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Show The orderingofthe Garden ofPlea/ure. : Lbe ordering of the Garden of Pleajure. —— of thofe that make them an Ornament for which doth adde an nee alfopleafurein are of manyforts , but diuided into two ef peciall their wearing. ai : are tuberous Sevens. , khickeand kindes . the oneFlowerdeluces bearing leafe likea flagge , whofe rootes mee Cuar, V. fhort (onckindeof thenv being the Orris rootes that are fold ac the Apothccaries, The nature and names ofthofe that are called‘Ufually Englilb flowers: whereof fweete powders are made to lyeamonggarments)the other nae — rootes likevato Onions, and narrowlong leaues fomewhatlike graffe: Of both t fe kindestheteis muchvariety, efpecially intheir colours. The greater Flagge kinde is frequent enoughand difperfed inthisLand , and well doth ferueto decke vp both a Garden and Houfe with natures beauties : But the chiefe of allis your Sable flower, fo fit for a mourning habit, that I thinke in the whole compaffe of natures ftore, there is not a morepatheticall, or of greater correfpondency , horyet among all the Aowers I know any one comming neate vntothe colourefit. The other kinde which hath bulbous or Onion like rootes, dinerfifiethit felfe alfo into fo manyfine colours, being ofa moreneate fhapeandfucciné& forme thanthe former , that it muft not bee wanting to furnifh this Garden. The Hepatica or Noble Liuerwoortis another flower ofaccount, whereof fomeare white, others red, or blew, or purple, fomewhat ree fembling Violets, butthatthere are whitethreads in the middeft of their flowers, which addethe more grace vntothem ; and one kinde of themis fo double, thatitre- fembleth a double thicke Dafie or Marigold, but being {mall and of an excellent blew colour,is like vnto a Button : but that which commendeththe flower as muchas the beauty,is the carlineffe in fowring, for that itis one of the very firit flowers that open themfeluesafterChriftmas, euen inthemidft of Winter. ‘The Cyclamenor Sowe- breadisa flowerof rare receipt, becaufeit is naturally hard to encreafe, and tliat the flowers are like ynto red orbluth coloured Violets, fowring in theend of Summer or beginning of Autumne: the leaueslikewife hereofhaue no{mall delight in their plea- fant colour, being {potted and circled white vpon grecne, and that which moft prefer- rethit, is the Phyficall properties thereoffor women, which Iwill declare when I fhall thew youthe feuerall defcriptigns ofthe varieties in his proper place. Many otherforts offowers'there are fit to furnifh this Garden, as Leucoium or Bufbous Vio- let, bothearly and late fowring. Mufcarior Muske Grape flower. Starre flowers ofdi- uers forts. Phalangium or Spiderwort, the chiefe of many isthat fort whofe flowers ate like vnto a whice Lilly, Winter Crowfoote or Wolfes bane. The Chriftmasflow- erlike vntoa finglewhite Rofe. Bell flowers of many kindes. Yellow Larkes fjpurre, the prettieft howerofa {core ina Garden. Flower-gentleor Floramour, Flowerof the Sunne. ‘The Maruaile of Peru or of the world. Double Marth Marigold or dou: bleyellow Buttons, much differing and farre exceeding your double yellow Crowfoote, which fome call Batchelours Buttons. Double French Marigolds that {mell well, and isa greater kinde thanthe ordinary, andfarre furpafleth it. The double red Ranunculus or Crowfoote (farre excelling the mottglorious double Anemone) andis like vnto our great yellow double Crowfoote. Thus hauing giuen youthe ledge of fomeof the choifeft Aowers for the beds ofthis Garden, let mealfo knowthew you Wwhatare fitteft for your borders, and for your arbours. The lafminewhite and yellow. Thedouble Honyfockle. The Ladies Bower, both fingleand double, are thefitteft ofOutlandith plants to fet white,and red, and purple by arboursand banqueting houfes, that are open, both before and aboueto helpe to couerthem, fight, {mell, and delight. The forts ofRofes are fitteft for ftandardsand to giue both inthe hedges or borders. The Cherry Bay or Laurocerafus. The Rofe Bayor Oleander. The white andthe blew Syringa or Pipetree, areall gracefulland delightfull diftances in the borders ofknots; for fome ofthem giue beautifull to fet at feuerall and {weete flowers. The Pyracantha or Prickly Coral treedoth remaine with greene leauesall the yeare, and maybe plathed, or laid downe, ortyedto makea fine hedgeto border the whole knot, asis {aid before. The Wilde Bay or Laurus Tinus,doth chiefly defireto be theltered vndera wall,where it will beft thriue,and giuc you his beautifull dowers in WinSoy =a aligtt, oe pence ofhis fenced dwelling. The Dwarfe Bay or MefeSect sane ycither placed in the midft ofa knot, oratthe corners a’ong a walke forthe more grace. And thusto fit euery thereof, onesfancy, Thauefhewed youthe variety y ofof natu res ftorein 4 fomepart for youto difp ofel of them toyour belt content. ifpo evs: Da Cc HAPs "TL ssieco that haue beenevfually planted in former times in Gardetis of this Kingdome(whenasont forefathers knew few ornoneofthofe that arerecited before) haue by timeand cuftomeattained the name ofEnglith flowers, although the moft ofthem werenever naturallofthis ont Land, but brought in from other Countries at onc time or other, by thofethat tooke pleafure in them where they firft fawthem: and I doubtnor, butmany otherforts than hereare fet downe, or now knownetovs, haue beene brought, which either haueperifhed by their negligence of wantof ‘skillthat brought them, or elfe becaufethey could not abide our cald Winters ; thofe onely remaining with vs that haue endured of themfelues, and by their encreafing haue beenediftributed ouer the whole Land. If I thould make anylarge difcourfeof them, being fo well knownetoall, [doubt I fhould makea long tale to friall purpofe: J will thereforebutbricfly.recitethem, that you may haue them together in oneplace, with fomelittle declaration ofthe nature and quality of them,andfo paffe to other matters. And firft of Primrofes and Cowflips,whereofthere are many prettie varieties ; fome better knowne inthe Weft parts ofthis Kingdome , others in the North, than inany other, vntill of late being obferued by fomecurious louers ofvarieties, they haue been tranfplanted diuerfly, and fomademore common: for although wehaue had formerly in thefe parts about London greene Primrofes vfually, yet we neuer{aw or heard ofgreene Cowflips both fingleand double but of late dayes; and fo likewife for Primrofes to be both fingle and double from one roote, and divers vp©n oncftalke of diuets fafhions, Iam fure is not vfuall: all which defirerather to bee planted vnder fomehedge,orfence, or inthe fhade, thaninthe Sunne, Single Rofe Campions, bothwhite, red, and bluth, and the double red Rofe Campionalfois knowne fufficiently, and will abide moderate Sunneas well asthe thade, The fowet of Briftow or None-fuchis likewife another kinde of Campion, whereofthereis both white flowring plants and bluflias well 4s Orange colour, allof them being fingle flowers require a moderate Sunne and notthe fhadow: But the Orange colour None- Such with double flowers , asitis rareand not common, fo forhis brauery doth well deferue a Mafter ofaccountthat will take care to keepe and preferue it. Batchelours Buttons both whiteand red, arekindes of wilde Campions of avery double forme, and will reafonably welllike the Sunne but not the fhade. Wall-flowers are commion in euery Garden, as wellthe ordinaty doubleasthe fingle, andthe double kinde defireth no morefhade thanthefingle, butthe greater kindes both double and fingle muft hauetheSuane. Stock-Gilloflowers likewife arealmoft as common as Wall-flowers, efpecially the fingle kindes in euery womans Garden, but the double kindes are much more rare, and poffeffed but of a few, and thofe onely that will bee carefull to pre- ferue them in Winter ; for befidesthat the moft of them are more tendet, they yeeld no feedeasthe finglekindes doe to preferucthem,) although one kinde fromthe fowing of the feed yeeld double fowers : They will all require the comfort ofthe Sunne, ¢fpecially the double kindes, and to be defended from cold ,' yer foas inthe Summer they doe not want water whereinthey muchioy , and which is as it were their life. Queenes Gilloflowers (which fomecall Dames Violets, andfome Winter Gilloflow- ers, area kinde of Stock-Gilloflower) planted’ in’ Gardensto feruetofill vp the parts thereoffor want of better things, hauing in mihe opinion neitherfight not fent much to commend them. Violets are the Springs chiefe lowers for beauty, {mell, and vfe, bothfingle and double, the more thadieand moift they ftand thebette#: 'Shapdragon are flowers of much more delight,and in thatthey are more tender to keep, arid will hardly endure the tharpe Winters, viileffe they ftand well defended, are'fcarce feetie inmany'Gardens. Columbinesfingleand double, of many forts, fafhiions,and ¢6- lours, very variable both fpeckled-and party coloured, are flowers of thar refpect y as that no Garden would willingly bee without them,that couldtell how to hanetherm, yetthe rarer the flowers are, the moretroubleto kcepe; the ordinary fortson the con- trary |