Herb
               is
               eaten
               in
               Sallets
               in
               the
               Spring
               time
               .
            
          
           
             
               Purple-grasse
               .
            
             
               In
               Physicians
               Herbals
               I
               cannot
               finde
               this
               Herb
               named
               or
               described
               ,
               therefore
               I
               will
               describe
               this
               Herb
               and
               its
               vertues
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               runneth
               on
               the
               ground
               like
               Clover-grasse
               ,
               with
               
               leaves
               and
               stalks
               of
               a
               purple-colour
               ,
               spotted
               as
               it
               were
               with
               blackish
               bloud
               ,
               and
               beareth
               a
               Flower
               in
               July
               like
               that
               of
               the
               five
               leaved
               grasse
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               same
               colour
               ,
               wherein
               is
               small
               seeds
               of
               a
               brownish
               colour
               ,
               which
               are
               very
               light
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               wind
               will
               carry
               them
               away
               ;
               the
               topmost
               branches
               fade
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               the
               Summer
               ,
               but
               the
               undermost
               spring
               up
               again
               .
            
             
               The
               vertues
               of
               this
               Herb
               are
               for
               the
               curing
               of
               inward
               strains
               ,
               and
               such
               as
               spit
               bloud
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               a
               sovereign
               remedy
               for
               the
               Bloudy-flux
               ;
               a
               great
               quantity
               of
               the
               juice
               of
               it
               give
               Cattel
               to
               drink
               when
               they
               are
               troubled
               with
               the
               Lask
               ,
               it
               cureth
               them
               ;
               it
               's
               also
               used
               for
               a
               Pot-herb
               .
            
             
               Now
               for
               the
               ordering
               of
               it
               I
               will
               be
               short
               ;
               it
               is
               thus
               :
               In
               the
               Spring
               or
               the
               fall
               get
               some
               suckers
               of
               this
               Herb
               ,
               and
               set
               in
               a
               place
               that
               you
               see
               convenient
               for
               such
               a
               purpose
               ;
               let
               it
               be
               but
               well
               watered
               at
               first
               ,
               it
               prospereth
               and
               continueth
               alwayes
               with
               you
               in
               that
               place
               ,
               and
               spreadeth
               and
               encreaseth
               very
               much
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Penny-royal
               .
            
             
               By
               some
               Orgament
               ,
               Run-ground
               ,
               and
               Ground-royal
               ;
               I
               hope
               there
               is
               no
               body
               but
               knoweth
               it
               by
               one
               of
               these
               names
               without
               any
               description
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               only
               ,
               for
               it
               beareth
               no
               seed
               ,
               though
               it
               beareth
               a
               Flower
               .
               Now
               note
               ,
               although
               this
               Herb
               be
               very
               common
               ,
               and
               flourisheth
               mightily
               where
               it
               is
               once
               rooted
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               difficult
               planting
               of
               it
               at
               the
               first
               to
               have
               it
               grow
               ,
               for
               if
               it
               be
               planted
               in
               dry
               earth
               and
               a
               dry
               season
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               take
               root
               without
               abundance
               of
               water
               :
               To
               save
               this
               labour
               ,
               set
               it
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               March
               in
               borders
               sides
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               ,
               and
               spring
               every
               year
               after
               :
               It
               requireth
               no
               more
               trouble
               but
               cutting
               off
               the
               branches
               after
               it
               hath
               flowered
               ,
               and
               how
               good
               the
               vulgar
               vertues
               of
               this
               Herb
               are
               ,
               there
               are
               but
               few
               but
               know
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Poppy
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               many
               kinds
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Treatise
               of
               Flowers
               I
               describe
               what
               some
               of
               them
               are
               ,
               so
               I
               shall
               only
               speak
               of
               the
               white
               Poppy
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               raised
               for
               the
               physical
               vertues
               that
               are
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               may
               be
               sown
               in
               September
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               very
               well
               in
               any
               ordinary
               earth
               ,
               and
               will
               come
               to
               flower
               about
               the
               later
               end
               of
               May
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               sown
               in
               the
               Spring
               will
               flower
               later
               ,
               and
               both
               sowings
               after
               they
               have
               yeelded
               the
               Flower
               ,
               and
               the
               seed
               ,
               both
               root
               and
               branch
               dieth
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               suffer
               the
               seed
               to
               scatter
               ,
               it
               cometh
               naturally
               up
               of
               it self
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rosemary
               .
            
             
               Of
               this
               there
               is
               gilded
               Rosemary
               ,
               English
               Rosemary
               ,
               and
               Spanish
               Rosemary
               ;
               the
               last
               of
               these
               is
               needless
               to
               be
               propagated
               ,
               or
               to
               be
               discoursed
               of
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               For
               the
               propagating
               of
               our
               English
               Rosemary
               ,
               I
               will
               speak
               of
               that
               briefly
               :
               Of
               seed
               and
               slip
               this
               Herb
               is
               raised
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               I
               may
               very
               well
               wave
               the
               Discourse
               of
               the
               raising
               of
               it
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               seeing
               the
               Herb
               is
               so
               plentifull
               ,
               and
               slips
               any
               where
               may
               be
               had
               where
               there
               are
               any
               Inhabitants
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               followeth
               the
               manner
               of
               setting
               of
               it
               thus
               :
               Prepare
               borders
               of
               good
               earth
               ,
               either
               round
               a
               quarter
               of
               Herbs
               ,
               or
               in
               strait
               borders
               in
               quarters
               ;
               if
               the
               earth
               be
               barren
               it
               must
               have
               good
               store
               of
               rotten
               dung
               :
               This
               observed
               ,
               lay
               it
               into
               two
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               beds
               or
               borders
               ,
               and
               set
               three
               chase
               of
               the
               slips
               ,
               each
               chafe
               eight
               inches
               distance
               ,
               and
               the
               slips
               half
               a
               foot
               asunder
               ;
               in
               setting
               of
               them
               twist
               the
               nether
               end
               of
               the
               slip
               ,
               and
               thrust
               it
               down
               so
               deep
               that
               there
               be
               but
               three
               inches
               appear
               above
               the
               earth
               .
               The
               time
               for
               this
               is
               almost
               betwixt
               January
               and
               May
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               is
               set
               after
               the
               middle
               of
               March
               ,
               must
               be
               continually
               watered
               ,
               or
               else
               it
               will
               never
               take
               root
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               does
               by
               industry
               ,
               will
               decay
               sooner
               than
               that
               which
               is
               set
               in
               February
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               endure
               the
               Winter
               half
               so
               well
               :
               we
               have
               experience
               that
               cold
               Winters
               will
               kill
               Rosemary
               by
               this
               last
               past
               ,
               as
               many
               Gardeners
               about
               London
               can
               witness
               by
               wofull
               experience
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               The
               seasons
               are
               to
               be
               observed
               ,
               and
               the
               governing
               of
               the
               young
               plants
               first
               ;
               if
               February
               be
               not
               temperate
               then
               there
               is
               no
               setting
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               if
               it
               be
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               only
               time
               .
            
          
           
             
               Roman-Sage
               .
            
             
               Roman-Sage
               ,
               or
               the
               Sage-tree
               :
               It
               hath
               a
               body
               like
               a
               Whipcrap-tree
               ,
               
               rising
               to
               four
               foot
               high
               ,
               as
               big
               as
               a
               mans
               arm
               ,
               with
               many
               branches
               shooting
               forth
               from
               the
               sides
               ,
               with
               no
               leaves
               but
               upon
               the
               top
               of
               them
               onely
               ,
               which
               maketh
               it
               have
               a
               spreading
               head
               ;
               the
               leaves
               are
               of
               a
               brown
               colour
               ,
               and
               in
               handling
               much
               like
               Sage
               ,
               and
               is
               made
               of
               a
               round
               fashion
               about
               three
               fingers
               in
               breadth
               ;
               the
               body
               is
               of
               the
               same
               colour
               ;
               it
               yeeldeth
               no
               seed
               but
               a
               kind
               of
               Berries
               ,
               which
               never
               cometh
               to
               perfection
               ;
               this
               tree
               keepeth
               its
               leaf
               green
               all
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               The
               slips
               of
               this
               tree
               if
               they
               be
               set
               in
               March
               in
               a
               good
               earth
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               doubt
               of
               its
               growth
               ,
               and
               will
               come
               to
               perfection
               according
               to
               the
               description
               ;
               alwayes
               provided
               that
               they
               be
               transplanted
               having
               stood
               on
               year
               ,
               so
               that
               there
               may
               be
               no
               want
               of
               room
               and
               fresh
               earth
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Rubarb
               .
            
             
               Rubarb
               or
               Rewborme
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               called
               Araponick
               :
               Of
               these
               there
               are
               divers
               kinds
               ,
               which
               are
               distinguished
               into
               almost
               as
               many
               names
               ,
               as
               there
               is
               vertues
               in
               them
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 China
              
               Rubarb
               ,
               Garden
               patience
               ,
               or
               Monks
               Rubarb
               ,
               great
               round
               leaved
               ,
               dock
               or
               bastard
               Rubarb
               ,
               and
               English
               Rubarb
               ,
               and
               as
               many
               more
               :
               If
               I
               should
               describe
               them
               all
               ,
               it
               would
               take
               up
               a
               page
               or
               two
               ;
               so
               I
               will
               onely
               give
               a
               short
               description
               how
               they
               may
               all
               be
               known
               when
               a
               man
               sees
               them
               .
            
             
               All
               sorts
               of
               it
               resemble
               the
               Burdock
               in
               shape
               before
               it
               spindleth
               
               to
               a
               stalk
               .
               Now
               observe
               ,
               there
               is
               difference
               in
               kinds
               ,
               as
               it
               differs
               in
               colours
               and
               stature
               ,
               but
               little
               in
               form
               ,
               viz.
               the
               China
               Rubarb
               hath
               many
               green
               leaves
               near
               two
               foot
               in
               breadth
               ,
               and
               not
               much
               longer
               ,
               rising
               upon
               a
               foot
               stalk
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               which
               are
               of
               a
               red
               colour
               ;
               after
               this
               springeth
               the
               stock
               with
               lesser
               leaves
               on
               it
               ,
               growing
               to
               a
               yard
               high
               ,
               and
               beareth
               white
               stringey
               Flowers
               ,
               all
               in
               a
               cluster
               like
               that
               of
               the
               Dock
               ,
               and
               yeeldeth
               a
               three
               square
               seed
               ,
               of
               a
               dark
               brown
               colour
               ,
               as
               big
               as
               a
               small
               Pea
               ,
               something
               glistering
               to
               the
               eye
               .
               The
               time
               that
               it
               flowereth
               is
               in
               June
               ,
               and
               the
               seed
               is
               ripe
               in
               July
               ;
               the
               branches
               perish
               at
               the
               coming
               on
               of
               Winter
               ,
               and
               the
               root
               remaineth
               and
               sendeth
               forth
               the
               like
               branches
               again
               .
            
             
               Monks
               Rubarb
               groweth
               up
               with
               large
               stalks
               ,
               with
               somewhat
               broader
               and
               longer
               green
               leaves
               ,
               not
               dented
               at
               all
               :
               The
               stalks
               being
               divided
               into
               a
               great
               many
               small
               branches
               ,
               which
               bear
               reddish
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               three
               square
               seed
               like
               unto
               the
               other
               :
               the
               root
               is
               long
               and
               yellow
               like
               unto
               the
               wild
               Docks
               ,
               but
               a
               little
               redder
               ,
               and
               much
               bigger
               .
            
             
               Bastard
               Rubarb
               hath
               yellowish
               green
               leaves
               rising
               from
               the
               root
               on
               long
               brownish
               foot
               stalks
               ,
               among
               which
               riseth
               up
               pretty
               big
               stalks
               about
               two
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               high
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               top
               thereof
               standeth
               long
               brownish
               Flowers
               ,
               wherein
               is
               hard
               three
               square
               seed
               much
               like
               that
               amongst
               Rubarb
               ,
               though
               not
               so
               big
               ,
               yet
               the
               root
               groweth
               something
               greater
               .
               Let
               this
               serve
               for
               a
               description
               ,
               so
               I
               will
               proceed
               to
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               particular
               .
            
             
             
               First
               ,
               China
               Rubarb
               which
               Physicians
               make
               such
               division
               in
               names
               ,
               and
               quoil
               about
               the
               nature
               of
               it
               ;
               so
               that
               they
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               unpossible
               to
               produce
               any
               plants
               in
               our
               English
               clymate
               ,
               to
               be
               so
               vertuous
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               comes
               out
               of
               its
               naturall
               Countrey
               :
               But
               I
               will
               not
               dispute
               this
               ,
               but
               prosecute
               the
               raising
               of
               it
               as
               briefly
               as
               may
               be
               .
            
             
               The
               season
               fit
               for
               the
               sowing
               of
               it
               is
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               April
               ;
               the
               place
               must
               be
               where
               it
               may
               have
               the
               benefit
               of
               the
               Sunne
               ,
               and
               a
               shelter
               from
               the
               cold
               ,
               the
               earth
               as
               loose
               ,
               and
               as
               fat
               as
               may
               be
               ;
               such
               a
               place
               provided
               ,
               cast
               it
               up
               into
               a
               bed
               ,
               and
               prick
               in
               the
               seeds
               half
               an
               inch
               deep
               ;
               so
               done
               ,
               let
               the
               bed
               be
               sheltered
               with
               a
               mat
               at
               nights
               ,
               and
               in
               three
               weeks
               space
               the
               seed
               will
               come
               up
               by
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               May
               ;
               the
               plants
               need
               not
               be
               covered
               till
               the
               next
               Winter
               following
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               must
               be
               sheltered
               likewise
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Spring
               following
               it
               would
               be
               transplanted
               into
               a
               like
               earth
               ,
               and
               that
               Summer
               some
               of
               it
               will
               spindle
               to
               seed
               ,
               and
               the
               third
               year
               it
               cometh
               to
               its
               full
               growth
               ;
               the
               fifth
               year
               it
               hath
               its
               whole
               vertue
               ;
               the
               vertue
               is
               in
               the
               root
               chiefly
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               is
               taken
               up
               .
            
             
               Monks
               Rubarb
               ,
               and
               bastard
               Rubarb
               ,
               may
               be
               raised
               of
               the
               seed
               at
               that
               time
               as
               I
               told
               you
               of
               the
               China
               Rubarb
               ,
               with
               lesse
               curiosity
               and
               trouble
               ,
               especially
               the
               bastard
               Rubarb
               .
               True
               it
               is
               ,
               I
               should
               insist
               upon
               some
               particulars
               further
               in
               the
               ordering
               of
               this
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               have
               been
               something
               large
               in
               the
               information
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               cannot
               permit
               any
               more
               time
               about
               it
               ,
               but
               must
               speak
               something
               of
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               Spare-mint
               .
            
             
               Of
               Mint
               there
               are
               many
               sorts
               ,
               as
               Mackarel
               Mint
               ,
               Horse-Mint
               ,
               white
               Mint
               ,
               and
               wild
               Mint
               ,
               these
               I
               wave
               .
            
             
               Of
               Spare-mints
               there
               are
               two
               sorts
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               smooth
               Mint
               ,
               and
               crudled
               Mint
               ,
               or
               crumpled
               Mint
               .
            
             
               The
               way
               of
               propagating
               of
               them
               both
               ,
               is
               of
               the
               root
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               manner
               ,
               for
               the
               saving
               of
               labour
               ,
               and
               the
               surenesse
               of
               the
               work
               for
               to
               have
               the
               roots
               to
               grow
               ,
               that
               is
               
               thus
               ;
               when
               you
               have
               prepared
               a
               bed
               or
               a
               border
               where
               you
               have
               a
               desire
               they
               shall
               grow
               ,
               then
               make
               three
               or
               four
               drils
               in
               the
               bed
               with
               a
               planting
               Hoe
               ,
               then
               lay
               your
               roots
               into
               those
               drils
               with
               the
               Spire
               end
               upward
               ;
               so
               done
               ,
               fill
               up
               the
               drils
               again
               with
               the
               head
               of
               your
               rake
               ;
               let
               this
               be
               done
               either
               in
               March
               or
               September
               ,
               and
               those
               roots
               will
               spring
               without
               any
               further
               care
               ,
               and
               never
               leave
               you
               nor
               forsake
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Saffren
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               please
               to
               look
               into
               the
               Alphabetical
               Table
               ,
               there
               is
               Crokus
               named
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               page
               Saffron-Crokus
               exprest
               ;
               Now
               what
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               by
               this
               is
               ,
               that
               Saffron-Crokus
               ,
               or
               Crokus
               ,
               differeth
               not
               in
               shape
               from
               this
               ,
               but
               in
               colours
               ,
               as
               blew
               Crokus
               and
               yellow
               ,
               which
               are
               sometimes
               called
               Saffron-Crokus
               ,
               because
               they
               differ
               not
               in
               form
               ,
               but
               in
               vertue
               .
            
             
               This
               Saffron
               which
               I
               here
               prescribe
               is
               planted
               only
               for
               its
               vertue
               and
               profit
               ,
               which
               it
               returneth
               to
               the
               Planter
               thereof
               ,
               as
               in
               Cambridgeshire
               and
               Saffronwalden
               ,
               where
               they
               plant
               many
               achers
               thereof
               .
               Now
               I
               'll
               speak
               a
               word
               or
               two
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               or
               Flower
               is
               planted
               of
               the
               sucker
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               for
               it
               never
               beareth
               seed
               :
               The
               time
               that
               it
               is
               chiefly
               planted
               in
               is
               presently
               after
               its
               flowering
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               April
               ;
               the
               manner
               is
               without
               any
               difficulty
               ;
               for
               if
               the
               root
               be
               committed
               to
               the
               earth
               it
               will
               grow
               so
               ,
               therefore
               there
               needeth
               nothing
               ,
               but
               to
               set
               every
               plant
               decently
               in
               order
               ,
               so
               that
               every
               plant
               may
               have
               its
               proportion
               of
               ground
               which
               would
               be
               four
               inches
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Observe
               that
               in
               the
               gathering
               of
               the
               Saffron
               that
               you
               must
               be
               carefull
               to
               see
               to
               it
               every
               morning
               ,
               for
               the
               Saffron
               cometh
               up
               in
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               Flower
               like
               horns
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               and
               the
               Sunne
               causeth
               them
               to
               perish
               two
               or
               three
               dayes
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               that
               I
               counsell
               you
               to
               be
               watchfull
               over
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Sage
               .
            
             
               I
               discovered
               Roman
               Sage
               to
               you
               ,
               or
               the
               Sage-tree
               .
               This
               Herb
               is
               the
               common
               English
               Sage
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               there
               is
               red
               and
               green
               ;
               a
               man
               would
               think
               that
               it
               were
               a
               needless
               thing
               to
               write
               any
               thing
               of
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               ,
               seeing
               every
               one
               can
               say
               ,
               set
               Sage
               in
               May
               and
               it
               will
               never
               decay
               ,
               truly
               that
               is
               a
               long
               day
               ,
               but
               if
               that
               were
               true
               ,
               the
               last
               Winter
               would
               not
               have
               killed
               the
               most
               of
               the
               Sage
               about
               London
               .
            
             
               But
               so
               set
               Sage
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               May
               in
               good
               earth
               ,
               cast
               into
               beds
               of
               half
               a
               foot
               high
               ,
               and
               two
               foot
               and
               an
               half
               broad
               ,
               setting
               three
               chase
               in
               each
               bed
               of
               slips
               ,
               each
               slip
               half
               a
               foot
               asunder
               ,
               watering
               of
               it
               well
               at
               the
               first
               planting
               ,
               till
               it
               hath
               taken
               root
               ,
               and
               then
               this
               Sage
               set
               in
               May
               ,
               may
               not
               for
               six
               or
               seven
               yeares
               decay
               .
            
          
           
             
               Summer-savoury
               .
            
             
               So
               called
               ,
               because
               it
               perisheth
               so
               soon
               as
               the
               Winter
               approacheth
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               raised
               of
               the
               seed
               only
               ;
               the
               season
               for
               it
               is
               in
               the
               later
               end
               of
               April
               ,
               after
               this
               manner
               :
               Prepare
               a
               bed
               of
               earth
               in
               a
               quarter
               amongst
               the
               other
               sweet
               Herbs
               ,
               and
               the
               bed
               being
               finely
               raked
               ,
               then
               cast
               the
               seed
               thereon
               ,
               then
               get
               some
               fine
               mould
               well
               ridled
               ,
               and
               cast
               thinly
               thereon
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               cover
               the
               seed
               not
               above
               half
               an
               inch
               thick
               ,
               yet
               I
               know
               some
               Ideots
               have
               written
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               be
               covered
               three
               inches
               thick
               ,
               and
               in
               so
               doing
               you
               had
               as
               good
               cover
               it
               three
               yards
               thick
               for
               any
               expectation
               of
               the
               growth
               of
               the
               seed
               .
               To
               be
               short
               ,
               the
               seed
               sown
               (
               as
               I
               told
               you
               )
               will
               come
               up
               in
               a
               weeks
               space
               ,
               and
               covereth
               the
               bed
               suddenly
               ,
               and
               needeth
               no
               replanting
               ,
               or
               any
               more
               trouble
               ,
               but
               only
               cleansing
               from
               weeds
               .
            
          
           
             
               Setterwort
               .
            
             
               Or
               black
               Eleyvert
               :
               it
               is
               known
               of
               a
               stinking
               smell
               ,
               it
               is
               much
               like
               the
               Bears
               foot
               ,
               it
               hath
               winged
               leaves
               ,
               and
               runneth
               up
               with
               stalks
               like
               Parsnips
               ,
               and
               beareth
               the
               seed
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               
               the
               root
               lieth
               in
               a
               clumper
               as
               big
               as
               a
               bushell
               ;
               if
               it
               have
               stood
               long
               ,
               the
               root
               of
               this
               herb
               yeeldeth
               such
               a
               strong
               stinking
               smell
               ,
               so
               that
               a
               man
               in
               the
               digging
               of
               it
               up
               will
               be
               even
               sick
               with
               it
               ,
               so
               that
               of
               all
               herbs
               or
               roots
               of
               herbs
               there
               is
               none
               that
               yeeldeth
               so
               noisome
               a
               savour
               :
               of
               this
               root
               this
               plant
               doth
               encrease
               ,
               and
               if
               any
               part
               of
               it
               be
               set
               in
               any
               kind
               of
               digged
               earth
               ,
               it
               will
               grow
               without
               any
               further
               trouble
               ,
               and
               spring
               every
               year
               after
               ,
               but
               observe
               the
               time
               ,
               and
               that
               may
               be
               at
               any
               time
               but
               when
               the
               branch
               flourisheth
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               will
               not
               observe
               this
               ,
               and
               bestow
               this
               small
               pains
               to
               have
               this
               vertuous
               herb
               in
               his
               Garden
               ,
               if
               he
               have
               Cattell
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               very
               unwise
               man
               ,
               if
               he
               did
               but
               know
               what
               diseases
               it
               doth
               prevent
               in
               Cattell
               .
            
          
           
             
               Stone-crop
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               not
               unlike
               Prick-Madam
               in
               any
               thing
               but
               that
               it
               is
               smaller
               ,
               with
               divers
               trailing
               branches
               upon
               the
               ground
               ,
               set
               with
               fat
               roundish
               blewish
               green
               sprouts
               pointed
               at
               the
               ends
               ,
               it
               beareth
               a
               Flower
               which
               standeth
               somewhat
               loosely
               ,
               not
               composed
               together
               but
               stands
               stragling
               ,
               this
               herb
               also
               keepeth
               green
               all
               the
               year
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               slip
               it
               is
               propagated
               by
               setting
               it
               in
               dry
               banks
               ,
               on
               stone-wals
               ,
               and
               mud-wals
               ,
               for
               there
               it
               delighteth
               most
               to
               grow
               ,
               and
               will
               shift
               for
               it self
               whereever
               it
               be
               planted
               ,
               for
               it
               neither
               careth
               for
               heat
               nor
               cold
               ,
               but
               abideth
               its
               place
               alwaies
               without
               any
               alteration
               ,
               this
               herb
               is
               good
               in
               sallets
               and
               for
               physicall
               uses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Shalot
               .
            
             
               Or
               Spanish
               Garlick
               :
               it
               hath
               heads
               in
               the
               ground
               like
               Garlick
               
               though
               not
               so
               big
               ,
               it
               runs
               up
               with
               blades
               like
               that
               of
               Chives
               ,
               but
               a
               great
               deal
               bigger
               and
               longer
               ,
               there
               is
               never
               any
               appearance
               of
               any
               Flower
               or
               seed
               ,
               but
               continueth
               according
               as
               I
               described
               it
               ,
               the
               sent
               of
               it
               is
               strong
               ,
               being
               eaten
               it
               never
               offendeth
               the
               breath
               .
               By
               this
               short
               description
               you
               may
               know
               it
               as
               well
               as
               if
               I
               had
               filled
               up
               a
               page
               with
               it
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               or
               root
               is
               propagated
               by
               the
               off-set
               or
               sucker
               ,
               setting
               of
               them
               in
               March
               in
               beds
               of
               ordinary
               earth
               ,
               prickt
               in
               each
               root
               at
               a
               hands
               breadth
               asunder
               just
               within
               the
               earth
               ,
               
               this
               done
               ,
               by
               the
               next
               Michaelmas
               following
               each
               root
               will
               encrease
               to
               be
               ten
               ,
               then
               they
               ought
               to
               be
               taken
               up
               and
               kept
               in
               a
               chamber
               all
               the
               winter
               till
               the
               next
               March
               ,
               and
               then
               set
               again
               in
               manner
               as
               was
               said
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sweet-Maudlin
               .
            
             
               I
               hope
               I
               may
               spare
               the
               pains
               to
               write
               a
               description
               of
               an
               herb
               that
               is
               so
               common
               ,
               so
               only
               take
               the
               nature
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               it
               beareth
               a
               seed
               which
               is
               something
               downy
               ,
               wherein
               I
               can
               see
               little
               or
               no
               perfection
               ,
               or
               any
               kind
               of
               spirit
               that
               may
               tend
               to
               growth
               ,
               yet
               seedsmen
               do
               sell
               it
               upon
               that
               account
               and
               unexperience
               ,
               men
               by
               it
               thinking
               to
               raise
               the
               herb
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               mistaken
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               slip
               and
               the
               slip
               only
               that
               it
               is
               encreased
               by
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               done
               in
               the
               Spring
               time
               in
               this
               manner
               ;
               having
               gotten
               slips
               ,
               then
               prepare
               a
               bed
               ,
               and
               set
               them
               therein
               with
               a
               diber
               so
               thick
               as
               they
               may
               cover
               the
               bed
               when
               it
               cometh
               to
               spread
               ,
               and
               that
               will
               be
               in
               a
               short
               time
               after
               .
               I
               need
               not
               to
               give
               any
               farther
               observations
               ,
               only
               remember
               to
               clip
               off
               the
               branches
               when
               it
               begins
               to
               put
               forth
               its
               Flower
               ,
               so
               that
               will
               renew
               its
               nature
               ,
               and
               make
               it
               to
               look
               the
               more
               beautifull
               ,
               and
               continue
               the
               longer
               .
            
          
           
             
               Seurvy-Grass
               .
            
             
               Many
               thick
               leaves
               round
               and
               green
               it
               hath
               ,
               smooth
               on
               the
               edges
               ;
               these
               leaves
               are
               sometimes
               springing
               from
               the
               root
               
               upon
               stems
               ,
               and
               others
               upon
               stalks
               spreading
               upon
               the
               ground
               ,
               never
               rising
               above
               a
               foot
               in
               heighth
               ,
               and
               the
               tops
               spread
               with
               white
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               after
               they
               fade
               cometh
               bags
               wherein
               is
               contained
               small
               seeds
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               only
               ,
               the
               best
               season
               for
               it
               is
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               August
               ,
               it
               mattereth
               not
               what
               earth
               it
               be
               so
               it
               be
               fine
               ,
               dry
               and
               clear
               from
               rubbidge
               ,
               and
               have
               some
               shelter
               ,
               it
               will
               grow
               up
               and
               prosper
               very
               well
               the
               winter
               following
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               be
               the
               first
               sallet-herb
               in
               the
               Spring
               ,
               by
               May
               it
               cometh
               to
               flower
               ,
               and
               yeeldeth
               not
               its
               seed
               in
               a
               good
               while
               after
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sweet-Fern
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               roots
               that
               remain
               in
               the
               ground
               like
               those
               of
               Spare-mint
               ,
               
               
               spreading
               and
               encreasing
               ,
               which
               sendeth
               up
               sprouts
               crumpled
               at
               the
               first
               of
               a
               pale
               green
               colour
               ,
               and
               after
               it
               brancheth
               out
               into
               jagged
               leaves
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               of
               a
               darker
               green
               colour
               than
               the
               former
               ,
               something
               like
               that
               of
               sweet
               Sisly
               ,
               these
               grow
               not
               but
               to
               a
               small
               heighth
               ,
               and
               never
               yeeldeth
               either
               Flower
               or
               seed
               ;
               this
               herb
               yeeldeth
               as
               pleasant
               a
               sent
               as
               Basill
               ,
               the
               branches
               dye
               at
               the
               coming
               of
               the
               winters
               cold
               breath
               ,
               and
               the
               root
               sendeth
               up
               the
               like
               again
               the
               next
               Spring
               ;
               this
               herb
               is
               frequent
               in
               Gardens
               in
               Barkshire
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               root
               only
               this
               herb
               is
               propagated
               ,
               by
               setting
               of
               it
               in
               ordinary
               earth
               at
               its
               first
               springing
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               April
               ;
               now
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               plant
               it
               in
               an
               out-border
               ,
               because
               it
               spreadeth
               mightily
               where
               it
               is
               planted
               ,
               so
               by
               that
               means
               it
               will
               not
               run
               amongst
               other
               herbs
               that
               are
               placed
               in
               quarters
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sweet-Covey
               .
            
             
               Or
               Muscovey
               ,
               is
               an
               herb
               that
               where
               once
               it
               is
               sown
               there
               it
               continueth
               ,
               by
               the
               reason
               of
               the
               scattering
               of
               its
               seed
               which
               springeth
               up
               again
               .
               I
               need
               not
               describe
               it
               nor
               speak
               any
               thing
               more
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               it
               it
               is
               so
               well
               known
               ,
               for
               where
               it
               hath
               gotten
               any
               interest
               it
               will
               hardly
               be
               destroyed
               if
               you
               desire
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sweet-Marjorum
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               sorts
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               winter
               sweet-Marjorum
               and
               summer
               sweet-Marjorum
               :
               first
               for
               the
               summer
               sweet-Marjorum
               ,
               that
               is
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               April
               ,
               in
               beds
               of
               good
               mould
               finely
               delved
               and
               evenly
               raked
               ,
               and
               the
               seed
               cast
               with
               an
               even
               hand
               upon
               it
               ,
               then
               rake
               it
               not
               but
               cover
               it
               thinly
               with
               mould
               ,
               as
               I
               told
               you
               in
               the
               sowing
               of
               Basill
               ;
               this
               needeth
               no
               further
               care
               but
               watering
               and
               weeding
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               coming
               of
               the
               frost
               it
               withereth
               .
            
             
               Winter
               sweet-Marjorum
               is
               sown
               at
               the
               same
               time
               and
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               and
               it
               continueth
               green
               all
               the
               winter
               following
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               for
               the
               same
               use
               and
               vertue
               as
               the
               other
               is
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               deal
               more
               in
               estimation
               ,
               because
               it
               can
               be
               had
               when
               the
               other
               is
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Sweet-Oak
               .
            
             
               Is
               an
               herb
               which
               perisheth
               yearly
               ,
               and
               leaveth
               a
               seed
               which
               is
               as
               small
               as
               the
               Rose-campion
               seed
               .
               I
               cannot
               stand
               to
               describe
               every
               part
               of
               this
               herb
               ,
               nor
               cannot
               speak
               of
               every
               particular
               in
               the
               observation
               of
               propagating
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               I
               have
               already
               gone
               as
               far
               as
               my
               bounds
               ,
               so
               I
               will
               only
               acquaint
               you
               with
               this
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               you
               may
               sow
               it
               when
               you
               have
               sowed
               the
               seed
               of
               the
               herb
               before-mentioned
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               and
               preserve
               it
               with
               the
               same
               care
               .
            
          
           
             
               Taragan
               .
            
             
               I
               suppose
               it
               is
               well
               known
               ,
               so
               a
               description
               is
               unneedfull
               .
            
             
               This
               herb
               is
               also
               sown
               at
               the
               same
               time
               and
               season
               as
               the
               former
               ,
               but
               the
               seed
               is
               more
               difficulter
               to
               take
               in
               the
               gemination
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               fructition
               much
               harder
               :
               this
               herb
               may
               be
               set
               of
               the
               off-set
               ;
               but
               seeing
               that
               it
               is
               of
               no
               long
               continuance
               ,
               and
               of
               no
               great
               vertue
               but
               only
               for
               it
               s
               sent
               ,
               therefore
               I
               shall
               not
               dispence
               with
               the
               labour
               to
               set
               down
               every
               particular
               way
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Time.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               to
               be
               questioned
               but
               that
               the
               generality
               of
               men
               and
               women
               do
               know
               this
               herb
               ,
               and
               how
               and
               when
               it
               may
               be
               planted
               to
               grow
               ;
               but
               yet
               let
               me
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               of
               a
               decent
               form
               in
               each
               particular
               ,
               in
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               by
               seed
               and
               slip
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               There
               is
               two
               seasons
               for
               it
               ,
               the
               one
               is
               in
               mid
               -
               April
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               August
               ,
               that
               which
               you
               sow
               or
               set
               in
               April
               ,
               especially
               that
               which
               is
               sown
               ,
               will
               not
               come
               to
               flower
               that
               summer
               ,
               and
               ought
               not
               to
               be
               cut
               till
               the
               latter
               end
               thereof
               ,
               because
               it
               should
               spread
               the
               ground
               and
               keep
               the
               Sun
               from
               scorching
               of
               it
               ,
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               the
               next
               summer
               following
               it
               will
               come
               to
               flower
               and
               seed
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               For
               sowing
               or
               setting
               of
               it
               in
               August
               ,
               I
               hold
               this
               the
               best
               season
               ,
               for
               it
               will
               endure
               the
               winter
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               taken
               good
               root
               against
               the
               summer
               ,
               and
               be
               fit
               to
               be
               cut
               for
               the
               severall
               uses
               when
               the
               other
               is
               sown
               ;
               now
               observe
               
               that
               this
               be
               sown
               and
               set
               in
               a
               decent
               manner
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               spare
               the
               ink
               and
               paper
               to
               set
               it
               down
               ,
               but
               see
               as
               Hysop
               is
               done
               so
               is
               this
               .
            
             
               The
               last
               thing
               that
               is
               to
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               is
               ,
               that
               it
               be
               kept
               clipt
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               bring
               forth
               neither
               Flower
               nor
               seed
               ,
               for
               if
               it
               does
               it
               will
               not
               continue
               half
               so
               long
               ,
               and
               this
               you
               may
               know
               to
               be
               true
               by
               the
               Garden
               knots
               that
               are
               sown
               or
               planted
               with
               it
               ,
               and
               that
               being
               clipt
               alwayes
               to
               make
               it
               show
               pleasant
               ,
               continueth
               fresh
               seven
               or
               eight
               years
               ,
               when
               that
               which
               is
               sown
               in
               beds
               and
               let
               run
               to
               seed
               continueth
               not
               above
               half
               so
               long
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tansie
               .
            
             
               The
               double
               kind
               is
               planted
               in
               Gardens
               for
               its
               vulgar
               and
               physicall
               uses
               ,
               the
               place
               would
               be
               in
               some
               reversion
               or
               out-part
               of
               a
               Garden
               ,
               for
               it
               spreadeth
               very
               much
               where
               it
               is
               planted
               ,
               and
               abideth
               there
               alwayes
               only
               losing
               of
               its
               branches
               every
               winter
               .
               I
               pray
               you
               excuse
               me
               for
               writing
               any
               directions
               for
               the
               planting
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               being
               such
               a
               vulgar
               hardy
               herb
               it
               is
               needlesse
               .
            
          
           
             
               V.
               laren
               .
            
             
               Of
               it
               there
               is
               two
               sorts
               in
               form
               and
               colour
               of
               Flowers
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               the
               purple
               Valaren
               and
               the
               blew
               Valaren
               ,
               they
               differ
               in
               seed
               as
               well
               as
               in
               colour
               ,
               yet
               they
               differ
               not
               so
               much
               in
               stature
               and
               growth
               but
               that
               one
               description
               will
               serve
               them
               both
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               leaves
               round
               and
               of
               a
               dark
               green
               ,
               smooth
               on
               the
               
               edges
               and
               all
               parts
               else
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               set
               on
               upon
               one
               stem
               much
               like
               that
               of
               Box
               ,
               these
               are
               set
               all
               upon
               stalks
               ,
               and
               the
               bigger
               of
               them
               are
               springing
               as
               it
               were
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               and
               spreading
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               the
               stalk
               riseth
               to
               three
               foot
               high
               ,
               and
               on
               the
               top
               are
               many
               Flowers
               set
               one
               above
               another
               of
               a
               blewish
               or
               a
               purple
               colour
               ,
               glistering
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               the
               time
               it
               begins
               to
               flower
               is
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               June
               ,
               and
               so
               continueth
               till
               after
               Michaelmas
               ,
               this
               causeth
               some
               seed
               to
               be
               ripe
               when
               Flowers
               are
               rich
               in
               the
               branch
               ,
               the
               nether
               most
               part
               of
               this
               herb
               keepeth
               green
               all
               the
               year
               ,
               and
               continueth
               many
               before
               it
               dyeth
               .
            
             
             
               Now
               for
               the
               raising
               of
               it
               my
               words
               must
               be
               few
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               this
               Herb
               may
               be
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               or
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               March
               or
               in
               August
               ,
               in
               a
               bed
               by
               it self
               in
               the
               usual
               manner
               of
               sowing
               and
               planting
               of
               others
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               prosper
               according
               to
               the
               description
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wormwood
               .
            
             
               Of
               this
               there
               be
               three
               sorts
               ,
               viz.
               Sea
               Wormwood
               ,
               Field
               Wormwood
               ,
               and
               Roman
               Wormwood
               ,
               and
               the
               last
               of
               these
               is
               onely
               cultivated
               in
               Gardens
               for
               its
               cordiall
               and
               physicall
               uses
               .
            
             
               This
               Herb
               is
               set
               of
               the
               slip
               or
               sown
               of
               the
               seed
               ;
               but
               the
               sowing
               of
               the
               seed
               I
               shall
               wave
               ,
               because
               nature
               doth
               it
               better
               than
               I
               can
               teach
               you
               ;
               the
               slip
               is
               set
               in
               the
               Spring
               time
               ,
               which
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               head
               of
               the
               root
               ,
               it
               prospereth
               well
               in
               any
               earth
               being
               something
               shaded
               .
            
          
           
             
               Winter-savoury
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               last
               Herb
               in
               the
               Physical
               Garden
               ,
               as
               it
               fals
               out
               in
               the
               Alphabetical
               order
               ,
               though
               the
               vertues
               are
               the
               best
               of
               all
               others
               for
               vulgar
               uses
               .
            
             
               Of
               Winter-savoury
               there
               is
               three
               sorts
               in
               form
               of
               leaves
               ,
               and
               only
               one
               in
               nature
               and
               vertue
               .
            
             
               I
               will
               now
               give
               some
               directions
               for
               the
               propagating
               of
               this
               Herb
               ,
               though
               most
               men
               know
               it
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
               serve
               to
               put
               them
               in
               mind
               of
               that
               which
               they
               know
               ,
               in
               mid
               -
               April
               ,
               and
               the
               later
               end
               of
               August
               either
               of
               these
               seasons
               the
               seed
               of
               this
               Herb
               is
               sown
               ,
               and
               the
               slip
               is
               set
               ;
               I
               shall
               not
               trouble
               you
               with
               the
               manner
               ,
               but
               as
               Hysop
               was
               sown
               in
               like
               manner
               is
               this
               ;
               so
               done
               it
               prospereth
               very
               well
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             PHYSICAL
             GARDEN
             as
             it
             treateth
             of
             TREES
             .
          
           
             A
             short
             Description
             or
             Direction
             for
             the
             Propagating
             of
             each
             TREE
             which
             is
             Fruitfull
             and
             Physical
             ,
             usually
             planted
             in
             a
             Fruitfull
             or
             Physical
             Garden
             .
          
           
             
               Barberry
               .
            
             
               I
               Will
               be
               as
               short
               on
               this
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               as
               possibly
               may
               be
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               may
               but
               give
               an
               information
               .
               The
               plain
               way
               of
               propagating
               of
               each
               Tree
               as
               this
               ,
               is
               of
               the
               sucker
               ,
               which
               springeth
               partly
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               and
               being
               taken
               away
               in
               September
               ,
               and
               set
               in
               the
               nursery
               ,
               where
               suckers
               ,
               slips
               and
               seedlings
               are
               set
               ,
               and
               after
               they
               have
               taken
               root
               they
               may
               be
               transplanted
               into
               the
               quarters
               of
               the
               Garden
               in
               uniform
               order
               where
               they
               are
               to
               remain
               .
            
          
           
             
               Currants
               .
            
             
               Currants
               are
               generally
               white
               ,
               black
               and
               red
               ,
               but
               yet
               each
               of
               these
               sorts
               differ
               in
               greatness
               as
               well
               as
               in
               goodness
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               care
               as
               is
               used
               about
               them
               ,
               in
               the
               raising
               of
               them
               from
               suckers
               to
               fruitfull
               trees
               ;
               the
               thing
               is
               plain
               ,
               yet
               there
               are
               mistakes
               many
               times
               in
               it
               ,
               therefore
               I
               would
               willingly
               give
               my
               evidence
               in
               it
               to
               insist
               upon
               it
               presently
               after
               Michaelmas
               
               take
               your
               suckers
               from
               your
               Currant
               trees
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               have
               not
               ground
               ready
               for
               them
               to
               transplant
               them
               where
               they
               should
               alwayes
               grow
               ,
               then
               plant
               them
               in
               a
               piece
               of
               ground
               by
               themselves
               at
               a
               foot
               distance
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               fitly
               called
               a
               nursery
               ,
               let
               them
               stand
               there
               while
               that
               time
               twelve
               moneth
               ,
               then
               plant
               them
               into
               the
               middle
               of
               Strawberry
               beds
               at
               a
               yard
               distance
               ,
               each
               tree
               bound
               to
               a
               stake
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               wind
               may
               not
               break
               them
               ,
               and
               put
               them
               out
               of
               uniform
               order
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               observe
               ,
               let
               these
               suckers
               be
               taken
               yearly
               from
               the
               roots
               of
               the
               old
               bearers
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               they
               hinder
               them
               from
               being
               fruitfull
               ,
               they
               must
               be
               pruned
               also
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               cut
               away
               the
               superfluous
               branches
               which
               run
               above
               the
               rest
               and
               never
               bear
               fruit
               .
            
          
           
             
               Gooseberries
               .
            
             
               Are
               distinguished
               into
               many
               sorts
               ,
               usually
               thus
               ,
               Dutch
               and
               English
               ;
               first
               with
               the
               Dutch
               ,
               there
               is
               white
               and
               red
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               worthiest
               of
               all
               other
               both
               to
               the
               pallate
               and
               the
               eye
               :
               of
               the
               English
               kinds
               there
               are
               white
               and
               red
               also
               ,
               and
               many
               others
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               only
               name
               these
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               long
               yellow
               and
               the
               round
               yellow
               ,
               the
               amber
               and
               the
               christall
               ,
               the
               nepture
               and
               the
               wild
               ,
               all
               these
               are
               set
               of
               the
               sucker
               ,
               as
               I
               told
               you
               of
               Currants
               in
               like
               manner
               ,
               and
               transplanted
               into
               like
               places
               .
            
             
               Many
               arguments
               of
               curiosity
               I
               could
               raise
               in
               the
               propagating
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               would
               appear
               to
               men
               of
               experience
               to
               be
               needlesse
               ,
               my self
               being
               sensible
               of
               the
               same
               I
               passe
               that
               ,
               and
               only
               desire
               you
               to
               remember
               to
               prune
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               fruit
               may
               be
               the
               larger
               ,
               and
               the
               trees
               renew
               their
               nature
               and
               appear
               the
               more
               pleasanter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mulberries
               .
            
             
               Are
               white
               ,
               red
               and
               black
               ,
               these
               trees
               seldome
               send
               forth
               any
               sucker
               neither
               are
               they
               to
               be
               grafted
               upon
               other
               stocks
               to
               advance
               the
               fruit
               ,
               but
               the
               way
               is
               to
               get
               young
               sprouts
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               to
               set
               them
               in
               good
               earth
               in
               September
               or
               thereabouts
               ,
               so
               that
               they
               may
               take
               root
               ,
               and
               at
               two
               or
               three
               years
               end
               to
               be
               replanted
               into
               certain
               places
               where
               they
               may
               remain
               ,
               
               so
               done
               it
               is
               without
               question
               but
               these
               slips
               or
               cuttings
               will
               come
               to
               be
               trees
               ,
               and
               bring
               forth
               fruit
               according
               to
               its
               mother
               .
            
          
           
             
               Quinces
               .
            
             
               Are
               supposed
               to
               be
               of
               divers
               kinds
               by
               reason
               that
               they
               yeeld
               contrary
               fruits
               in
               vertue
               and
               in
               shape
               ;
               I
               shall
               not
               end
               the
               controversic
               here
               by
               any
               arguments
               ,
               but
               shall
               refer
               you
               to
               a
               Book
               of
               mine
               which
               is
               coming
               forth
               entituled
               
                 The
                 Gardeners
                 Rule
              
               ,
               at
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               which
               is
               a
               Treatise
               of
               fruit-trees
               ,
               wherein
               you
               shall
               find
               ,
               that
               all
               old
               errors
               and
               unpracticall
               conceits
               are
               clearly
               reconciled
               by
               reason
               and
               argument
               ;
               so
               I
               shall
               not
               speak
               any
               farther
               of
               the
               propagating
               of
               them
               here
               ,
               for
               then
               it
               would
               be
               double
               labour
               .
               I
               name
               this
               plant
               here
               ,
               because
               properly
               it
               belongeth
               to
               a
               Garden
               and
               not
               to
               an
               Orchard
               ,
               and
               more
               especially
               to
               the
               physicall
               or
               fruitfull
               Garden
               .
            
          
           
             
               Rasberries
               .
            
             
               Of
               these
               there
               are
               red
               and
               white
               ,
               which
               are
               greater
               and
               lesser
               ,
               fruitfull
               and
               unfruitfull
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               soyl
               ,
               air
               ,
               and
               ordering
               that
               they
               have
               .
               Upon
               these
               words
               I
               could
               draw
               as
               many
               arguments
               as
               would
               fill
               up
               a
               sheet
               of
               paper
               ,
               but
               that
               is
               not
               my
               intent
               in
               this
               or
               any
               other
               part
               of
               this
               Book
               ,
               for
               it
               would
               be
               little
               pleasing
               and
               less
               profitable
               .
            
             
               Rasberries
               are
               set
               of
               the
               slips
               or
               suckers
               which
               it
               sends
               from
               the
               roots
               ,
               which
               spreadeth
               in
               the
               ground
               ,
               these
               being
               drawn
               up
               in
               September
               out
               of
               beds
               where
               they
               stand
               too
               thick
               ,
               so
               taken
               up
               then
               pruned
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               cut
               off
               the
               slips
               or
               suckers
               above
               the
               root
               at
               a
               foot
               and
               a
               half
               in
               length
               ,
               and
               so
               much
               of
               the
               root
               that
               it
               be
               not
               too
               cumbersome
               ;
               having
               beds
               of
               earth
               prepared
               of
               three
               foot
               a
               breadth
               ,
               then
               prick
               in
               three
               chase
               of
               these
               plants
               at
               nine
               inches
               distance
               ,
               very
               few
               of
               these
               will
               bear
               any
               fruit
               the
               next
               summer
               ,
               but
               the
               second
               summer
               is
               that
               which
               bringeth
               the
               greatest
               encrease
               if
               the
               year
               be
               fruitfull
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               Rasberries
               must
               be
               pruned
               every
               year
               ,
               for
               some
               alwayes
               dye
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               spring
               up
               where
               they
               have
               been
               long
               planted
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Roses
               .
            
             
               Omitting
               those
               that
               I
               spoke
               of
               in
               the
               Garden
               of
               pleasure
               ,
               the
               rest
               are
               these
               ,
               the
               Rose
               of
               Monday
               ,
               the
               damask
               Rose
               ,
               the
               red
               Rose
               ,
               and
               the
               white
               Rose
               ,
               and
               some
               tell
               me
               of
               a
               monethly
               Rose
               ,
               but
               I
               was
               never
               satisfied
               whether
               there
               is
               such
               a
               one
               yea
               or
               no
               neither
               by
               experience
               nor
               theoditary
               ,
               therefore
               I
               must
               wave
               it
               and
               speak
               of
               the
               rest
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Rose
               of
               Monday
               ;
               this
               Rose
               is
               in
               all
               parts
               like
               the
               damask
               Rose
               ,
               only
               the
               colour
               maketh
               the
               difference
               ,
               for
               this
               Rose
               is
               damask
               and
               red
               striped
               ,
               the
               propagating
               of
               it
               is
               by
               slip
               or
               inoculation
               :
               if
               you
               are
               not
               experienced
               in
               inoculation
               ,
               then
               be
               pleased
               to
               turn
               back
               to
               the
               place
               where
               it
               treateth
               of
               the
               province
               Rose
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               a
               guide
               set
               down
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               directions
               for
               setting
               the
               slip
               ,
               I
               hope
               I
               may
               omit
               the
               pains
               for
               to
               set
               it
               down
               ,
               for
               a
               wise
               man
               may
               well
               understand
               one
               thing
               by
               another
               .
            
             
               Now
               for
               the
               ordering
               of
               the
               damask
               Rose
               ,
               I
               will
               give
               a
               few
               plain
               directions
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               If
               you
               have
               them
               already
               and
               would
               willingly
               encrease
               them
               ,
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               February
               ,
               cut
               off
               all
               the
               young
               sprouts
               as
               come
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               pluck
               up
               all
               such
               as
               shoot
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               then
               cut
               them
               all
               at
               a
               foot
               in
               length
               ;
               now
               in
               the
               planting
               of
               these
               slips
               I
               shall
               omit
               that
               curiosity
               of
               casting
               up
               of
               beds
               for
               them
               ,
               as
               I
               and
               others
               have
               done
               ,
               so
               I
               will
               give
               you
               an
               easie
               and
               a
               profitable
               way
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               lay
               a
               piece
               of
               ground
               levell
               well
               raked
               ,
               then
               set
               in
               those
               said
               slips
               in
               that
               ground
               by
               a
               direct
               line
               at
               fifteen
               inches
               asunder
               ,
               a
               moneth
               after
               ,
               you
               may
               cast
               some
               Turnip-seed
               upon
               that
               ground
               ,
               and
               it
               will
               not
               be
               only
               profitable
               for
               the
               table
               ,
               but
               also
               shadow
               the
               face
               of
               the
               ground
               ,
               and
               keep
               it
               from
               being
               too
               dry
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               These
               slips
               thus
               planted
               will
               have
               taken
               root
               by
               that
               time
               twelve
               moneth
               ,
               and
               be
               grown
               to
               a
               greater
               stature
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               transplanted
               into
               borders
               round
               quarters
               of
               herbe
               ,
               or
               else
               a
               whole
               quarter
               or
               quarters
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               Strawberries
               cast
               into
               beds
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               Strawberries
               may
               grow
               under
               the
               Roses
               ,
               and
               the
               Rose-trees
               to
               stand
               at
               three
               foot
               distance
               one
               way
               and
               five
               foot
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               the
               Strawberry
               beds
               may
               
               be
               three
               foot
               broad
               and
               two
               foot
               paths
               between
               ,
               and
               the
               Rose-trees
               supported
               with
               stakes
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Roses
               may
               be
               raised
               of
               the
               seed
               ,
               but
               this
               Rose
               with
               more
               case
               than
               any
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               many
               Authors
               have
               set
               down
               certain
               wayes
               for
               it
               which
               are
               contrary
               to
               reason
               ;
               if
               I
               thought
               that
               any
               man
               were
               so
               undiscreet
               to
               put
               it
               in
               practice
               ,
               I
               would
               lay
               down
               some
               arguments
               for
               to
               prevent
               such
               errors
               .
            
             
               Next
               for
               the
               propagating
               of
               the
               red
               Rose
               ,
               which
               is
               by
               cuttings
               of
               the
               youngest
               shoots
               from
               the
               oldest
               standers
               ,
               which
               cuttings
               ought
               to
               be
               a
               foot
               long
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               be
               lesse
               they
               may
               grow
               very
               well
               ;
               before
               I
               show
               you
               how
               to
               set
               them
               ,
               prepare
               borders
               of
               two
               foot
               and
               a
               half
               in
               breadth
               ,
               and
               paths
               of
               two
               foot
               between
               ;
               the
               beds
               being
               laid
               a
               foot
               high
               ,
               then
               set
               a
               line
               upon
               the
               border
               ,
               so
               that
               there
               may
               be
               three
               rows
               of
               slips
               set
               in
               the
               border
               proportionably
               ,
               then
               prick
               in
               the
               cuttings
               by
               the
               line
               side
               eight
               inches
               one
               from
               another
               ,
               and
               so
               deep
               that
               one
               half
               be
               in
               the
               ground
               and
               the
               other
               above
               ,
               let
               them
               stand
               slope-wayes
               in
               this
               bed
               or
               border
               ,
               they
               may
               alwayes
               remain
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               not
               to
               be
               removed
               without
               great
               hinderance
               of
               the
               bearing
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Some
               directions
               for
               the
               causing
               of
               Roses
               to
               flower
               plentifully
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               cut
               them
               with
               a
               pair
               of
               shears
               the
               first
               full
               Moon
               after
               Christmas
               day
               ;
               what
               is
               to
               be
               observed
               in
               cutting
               is
               ,
               that
               such
               sprouts
               that
               were
               of
               the
               last
               years
               growth
               ,
               be
               cut
               off
               at
               the
               heighth
               of
               the
               old
               bearers
               ;
               whereunto
               I
               adde
               ,
               that
               if
               Roses
               be
               planted
               in
               wet
               ground
               ,
               that
               they
               will
               never
               flower
               plentifully
               ,
               therefore
               observe
               to
               set
               them
               in
               the
               dryest
               soyl
               .
            
          
           
             
               Savin-tree
               .
            
             
               I
               suppose
               though
               it
               be
               not
               common
               in
               every
               Garden
               ,
               yet
               the
               strange
               and
               admirable
               vertues
               that
               it
               hath
               makes
               it
               common
               in
               every
               ones
               mouth
               ,
               so
               I
               will
               only
               speak
               of
               the
               nature
               and
               the
               raising
               of
               the
               plant
               :
               first
               it
               requireth
               a
               place
               which
               is
               somewhat
               shady
               ,
               as
               most
               plants
               do
               that
               are
               of
               a
               hot
               nature
               ,
               and
               keepeth
               green
               all
               the
               year
               ;
               further
               observe
               ,
               this
               tree
               yeeldeth
               no
               seed
               neither
               ,
               it
               seldome
               or
               never
               sendeth
               any
               sucker
               from
               the
               root
               ,
               therefore
               it
               is
               only
               propagated
               of
               the
               
               slip
               which
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               branches
               ,
               the
               time
               for
               doing
               of
               this
               is
               at
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               winter
               ,
               the
               place
               would
               be
               as
               I
               told
               you
               its
               nature
               requireth
               ,
               in
               a
               shady
               place
               in
               an
               extraordinary
               good
               mould
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               were
               helpt
               with
               Pigeons
               dung
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               much
               the
               better
               for
               to
               cause
               the
               slips
               to
               take
               root
               the
               sooner
               :
               now
               note
               ,
               that
               these
               plants
               would
               be
               planted
               at
               such
               a
               distance
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               might
               have
               room
               to
               grow
               when
               they
               are
               great
               ,
               for
               they
               care
               the
               least
               for
               moving
               of
               any
               other
               plant
               whatsoever
               .
            
          
           
             
               Strawberry-tree
               .
            
             
               This
               tree
               should
               have
               been
               placed
               in
               my
               Garden
               of
               Pleasure
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               place
               it
               in
               yours
               for
               the
               rarities
               and
               preheminency
               belonging
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               it
               being
               but
               a
               stranger
               in
               England
               ,
               I
               will
               describe
               it
               in
               few
               words
               so
               that
               it
               may
               be
               known
               .
            
             
               This
               plant
               riseth
               near
               to
               five
               yards
               in
               heighth
               ,
               spreading
               with
               many
               branches
               toward
               the
               top
               ,
               which
               maketh
               it
               to
               
               stand
               in
               a
               stately
               form
               ,
               the
               leaves
               of
               this
               tree
               are
               green
               as
               the
               Bay-trees
               ,
               and
               keep
               so
               all
               the
               year
               ,
               they
               are
               also
               of
               the
               same
               shape
               though
               not
               half
               so
               big
               ,
               the
               ribs
               of
               them
               are
               something
               reddish
               ,
               and
               the
               bark
               of
               the
               body
               of
               the
               tree
               is
               of
               a
               reddish
               green
               colour
               something
               rough
               and
               dented
               ,
               the
               middle
               of
               the
               tree
               as
               to
               say
               amongst
               the
               branches
               are
               bare
               and
               without
               sprouts
               or
               leaves
               ,
               at
               the
               top
               springeth
               berries
               upon
               stalks
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               ripe
               they
               are
               absolutely
               like
               Strawberries
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               eaten
               though
               not
               half
               so
               good
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               usually
               eaten
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               way
               that
               I
               could
               find
               of
               propagating
               of
               this
               tree
               ,
               but
               by
               slips
               taken
               from
               the
               branches
               and
               set
               in
               good
               mould
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               that
               they
               may
               take
               root
               and
               become
               trees
               ,
               but
               most
               of
               them
               thus
               done
               seldome
               take
               root
               .
               There
               is
               another
               way
               which
               is
               more
               certain
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               to
               make
               a
               branch
               as
               it
               groweth
               upon
               the
               tree
               to
               pass
               thorow
               a
               pot
               which
               hath
               a
               hole
               in
               the
               bottome
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               then
               to
               fill
               the
               pot
               full
               of
               earth
               ,
               and
               that
               will
               cause
               it
               to
               take
               root
               as
               it
               groweth
               on
               the
               tree
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               may
               be
               cut
               off
               and
               planted
               in
               that
               place
               where
               it
               should
               remain
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           End
           of
           the
           Physicall
           Garden
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           GARDENERS
           PRACTICE
           IN
           THE
           Kitchin
           Garden
           ,
           how
           to
           advance
           the
           nature
           and
           growth
           of
           Herbs
           ,
           Roots
           ,
           and
           Pulse
           contained
           therein
           .
        
         
           I
           Have
           not
           leisure
           to
           insist
           upon
           every
           particular
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           but
           if
           it
           please
           God
           to
           permit
           me
           life
           I
           shall
           give
           these
           rules
           and
           directions
           for
           the
           propagating
           of
           those
           plants
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Alphabeticall
           Table
           belonging
           to
           the
           Kitchin
           Garden
           ,
           thus
           :
        
         
           
             Propagation
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 season
                 fit
                 for
                 sowing
                 or
                 planting
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 The
                 time
                 and
                 place
                 fit
                 for
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 How
                 to
                 order
                 the
                 ground
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 quantity
                 and
                 the
                 quality
                 of
                 seed
                 .
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 The
                 knowledge
                 of
                 replanting
                 of
                 seedlings
                 .
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 The
                 art
                 in
                 slips
                 ,
                 suckers
                 and
                 roots
                 .
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 How
                 to
                 prune
                 ,
                 cleanse
                 ,
                 and
                 dress
                 plants
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Experiments
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 The
                 preservation
                 of
                 plants
                 from
                 hurtfull
                 distempers
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 To
                 produce
                 them
                 early
                 or
                 late
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 How
                 to
                 alter
                 sent
                 and
                 colour
                 .
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 The
                 art
                 of
                 transforming
                 plants
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           So
           only
           take
           these
           short
           observations
           upon
           these
           plants
           as
           followeth
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
           
             Artichokes
             .
          
           
             By
             their
             distinct
             kinds
             ,
             form
             and
             vertue
             ,
             are
             called
             thus
             ;
             the
             Protector
             head
             ,
             the
             Rabits
             head
             and
             the
             Dogs
             head
             ;
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             red
             ,
             white
             ,
             and
             brown
             Artichokes
             ;
             the
             red
             and
             the
             brown
             are
             propagated
             by
             art
             and
             care
             to
             a
             huge
             greatness
             in
             reference
             to
             those
             that
             are
             and
             grow
             naturally
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             of
             propagating
             of
             Artichokes
             is
             of
             the
             slip
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             rich
             soyl
             ,
             not
             as
             it
             is
             naturally
             rich
             but
             improved
             with
             dung
             ,
             for
             they
             delight
             in
             any
             stiff
             clayey
             ground
             so
             that
             it
             hath
             but
             dung
             enough
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             The
             time
             and
             manner
             of
             setting
             of
             them
             is
             thus
             ,
             when
             the
             ground
             is
             digged
             and
             laid
             levell
             or
             even
             ,
             then
             set
             the
             slips
             in
             half
             a
             foot
             deep
             by
             a
             line
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             stand
             two
             foot
             and
             a
             half
             asunder
             :
             the
             season
             that
             is
             best
             for
             it
             some
             suppose
             it
             to
             be
             in
             September
             ,
             but
             experience
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             the
             last
             winter
             most
             or
             all
             of
             those
             slips
             thus
             set
             were
             killed
             ,
             therefore
             I
             think
             it
             best
             to
             set
             them
             in
             March
             ,
             in
             that
             manner
             as
             aforesaid
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             preservation
             of
             them
             from
             perishing
             in
             the
             winter
             ,
             is
             to
             shelter
             them
             from
             frost
             and
             snow
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             done
             by
             trenching
             of
             them
             and
             laying
             of
             new
             dung
             about
             them
             which
             will
             not
             freez
             ,
             but
             will
             keep
             the
             plant
             from
             the
             frost
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sparrow-grass
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             should
             enter
             upon
             an
             historicall
             discourse
             of
             this
             herb
             I
             should
             never
             have
             done
             ,
             I
             will
             only
             acquaint
             you
             that
             this
             herb
             is
             raised
             of
             the
             seed
             ,
             and
             usually
             after
             this
             manner
             ;
             they
             prepare
             beds
             of
             good
             earth
             of
             three
             foot
             a
             breadth
             ,
             and
             two
             foot
             path
             between
             in
             breadth
             likewise
             ,
             then
             cast
             in
             the
             seed
             thinly
             thereon
             ,
             this
             is
             done
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             March
             ;
             the
             next
             September
             they
             transplant
             these
             plants
             ,
             the
             seedlings
             into
             beds
             of
             the
             same
             breadth
             of
             extraordinary
             rich
             sandy
             ground
             ,
             the
             next
             summer
             following
             it
             spindleth
             into
             small
             spindles
             which
             are
             worth
             little
             ,
             but
             the
             third
             Spring
             after
             its
             sowing
             riseth
             good
             Sparrow-grass
             :
             now
             note
             ,
             that
             every
             September
             rotten
             dung
             must
             be
             laid
             upon
             the
             beds
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             March
             to
             be
             raked
             off
             ,
             and
             the
             ground
             loosened
             
             with
             a
             forkabout
             the
             plant
             ,
             for
             if
             they
             should
             do
             it
             with
             a
             spade
             it
             would
             cut
             the
             roots
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             of
             producing
             of
             it
             early
             is
             done
             by
             raising
             of
             it
             upon
             hot
             beds
             ;
             I
             will
             permit
             a
             little
             time
             to
             show
             you
             how
             and
             when
             ,
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             February
             make
             a
             hot
             bed
             of
             horse-dung
             ,
             of
             three
             foot
             high
             and
             three
             foot
             broad
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             length
             according
             to
             your
             Sparrow-grass
             you
             intend
             to
             sow
             ;
             the
             bed
             thus
             made
             ,
             then
             lay-fine
             mould
             atop
             of
             it
             so
             that
             it
             may
             raise
             it
             two
             inches
             higher
             ,
             so
             done
             take
             up
             the
             oldest
             Sparrow-grass
             roots
             that
             you
             have
             ,
             that
             are
             like
             to
             decay
             where
             they
             stand
             ,
             and
             lay
             them
             one
             by
             one
             as
             thick
             as
             you
             can
             upon
             this
             hot
             bed
             ,
             lay
             as
             much
             more
             earth
             upon
             the
             roots
             as
             is
             under
             them
             ,
             cover
             the
             bed
             with
             some
             litter
             ,
             the
             fourth
             day
             the
             roots
             will
             sprout
             up
             young
             Sparrow-grass
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             heat
             of
             the
             dung
             ,
             and
             the
             steme
             being
             kept
             in
             with
             the
             litter
             which
             causeth
             this
             hasty
             growth
             :
             now
             observe
             ,
             that
             when
             these
             sprouts
             are
             thus
             shot
             up
             ,
             the
             litter
             must
             be
             took
             away
             ,
             and
             pent-houses
             of
             rods
             made
             over
             the
             beds
             ,
             whereon
             you
             shall
             lay
             Mats
             to
             preserve
             them
             from
             the
             frost
             and
             cold
             ;
             remember
             to
             give
             the
             bed
             air
             once
             a
             day
             if
             the
             weather
             be
             seasonable
             :
             so
             done
             you
             may
             pull
             good
             Sparrow-grass
             from
             the
             bed
             at
             the
             fortnights
             end
             .
          
        
         
           
             Beets
             .
          
           
             Both
             red
             and
             white
             are
             for
             generall
             and
             Kitchin
             uses
             ,
             they
             are
             raised
             of
             the
             seed
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             sow
             it
             when
             you
             please
             and
             it
             will
             come
             up
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             when
             it
             please
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             at
             its
             naturall
             season
             :
             you
             may
             also
             sow
             it
             in
             any
             ordinary
             earth
             and
             it
             will
             grow
             ,
             but
             the
             better
             the
             earth
             is
             ,
             the
             better
             is
             the
             herb
             and
             yeeldeth
             the
             greater
             encrease
             also
             ;
             the
             root
             will
             grow
             to
             a
             huge
             bigness
             ,
             which
             is
             for
             many
             uses
             ,
             especially
             the
             root
             of
             the
             red
             Beet
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             advise
             you
             to
             sow
             Beet
             seed
             in
             speciall
             rank
             ground
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             September
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             latter
             end
             thereof
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             that
             some
             of
             the
             seed
             will
             be
             come
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             will
             not
             appear
             till
             the
             next
             Spring
             following
             :
             the
             next
             summer
             they
             will
             run
             to
             seed
             if
             you
             suffer
             them
             ,
             and
             after
             they
             have
             yeelded
             their
             seed
             three
             times
             the
             root
             and
             branch
             dieth
             ,
             yet
             where
             they
             are
             once
             sown
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             
             scattering
             of
             the
             seed
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             leave
             your
             Garden
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cucumbers
             .
          
           
             Are
             long
             and
             short
             ,
             the
             long
             are
             counted
             the
             best
             both
             for
             salleting
             and
             pickleing
             :
             the
             raising
             of
             them
             is
             both
             alike
             ,
             all
             the
             art
             that
             I
             shall
             endeavour
             to
             lay
             down
             in
             few
             words
             here
             is
             ,
             the
             raising
             of
             them
             timely
             for
             salleting
             ,
             for
             those
             that
             come
             late
             in
             the
             summer
             are
             only
             used
             for
             Gerkings
             :
             to
             insist
             upon
             the
             raising
             of
             them
             early
             ,
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             March
             ,
             make
             beds
             of
             new
             horse-dung
             of
             two
             foot
             and
             a
             half
             high
             ,
             and
             near
             that
             breadth
             ,
             then
             make
             a
             band
             of
             straw
             or
             hay
             and
             pin
             it
             upon
             the
             uppermost
             part
             thereof
             ,
             then
             lay
             some
             fine
             ridled
             mould
             atop
             near
             three
             fingers
             thick
             ,
             then
             cover
             this
             bed
             with
             some
             litter
             or
             straw
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             pent-house
             over
             it
             as
             I
             told
             you
             of
             the
             Sparrow-grass
             bed
             ,
             whereon
             must
             lye
             Mats
             ,
             then
             steep
             your
             Cucumber-seed
             in
             milk
             and
             suet
             for
             four
             and
             twenty
             hours
             ,
             by
             that
             time
             the
             bed
             will
             be
             hot
             ,
             then
             prick
             in
             your
             seeds
             at
             two
             fingers
             distance
             upon
             the
             bed
             ,
             and
             lay
             on
             the
             litter
             again
             ;
             be
             carefull
             afterward
             for
             once
             or
             twice
             a
             day
             to
             see
             that
             the
             bed
             be
             not
             too
             hot
             ,
             for
             then
             it
             will
             force
             gemination
             too
             soon
             and
             the
             plants
             will
             never
             hold
             it
             :
             now
             observe
             ,
             that
             if
             the
             seed
             appeareth
             before
             the
             third
             day
             ,
             then
             that
             bed
             is
             too
             hot
             and
             too
             hasty
             a
             gemination
             ,
             but
             if
             they
             appear
             not
             before
             the
             fourth
             or
             fifth
             day
             ,
             then
             those
             plants
             are
             like
             to
             come
             to
             good
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             carefully
             looked
             after
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             to
             set
             glasses
             over
             them
             all
             night
             and
             in
             boisterous
             dayes
             till
             towards
             the
             middle
             of
             April
             ,
             then
             transplant
             them
             from
             that
             bed
             ,
             into
             holes
             or
             trenches
             wherein
             is
             laid
             new
             horse-dung
             ,
             and
             Pigeons-dung
             if
             it
             may
             be
             had
             ,
             with
             four
             inches
             of
             good
             mould
             atop
             of
             it
             ,
             then
             set
             four
             Cucumber
             plants
             in
             the
             compass
             of
             a
             Musmillion-glass
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             glass
             over
             each
             four
             plants
             ;
             let
             these
             plants
             be
             watered
             with
             such
             water
             as
             hath
             stood
             in
             the
             Sun
             ,
             wherein
             hath
             been
             steeped
             horse-dung
             ;
             by
             these
             directions
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             any
             knowledge
             or
             insight
             in
             it
             before
             ,
             you
             may
             have
             Cucumbers
             fit
             for
             a
             sallet
             by
             mid
             -
             May
             if
             the
             Spring
             be
             any
             thing
             favourable
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             counted
             great
             rarities
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             and
             the
             ordinary
             way
             of
             raising
             Cucumbers
             for
             sallet
             to
             have
             them
             about
             mid-summer
             ,
             is
             to
             raise
             them
             in
             
             mid
             -
             April
             upon
             a
             hot
             bed
             ,
             not
             so
             hot
             as
             the
             former
             ,
             only
             covered
             with
             Mats
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             week
             in
             May
             transplanted
             into
             holes
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             before
             :
             you
             need
             not
             go
             to
             the
             charge
             to
             cover
             them
             with
             glasses
             ,
             for
             any
             thing
             else
             will
             serve
             that
             will
             only
             keep
             the
             frost
             from
             them
             anights
             ;
             let
             these
             be
             watered
             as
             the
             former
             every
             evening
             or
             every
             other
             evening
             if
             it
             rain
             not
             ,
             I
             cannot
             stay
             to
             treat
             upon
             every
             particular
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             The
             ready
             way
             of
             planting
             or
             sowing
             of
             Cucumber-seed
             is
             ,
             to
             prepare
             holes
             which
             will
             hold
             a
             Wheelbarrow
             of
             good
             rotten
             dung
             or
             more
             ,
             let
             each
             hole
             be
             four
             foot
             asunder
             ,
             and
             earth
             atop
             of
             the
             dung
             ,
             and
             then
             half
             a
             score
             seeds
             pricked
             in
             each
             hole
             ,
             but
             if
             four
             of
             them
             come
             up
             it
             is
             enough
             ,
             and
             what
             more
             cometh
             up
             ,
             pull
             them
             away
             or
             else
             they
             will
             hinder
             one
             another
             and
             come
             to
             nothing
             :
             note
             that
             the
             time
             of
             sowing
             is
             about
             May
             day
             ,
             let
             these
             be
             well
             watered
             the
             summer
             following
             and
             gelded
             ,
             and
             by
             August
             their
             fruit
             will
             come
             to
             perfection
             .
          
        
         
           
             Colliflowers
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             raised
             of
             the
             seed
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             spare
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             labour
             in
             setting
             down
             the
             directions
             for
             it
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             to
             look
             back
             how
             beds
             are
             made
             for
             Cucumbers
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             so
             make
             for
             these
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             governed
             up
             alike
             ,
             only
             these
             are
             without
             glasses
             :
             at
             the
             middle
             of
             May
             transplant
             them
             into
             rich
             and
             forward
             ground
             ,
             setting
             each
             plant
             two
             foot
             and
             a
             half
             distance
             ,
             watering
             of
             them
             well
             at
             the
             first
             planting
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             July
             they
             will
             come
             to
             flower
             so
             that
             you
             may
             have
             a
             dish
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             season
             of
             the
             sowing
             of
             Colliflower-seed
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             September
             ,
             in
             beds
             of
             very
             good
             mould
             ;
             being
             sown
             there
             and
             come
             up
             ,
             at
             a
             moneths
             end
             transplant
             them
             into
             another
             bed
             of
             three
             abreadth
             ,
             setting
             each
             plant
             at
             a
             hands
             breadth
             asunder
             in
             ranges
             by
             a
             line
             ,
             then
             make
             a
             shelter
             over
             them
             with
             sticks
             and
             mats
             ,
             to
             shelter
             the
             plants
             from
             the
             frosty
             nights
             the
             winter
             following
             ,
             the
             next
             Spring
             transplant
             them
             in
             like
             manner
             as
             I
             told
             you
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             by
             mid-summer
             or
             soon
             after
             they
             will
             come
             to
             flower
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Cabidges
             .
          
           
             Mistake
             me
             not
             ,
             I
             mean
             the
             propagating
             of
             Cabidge-seed
             to
             be
             Cabidges
             again
             ,
             which
             oftentimes
             through
             negligence
             and
             ignorance
             turn
             or
             come
             to
             be
             Cail
             or
             Colworts
             :
             but
             I
             cannot
             stay
             to
             reckon
             up
             Colworts
             and
             Cabidges
             ,
             how
             many
             sorts
             there
             are
             ,
             and
             what
             a
             great
             commodity
             it
             is
             ,
             especially
             amongst
             the
             Plow-men
             ,
             but
             I
             shall
             proceed
             with
             all
             the
             brevity
             as
             may
             be
             possible
             ,
             what
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             the
             sowing
             and
             governing
             of
             the
             seed
             that
             it
             degenerate
             not
             .
          
           
             First
             of
             all
             observe
             the
             season
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             if
             you
             sow
             seed
             for
             winter
             plants
             to
             be
             planted
             out
             of
             the
             Spring
             ,
             do
             it
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             August
             ,
             in
             a
             light
             earth
             ,
             the
             Moon
             being
             at
             the
             full
             ,
             five
             or
             six
             weeks
             after
             transplant
             them
             into
             another
             earth
             ,
             laying
             or
             setting
             them
             at
             half
             a
             foot
             distance
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             each
             plant
             may
             have
             its
             proportion
             of
             ground
             and
             be
             restrained
             of
             its
             high
             growth
             ;
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             February
             ,
             and
             in
             March
             at
             the
             full
             Moon
             ,
             these
             may
             be
             planted
             into
             quarters
             of
             earth
             ,
             where
             they
             may
             stand
             at
             a
             yard
             distance
             :
             now
             note
             ,
             the
             best
             ground
             for
             these
             to
             be
             planted
             in
             ,
             is
             the
             strongest
             clay
             or
             mawm
             earth
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             with
             this
             provisoe
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             abundance
             of
             dung
             under
             it
             ;
             these
             Cabidges
             must
             be
             kept
             whole
             with
             earth
             about
             the
             stalks
             as
             the
             weeds
             rise
             ,
             and
             the
             under
             leaves
             stripped
             off
             to
             cause
             the
             Cabidges
             to
             grow
             the
             greater
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             You
             may
             sow
             this
             seed
             in
             March
             for
             winter
             Colworts
             ,
             for
             they
             may
             be
             transplanted
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             May
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             June
             ,
             in
             manner
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             I
             cannot
             go
             farther
             ,
             I
             have
             spoken
             more
             than
             I
             intended
             .
          
        
         
           
             Carrots
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             only
             give
             three
             directions
             for
             the
             propagating
             of
             them
             ,
             which
             vulgar
             people
             are
             not
             acquainted
             with
             though
             they
             may
             sow
             of
             them
             yearly
             ;
             the
             first
             is
             the
             earth
             that
             the
             seed
             is
             committed
             to
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             of
             a
             like
             nature
             and
             not
             wet
             when
             it
             is
             delved
             ;
             also
             observe
             that
             the
             Moon
             be
             of
             the
             first
             quarter
             ,
             the
             time
             of
             the
             year
             is
             even
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             March
             till
             May.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Observe
             the
             quantity
             of
             seed
             that
             you
             sow
             it
             
             not
             too
             thick
             ;
             and
             for
             a
             better
             help
             thereunto
             ,
             consider
             your
             quantity
             of
             ground
             ,
             and
             then
             note
             ,
             that
             three
             pound
             of
             seed
             soweth
             an
             acre
             ,
             and
             so
             proportionably
             sow
             your
             own
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             That
             you
             let
             them
             not
             grow
             too
             thick
             ,
             for
             then
             they
             will
             be
             very
             small
             and
             worth
             nothing
             :
             the
             best
             way
             to
             prevent
             this
             ,
             is
             to
             hoe
             them
             as
             our
             London
             Gardeners
             do
             ,
             so
             that
             each
             Carrot
             stand
             ten
             inches
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             or
             thereabout
             .
          
        
         
           
             Corn-sallet
             .
          
           
             Whether
             any
             Countrey
             men
             know
             it
             yea
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             dispence
             with
             the
             time
             to
             describe
             it
             ;
             but
             sow
             it
             in
             your
             Garden
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             September
             ,
             in
             a
             good
             earth
             ,
             the
             seed
             being
             sound
             and
             new
             ,
             I
             dare
             promise
             you
             that
             it
             will
             grow
             and
             come
             to
             be
             cut
             by
             the
             next
             March
             for
             Sallets
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             April
             it
             cometh
             to
             flower
             ,
             and
             in
             June
             the
             seed
             is
             ripe
             ,
             which
             if
             you
             save
             it
             you
             may
             sow
             it
             again
             ;
             or
             if
             you
             let
             it
             scatter
             of
             it self
             ,
             sometimes
             it
             will
             grow
             naturally
             .
          
        
         
           
             Goards
             .
          
           
             As
             they
             are
             known
             to
             be
             in
             distinct
             forms
             ,
             and
             something
             in
             nature
             ,
             so
             they
             bear
             their
             names
             according
             to
             the
             Country
             from
             whence
             they
             are
             brought
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Italian
             Goard
             ,
             the
             lowland
             Goard
             ,
             and
             the
             Cocker
             Goard
             ;
             if
             I
             am
             mistaken
             in
             the
             names
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             mistaken
             in
             the
             properties
             ,
             and
             the
             form
             ;
             for
             there
             is
             one
             sort
             which
             is
             nigh
             a
             yard
             long
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             as
             big
             as
             the
             lowermost
             part
             of
             a
             mans
             thigh
             ,
             with
             that
             end
             which
             is
             farthest
             from
             the
             stalk
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             cometh
             lesse
             and
             lesse
             by
             degrees
             .
             Another
             sort
             is
             long
             ,
             and
             both
             ends
             alike
             for
             matter
             of
             bigness
             ;
             the
             other
             is
             bigger
             and
             shorter
             ;
             all
             these
             grow
             in
             like
             manner
             as
             Pumpkins
             do
             ,
             as
             for
             stalk
             and
             shels
             ,
             and
             they
             say
             ,
             the
             leaves
             differ
             not
             much
             .
             Now
             for
             the
             raising
             of
             them
             (
             if
             you
             have
             a
             desire
             )
             I
             will
             give
             you
             my
             directions
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             I
             have
             observed
             by
             others
             ,
             viz.
             at
             the
             same
             time
             as
             they
             set
             Cucumber-seed
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             they
             do
             the
             Goard-seed
             ,
             and
             what
             they
             require
             afterward
             I
             cannot
             affirm
             it
             to
             you
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             they
             are
             as
             easily
             raised
             
             as
             Cucumbers
             :
             The
             stalk
             and
             root
             perisheth
             yearly
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Indian
             suckory
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             so
             well
             known
             I
             need
             not
             write
             any
             thing
             of
             its
             use
             and
             virtues
             ,
             but
             for
             the
             nature
             of
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             I
             have
             observed
             more
             of
             it
             than
             those
             that
             have
             cultevated
             it
             longer
             than
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             observation
             I
             have
             found
             it
             to
             be
             of
             a
             strong
             nature
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             you
             commit
             it
             to
             the
             earth
             in
             the
             Spring
             or
             Autumn
             ,
             it
             needeth
             no
             farther
             care
             ,
             but
             being
             cleansed
             from
             weeds
             ,
             so
             it
             will
             continue
             till
             it
             hath
             yeelded
             its
             seed
             three
             times
             ,
             and
             then
             root
             and
             branch
             dieth
             .
          
        
         
           
             English-Beans
             .
          
           
             Or
             great
             Garden
             Beans
             ;
             I
             name
             them
             here
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             usually
             set
             in
             Gardens
             ,
             though
             sometimes
             in
             Fields
             :
             In
             which
             place
             soever
             you
             plant
             them
             in
             ,
             I
             find
             but
             one
             Objection
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             ,
             some
             plant
             them
             here
             and
             there
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             fancy
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             a
             direct
             line
             ;
             the
             errour
             is
             this
             ,
             those
             that
             are
             set
             at
             random
             and
             not
             by
             a
             line
             ,
             they
             have
             not
             their
             proportion
             of
             ground
             ,
             nor
             can
             you
             cleanse
             them
             ,
             hoe
             them
             ,
             or
             gather
             them
             ,
             without
             great
             injury
             in
             breaking
             of
             them
             down
             ;
             therefore
             learn
             of
             the
             Gardeners
             and
             Husbandmen
             about
             London
             ,
             for
             if
             they
             plant
             twenty
             acres
             together
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             set
             in
             rows
             by
             a
             line
             ,
             each
             row
             some
             eighteen
             inches
             difference
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             and
             the
             Beans
             the
             other
             way
             ,
             some
             six
             .
          
        
         
           
             French-Beans
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             much
             like
             the
             former
             ,
             but
             something
             thinner
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             tenderer
             nature
             ;
             they
             are
             ripe
             something
             sooner
             ,
             and
             require
             an
             hotter
             soil
             ,
             these
             may
             be
             set
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             as
             I
             described
             before
             of
             the
             English-Beans
             .
             Let
             that
             suffice
             .
          
        
         
           
             Jerusalem-Artichoaks
             .
          
           
             The
             property
             of
             this
             plant
             is
             so
             that
             nothing
             is
             usefull
             ,
             but
             the
             root
             ,
             and
             it
             remainet
             hin
             the
             ground
             ,
             some
             as
             big
             as
             a
             
             Hens
             egg
             ,
             some
             bigger
             ,
             some
             less
             ,
             and
             of
             divers
             shapes
             ,
             some
             long
             ,
             some
             round
             ,
             some
             crumpled
             and
             all
             full
             of
             dents
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             reddish
             colour
             ,
             from
             which
             riseth
             a
             stalk
             near
             eight
             foot
             high
             ,
             resembling
             that
             of
             the
             Flower
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             though
             not
             so
             big
             a
             stalk
             .
             This
             stalk
             perisheth
             yearly
             ,
             the
             root
             continueth
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             as
             was
             said
             .
             Of
             the
             root
             these
             Artichoaks
             (
             so
             called
             )
             are
             propagated
             ,
             either
             by
             cutting
             of
             the
             great
             ones
             into
             small
             pieces
             ,
             or
             else
             setting
             the
             little
             roots
             (
             descending
             from
             the
             mother
             )
             in
             beds
             of
             earth
             by
             themselves
             ,
             in
             March
             without
             any
             difficulty
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             very
             hardy
             and
             will
             grow
             in
             any
             place
             ,
             but
             they
             prosper
             best
             in
             a
             light
             mould
             .
             Now
             note
             ,
             that
             once
             a
             year
             these
             roots
             may
             be
             taken
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             great
             ones
             reserved
             for
             to
             be
             eaten
             ,
             and
             the
             little
             ones
             set
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Kidney-Beans
             .
          
           
             My
             Countrey
             men
             I
             suppose
             call
             them
             French-Beans
             ,
             like
             Ideots
             ;
             for
             why
             ,
             names
             that
             are
             given
             things
             which
             are
             newly
             found
             out
             ,
             are
             given
             them
             ,
             according
             to
             what
             they
             resemble
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             so
             that
             this
             Bean
             resembleth
             a
             Kidney
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             fitly
             called
             a
             Kidney-Bean
             ;
             let
             that
             passe
             .
             There
             is
             red
             ,
             white
             ,
             purple
             ,
             and
             speckled
             of
             them
             ;
             but
             the
             nature
             of
             them
             is
             one
             ,
             and
             my
             directions
             for
             the
             planting
             of
             them
             shall
             be
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             briefly
             .
             In
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             April
             provide
             a
             hot
             natured
             ground
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             something
             sandy
             it
             is
             the
             better
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             be
             but
             well
             holpen
             with
             rotten
             muck
             the
             year
             before
             ;
             when
             the
             ground
             is
             digged
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             either
             planted
             or
             set
             in
             ranges
             by
             a
             line
             at
             eighteen
             inches
             distance
             ;
             those
             that
             go
             to
             the
             trouble
             to
             set
             them
             ,
             usually
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             stick
             sticks
             for
             them
             to
             run
             up
             upon
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             to
             keep
             them
             from
             the
             ground
             for
             to
             save
             their
             fruit
             ,
             and
             to
             cause
             it
             to
             ripen
             the
             sooner
             ;
             those
             that
             plant
             them
             in
             drils
             ,
             take
             no
             farther
             care
             but
             only
             hoing
             the
             ground
             ,
             being
             hot
             and
             dry
             they
             ripen
             very
             well
             ,
             and
             bring
             good
             increase
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lettice
             .
          
           
             Many
             sorts
             there
             be
             ,
             but
             of
             all
             others
             the
             French
             Lettice
             is
             the
             best
             ;
             but
             that
             being
             sown
             in
             England
             ,
             it
             doth
             often
             degenerate
             from
             its
             own
             nature
             ,
             because
             it
             findeth
             not
             the
             air
             and
             
             the
             earth
             so
             temperate
             here
             ,
             as
             in
             its
             own
             Countrey
             ;
             therefore
             if
             it
             be
             raised
             here
             ,
             it
             must
             be
             done
             with
             care
             and
             judgment
             ;
             and
             as
             for
             our
             ordinary
             English
             Lettice
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             it
             would
             appear
             as
             light
             as
             vanity
             to
             the
             vulgar
             sort
             of
             people
             ,
             to
             give
             any
             directions
             for
             the
             raising
             and
             governing
             of
             them
             ,
             although
             there
             is
             matter
             of
             consequence
             in
             the
             work
             ,
             yet
             I
             shall
             wave
             it
             ,
             and
             only
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             sow
             Lettice
             any
             moneth
             ,
             from
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             February
             to
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             September
             :
             yet
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             those
             which
             be
             sown
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Summer
             ought
             to
             be
             watered
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             are
             sowed
             in
             September
             for
             salletting
             early
             in
             the
             Spring
             ,
             would
             be
             covered
             with
             straw
             ,
             or
             sown
             under
             a
             warm
             pale
             that
             might
             shelter
             it
             from
             the
             sharp
             winds
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             If
             you
             have
             a
             desire
             to
             save
             seed
             of
             Lettice
             ,
             let
             it
             be
             of
             such
             as
             was
             sown
             in
             September
             ,
             let
             them
             not
             be
             cut
             or
             medled
             with
             ,
             till
             the
             seed
             be
             full
             ripe
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             be
             in
             July
             .
          
        
         
           
             Leeks
             .
          
           
             A
             short
             account
             may
             very
             well
             serve
             for
             the
             raising
             and
             governing
             of
             this
             Herb
             or
             root
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             shall
             be
             .
             Leeks
             are
             sown
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             March
             in
             a
             rich
             soil
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             delighteth
             in
             much
             ,
             in
             which
             place
             they
             may
             remain
             all
             the
             Summer
             following
             ,
             and
             in
             September
             be
             transplanted
             into
             a
             rich
             soyl
             ,
             laying
             of
             them
             in
             rows
             at
             half
             afoot
             asunder
             ,
             as
             the
             ground
             was
             digged
             :
             The
             end
             of
             removing
             of
             them
             ,
             is
             to
             cause
             them
             to
             grow
             the
             bigger
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             next
             Lent
             those
             Leeks
             are
             drawn
             up
             by
             the
             roots
             for
             their
             uses
             ;
             and
             if
             you
             have
             any
             desire
             to
             let
             them
             stand
             for
             seed
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             fit
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             Millions
             .
          
           
             Millions
             or
             Musmillions
             be
             these
             ,
             the
             black
             Million
             ,
             the
             white
             Million
             ,
             great
             Roman
             Millions
             ,
             water
             Millions
             ,
             and
             many
             more
             ,
             a
             man
             may
             raise
             and
             bring
             them
             up
             to
             be
             bigger
             than
             ones
             fist
             ,
             but
             never
             come
             to
             be
             ripe
             or
             to
             any
             perfection
             ,
             so
             I
             shall
             wave
             them
             and
             speak
             of
             our
             ordinary
             green
             Musmillions
             which
             are
             raised
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             come
             to
             perfection
             .
          
           
           
             And
             about
             these
             Musmillions
             here
             is
             such
             a
             deal
             of
             charge
             ,
             care
             ,
             quoil
             and
             trouble
             ,
             such
             a
             multitude
             of
             arguments
             ,
             and
             such
             abundance
             of
             vain
             conceits
             ,
             so
             that
             if
             I
             could
             have
             made
             an
             Almanack
             of
             my
             pate
             ,
             and
             set
             down
             all
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             them
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             a
             sufficient
             subject
             of
             it self
             ;
             or
             otherwise
             if
             I
             should
             set
             down
             all
             that
             I
             have
             known
             to
             be
             put
             in
             practice
             ,
             I
             believe
             that
             twenty
             pages
             would
             not
             contain
             it
             ,
             so
             I
             shall
             passe
             it
             having
             no
             time
             nor
             liberty
             ,
             neither
             desire
             to
             insist
             upon
             it
             for
             the
             present
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             future
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             :
             So
             only
             take
             these
             few
             Experiments
             ,
             whereby
             I
             have
             raised
             Musmillions
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             mist
             ,
             as
             the
             proudest
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             conceitedst
             man
             hath
             done
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             actual
             in
             this
             thing
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             thing
             considerable
             in
             the
             propagating
             of
             Millions
             is
             the
             season
             ,
             and
             thereabout
             men
             differ
             in
             their
             judgments
             ;
             for
             some
             would
             have
             them
             raised
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             February
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             March
             ,
             some
             at
             the
             beginning
             of
             April
             ,
             and
             others
             not
             till
             the
             latter
             end
             thereof
             ▪
             this
             hath
             been
             put
             in
             practice
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             of
             them
             have
             had
             good
             success
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             and
             bad
             at
             another
             .
             Now
             my
             experience
             and
             my
             judgement
             is
             this
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             it
             is
             best
             to
             raise
             them
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             March
             ,
             or
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             April
             .
          
           
             The
             wayes
             for
             it
             are
             various
             and
             strange
             ,
             and
             one
             mans
             judgment
             differeth
             from
             another
             ,
             in
             this
             more
             than
             any
             other
             thing
             which
             is
             practical
             in
             a
             Garden
             .
             I
             cannot
             stand
             to
             dispute
             ,
             but
             take
             my
             following
             experience
             for
             your
             directions
             .
          
           
             At
             that
             time
             as
             I
             told
             it
             is
             best
             to
             raise
             them
             ,
             then
             make
             a
             hot
             bed
             of
             hors
             dung
             ,
             in
             manner
             (
             as
             I
             told
             you
             )
             for
             Cucumbers
             ,
             but
             let
             it
             be
             something
             higher
             ,
             and
             something
             thicker
             ,
             at
             the
             top
             thereof
             if
             you
             lay
             some
             bran
             it
             would
             be
             much
             the
             better
             ;
             so
             done
             ,
             get
             the
             finest
             earth
             that
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             cover
             the
             bed
             with
             it
             two
             inches
             thick
             or
             more
             ,
             supporting
             of
             it
             from
             tumbling
             down
             (
             as
             I
             told
             you
             of
             the
             Cucumber
             beds
             )
             then
             get
             your
             glasses
             ,
             and
             see
             how
             many
             of
             them
             will
             stand
             conveniently
             upon
             the
             bed
             ,
             then
             clap
             them
             down
             ,
             the
             rim
             of
             them
             makes
             a
             mark
             ,
             within
             that
             circle
             put
             a
             dozen
             or
             more
             of
             seeds
             ,
             after
             the
             bed
             hath
             stood
             a
             day
             and
             
             been
             covered
             with
             litter
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             meantime
             the
             seeds
             being
             steeped
             in
             milk
             ,
             then
             set
             the
             glasses
             over
             them
             ,
             lay
             litter
             between
             them
             ,
             and
             over
             them
             ,
             and
             round
             the
             bed
             ,
             and
             mats
             upon
             bended
             poles
             over
             that
             ,
             be
             watchfull
             the
             second
             and
             third
             day
             that
             the
             bed
             be
             not
             too
             hot
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             be
             ,
             then
             take
             away
             the
             litter
             from
             the
             sides
             ,
             and
             make
             holes
             also
             in
             the
             sides
             to
             let
             out
             the
             steem
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             is
             qualified
             that
             it
             be
             not
             over-hot
             ,
             then
             lay
             the
             litter
             there
             again
             ,
             about
             the
             fourth
             day
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             so
             ordered
             ,
             the
             seed
             cometh
             up
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             come
             up
             sooner
             it
             seldom
             holdeth
             ,
             and
             if
             it
             lieth
             much
             longer
             it
             seldom
             cometh
             up
             at
             all
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             passe
             that
             the
             seed
             come
             up
             (
             as
             was
             said
             )
             give
             the
             plants
             a
             little
             air
             once
             a
             day
             ,
             not
             by
             taking
             of
             the
             glasses
             clean
             away
             ,
             but
             by
             lifting
             up
             of
             one
             side
             of
             them
             for
             an
             hour
             or
             two
             ,
             or
             such
             a
             matter
             ,
             which
             will
             give
             them
             a
             green
             colour
             ,
             and
             stay
             them
             for
             spending
             of
             their
             spirits
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             After
             the
             plants
             have
             been
             a
             fortnight
             sprung
             up
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             probable
             that
             they
             may
             seem
             to
             decay
             or
             stand
             at
             a
             stay
             ,
             the
             reason
             is
             ,
             because
             they
             want
             that
             supply
             of
             heat
             which
             the
             bed
             did
             afford
             to
             them
             before
             ,
             because
             it
             hath
             stood
             long
             ,
             and
             the
             heat
             is
             qualified
             ;
             the
             cure
             is
             to
             get
             new
             hors-dung
             and
             litter
             one
             amongst
             another
             ,
             and
             lay
             very
             thick
             against
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             bed
             ,
             then
             under
             every
             glasse
             thrust
             down
             a
             small
             stick
             to
             the
             bottom
             of
             the
             bed
             ,
             the
             use
             of
             it
             is
             to
             let
             up
             the
             heat
             and
             steem
             which
             is
             at
             the
             bottom
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             the
             new
             laid
             dung
             and
             litter
             have
             infused
             in
             up
             ,
             at
             those
             holes
             into
             the
             glasses
             ,
             which
             doth
             warm
             ,
             moisten
             and
             revive
             the
             plants
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             The
             plants
             having
             stood
             here
             a
             moneth
             ,
             and
             preserved
             with
             this
             care
             ,
             then
             prepare
             beds
             or
             ridges
             to
             transplant
             them
             in
             ,
             as
             followeth
             .
             First
             ,
             Let
             the
             place
             be
             extraordinary
             warm
             ,
             sheltered
             from
             all
             winds
             ;
             then
             make
             your
             beds
             thus
             ;
             Get
             hay
             and
             litter
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             trench
             some
             half
             a
             foot
             deep
             and
             a
             yard
             wide
             ,
             then
             lay
             the
             litter
             or
             hay
             therein
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             may
             be
             half
             a
             foot
             thick
             ;
             this
             done
             ,
             get
             new
             hors-dung
             ,
             so
             much
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             raise
             it
             two
             foot
             in
             height
             above
             the
             litter
             ridg
             fashion
             ;
             that
             done
             ,
             get
             sticks
             of
             a
             yard
             long
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             as
             big
             as
             a
             walking
             cudgel
             ,
             drive
             them
             into
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             bed
             at
             a
             yard
             distance
             ,
             so
             low
             
             that
             there
             be
             but
             a
             hands
             breadth
             appear
             above
             the
             dung
             ;
             this
             observed
             ,
             cast
             the
             earth
             that
             licth
             by
             against
             the
             sides
             of
             the
             bed
             ,
             then
             riddle
             fine
             mould
             ,
             and
             lay
             it
             atop
             at
             a
             hands
             breadth
             in
             thickness
             ,
             lay
             a
             little
             straw
             thinly
             upon
             this
             bed
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             evening
             after
             transplant
             your
             Million
             plants
             four
             and
             four
             together
             thereon
             ,
             and
             observe
             that
             they
             be
             set
             round
             those
             sticks
             ,
             as
             I
             told
             you
             of
             ,
             and
             a
             glass
             over
             each
             parcel
             of
             plants
             ,
             upon
             your
             glasses
             lay
             straw
             or
             mats
             made
             a-purpose
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             The
             plants
             thus
             planted
             out
             ,
             they
             are
             there
             to
             remain
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             stirred
             any
             more
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             ,
             especially
             in
             the
             governing
             of
             them
             afterwards
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             consider
             three
             things
             ;
             the
             first
             is
             ,
             That
             they
             have
             air
             once
             a
             day
             ,
             and
             covered
             again
             at
             nights
             ;
             let
             not
             the
             glasses
             be
             took
             quite
             away
             ,
             but
             be
             moved
             up
             on
             one
             side
             ,
             while
             such
             time
             as
             the
             Million
             vines
             grow
             too
             great
             for
             the
             glass
             ,
             then
             you
             may
             take
             them
             away
             in
             some
             part
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             and
             set
             them
             over
             the
             fruit
             in
             the
             night
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             Watering
             is
             not
             the
             least
             thing
             to
             be
             considered
             in
             it
             ,
             both
             as
             for
             the
             time
             ,
             manner
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             substance
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             best
             time
             to
             do
             it
             in
             ,
             is
             in
             the
             morning
             soon
             after
             the
             Suns
             approaching
             ;
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             is
             not
             to
             pour
             it
             all
             over
             the
             plant
             with
             a
             watering
             pot
             ,
             as
             some
             do
             ,
             but
             to
             put
             it
             in
             a
             hole
             ,
             or
             holes
             by
             the
             root
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             may
             soak
             leisurely
             carrying
             an
             earthly
             substance
             with
             it
             ;
             the
             water
             also
             must
             have
             the
             substance
             of
             Pigeons-dung
             ,
             and
             hors-dung
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             standing
             in
             tubs
             in
             the
             ground
             ,
             so
             that
             the
             Sun
             may
             have
             power
             upon
             it
             to
             qualifie
             the
             coolness
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             clarifie
             that
             unnatural
             property
             that
             it
             hath
             in
             it
             for
             the
             advancing
             of
             such
             a
             pulse
             as
             Millions
             ,
             that
             delight
             only
             in
             heat
             and
             moisture
             .
             The
             third
             is
             ,
             That
             they
             be
             gelded
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             to
             nip
             off
             the
             leaves
             and
             fruit
             that
             spring
             very
             thick
             leaving
             but
             half
             as
             much
             as
             Nature
             commonly
             putteth
             forth
             upon
             every
             vine
             ;
             the
             end
             that
             this
             is
             done
             for
             ,
             is
             to
             cause
             the
             fruit
             to
             come
             to
             perfection
             the
             sooner
             which
             remaineth
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             have
             it
             the
             larger
             and
             ripe
             the
             sooner
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             ordinary
             wayes
             of
             raising
             Musmillions
             ,
             or
             as
             I
             may
             more
             fitly
             say
             ,
             the
             principle
             things
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             yet
             there
             remains
             in
             each
             principle
             many
             particulars
             ,
             which
             
             when
             time
             shall
             serve
             I
             shall
             treat
             of
             at
             large
             :
             in
             the
             mean
             space
             take
             these
             plain
             and
             serious
             truths
             ,
             as
             you
             shall
             find
             them
             if
             they
             be
             put
             in
             practice
             .
          
        
         
           
             Onions
             .
          
           
             I
             may
             not
             stand
             to
             multiply
             words
             where
             necessity
             requires
             not
             ;
             I
             suppose
             that
             Onions
             are
             so
             well
             known
             that
             there
             are
             few
             people
             that
             need
             any
             directions
             for
             the
             vulgar
             way
             of
             raising
             of
             them
             ,
             yet
             there
             is
             matter
             of
             consequence
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             the
             raising
             of
             them
             for
             profit
             and
             greatness
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             particular
             I
             will
             speak
             a
             word
             or
             two
             .
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             consider
             the
             quantity
             of
             seed
             ,
             and
             the
             quality
             of
             the
             ground
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             stiff
             it
             requireth
             the
             more
             seed
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             sown
             the
             sooner
             ;
             if
             it
             be
             light
             ,
             the
             latter
             and
             the
             lesser
             quantity
             of
             seed
             will
             serve
             :
             to
             guide
             you
             the
             better
             therein
             ,
             ten
             pound
             soweth
             an
             acre
             for
             large
             Onions
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             hoed
             with
             hoes
             of
             three
             inches
             in
             breadth
             ,
             so
             that
             every
             Onion
             may
             have
             six
             inches
             compass
             to
             grow
             in
             :
             The
             season
             for
             sowing
             of
             them
             in
             ,
             is
             the
             first
             full
             Moon
             in
             March
             ;
             another
             season
             is
             to
             sow
             them
             the
             first
             full
             Moon
             in
             August
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             may
             be
             Scalions
             by
             the
             next
             Easter
             ,
             but
             they
             never
             serve
             for
             dry
             Onions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Purslane
             .
          
           
             I
             may
             say
             of
             this
             as
             Culpepper
             saith
             of
             Saffron
             in
             the
             
               English
               Physician
            
             ,
             pag.
             328.
             
             It
             is
             well
             known
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             generally
             where
             it
             groweth
             :
             Now
             I
             say
             of
             Purslane
             ,
             if
             you
             know
             it
             not
             already
             ,
             and
             would
             willingly
             have
             it
             ,
             then
             purchase
             the
             seed
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             obtain
             your
             desire
             ,
             by
             ordering
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             followeth
             :
             At
             May
             day
             ,
             or
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             make
             a
             bed
             of
             dung
             a
             foot
             high
             ,
             of
             a
             yard
             in
             breadth
             ,
             as
             long
             or
             as
             short
             as
             you
             please
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             quantity
             as
             you
             would
             have
             of
             them
             :
             Get
             then
             some
             riddled
             mould
             ,
             and
             lay
             thereon
             near
             half
             an
             inch
             in
             thickness
             ;
             so
             done
             ,
             cast
             the
             seed
             therin
             with
             a
             little
             mould
             upon
             it
             ,
             so
             that
             it
             doth
             no
             more
             than
             cover
             it
             ;
             if
             the
             season
             be
             dry
             after
             it
             ,
             then
             water
             it
             ,
             the
             seventh
             day
             it
             usually
             comes
             up
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             it
             must
             be
             continually
             watered
             every
             evening
             ,
             and
             by
             June
             it
             will
             be
             fit
             to
             be
             cut
             ;
             these
             directions
             will
             well
             serve
             if
             they
             be
             duly
             observed
             ,
             for
             
             the
             raising
             of
             it
             in
             its
             naturall
             season
             for
             salletting
             :
             but
             for
             the
             producing
             of
             it
             early
             or
             late
             ,
             and
             for
             planting
             of
             it
             for
             pickling
             ,
             I
             shall
             passe
             at
             this
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Parsley
             .
          
           
             Parsley
             is
             sown
             of
             the
             seed
             in
             March
             ,
             it
             delighteth
             in
             a
             rich
             ground
             ,
             and
             continueth
             even
             the
             longest
             of
             all
             seeds
             before
             any
             of
             it
             cometh
             up
             ,
             but
             after
             it
             hath
             gotten
             above
             the
             ground
             ,
             it
             prospereth
             so
             ,
             that
             the
             more
             you
             cut
             it
             the
             better
             it
             groweth
             ;
             the
             second
             Spring
             after
             it
             is
             sown
             it
             runneth
             to
             seed
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             it
             usually
             dieth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Parsnips
             .
          
           
             To
             speak
             any
             thing
             for
             the
             sowing
             and
             governing
             of
             a
             small
             quantity
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             altogether
             needlesse
             ,
             seeing
             hardly
             any
             Countrey
             man
             is
             without
             them
             in
             his
             Garden
             .
             For
             the
             ordering
             of
             a
             great
             quantity
             ,
             take
             it
             in
             short
             thus
             ,
             viz.
             four
             pound
             of
             seed
             soweth
             an
             acre
             ,
             then
             guide
             the
             quantity
             of
             seed
             by
             your
             ground
             at
             this
             rate
             .
             Now
             the
             manner
             of
             sowing
             of
             it
             is
             severall
             ,
             for
             some
             sow
             the
             ground
             before
             they
             dig
             it
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             light
             and
             sandy
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             do
             not
             approve
             of
             :
             The
             best
             way
             is
             to
             sow
             it
             after
             the
             ground
             is
             digged
             ,
             when
             it
             lieth
             as
             rough
             as
             may
             be
             possible
             ,
             then
             the
             seed
             may
             be
             covered
             the
             better
             :
             if
             the
             ground
             be
             stiff
             and
             wet
             ,
             then
             lay
             it
             as
             smooth
             as
             you
             can
             before
             it
             is
             sown
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             To
             cleanse
             these
             Parsnips
             from
             weeds
             after
             they
             be
             come
             up
             ,
             it
             is
             better
             to
             do
             it
             with
             a
             hoe
             than
             to
             weed
             it
             by
             womens
             hands
             ,
             for
             when
             they
             are
             hoed
             it
             taketh
             away
             the
             Parsnips
             where
             they
             be
             too
             thick
             ,
             which
             doth
             as
             much
             hurt
             as
             weeds
             ,
             considering
             they
             have
             not
             room
             to
             grow
             one
             by
             another
             ,
             it
             also
             looseneth
             the
             earth
             ,
             when
             weeders
             would
             beat
             it
             down
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             the
             harder
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             is
             more
             ,
             an
             acre
             of
             Parsnips
             will
             be
             hoed
             three
             times
             for
             the
             price
             that
             it
             will
             be
             weeded
             once
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Peas
             of
             all
             sorts
             .
          
           
             Which
             are
             usually
             planted
             are
             these
             ,
             the
             hasting
             Spur
             and
             the
             ordinary
             Hasting
             ,
             the
             sugar
             Peas
             ,
             the
             blew
             Rousewell
             and
             the
             grey
             Rousewell
             ,
             the
             sanddige
             Peas
             ,
             and
             the
             bunch
             Peas
             :
             for
             to
             treat
             of
             all
             these
             in
             particular
             is
             needless
             as
             to
             the
             manner
             :
             the
             times
             of
             planting
             of
             them
             differ
             ,
             to
             have
             them
             early
             or
             late
             ;
             to
             have
             forward
             Peas
             ,
             plant
             them
             at
             Alhollentide
             or
             before
             in
             this
             manner
             ;
             when
             the
             ground
             is
             digged
             then
             hoe
             up
             ridges
             at
             two
             foot
             distance
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             tops
             of
             those
             ridges
             make
             drills
             with
             one
             corner
             of
             your
             hoe
             ,
             therein
             cast
             the
             Peas
             in
             pretty
             thick
             ,
             because
             the
             winter
             following
             the
             cold
             ,
             mice
             and
             worms
             will
             be
             apt
             to
             destroy
             them
             :
             the
             reason
             why
             I
             counsell
             you
             to
             sow
             them
             on
             the
             tops
             of
             such
             ridges
             is
             ,
             because
             they
             should
             lye
             dry
             and
             warm
             ,
             for
             all
             kind
             of
             forward
             Peas
             delight
             in
             hot
             and
             dry
             soyl
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             Take
             notice
             ,
             that
             Peas
             must
             be
             hone
             betwixt
             the
             chases
             the
             first
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             time
             the
             earth
             and
             weeds
             must
             be
             raised
             up
             about
             them
             with
             the
             hoe
             :
             there
             is
             much
             more
             belongeth
             to
             the
             planting
             of
             Peas
             for
             the
             guiding
             of
             great
             quantities
             for
             profit
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             very
             well
             acquainted
             with
             ,
             but
             too
             much
             engaged
             to
             treat
             of
             now
             .
          
        
         
           
             Potatoes
             .
          
           
             They
             are
             not
             known
             in
             the
             South
             parts
             of
             England
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             North
             parts
             they
             are
             planted
             in
             poor
             and
             rich
             mens
             Gardens
             ,
             for
             the
             goodness
             that
             they
             yeeld
             to
             their
             tables
             in
             the
             winter
             when
             no
             other
             roots
             are
             to
             be
             had
             ;
             in
             Ireland
             they
             are
             so
             generall
             and
             so
             common
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             saw
             any
             man
             that
             had
             land
             and
             habitation
             there
             but
             that
             he
             had
             store
             of
             Potatoes
             for
             his
             use
             ,
             and
             those
             which
             plant
             them
             for
             profit
             have
             twenty
             or
             thirty
             acres
             of
             them
             ,
             more
             or
             less
             according
             to
             their
             abilities
             .
          
           
             It
             were
             needless
             for
             me
             to
             set
             down
             the
             order
             of
             planting
             of
             them
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             not
             generally
             to
             be
             put
             in
             practice
             ,
             for
             I
             have
             not
             seen
             of
             them
             but
             in
             those
             places
             which
             I
             named
             ,
             and
             it
             were
             vanity
             for
             me
             to
             give
             them
             directions
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Pumpkins
             .
          
           
             Are
             known
             of
             most
             Countrey
             people
             ,
             and
             I
             may
             say
             that
             there
             are
             few
             of
             them
             but
             would
             have
             great
             and
             sound
             Pumpkins
             if
             they
             took
             this
             advice
             ;
             about
             May
             day
             or
             a
             little
             before
             ,
             make
             a
             bed
             of
             Cow
             dung
             and
             Swines-dung
             ,
             of
             a
             foot
             high
             and
             three
             or
             four
             foot
             in
             breadth
             ,
             and
             as
             long
             as
             you
             please
             ,
             lay
             thereon
             so
             much
             earth
             as
             will
             raise
             it
             an
             inch
             higher
             ,
             then
             prick
             in
             your
             seeds
             afoot
             one
             from
             another
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             may
             have
             room
             to
             grow
             ,
             then
             lay
             a
             little
             chaff
             atop
             of
             the
             bed
             for
             keeping
             of
             the
             ground
             and
             the
             plants
             moist
             ,
             and
             when
             the
             plants
             are
             come
             up
             ,
             water
             them
             with
             such
             water
             as
             standeth
             by
             a
             dunghill
             once
             or
             twice
             a
             week
             ,
             this
             done
             I
             hope
             by
             Michaelmas
             that
             you
             will
             have
             Pumpkins
             as
             big
             as
             a
             Kilderkin
             of
             Beer
             ,
             and
             being
             baked
             and
             well
             buttered
             is
             good
             chear
             .
          
        
         
           
             Radish
          
           
             If
             I
             should
             enter
             upon
             every
             particular
             of
             what
             belongeth
             to
             the
             raising
             of
             Radish
             ,
             to
             have
             them
             young
             and
             good
             nine
             moneths
             in
             the
             year
             ,
             it
             would
             take
             up
             a
             large
             discourse
             ,
             which
             I
             will
             pass
             ,
             for
             I
             hope
             you
             are
             well
             acquainted
             with
             the
             manner
             ,
             so
             I
             will
             only
             put
             you
             in
             mind
             of
             the
             seasons
             :
             first
             to
             have
             them
             early
             ,
             sow
             them
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             February
             ,
             if
             frost
             and
             snow
             hinder
             not
             it
             will
             prosper
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             have
             good
             Radishes
             by
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             April
             if
             the
             ground
             be
             rich
             and
             forward
             ,
             so
             they
             maybe
             sown
             every
             moneth
             after
             till
             July
             ,
             for
             the
             having
             of
             them
             fresh
             and
             young
             one
             under
             another
             :
             another
             season
             is
             to
             sow
             them
             in
             September
             for
             to
             have
             them
             in
             March.
             Let
             so
             much
             suffice
             .
          
        
         
           
             Spinage
             .
          
           
             Smooth
             and
             prickly
             ,
             are
             both
             so
             well
             known
             I
             need
             but
             name
             it
             :
             this
             herb
             may
             be
             sown
             in
             as
             many
             seasons
             as
             I
             told
             you
             of
             the
             Radish
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             prosper
             very
             well
             in
             good
             earth
             ,
             it
             would
             be
             often
             cut
             after
             it
             is
             come
             up
             ,
             else
             it
             runneth
             to
             seed
             presently
             if
             it
             be
             sown
             in
             the
             Spring
             time
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             much
             better
             to
             sow
             it
             in
             September
             ,
             for
             then
             it
             is
             checkt
             of
             its
             high
             growth
             ,
             and
             isready
             to
             be
             eaten
             in
             sallets
             when
             others
             are
             a
             sowing
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Skarots
             .
          
           
             It
             may
             be
             they
             have
             some
             other
             name
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             am
             not
             mistaken
             ,
             
               Gravous
               Marcom
            
             calls
             them
             Creases
             ,
             in
             his
             Book
             entituled
             
               The
               whole
               Art
               of
               Husbandry
            
             .
             If
             you
             know
             them
             not
             by
             neither
             of
             these
             names
             ,
             you
             may
             know
             them
             by
             this
             ,
             they
             have
             roots
             resembling
             Parsnips
             ,
             many
             of
             them
             upon
             one
             head
             and
             as
             big
             as
             a
             mans
             middle
             finger
             ;
             the
             branches
             that
             spring
             from
             it
             are
             much
             like
             those
             of
             Creases
             ,
             running
             upto
             two
             foot
             high
             or
             more
             ,
             whereon
             the
             tops
             groweth
             tufts
             of
             small
             brown
             seed
             something
             longish
             :
             of
             the
             seed
             or
             the
             slip
             Skarots
             are
             raised
             ,
             of
             the
             seed
             it
             is
             difficult
             ,
             and
             long
             before
             it
             cometh
             to
             perfection
             ,
             therefore
             I
             shall
             not
             trouble
             you
             with
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             :
             to
             set
             them
             of
             the
             slip
             ,
             it
             is
             done
             in
             March
             ,
             and
             placed
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             rich
             ground
             :
             first
             know
             what
             the
             slip
             is
             that
             is
             taken
             from
             the
             head
             of
             the
             root
             ,
             where
             many
             of
             them
             are
             set
             together
             upon
             white
             strings
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             and
             set
             in
             such
             ground
             and
             such
             times
             as
             I
             told
             you
             ,
             at
             a
             foot
             distance
             ,
             each
             plant
             being
             kept
             hoed
             afterward
             ,
             at
             two
             years
             end
             they
             may
             be
             taken
             up
             in
             great
             roots
             and
             reserved
             to
             be
             eaten
             ,
             for
             they
             are
             the
             best
             of
             all
             others
             either
             boyled
             or
             baked
             in
             Pies
             ,
             the
             slips
             or
             suckers
             may
             be
             set
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sorrell
             .
          
           
             The
             Garden
             kind
             is
             for
             many
             Kitchin
             uses
             ,
             it
             is
             sown
             in
             the
             Spring
             time
             in
             any
             ordinary
             earth
             ,
             and
             it
             will
             prosper
             very
             well
             without
             any
             further
             care
             :
             I
             only
             name
             it
             because
             I
             would
             not
             have
             the
             Kitchin
             Garden
             without
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Small
             Suckory
             .
          
           
             This
             differeth
             not
             much
             from
             the
             Indian-Suckory
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             is
             much
             smaller
             ,
             and
             not
             so
             sharp-pointed
             leaves
             ,
             and
             the
             tast
             is
             not
             so
             bitter
             .
             I
             shall
             wave
             the
             manner
             of
             the
             ordering
             of
             it
             ,
             because
             that
             discourse
             of
             Indian-Suckory
             may
             very
             well
             serve
             for
             this
             .
          
        
         
           
             Turnips
             .
          
           
             Be
             white
             and
             yellow
             ,
             the
             ordering
             of
             them
             is
             one
             :
             the
             seasons
             for
             sowing
             of
             them
             in
             ,
             is
             in
             
               March
               ,
               April
            
             and
             June
             ,
             
             those
             that
             are
             sown
             in
             the
             two
             first
             moneths
             ,
             require
             a
             hot
             ,
             sandy
             and
             a
             light
             ground
             ,
             those
             that
             are
             sown
             in
             June
             desireth
             a
             stiff
             clayey
             ground
             rather
             than
             a
             ight
             :
             now
             all
             that
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             the
             doing
             of
             this
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             ground
             be
             not
             over-seeded
             ;
             the
             just
             proportion
             that
             good
             ground
             will
             have
             of
             good
             seed
             ,
             is
             after
             the
             rate
             of
             three
             pound
             in
             an
             acre
             ,
             and
             they
             must
             be
             hoed
             with
             a
             six
             inch
             hoe
             after
             they
             have
             sprung
             up
             to
             a
             reasonable
             heighth
             ,
             three
             hoings
             serves
             for
             one
             crop
             sufficiently
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tongue-Grass
             .
          
           
             Or
             Pepper-Grass
             ,
             I
             think
             others
             call
             it
             Smallage
             ,
             it
             is
             something
             like
             Parsly
             at
             its
             first
             springing
             ,
             but
             of
             a
             lighter
             green
             colour
             ,
             afterward
             it
             shooteth
             up
             with
             many
             small
             stalks
             ,
             and
             the
             tops
             thereof
             be
             set
             with
             many
             white
             Flowers
             ,
             which
             leaves
             store
             of
             red
             seed
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             be
             suffered
             to
             scatter
             cometh
             up
             naturally
             ;
             this
             herb
             when
             it
             is
             young
             is
             used
             in
             fallets
             and
             hath
             a
             mighty
             hot
             biting
             taste
             :
             for
             the
             raising
             of
             it
             ,
             you
             need
             but
             commit
             it
             to
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             it
             groweth
             ,
             and
             flowereth
             ,
             and
             seedeth
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             seed
             falleth
             it
             springeth
             again
             of
             it self
             without
             any
             more
             trouble
             .
          
           
             Now
             I
             have
             done
             here
             with
             the
             nature
             of
             plants
             and
             their
             propagation
             by
             seed
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Conclusion
           .
        
         
           I
           Shall
           (
           as
           it
           fits
           the
           Work
           and
           the
           place
           )
           conclude
           my
           Treatise
           upon
           the
           working
           of
           Nature
           and
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           seed
           Royall
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           workings
           of
           Nature
           (
           as
           God
           hath
           created
           and
           decreed
           it
           to
           stand
           )
           Man
           is
           in
           respect
           of
           properties
           and
           motions
           no
           less
           than
           a
           little
           World
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           write
           down
           those
           properties
           and
           motions
           ,
           for
           if
           I
           did
           then
           my
           Conclusion
           would
           be
           larger
           than
           my
           Book
           ;
           but
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           I
           find
           that
           if
           a
           man
           could
           rightly
           know
           himself
           he
           might
           comprehend
           all
           things
           else
           in
           the
           Creation
           ,
           yea
           the
           Creator
           himself
           ;
           all
           wise
           men
           witness
           this
           truth
           against
           such
           as
           are
           Atheists
           either
           in
           opinion
           or
           practice
           ,
           who
           hold
           such
           a
           sleepy-headed
           conceit
           ,
           that
           the
           
           Creation
           was
           from
           eternity
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           things
           comes
           from
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           .
           For
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           make
           known
           to
           the
           weakness
           of
           our
           capacity
           how
           it
           was
           created
           ,
           but
           they
           that
           are
           Atheists
           believe
           not
           the
           Bible
           ,
           then
           let
           them
           learn
           how
           to
           confute
           or
           confirm
           these
           observations
           following
           .
        
         
           
             Canst
             thou
             behold
             any
             building
             or
             artificial
             work
             so
             rare
             ,
          
           
             But
             presently
             conclude
             that
             the
             band
             of
             an
             Artificer
             was
             there
             ?
          
           
             Canst
             thou
             see
             the
             Earth
             so
             great
             ,
             the
             Firmament
             so
             wide
             ,
          
           
             The
             Ocean
             Seas
             how
             they
             ebb
             and
             flow
             by
             time
             and
             tide
             ?
          
           
             But
             presently
             in
             thy
             faithless
             heart
             confess
             and
             say
             ,
          
           
             That
             this
             great
             work
             was
             undone
             on
             one
             day
             ;
          
           
             Till
             one
             by
             Wisdom
             ,
             Glory
             ,
             Power
             and
             Strength
          
           
             Formed
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             and
             the
             Earth
             at
             the
             length
             ,
          
           
             And
             by
             his
             Wisdom
             and
             Love
             created
             each
             living
             creature
             ,
          
           
             He
             is
             the
             true
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             principal
             of
             Nature
             :
          
           
             And
             so
             canst
             thou
             change
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Cornation-seed
          
           
             Into
             a
             hurtfull
             ,
             stinking
             Hemlock
             weed
             ?
          
           
             Then
             herein
             Gods
             Laws
             thou
             maist
             plainly
             see
             ,
          
           
             That
             his
             work
             must
             be
             acknowledg'd
             in
             each
             Herb
             ,
             Flower
             and
             Tree
             :
          
           
             Thus
             God
             that
             was
             and
             is
             ,
             by
             his
             Creation
             we
             him
             know
             ;
          
           
             And
             man
             that
             was
             his
             work
             him
             still
             doth
             show
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           They
           say
           ,
           that
           all
           things
           come
           by
           the
           course
           of
           Nature
           :
           True
           ,
           But
           by
           whom
           had
           Nature
           its
           beginning
           ?
           I
           answered
           you
           that
           before
           ;
           yet
           to
           know
           this
           better
           ,
           look
           on
           the
           greatest
           Oak-tree
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           Acorn
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Acorn
           is
           ,
           so
           was
           once
           the
           Oak
           ,
           and
           how
           an
           Acorn
           did
           contract
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           earth
           into
           its
           nature
           to
           bring
           it
           into
           so
           great
           a
           growth
           man
           knoweth
           not
           ,
           but
           man
           knows
           it
           is
           so
           :
           so
           by
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           nature
           of
           one
           plant
           and
           the
           perfection
           thereof
           ,
           I
           easily
           conceive
           the
           whole
           universal
           world
           had
           a
           beginning
           by
           a
           higher
           principle
           than
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           God.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           They
           cannot
           be
           convinc'd
           what
           keepeth
           Nature
           still
           awork
           :
           To
           understand
           this
           consider
           ,
           when
           once
           the
           simple
           Atheists
           eyes
           first
           saw
           the
           witty
           inventions
           of
           man
           in
           making
           of
           Clocks
           and
           Engines
           ,
           thou
           couldst
           not
           tell
           the
           
           cause
           of
           their
           going
           ,
           till
           thou
           wast
           shewed
           the
           weights
           that
           went
           in
           a
           privy
           place
           by
           opening
           of
           the
           door
           unto
           thee
           ,
           then
           thou
           diddest
           understand
           the
           cause
           :
           so
           it
           would
           be
           with
           thee
           ,
           if
           the
           God
           of
           wisdom
           would
           draw
           the
           Curtains
           of
           the
           skies
           ,
           then
           the
           door
           would
           be
           opened
           where
           thou
           maist
           plainly
           see
           Gods
           weight
           of
           eternal
           glory
           ,
           which
           setteth
           the
           whole
           course
           of
           Nature
           awork
           :
           Thus
           wise
           men
           discern
           one
           thing
           by
           another
           :
           then
           thou
           dull
           spirited
           man
           ,
           humble
           thy self
           for
           thy
           lack
           of
           wisdom
           and
           reason
           ,
           and
           for
           thy
           too
           much
           ignorance
           ,
           and
           lay
           thy
           mouth
           in
           the
           very
           dust
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           bringeth
           me
           to
           my
           last
           reason
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Propagation
             of
             the
             Seed-Royal
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             all
             sensible
             and
             unsensible
             creatures
             doth
             increase
             by
             that
             seed
             which
             is
             in
             it self
             :
             Now
             the
             Seed-Royal
             is
             mans
             seed
             only
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             that
             union
             which
             is
             in
             election
             to
             be
             partaker
             of
             with
             the
             Godhead
             :
             But
             first
             understand
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             natural
             body
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             a
             spiritual
             body
             ,
             which
             maketh
             but
             one
             man
             ,
             they
             being
             united
             together
             ,
             for
             the
             spiritual
             body
             must
             dwell
             in
             the
             natural
             body
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             fit
             the
             Spirit
             should
             rule
             Nature
             its
             dwelling
             place
             :
             But
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             the
             natural
             body
             keepeth
             the
             spiritual
             a
             prisoner
             in
             one
             corner
             of
             the
             house
             ,
             for
             fear
             he
             should
             bring
             him
             to
             the
             study
             and
             obedience
             of
             heavenly
             principles
             ,
             then
             he
             should
             be
             took
             off
             the
             caring
             and
             coveting
             for
             the
             corrupt
             things
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             then
             Satans
             kingdom
             would
             be
             destroyed
             .
             There
             is
             also
             a
             natural
             seed
             ,
             and
             a
             spiritual
             ;
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             body
             is
             that
             which
             Nature
             breedeth
             in
             the
             secret
             members
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             propagated
             by
             the
             sowing
             of
             it
             in
             the
             secret
             womb
             of
             its
             mother
             the
             flesh
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             entereth
             into
             the
             troublesom
             world
             ,
             it
             is
             nursed
             up
             with
             the
             fruits
             of
             its
             mother
             Nature
             :
             Now
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Spirit
             is
             that
             which
             is
             given
             a
             man
             to
             improve
             in
             the
             mind
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             bred
             in
             the
             soul
             and
             understanding
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             propagated
             by
             the
             sowing
             of
             it
             in
             the
             treasure
             of
             the
             heart
             ,
             and
             nursed
             up
             with
             the
             fruits
             of
             its
             Mother
             the
             Church
             ,
             then
             a
             man
             must
             fence
             it
             with
             faith
             ,
             plant
             it
             with
             reason
             ,
             dressing
             of
             it
             with
             diligence
             ,
             watering
             of
             it
             with
             grace
             ,
             watching
             of
             it
             with
             patience
             ,
             sheltering
             of
             it
             with
             care
             ,
             weeding
             of
             it
             with
             the
             sword
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             protecting
             of
             it
             with
             prayer
             ,
             looking
             
             for
             the
             increase
             thereof
             with
             a
             lively
             hope
             ;
             this
             done
             ,
             the
             seed
             of
             the
             Spirit
             will
             grow
             up
             and
             bring
             forth
             fruit
             to
             perfection
             ,
             then
             he
             might
             gather
             it
             with
             the
             hand
             of
             truth
             ,
             dispose
             of
             it
             with
             the
             eye
             of
             charity
             ,
             set
             forth
             the
             goodnesse
             of
             it
             with
             the
             tongue
             of
             praise
             ;
             this
             mans
             person
             is
             cloathed
             with
             righteousness
             and
             adorned
             with
             holiness
             ,
             his
             heart
             is
             full
             of
             wisdom
             ,
             his
             lips
             utter
             knowledge
             ,
             his
             ears
             encline
             to
             understanding
             ,
             his
             desires
             and
             his
             deserts
             are
             the
             fullness
             of
             love
             ,
             his
             feet
             walketh
             in
             the
             way
             of
             peace
             ,
             and
             at
             his
             end
             he
             shall
             be
             translated
             into
             the
             Heaven
             of
             Heavens
             ,
             before
             the
             blessed
             and
             beatifical
             sight
             of
             the
             glorious
             Trinity
             ,
             and
             there
             receive
             an
             immortal
             Crown
             ,
             with
             power
             to
             rule
             in
             unity
             and
             love
             ,
             and
             to
             rest
             with
             Saints
             and
             Angels
             in
             joy
             and
             glory
             to
             all
             eternity
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           ALPHABETICAL
           TABLE
           Of
           all
           the
           Plants
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Treatise
           ,
           being
           the
           Garden
           of
           Pleasure
           .
        
         
           
             FLOWERS
             .
          
           
             
               A
            
             
               AMorantus
               ,
               p.
               7
            
             
               Anstartium
               indecom
               ,
               8
            
             
               Angulshenelus
               ,
               9
            
             
               African
               ,
               32
            
          
           
             
               B
            
             
               BAchelors-Buttons
               ,
               10
            
             
               Bee-flower
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Balm
               of
               Christ
               ,
               11
            
             
               Bears-ears
               ,
               12
            
             
               Bell
               flowers
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               C
            
             
               CAterpillars
               ,
               46
            
             
               Crows-foot
               ,
               13
            
             
               Crokus
               ,
               14
            
             
               Cranes-Bill
               ,
               15
            
             
               Cullenbines
               ,
               16
            
             
               Crown-Imperial
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Corn-flag
               ,
               18
            
             
               Cornation-Gilliflowers
               ,
               19
               ,
               to
               27
            
             
               Clove
               Gilliflowers
               ,
               27
            
             
               Couslips
               ,
               28
            
          
           
             
               D
            
             
               DAyses
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Daffodillies
               ,
               29
            
             
               Dragons-claws
               ,
               30
            
          
           
             
               E
            
             
               EMrose
               ,
               31
            
             
               Everlasting-pea
               ,
               33
            
             
               Everlasting
               life
               ,
               34
            
          
           
             
               F
            
             
               FLower-deluce
               ,
               34
               ,
               35
               ,
               36
            
             
               Flower
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               37
            
             
               French-marigold
               ,
               ib
            
             
               French-pinks
               ,
               38
            
             
               Foxes-glove
               ,
               39
            
          
           
             
               G
            
             
               GLobe-flower
               ,
               40
            
             
               Green
               Couslips
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               H
            
             
               HOlly-hock
               .
               41
            
             
               Hearbit
               ,
               42
            
             
               Humble-plant
               ,
               43
            
             
               Hearts-ease
               ,
               44
            
          
           
             
               I
            
             
               JErusalem-Couslips
               ,
               45
            
             
               Indian-wheat
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
           
           
           
           
             
             
               L
            
             
               LIllies
               ,
               46
               ,
               47
            
             
               Larks-heel
               ,
               48
            
             
               London-pride
               ,
               49
            
             
               Lupins
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Ladies-thistle
               ,
               50
            
             
               Love
               in
               idle
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Ladies-liveries
               .
               51
            
             
               Ladies-smocks
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
            
             
               MArmadel
               deparve
               ,
               52
            
             
               Muscabions
               ,
               53
            
             
               Monks-hood
               ,
               54
            
             
               Marle-flower
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               N
            
             
               NUrssusus
               ,
               55
            
          
           
             
               O
            
             
               OXslips
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Oak
               of
               Paris
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               P
            
             
               PIonies
               ,
               56
            
             
               Primrose-tree
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Princes-feathers
               ,
               57
            
             
               Poppies
               ,
               58
            
             
               Pinks
               ,
               59
            
             
               Purple-primrose
               ,
               60
            
             
               Pawmers
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               Q
            
             
               QUeens-gilliflower
               ,
               61
            
          
           
             
               R
            
             
               ROse-campions
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Rose-rubee
               ,
               62
            
             
               Rocket-flower
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
            
             
               STock-gilliflowers
               ,
               63
               ,
               64
            
             
               Snap-dragons
               ,
               65
            
             
               Sweet-Williams
               ,
               66
            
             
               Scarlet-beans
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Snails
               ,
               67
            
             
               Snow-drops
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Start
               up
               and
               kiss
               me
               ,
               68
            
             
               Sensitive
               plant
               ,
               73
            
          
           
             
               T
            
             
               TVlips
               ,
               68
               ,
               to
               72
            
             
               Thrift
               .
               73
            
             
               Turkey-caps
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               V
            
             
               VIolets
               ,
               74
            
          
           
             
               W
            
             
               WAll-gilliflowers
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Table
             of
             the
             Trees
             .
          
           
             
               A
            
             
               APricock
               ,
               75
            
             
               Almonds
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               B
            
             
               BAy-tree
               ,
               76
            
             
               Box
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               C
            
             
               CIprus
               .
               ib.
               
            
             
               Creeping-vine
               .
               79
            
          
           
             
               F
            
             
               FIg-tree
               ,
               77
            
             
               Figs
               of
               India
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               
               Filleroy
               ,
               78
            
          
           
             
               G
            
             
               GEsamits
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               H
            
             
               HOliander
               ,
               79
            
             
               Horn-fig-tree
               ;
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               L
            
             
               LAurel
               ,
               80
            
             
               Lowary
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Lowrex
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Lorestinus
               ,
               81
            
             
               Lignae
               vitae
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
            
             
               MIrtil-trees
               ,
               82
            
          
           
             
               O
            
             
               ORangr-trees
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               P
            
             
               POmgraenate-tree
               ,
               83
            
             
               Peach-trees
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Perriwinkle
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
            
             
               SWeet-bryar
               ,
               84
            
          
           
             
               T
            
             
               TAmarus
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               The
               Gillierose
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               The
               Province-rose
               ,
               85
            
             
               The
               Cinamon-rose
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               V
            
             
               VInes
               ,
               86
               ,
               87
            
          
        
      
       
         
           An
           Alphabetical
           TABLE
           of
           all
           the
           Plants
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Treatise
           ,
           being
           the
           Physical
           and
           Fruitfull
           Garden
           .
        
         
           
             HERBS
             .
          
           
             
               A
            
             
               ANgelica
               ,
               88
            
             
               Alieompane
               ,
               89
            
             
               Alexander
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Annis
               ,
               90
            
             
               All-hail
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               B
            
             
               BAres-britch
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Balm
               ,
               91
            
             
               Basyl
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Blessed-thistle
               ,
               ib
               :
            
             
               Bares-foot
               ,
               92
            
             
               Buglos
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Burridge
               ,
               93
            
             
               Blood-wort
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Burnat
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Betony
               .
               94
            
          
           
             
               C
            
             
               CAmomil
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Comfrey
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Cives
               ,
               95
            
             
               Cammel-beg
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Chervil
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Carrawayes
               ,
               96
            
             
               Clary
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Ceursemary
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               
               Cummin
               ,
               97
            
             
               Coriander
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Celandine
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               D
            
             
               DRagons
               ,
               98
            
             
               Dill
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               E
            
             
               EVat
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               F
            
             
               FEtherfew
               ,
               99
            
             
               Fennel
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               French-honey-suckles
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               French-mallows
               ,
               100
            
          
           
             
               G
            
             
               GRomwell
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Gladin
               ,
               101
            
             
               Gooses-tongue
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Garmander
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Garlick
               ,
               102
            
          
           
             
               H
            
             
               HOrse-redish
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Herb-grasse
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Horehound
               ,
               103
            
             
               Hyssop
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Housleek
               .
               104
            
          
           
             
               I
            
             
               JErusalem-sage
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               K
            
             
               KIngs-mallows
               ,
               105
            
             
               Kapons-tails
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               L
            
             
               LOvage
               ,
               106
            
             
               Liquorish
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Lavender-Cotton
               ,
               107
            
             
               Lavender-spike
               ,
               108
            
             
               Lavender-slip
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Lemon-time
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
            
             
               MAllows
               ,
               109
            
             
               March
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Madrath
               ,
               110
            
             
               Marygolds
               ,
               111
            
             
               Mother-wort
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               N
            
             
               NIp
               ,
               112
            
          
           
             
               O
            
             
               ORpin
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               P
            
             
               PEpper-wort
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Pot-margerum
               ,
               113
            
             
               Prick-madam
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Purple-grasse
               ,
               114
            
             
               Penny-royal
               ,
               115
            
             
               Poppey
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               R
            
             
               ROsemary
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Roman-sage
               ,
               116
            
             
               Rubarb
               ,
               117
            
          
           
             
               S
            
             
               SParemint
               ,
               118
            
             
               Saffron
               ,
               119
            
             
               Sage
               ,
               120
            
             
               Summer
               savoury
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Setterwort
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Stone-crop
               ,
               121
            
             
               Shalot
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Sweet
               Maudlin
               ,
               122
            
             
               Scurvy-grass
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Sweet
               fern
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Sweet-covey
               ,
               123
            
             
               Sweet
               Margerum
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               
               Sweet
               Oak
               .
               124
            
          
           
             
               T
            
             
               TAragon
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Time
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Tansie
               ,
               125
            
          
           
             
               V
            
             
               VAlaren
               ,
               125
            
          
           
             
               W
            
             
               WOrmwood
               ,
               126
            
             
               Winter-savoury
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             Table
             of
             Trees
             .
          
           
             
               B
            
             
               BArberry
               ,
               127
            
          
           
             
               C
            
             
               CVrrants
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               G
            
             
               GOosberries
               ,
               128
            
          
           
             
               M
            
             
               MVlberries
               ,
               ib.
               
            
          
           
             
               Q
            
             
               QUinces
               ,
               129
            
          
           
             
               R
            
             
               RAsberries
               ,
               ib.
               
            
             
               Roses
               ,
               130
            
          
           
             
               S
            
             
               SAvin-tree
               ,
               131
            
             
               Strawberry-tree
               ,
               132
            
          
        
      
       
         
           The
           Alphabetical
           Table
           of
           all
           the
           Herbs
           ,
           Roots
           and
           Pulse
           contained
           in
           the
           Kitchin
           Garden
           .
        
         
           
             A
          
           
             ARtichoaks
             ,
             134
          
        
         
           
             B
          
           
             BEets
             ,
             135
          
        
         
           
             C
          
           
             COwcumbers
             ,
             136
          
           
             Colliflowers
             ,
             137
          
           
             Cabidges
             ,
             138
          
           
             Carrors
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Corn-sallet
             ,
             139
          
        
         
           
             E
          
           
             ENglish
             Beans
             ,
             140
          
        
         
           
             F
          
           
             FRench
             Beans
             ,
             ib.
             
          
        
         
           
             G
          
           
             GOards
             ,
             139
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           
             INdian
             suceory
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Jerusalem
             Artichoaks
             ,
             ib.
             
          
        
         
           
             K
          
           
             KIdney
             Beans
             .
             141
          
        
         
           
           
             L
          
           
             LEttice
             ,
             141
          
           
             Leeks
             .
             142
          
        
         
           
             M
          
           
             MIllions
             ,
             ib.
             143
             ,
             144
          
        
         
           
             O
          
           
             ONions
             ,
             146
          
        
         
           
             P
          
           
             PVrslin
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Parsley
             ,
             147
          
           
             Parsnips
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Peas
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             148
          
           
             Potatoes
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Pumpkins
             ,
             149
          
        
         
           
             R
          
           
             RAdish
             ,
             ib.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
          
           
             SParrow-grasse
             ,
             134
          
           
             Spinage
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Skarots
             ,
             150
          
           
             Sorrel
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Small
             Suckory
             ,
             ib.
             
          
        
         
           
             T
          
           
             TVrnips
             ,
             ib.
             
          
           
             Tongue-grasse
             .
             151
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A28337-e650
           
             A
             cunning
             invention
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Ordering
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Of
             Kinds
             .
          
           
             Names
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             Season
             .
          
           
             Of
             slips
             .
          
           
             Colour
             .
          
           
             Grafting
             .
          
           
             Of
             Sent.
             
          
           
             Divers
             wayes
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             Gilli
             .
             flowers
             .
          
           
             Various
             things
             .
          
           
             Continuanee
             .
          
           
             Nature
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             experiment
             .
          
           
             Propagating
             .
          
           
             Seasons
             of
             great
             force
             
          
           
             The
             worthiness
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             Reasons
             why
             .
          
           
             Ordering
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             Of
             sorts
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             Another
             season
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Of
             planing
             .
          
           
             Of
             place
             .
          
           
             Experiments
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             names
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Setting
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             The
             Dignity
             .
          
           
             Seed
             .
          
           
             Of
             flowering
             at
             certain
             Seasons
             .
          
           
             Of
             planting
             .
          
           
             The
             time
             .
          
           
             The
             place
             
          
           
             How.
             
          
           
             Alterations
             .
          
           
             Experiments
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Of
             raising
             .
          
           
             Time.
             
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Divers
             kinds
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             3.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             name
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Care
             in
             propagation
             .
          
           
             1.
             
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Preservation
             .
          
           
             The
             nature
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             Preservation
             .
          
           
             Another
             sort
             of
             Wall.
             flowers
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Raising
             .
          
           
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             A
             question
             .
          
           
             Answer
             .
          
           
             Of
             alteration
             .
          
           
             Other
             sorts
             .
          
           
             Observations
             .
          
           
             Industry
             .
          
           
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Ordering
             .
          
           
             The
             names
             and
             kinds
             .
          
           
             Of
             planting
             .
          
           
             Observations
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             Various
             descriptions
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Raising
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             Of
             planting
             .
          
           
             Of
             Kinds
             .
          
           
             Sowing
             .
          
           
             Transplanting
             .
          
           
             Experiments
             .
          
           
             Kinds
             .
          
           
             Preparetions
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             Easie
             way
             
          
           
             Of
             slips
             .
          
           
             Planting
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Ordering
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             
          
           
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Ordering
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Of
             raising
             .
          
           
             Double
             sorts
             .
          
           
             Of
             nature
             .
          
           
             The
             art
             of
             doubling
             .
          
           
             Natures
             fancy
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Propagation
             .
          
           
             The
             increase
             .
          
           
             Profit
             .
          
           
             Descrit
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Of
             names
             .
          
           
             Colour
             .
          
           
             Suckers
             .
          
           
             Colour
             altered
             .
          
           
             Disputes
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Grafting
             
          
           
             Of
             Seed
             .
          
           
             Removing
             
          
           
             Ofsent
             .
          
           
             Crossing
             of
             Nature
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
           
             Descrip
             .
          
        
         
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .
          
           
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             .