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Show 2 — Theorderingof the Garden ofFleafure. The ordering of the Garden of Plea/ure. garden fhould be,let melikewife aduife you whereit fhould n@t be, at leat thatit isth wort place wherein it may be, if it be either onthe Welt or Eaft fide of yourhonfe, o, tharitftandin < 2 >. 3 th te nm ] = - mo , : : , amoorifh ground, or other =o ynwholfome . ayre : (for many1a" both fruit herbes, and flowersthat are tender, participate with the ayre , taking ina manner their chiefeft thriuing from thence) or neare any common Lay-ftalles, or common Sew ; or elfeneareany g great Brew-houfe, Dye-houfe, ute, or anyy otherplace plac wherethere rerethereisic much ich {fmoake, whether it be of ftraw, wood, or efpecially of fea-coales, whichof all other: the wort, as our Citic of London cangiue proofe {ufficient. wherein neither berbeas tree will long profper, nor hath doneeuerfince the vfe offea. coales beganneto bee fa quent therein. Andlikewife that itis much the worfe, ifit bee neare vnto any Bartcdel Stackes of corne or hey , becaufethat from thence will continually with the winde b brought intothe garden theftrawe andchaffe of thecorne theduft and feede ofth he to choake er pefter it. Next vnto the place or fituation, let meefhew you the a “d or foyles forit, eyther naturall orartificiall No man will deny, | ; fiblaci mouldsiisiciis sea is not only the fatteftandricheft, coisa innbiy but Rol farre ae ex elec anyOther ce either naturall acao iciall,a “And Next thereunto, hold the fandy loa g andL yetirme, (which is light UCHAS fir butnotloofe as fand, nor coRift like ahcaeb or ftifte aa vi slay tle inferiour for this our Garden ofpleafure , forthat it d 4 af i tulboesd berous rooted plants to thrine finfficiently therein. as ek Rofes, &c. whichifit itstay Trees, thall deca foonebe helped with olga yb by ae as likewife all other flower-plants auch turning and working nts out the heart o abie manure of horfes, being 1s old well andalmoft t urned j conuerted arp eulctyof them o, to mould. Other ground -é ; eee fand, erauell,es or cla auireliich belpes 9s ecg4 fede ounds,as chalke, —- than other ; and therefore doe 5 duftic, themanureof ftall fedde beafts a 3 ? es that are ouerdry,loofe,ant earth, and whenwill) itiswell thorough foyle ofhorfes rottenaie (whi fe being buried ce twice or trenched into th thetime that the ftabt fonthe heateandtodrineffeofthem, So contrariwif ‘ » Is the beft foyletotempe or cold grounds, giuethem heateand life, ¢ B Butofiallee clay isthe other n very worfort forts ofgrounds, heieiiers the fife US purpof his c; for that al: compaile ofyour Garden, car ry it away,andbringore,on ae digge out the while of, se fill vpthe place,yet Od mould.in the ftead there the nature of tharclay will lea eat e ouc o the hea is fo preSomi ic wil ssenid eat d Ominnane ant,that ar rt of ,that in in a {mall the {mall titime goo d neare vnto it : fothatto bring it a 5 and ertit to its Owne nature or vet' thereon, by bringing intoire y good, thereconu muft bee continual labour? J mobdnigtin noe good ftore ofchalke lime, orf: ror ica-coales (whiItchis S n o r the beft for this e ¢ 9 or land ; orelfeathes eytherol it. Andasthis ftiffe clay isthe worft; fo nia ground ) well mixed and turned in with setae iETeOR, is nea reft vnto it in badnef fe eee in Wint er, and cate of the yeare hath cothemuch cleauing and happi nfumed the moyfture ther, asalfo the itiffeand »,whiWhicch: h dworki o . a 1 . ftiffe, but a: a ae ing therein : but ifth foytleof horfes» wil mixe wit fand ot-oicing ofthe clay bee not t00 be Wil l i hel pea well an thed fma ll driftinhg or cha pping at on. old me 2» tO be plentifully nd { ad neec ed tome certaine yeares,if eto have{ ome ir maybe. bef i Dreakethechalk e finallandtl : n eh e mixe n dtog c ether ;thn a«than wh; E deththe more care, labour, and coftto bee beftowed thereon , both to erderit rightly, & foto preferueit fromtimeto time: for no artificialor forc’t ground can endure good any long time, but that withina few yearesit muft be refrefhed moreor leffe, according as it dotlyrequire. Yet you fhall likewife vnderftand,that this Garden ofpleafure ftored with thefe Out-landith flowers; that is, bulbous and tuberous rootedplants, and other fine flowers, that I haue hereafter defcribed, and affigned yntoit, needeth not fo much offo often manuting with foyle, &c. as another Gardenplanted with the other forts of Englifliflowers; ox a Garden ofordinary Kitchin herbes doth. Your ground likewife for-this\Garden had neede to bee well cleanfed from all annoyances (that may hinder the well doing or profpering ofthe flowers therein) as ftones, weedes , toetes oftrees, buflies, 8c. and all other things cumberfome orhurtfull ; and therefore the earth being not naturally fine enough ofit felfe, is vfedto bee fiftedtomakeitthe finer, and that either through a hurdle madeoffticks, or lathes, or through fquare or round fieues platted with fine aad {trongthin ftickes, or with wyers inthe bettome. Or elfe the whole eatth of the Garden being courfe, may becaft in the fame mannerthat men vfeto try or fine fand from grauell, that is, againft a walls whereby the courfer and moreftony,falling downe fromthe fine, is to betaken away from the foote of theheape, thefiner {and and groundremainingftill aboue, and onthe heape. Or elfe in the want ofa wallto caft it again{t, I haue feene earth finedbyit felfe in this manner : Hauing madethe floore or vpper part ofa large plat ofground cleane from ftones, &c. lettherea teafonable round heape offine earth befet in the midft thereof, or in fteadthereofa large Garden flowerpot, or other great pot, the bottome turned vpwards, and then poure yourcourfe earth onthetop orhead thereof, oncfhouell full after another fomewhat gently, and thereby all the courfe ftuffeand ftones will falldowneto the bottome round about the heape, which muft continually be carefully taken away , andthus you may make yourearth as fine as ifitwere caft againft a wall, the heape being grownegreat, {eruing in ftead thereof. Thofe that will not prepare their groundsin fome ofthefe erage pew fhall foonefindetotheir loffethe negleé thereof: for the trafhand ftones fhall fo hinderthe encreafe of their roots, thatthcy will he halfe loft inthe earth among the ftones, which elfe might be faued to ferueto plant wherefoeuer they pleafe. Chap. II. The frame or forme of «Garden of delight and pleafare, with thefeucrall varieties thereof. Lthough many men muft be content with any plat ofground, of what formeot Ase focuerit bee, more orleffe, for their Garden , becaufea morelarge of conuenient cannot bee had totheir habitation: Yet I perfwade my felfe, that Gentlemen of the better fort and quality, will pronide fuch a parcell of ground to bee Jaid out for their Garden, and in fuch conuenient manner, as may be ficand anfwerable tothe degreethey hold. Toprefcribe one forme for euery man to follow, were too great prefumption andfolly : for euery man will pleafe his owne fancie, according to the extent he defigneth outfor that purpofe, be it orbicular or round, triangularor three {quare, quadrangularor foure {quare, or mote longthan broad. Iwill onely thew you herethe feuerall formesthat many men hane taken and delighted in, lec euery man chufe whichhimliketh beft, or may moft fitly agree to that proportion ofgroundhee hathfee outforthat purpofe. The orbicular or round formeis held in it owne properexiftence to bethemoft abfolute forme, containing within it all other formes whatfoeuer; but few hotany better manure to foyl thereo C whic i e h dothe : f, alwa :e Pt .o he mo an , dt oace gi o compyfantuyre ue he are thefe moift ground eeathecolar yi ny ; S, oe aNd Ns alf oto.So caufenit al the well mollif abi y and grauelly o: ) Sorthe fandyan d gr om cor ch mmia alet ta endnd bee a whit No tbe al ts Cat an fo tel d to he l bw ch alkic ground emiex selic eee: Tect Red.thereiato sand for tk — s Pread thereon,andafte ia and fomea clay to betwel l G ee plepasend onrtu iorn G, that the leffe tich or mo 2 re bar “ten ren th thase t yo ya urtigrec ouondpa is, i pe the sa recn nee ed: deth I thinke will chufe fucha proportion tobe ioyned totheir habitation, being not accep- ted any whereI think, but for the generall Garden to the Vniuerfity at Padoa.Thetri- angularor three {quareis fuch a formealfo,asis feldome chofen by any thatmay make another choife, and as I thinke is onely had where another forme cannot be had, necefficie conftraining themto betherewith content. The foure {quare forme is the moft vfually accepted with all, and doth beft agree to any mans dwelling,being(as I faid before) behinde the houfe,all thebacke windowes thereof opening intoit. Yctif it bee longer thanthebreadth, or broader than the length, the proportion of walkes , {quares, and knots may be foon broughttothe {quare forme,andbe {o caft, asthe beauty thereof — Az S |