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Show The order ingof the Garden ofPleafure. The ordering of the Gardenof Pleafure. : i loft, doe what one will. Larkes heeles, or {purres, or toes, as in anee ate called , exceed in the varietic of colours,both fingle and double,any ofthe formertimes ; for vntill of late dayes none of the moft pleafant C0lours were feencorheard of : but now the finglekindes are reafonable well difperft ouer the Land, yet the double kindes ofall thofe pleafant colours (and fome otheralfo as beautifull) which ftand like little double Rafes, are enioyed but of a few: all of them rife from feed, and muft be fowneeuery yeare; the double as wellas the fingle, Pantyes or Hartes eafes ofdiuers colours, andalthough withoutfent, yet not without fome refpeé and delight. Double Poppies are flowers of agreat and goodly propor. tion, adorning a Garden with their variable colours to the delight of the beholdets, whercinthere isfome {peciall care to be taken, left they turnefingle , and thatis,ifyou fee them growvp toothicke, thatyou muft pull them vp, and not fuffer themto grow within leffe than halfea yard diftance, ormore one from another. Double Daifiesare flowerspot to be forgorten, although they be common enongh in euery Garden, being bothwhiteand red, both bluth and:fpeckled, or party coloured , befidesthat which is'called Iackean Apes on horfebacke,they require a moift and fhadowieplace; for they arefcorched away y ifthey Qandin the Sunneinany dry place. Double Ma- rigolds alfo are the moft.common in all Gardens. And foare the French Marigolds that haueaa ftrong heady fent, both fingle and double, whofe glorious thewfor colour would caufe any to belecue there were fomerare goodnefleor vertueinthem. Thefe all are fometimes preferued inthe Winter, if they bee well defended from the cold. But what fhall I fay to the Queene of delight and of flowers , Carnations and Gilloflowers, whofe brauery, variety, and {weete fmellioyned together, tyeth affection with great earneftnefle, both to likeandtohane them ¢ Thofe euery ones that were knowne, and enioyed in formertimes with mueh acceptation ; arenow for part leffeaccounted of, excepta very few : fornowthere are fo manyotherthe moft varicties of later inuention, that troubleth the other both in number, beauty, and worth : The Hamesofthem doe differ very variably, in that namesare impofed and alteredas eue: rie ones fancy will hayethem. that careyed of {ent them into the feuerall Countries from London, where their trueft nameis to be had,inmineopinion. I will here but Siue youthe names of fome, andreferre youtoth e worke en wing for your further knowledge, ‘The red andthegray Hulo, The old Carnatio n,differing from them both, TheGranPere. The Camberfiue. The Sauadge, The Chriftall.The Prince. ‘Thewhite Carnation, or Delicate. The ground The Douer, The Oxford. The Briftow. The Carnation, The French Carnation nado, and manyother Gilloflowers tootediousWeftminfter. The Daintie. The Grto recite in this place becanfeI haue amplydeclared them in the booke followin light and varietic, called the Orangetawny g. Butthere is another fort of reat derifen from feed , and doth giuc feed inamorGilloflower, which forthe thoft art hath mer forts, and likewife by the fowing of e plentifall manner than an ofthefor: the feed there hath been pine’fo asi ricties ofthat excellent w var : | > . rdly beexpreffed or belecued, ulledibs cording tothe marking ; The Stript Tawny. The Speckled Tawny. The Floste Dokae and many others a , cuery oneto bee flowers more double and largethan diftinguithed from others: Some alfo h hl and fome from the fame feedh iefi flowerslike broadfinglePinkes : theothers, ale further relation ofthem,viz, their ordenti fom preenicsand preferuethem, you fhall-haue inthe fubfequent difcourfe a ce inkeslikewife both {ingle ina place b it and double are ofmuch variety, allof Weete, comming neare the Gilloflowers. them 7 p Sweete Williams and Sweete tingle and.double, both white, red, Tohns both and {pot ted, asthey arekindes ofwilde Pink or their g T < ace and es, fo 3 > beanty j he J Pp eto fur n 1 {ha a Ga f d ¢. A > yet defi t € notto ft and fo open to sndbpeatnstiee sama 3 and fingle Peoni esare fit flowers to furnitha Garden, thertroubleof fowting. ability, Y5 giucsive outh ; ° out frefh pleafure cuery yeare without any furAnd laftly, Hollihocks b fundry colours, yeeld.outthe ir Peers like Roles a : hire “7 whenalm e re ve heir els ioe tallfe oft you have no otherto branches, grace outpone eee i Yeates, Timhaielq both yeeld feed; and yet doe after their {eedingabide many lewed you moftoft he Englifhyas well as(I did betore)the Outlandish qs Jandifhflowers|thatssect to farnith the knots; trailes, beds, and borders of this Garden, Rofes onely,as I {aid before,I referueto circle or encompafle all the reft,becaufe that forthe moft part they are planted in the outer borders of the quarters , and fome= times by themf{eluesin the middle oflong beds,the forts or kindes whereofare many, as they are declared in their proper’ place : but the White Rofe; the Red, and the Damaske, are the moft ancient Standards in England ; and therefore accoun-: ted naturall, Cuar VI. the order and manner toplant apa replant allthefarts ofOut-landifh flowerspoken of before, as wellthofe with bulbous rootes, as others with ». feringie rootes; 5 f Hereasit isthe vfuall cuftome ofmoft inthis Land,to turne vp their Gardens, and to plantthem againe in the Spring ofthe yeare , which is the beft time that may.bee chofen for all Englifh flowers, yer itis not fo for your Out-landith flowers. And hercin indeede hath beene'not onely the errour of 2 great many to hindertheir rootes from bearing out their flowers a8 theyfhould 5 but alfoto hinder manyto take delight inthem, becaufe asthey fay they will not thriue and profperwith them, whemasthe wholefault is in the want of knowledgeof the fic and conucnient time wherein theyfhould bee planted. And becaufe our Engl1fh Gardiners are all orthe moft ofthem vtterly ignorant in the ordering of thefe Out-landifh flowers, as not being trained vp to know them, I haue here taken vpon mee the forme ofanew Gardiner, to giuein{tructionsto thofethat willtake pleafureinthem, that they may be the better enabled with thefe helpes I fhall thewthem,bothto know how they fhould beordered,andto dire& their Gardiners that are ignorant thereof,rightly to difpofe them according totheir naturall qualities. And I doe wifhall Gentlemen and. Gentlewomen, whomit may concerne fortheir ownegdod , tobeeas carefull whom they truft with*he planting and replantingof thefe fine flowers, asthey would be with fo manylewels; forthe reotes of many of thembeing {imall,and of great va- lue, maybe foone conueyed away , anda cleanlytale faire told , that. ficha rooteis rotten, orperifhed in the ground ifnone be feene whereit fhould be, orelfe that the flower hath changedhis colour; whenit hath been taken away, ora counterfeit one hath beene put in theplace thereof; and thus many haue been deceiued oftheir dain. tieft howers, without remedyortrae knowledge ofthedefeét, Youfhalltherefore, if you will take theright courfe that is proper forthefekindes ofhowers,notfer or plant them among your Englifh flowers ; for thatwhen the onemiay be remoued, the other may notbe ftirred : but plant thofe rootes that are bulbous , orround like Onions,ey~ therin knots or beds by themfelues whichisthe beft , or.with-but very, few Englifhior Out-landith flowerplantsthat haueftringierootes : For you mutt take thisfor aigenerall rule, thar all thofe rootesthatare like Lillies or Onions. |areto bee planted inthe moneths ofIuly or Anguft,or vnto the middle or end of Septemberatthe furthefts if you will haue themto profperias they fhould; and notin the Spring ofthe yeare,when Othergardening is vfed. Yet Imuftlikewife gine youtovnderftand , that if Tulipas, and Daffodils , and fome other that are firmesand hard rootes, and not limberoz {pongie, being taken vp out ofthe groundin theit,fit feafon, that is, in lune; Iuly, and Auguft, andlikewife kept well and dry , may bee referued.oat of the ground vntill Chriftmnas or aftersand then(if they could not befer{ooner) bting fet, will thriue reas fonable well, butnot altogether {o well asthe former, being fer long before: buvif youfhall remouethefe bulbousrootesagaine’either prefently after their planting ha= uing fhot their {mall fibres vnder the round rootes 5 and fprung likewife vpwards or before they be in flower arthe {ooneft (yet Tulipas’, Daffodils; and many orher bul- bous, maybe fafely remoued being in flower,and tran{plantedintoother places, fo as they be not kept too long outofthe ground) you fhall muchendanget them either yt= terlyto perith, or to be hindered froga bearing out their flowers they then would pee borne, |