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Show The ordering of the Kitchen Garden, » I withfugar. Rampion rootes area kinde of Sallet sea bin ee ml be vyled tender, and eaténcold with vinegar and pepper. On pet : ° . cb . ia growth, and while itis young eaten eytheralone, orw aE par et as ° ner reas it is of aftrong tafte to themthat are not accuftomed thereunto, a on argh: wh ftrangers. Rocket is of the fame hature and qualitie, but a ech i ¢: they are both foweninthe Spring: and rife, feede and dyet . me y sl atragonis an herbe of as ftrong atafte as eyther Rocketor Creffes, it abi et sit % eth hor etety yéarey nor’yet gincthripe feede (as far'as euer could bee foun wi . = any yet but maketh{ufficient increafe withinthe ground,{preading his a 7 ee i) wayoff. Muftard is acommon fawce bothwith fith and ere thefee . a (and no part of the plant befides)is well knowne howto be vied being grown fe ae one I thinke knoweth. The rootes of horfe Radifhlikewife pe en Muftard, is-vfed both of ftrangets and our owne nation, as favs ce for a Tan ie “is great vfe,almoft with all manner of perfons in the Spring Sg RS is pi ally planted of therootesthen otherwife ;’ for in thatthe rootes {prea aoe aa they maybe eafily taken away, witheut any hurt tothe reft of the au ee thoughitbe more Vfed in winein the Summertime then any wayclfc,yetitis li ‘v4 t made 2 fallet herbé'with many ,to amend the hai fh or weak rellith of fome other herbs, Skirrets are better to befowenofthe feed then planted fromthe roots, aud will comé on more fpeedily,and be fairer rdotes : they are'as often eaten cold asa Sallet, a boyledand the pith taken out, as ftewed with butter and eaten warme.Let not io ey and Fenell be forgotten‘among yourother Sallet herbes,wherof I hane {peken before, and therefore need fay no more of them. The flowers of Marigolds pickt cleane fiom the heads,and pickled vp againft winter,make an excellent Sallet when no flowers ate to be had in’a garden. Cloue Gilloflowerslikewife preferued or pickled vp inthe fame mannet(whichis/Iratwim fuperfiratum,a lay offowers,and then ftrawed ouer with fine dry and poudered Sugar, and fo lay afterlay ftrawed oucr, votill the pot bee fe meanetokcépe them ih,and after filled vp or couered ouer with vinegar) makea Salle nowadayes inthe higheft efteeme with Gentles and Ladies of the greateft note : the plantingand ordering of them’ bothis fpoken of feuerally in their proper places. Goates bearbethat groweth in Gardens only, aswell as that which groweth ra Medowes,&c. bearing a yellow flower, are vied as aSallet, the rootes beeing nhWh and pared areeaten cold with vinegar,oyleand pepper; orelfe ftewedwith a eaten warmeasSkirrets, Parfneps &c. Andthus haue you here ict downe ae moft vfuall Sallets are vfed inthis Kingdome: I fay the moft vfuall or thatare ae vpin Gardens; for [know there are fome other wilde herbes and rootes,as pee Ma &c. but they arevfed‘onely of ftrangers, and of thofe whofe curioficie fearcheth o the whole worke of natureto fatisfie their defires, Cuapr.VIL Of diners Phyficall herbes fit tobeplanted in Gardens, toferue Sor the efpeciall vfes of a farsilie. He thus fhewed youall the herbes that are moft vfually planted ip . F ny a fewother gat or MM that Kitchen Gardens for ordinary vfes, let mee alfo adde are alfo nourfed vp by manyintheir Gardens, te preferue health, *helpe to cure fuch {mall difeafes as are often within the compatie of the Gent] cwor mens skils, who,to helpe their owne family, and their poore neighbours that are farre il remote from Phyfitians and Chirurgions, take much paines both to doe BONA a them, andto plant thofe herbes that are conducing rorheirdefires. And alt ai «I doe recite fomethat are mentioned in other places, yerI thoughr it meeteto eee The orders:g ofthe Kiutchen Garden oe i . . ‘Pty ° 7 Ti 471 , , and then dyeth, Rueor Herbe grac eis a ftrong hetbe,yetvied inward agaififtthe plagueasan Antidote with ly Figsand Wall-nuts, and helpeth muc h againgt windy bodi “It -give fee es: outwardly it isvfedto bee layd e to the wreftes of the hands, to dritj away agucs : itismore v{ually plan e longiftharpefroftes kill it nor, Dragted of flips'then raifed from feede. and abideth ons being diftilledare heldto be gou any cuill thing fromthe heart : they d to expel] are altogethexplanted ofthe rootes, Setwall, Valerian; or Caponstayle; the herbe often, bur the roote much bette r,is viedtopronoke fweating, therebyto expell euill vapours that might annoy the heart: jt is only plan ted of ‘the rootes when they aretaken vp, andt he young replanted. Afarabacca. the leauesare often vfedto Procure vomi ting being ftamped,and the ftrained inice toa lit= tlequantitic, purinto'a draught ofal e and drunke, thereby toeafe the ftom acke of many cuill and groffe humours that there lye and offend it 5 diners alfotaketheleaues androotes alittle boyled in wine, witha little fpice added thereunto, tocxpell both tertian and quartan agues:: the roores of our Englith growing is more auaileable for thele purpofesthen any outlandifh : itis plan it{pring offeede. Mafterwort commeth fome ted by the roote 3 for Icould never fee whatneere in Propertie vnto Angelica and befides very effetftiallto difperfe wind ein the bodie, whether ofthe cditicke oF otherwife ; as alfo very profitabl¢to:comfortin all cold caufes: it yeeldeth feede. but yctis more vfually planted from the rootes being parted. Balmeis a cordial herbe both in {mell and tafte, and is wholly vied for thofe purpofes, that isto comfort the heart being diftilled into water either fimp le or com pound,orthe herbe dryed and Wed °ivir is feref the rootes being parted{be cauf obferue.) Camomill is acommon herbe'well knowe it giveth nofeedethateverI could alleyes;in walkes, and onbankesto fit on, fort ne, and is planted oftherootes in hatt fed downe in dry weather, the clofer it growerh, he mereit istroden on, and prefandthe betterit will thrine: the yfe thereof isvery much, bothtowarme and comf ort, and to eafepaines being applyed outwardly after many fathions: the decoétio alfo n ofthe flowers prouoketh {wear, andthey are muchvied againft agues. Feat erfe w isan hérbe of greatex.yle for women then for men, to diffolue flatulenror windy humo the mother: fome'vfe to taketheiuice thereof indr urs, which caufeth the paines of inke foragues: itis as well fowen of thefeede as planted of therootes, Co mary is vied among thofe herbes that are Pitino ale to caufe it hane a goodrellifi, and to be fom ewhat phyficall inthe moneth of May; and doth helpe to preuoke vrine: itis fer ofth rootes being parted. ae i sheld to bea principal! g20d herbetoopen and clea e nfet he liuer,and for that purpote vied many wayes, asin ale, intanfies,and in brot hs &c.the feed alfo is vied,and fois theherbe alfo fometimes, to kill the wormesin chil dren Planted alfoof the feparated rootes. Caffidonie ié a fimal: it is fowen ofthe feede,and fering both in forme and qualitie : itis much vfed for l kinde ofLauender,but dif: the headto eafe paines thereof, allo put among otherthin gs to purge melancholickedifeafe : iris fowe s n of feede, and abideth nora winter valeffeit bee well defended yand yet hardly giucth ripe feede #aine withvs. Smallageisagrear opening herbe, and much more then eytherParfley etFenell, and the raotes of themall are often vfed together medi in cines: itis fowen of fede; and willnot bee wanting in a Garden if once you fuffer itto fow it felfe, Catdys Benedidtus, or the Bleffed Thiftle, is much vfed inthe time of anyin fection or Plagieya salforo expellany cuill fymptomefromthe heart atall other tink s.Iris vfed likewife to be boyled in poffer drink,& given tothemth at have an ague,to help rocure Itby {weating or otherwife. Iris viually {owenof feed and , dyeth whenit hath giuen: Red. WinterCh errics arelikewife nurfed vpin diners gardens , for that their propertie Sto giue helpe tothemthatare troubled eyther with the {toppingor heateof theiry- Mne:the herbe and berries are often diftilled,but the berries alone are more often vfed: Neritis once planted in.a garden it will runne vader eround, & abide well enough, ‘lgadinc is heldto bee good for theiaundife, it is muchviedfor to cleere dim ther the iuice or the water dropped into them: it is {owen of {cede, and being eyes, once broughe into a garden, will hardly beweededout , rhe feede that theddeth will fo fow ber themaltogetherin one place. “Aggclica, Melfe, and therefore fome cornerina garden isthe fitteft place for it, infectious or contagious difeafes, whether youwill difti!l the waterof the here di. 'SMoreto be found ia our Countrey Gardens thenthe Indian fort : the leaves ofboth garden kinde, is fo good an ia that there is mo partthereof butis of much vfe,the and all cordiall and preferuatine tt) , Preferue or candic the rootes or the greene ftalkes, or vfe the fecd* in Eee ae Rillations, ordecoét ions with other things: itis fowen offeede, and will abide v", Tabacco is of Wo forts,and both vfed to be planted in Gardens,yetthe Englith kinde (as itis called) {orts indifferently, thatis, ofeyther of whichis next at hand, being ftamped and boys Rr z gd |