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Show = The ordering of theGardenofPleafures The orderingop vinesparerovypdss i es within the knot, which if continually they be not pluckca vp, FellpoleAenink knorit felfe sand therefore oncein threeor foure yeares atthe moft, it muft betaken vp and new fet, orelfe it will grow too roynifh and cumberfome, Hyffope hath alfo been viedtobefet abouta knot,and being {weet, will ferue forftrew- ingsyas Germander: Butthis, although the rootes doe not runne orcreeplike it, yetthe ftalkes doe quickly grow great aboue ground, and dye often afterthefirftyea res fetting, whereby thegtaceof theknotwill be much loft, Marierome,Sauoric, and Thyme,in the likemannerbeitig fwecteherbes,arevfed to border vp beds and knots , andwillbe kepefora little while, withcutting, into fome conformity ; butall and euery of them ferué moft commonly but :for one yearesvfe, and will foone decayand perifh: and therefore none of thefe, nomorethan any of theformer, doe I commendfor agood “bordering herbeforthis purpofe. Lauander Cotton alfo beingfinelyflipped and iet,is ofmany, and thofe ofthe higheft refpett oflate daies, accepted,both forthe beautyand forme of the herbe,being ofawhitifhgreenemealy colour, for his fent fmelling fomewhat ftrong, and being cuerliuing and abiding greene allthe Winter,will, by cutting,be kept in as even proportion as any other herbe may be. This willlikewife foone grow great and ftubbed, notwithftanding the cutting, and befides will nowandthen perifhin fome places, efpecially if you doe nor ftrike or put offthe {now,before the Sunne lying vpon it diffolue it: The rarity & nouelty ofthis herbe, being for the moft part but inthe Gardens ofgreat perfons, dothcaufe itto-be ofthe greater regard,it mutt therforebe re- newed wholly cuery fecond or third yeare atthe moft, becaufe of the great growing therof.Slips of Iuniper or Yewarealfo receiued offome & planted, becaufethey areal wayes green,andthat the Iuniperefpecially hath nottharill fent that Boxe hath, which Iwill prefently commendynto you,yet both Iuniperand Yew will foon growtoo great and ftubbed , and force youtotake vp your knot fooner, than if it were plagted with Boxe, Whichlaftly, I chiefly and aboueallotherherbes commend vnto you,and being afmall, lowe, or dwarfe kinde,iscalled French or Dutch Boxe and ferueth very well to fet outany:knot, or border outany beds: for befides that itis euer greene, itbeing reafonable thicke fet, will eafily be cut and formedinee any fafhion one will, according tothe naturethettof, ow whicitistogr very flowly, and willnotina long time rifefobe of any heighe, but (hooting forth manyfmall branchés from the roote » Will grow very thicke, and yernorrequite fo great tending, nor fo:muchperith as any oftheformer,and isonely receiued into the: Gardens of ithofe that are curious. ‘This (as I beforefaid) I commend and hold tobee'the beft and fureft herbe to abide faiteand greene inall the bitter formes of the fharpeft Winter, andall the great heates anid droughts ofS and doth recompence the waht ofa good {weet fent with his freth ete ; es ie remadics oe ae oe Yetthefe inconueniencesit hath , that befides ing many mitlike, and yet is but fmall, therootes ofthis’ Boxe do fo much fpread themfelues into the ground of theknot, anddoe draw fr fe much nourifhment,thatit robberhall the herbesthat Low ne att f bc ae sap bi ftance, thereby making all the earth aboutit barren e atl ilett f ana ame to fhew youthe remedyofthis inconucnience offj readi os h Heyman? _ otis border , or:theherbes and flowers ‘ete kde reece onic ee ut vnto afew , which isthis’: Youthall take a broad Chefiill, which thruft downe righti pointe + viecon Pointed Iron like vneo aSlifeot theborderof Boxe meted #good depth all along the infide of » Youmay thereby cut away the fpreading roote ‘ thereof > which dtaw s his fo much moift of at i ure Tr from the oth C erherbes on the eiinfide, and preferue'your hetbes and i for thatthe Boxe wil Ibe nourithe dfuf £ ee all theother fides, And thus much ficiently e for iheec any knot. Nowfor _ om bars, and thatit mayftan mer,and ouer-cold for Winter, Others doe take Oakén inch beords,and fawingthem foure or fiueinches broad, do hold vp theit knot therewith : butiinthat thefe boordes cannotbee drawne compaffeinto any {mall {cantling ;: they muft ferue tatherfor long outright beds,or fuch kno:s as haueno rounds,halfe rounds,or compaffings in them. And befides, thefe boordesare notlonglafting, becaufe they ftand continually inthe weather, efpecially theends where they are faftned togetherwill fooneft rot and perifh, and fo the whole forme will be {poyled:. To preuentthatfault,fome others haue chofenthe fhankebones of Sheep, which after they haue beene well cleanfed and boyled, totake out the fat from them,are ftucke intothe ground the {mall end downez wards, and theknockle head vpwards; and thus-beingfet fide \to fide,or end to end clofe together, they fet out the whole knot therewith, which heads of bonesalthough they looke not whitethe firft yeare, yet after they haye;abiden {ome frofts and.heates will become white, and prettily grace outtheground;: butthis inconuenienceis-incident to them,that the Winterfrofts willraifethem out of theground oftentinies,and if by chance the knockle head ofany doe breake, or be ftrucke off -with any ones foot, &c. going by, from yourftore, that lyeth by you ofthe famefort , fet, another.in the place, hauingfirft taken away the broken peece: although thefe willlaftlong informe and order, yet becaufe they are but bones many miflike them.,: ahd. indeed I know. but few that vfethem. Tyles are alfo vfed by fome,,,which by reafon.they may bee brought compaile into any fafhion manyare plcafed with them, who.doe nottake the whole Tyleat length, but halfe Tyles, and other broken peecesfet fomewhat,deepe into the ground, that they may ftand faft,and thefe take vp butlittlcroome, and keepe yp the edge ofthe beds and knotsina pretty comely.manner, butthey are often'out of fratne, inthatmhany of them are brokenandfpoiled,both with mensfeete paffing by, the weather and weight of the earth beating them downe and breaking them,, but e+ {pecially the frofts in Winter doe fo cracke off their edges, both at the toppesand fides that ftand clofe one vato another, that they muftbee continually tendediand re paired,withfrefh and found ones putin the place ufstu.00.chatare broken or decayed, And laftly (for it is the lateft inuention) round whitifh or blewith pebble ftones,of fome reafonable proportion and bigneffe, neither too great nortealittle, haue beene vied by fometo befet, or rather ina manner but laide vpon the groundto fathion out thetraile or knot; or all along by the large grauelly walke fidesto {et outthe walke,and maketh a pretty handfome few, and becaufe the ftones will not decay with.theiniu- ries of any time or weather, and will be placed intheir places againe,ifany fhould be thruft out by any accident, as alfo that theirfight is {0 con{picuous.vpon the ground, efpecially ifthey be not hid with the ftore.ofherbesgrowingin the knot;is accounted both fordurability, beauty. ofthe fight, handfomneffe in the worke , and.cafe in the working and charge, to be of all other,dead materials the chiefeft, Andthus,Gen- tlemen , I haue fhewed. youall the varieties that know are vfed by any in our Gountrey, that aréworth the reciting (butasifor the fafhion of Iawe-bones, vied by fome in the Low: Countries, and other,places beyondthe Seas, being too grofleandbate, I make no mention ofthem).among whicheuery one may take what pleafech him beft, or may, mof ity; be had, or may beft agree with the ground or knot. Moreouer, alk thefeherbes that ferue for borderings, doe ferue aswell to be fet vponthe srqund ofa levelled knot; that is,wherethé allies and foot+pathesare ofthe fame lenell with the knot, as they may feruealfofor the raifed knot , thatis, where the beds of theknot are saifed higher than the allies : but both Leade, Boordes, Bones,and Tyles, are only for the raifed ground, beit knot or beds.. The pebble {tonesagaineare onely for thele- thedéad materials, ‘they are‘ alfo; as Leade, which fomethat arec urious doe bordertheir kno3 ts Withall, caufing it to be cut re fingers, bowing the lower edgea littleoutward, doth noteafily breake or {poile without muchiniury; and'keepethwpa knot forayery. long time in his due proportion : but inmy opinion; the Leadejisoner-hot for.Sum-. that itmay lye d the fafter,and makitiy — a delighecd ted ita fomeeckwho he h e ennh aue acco untefode ne dit ftat ely (atmen theesi ata Soly) leaf eeb t coft andthfitia no for ni the deires 7 at t,Decaufeitwill be bowed and bended into any round {quare, angu3 T proportion‘as one lifteth, andis Aotmuchto be mifliked,in that the Leade doth uelled ground, becatife they ate fo thallow,thatas I faid before, they rather lye vpon theearththamare thruft gay wayinto it. Allthisthat Lhaue here {etdowne, youmutt vaderftand.is proper for the knots alone of a Garden. But forto border the whole fquare or knot about, toferue as a hedge thereunto, euery one taketh whatlikethhim 4° beft ;as either Prinetalone, or fweete Bryer , and.white Thorneenterlaced together; and Rofes of one, or two, or moreforts placed here and there amongft them.... Some alfo take Lanander, Rofemary, Sage, Southernwood, Lauander Cotton, or fome fach other thing. Some againe plant Cornell Treessand plath them,or keepe them joie 3 |