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Show The ordering ofthe Garden of Pleafure. The ordering of the Garden of Pleafure. thefe dainty flowers, thefirftwhereofisthis, That youthall not bee carefull to water anyof your bulbous ortuberous rooted plants at anytime; for they all ofthem do bet. ter:prolperinadry ground thanina wet,onelyall forts of tuberous rooted Flowerde. laces vpoa theirreimouall had neede ofa little waterand fome will doefo alfoto fuch Tulipas and otherbulbousrootes asthey tranfplant, when they.arein flower, and this is¥grantinfome fort tolerable, ifit beenottoo much, anddoneonely to caufe the ftalke and flower to abide fometime the longer beforethey wither, but elfe in no other caferobe permitted. Thefecondruleis, That I would aduife you to water noneof your dainty flowers or herbes,with any, water that hath prefently before been drawne outof awellor pumpe, but onely with fuch water that hath ftood open in the Sunne in fomecifterne, tubbe, orpot for adayat the leaft,ifmore thebetter: for that water whichis prefently drawneout ofa well,&c.is forcold, that itprefently chilleths& kil- leth any dainty plantbe it younger orelde? grown,wherof I hauchad {afficient proofe: and therforel giue you this:caution by mine ownexperience.T hus have] direéted you from point to point,in all the particulars ofpreparing & planting that belong tothis Garden,fauing only that yet I would further enformie you, ofthetime ofthe Aowrin of thefe Out-landith plants, according to the feuerall moneths in the yeare;that one may know what flowers. cuery moneth yeeldeth, and may chufe what them aa liketh beft;inthatthey mayfee’ hat there is nomoneth, but glorieth infomepeculiar fortsof rare flowers.’ IT would likewife rather inthis place fhew you,the true aa beft! mannet &order toencreafeand preferueall forts ofGilloflowers & Gasnations thenioyneit with the Chapter of Gilloflowersin:theworke following becaufe itwould in that placetakevp tod mich roome. And laftly Imuft of neceffit feth d errours,that F haue poffe ffeffed the emindes mi A bothin of many i former and 4)dogiadehnars Jater times which are, that any flower may be madeto grow double by art,that wasbut fingle b sforeb =: And me one may byart caufc'any flowerto grow of what dédoutiveywill Arthataypansndyberedto flowerouroerau eannoteeo tomeécan vie. All which being declared, Ithen fuppofeenough is{pokenfor anintrodu@iohtothis iv, dire&ions inthe Ghaptersofthe a i i ee ¢ = Auricula Vrfi or. Beates Eares; many forts of Anemones , both fingle and double, boththe forts of Tulipas, the earlier vntill the middle of the moneth,, and the later then beginningwhich areof fo manydifferent colours, thatit is almoft im poffible to expreffe them, thewhite, red, blacke, and yellow Fritillarias , the Mufeati or Muske Grape flower, bothafh colourand yellow. Diuers otherforts of Iacinths and Daffodils, both fingle and double, the fmaller forts of Flowerdeluces , the Veluet Flowerdeluce and double Honyfiickles, withdiuers others, Maylikewife at the beginning feemcthas gloriousas Aprill, although toward the end it doth decline, inregard the heate of the Sunne hath: by this time drawne forthall the ftore of natures tendereft dainties, whichare vfually {pent by the end ofthis moneth, and then thofeof ftronger conftitution come forward: Herein areto bee feene at the beginning the middleflowring Tulipas, and atthe endthe later fort : fome kindes ofDaffodils, the DayLillies, the great white Starre flower , the Flowerdeluce of Conftantinople or the mourning Sable Aower,the other forts of Flowerdelucess Single and double white Crowfoote, and firigle and doublered Crowfoot,the glory ofa Garden : the early red Martagon, the Perfian Lilly, the yellow Martagon, the Gladiolus or Corne flagge, beth white, red, and bluth : thedouble yellow Rofe, and fomeotherforts of Rofes.. In Iunedoe flowerthe white andthe blufh Martagon, the Martagon Imperiall, the mountaine Lillies, and the other forts ofwhite and red Lillies, the bulbous Flowerdeluces of diuers forts,the red fowred Ladies bower,thefingleand double purple flowred Ladies bower, the white Syringa or Pipetree, forthe blew Pipe tree flowretiieatlier, the white and theyellowIafmin. Iuly holdethin flower fomeof the Ladies bowers and Iafs mines, and befides doth glory in the Female Balfameapple,the Indian Creffes or yel= low Larkes {purres , the purple Flower-gentle and the Rofe Bay. In Auguft begin * fome ofthe Autumne bulbous flowers toappeare, as the white and the purple Colchicum or MedowSaffron,the purple mountaine Crocus orSaffron flower, thelittle Autumne Leucoiumand Autumne Iacinth, the Italian Starrewort, called of fome the purple Marigold, the Meruaile of 1’eru or Ofthc world, thé Flower ofthe Sunne, the great blew Bell-flower , the great double French Marigold. September flourifheth with the Flower ofthe Sunne, the Meruaile of the world , the purple Marigold, and blewBell-Alower {poken ofbefore, andlikewife the other forts ofMedowSaffron,and Cwrar. VIL, The feueralltimes ofthe flowring ofthe[e Ont-landi dill, and fomeother forts ofearly Daffodils, and many forts of Anemones. In Aprill commeth on the pride ofthefe ftrangers; for herein you may behold all the forts of the double kinde likewife,the filuer Crocus, the Autumne yellow Daffodil, Cyclamen alfoor Sowbread fhew their flowers intheend of thismoneth. Odoberalfo OW will fhew the flowers of Cyclamen, and fome ofthe Medow Saffrons. In Nouember, , meoneths ofthe oe ersyatcarding ta he feaeral as alfo fometimes in themonethbefore, the party colouted Medow Saffron may bee {eene,that will longeft hold his flower, becaufe it is the lateft that fhewethit felfe, and Intend inthis place onel thefe Out-landith flow the afh coloured mountaine Crocus. And cuen Decemberit felfe will not want the true blacke Hellebor or Chriftmas flower, and the glorious fhew of the Laurus Tinus or wilde Bay tree. Thus haue I fhewed you fome of the flowers for euery moneth, but I referre youtothemore ample declarion ofthemand all the others,vnto the wozk following. male, Hepatica or Nob] or Wilde Baytree , times too deepe in fi Crap. VIIL The trae manner andorder tocncreafe and preferue allfortsof Gilloflowers, as wel by fisppes as feedos: minus, andfome An ones, both fingleand : all the Winter | ang)13 le,which infome places will hower March silledtierctee a ofii of itwill eae for befides that it holdeth B Ecaufe that Carnationsarid Gillodowers bee the chiefeft lowers of account in ill our Enghith Gardens , Ihaucthought good to entreate fomewhat amply of Sateengad the bluthfingle:thenalfoyouthalihanedinersortfe much to be faid concerning them, and thatif allthe matters to be entreated of fould atica, and th ; V ee. oub = of Crocus or Saft thers, the Cibenendn » Double yellow Daffodils, Orientall Iacinths and olips, both tawney soreoat sforts of early Tulipas, fome forts of FrenchCows otairty,ycllow, and blush, the early Fritillaria or checkerd Daffodill, them, and that a partbyitfelfe, as I faida little before, in regard there is lo hauc beene inferted in the Chapter of Gilloflewers, it would haue made itroo tedious and large, and taken vptoo muchroome. The patticulat matters whereof Imean inthis place to entreatearcthefe: How to encreafe Gilloflowers by. planting and by B3 fowing, 17 |