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Show The orderingofthe Garden of Pleafure. i Lhe ordering of the Garden of Pleasure. to preferuethem being encreafed , both in Summer from noyfome eeea rendaecaigelttog oem;-and in Winter from frofts, {nowes, and willbe fo ftrongly growne before Winter, that withthe thall hauethembeare flowers the nextiyeare after sand care hereafter Gpecified, you yeeld you encreafe of flippés thefe faire flowerssthe oncis by flipping, which isthe old and ready vfuall way’, bef foote aboueground,is very hard to doe; for that euery flip oryer euerykiand begin to nde of Gil. windes,, that fpoilethem. There are two wayesof planting, whereby to éncreafe knowne in thisKingdome ; the otheris more fure, perfect, ready, andof Later inuen. tion, videlmet, by laying downethebranches. The way to encreafe Gilloflowersby flipping, is fo commonwithall thateuer kept any ofthea, that I thinke moft perfons t maythinke meidle,to {pend time to fet downein writing that whichis fo wellknown vnroall : Yct gine me Jeaueto tell them that fo might imagine, that (when they haue heard or read what I haue written thereof,ifthey did knowfully as muchbefore) what There write, wasinot to informe them,but fuch as did not knowthebeft, or fo good a wayas I teach them : For] am aflured’, the greateft number doe vfe, and followthe moftvfuall way and thatis not alwaies the beft, e(pecially when by good experience abetter wayis found, and may be learned ;and therefore if fome can doe a thing better than others, I thinke itis no fhameto learneit of them. You fhall not then (to take the fureft courfe)takeany long fpindled branches , northofe branches that haue any young fhootes from the ioynts on them,noryetfliue orteare any flippe or branch fromthe roote ; for all thefe waies are viuall and common with moft » which canfeth fo many good rootes toror and perifhy, and alfo fo manyflippesto be loft ; when as forthemoft part, not the ‘one halfe, orwith fome, not athird part doth thrive of thofe flippes they fet.And although many that haueftore of plants,growand doenot fo much caréwhat hauockethey make to gaine fome; yet to faue both labour and plants, I doe withthemto obferuethefe orders : Take from thofe rootes from whence you intend to make yourencreafe, thofe fhootes onely that arereafonable ftrong, but yet young, and not either toofmall and flender, or hauing any fhootes fromthe ioynts vpon them; cutthefeflippes or thootes of fromthe ftemme or roote witha knife, 3, conuenientlyas the fhooteor branchwill permit, thatis, either clofe yntothe maine branch,if it be fhort,or leaving a ioynt or two behindeyou, if itbe long enough, at Whichit may thoote anew : When you haue cut your flippes , you mayeither fe them by and by, or elfeasithe beft Gardiners vie off to doe > Caftthem into atubbe or pot with water foraday or two, and then hauing prepareda im; which had neede tobce of thefineft , richelt, andplace conuenient ro fet them beft mould you can prouide that they may thriue therein the better, cut offyour flippeclofeat the ioynt, and tise uing cut away the loweft leaues clofeto theftalke, andthe vppermoft een i thetop. : ; ey : : withalittle fticke makea little ’ hole in the earth, and put your flippe therein fo deep,as that the vpper yer eigen aboue jndrleacior daywidintect, bwnanygeedasds the ground, (fomevie to cleauethe ftalke 4); put theeartha littleclofe to the flippe with your finget umbe,and there leit reft , and in this manner doe with as many flippes as haue, fetting them fomewhat clofe together, you and not too farrein funder, both to groundand coft thereon, in thata fmall compaffewill {ave ferue for the fir planting and alfothe better to giue themhadow : Bor you muftremember in any cafe, ‘that thefe Gites pli youthinke meete ; that is, eith er into the ground inbeds , or see €,0r into ne whichthat you othetredaces cana > forhalfea day may the more fafely doe, after you haue well watebef ore you int end to tranfplant them » you fhall ie - ovally;by putting fepaveet ey “utting » Fake cuery one byit'felfe, witpointed knife on éach fideof the flippe, h thee arth cleay; whichby reafonoft fethe moi i : ; oe sinca before, will be fafficient ale eO pre: e“i wi ; a. ovayane of itt for if the earth were: dry, andthatithold fa te ee ‘bonis,falli for ‘ n sagef did thriueae all, rons Woulderialf, hazzard and exidanger the roote very much , if it Gindowe thas Bea te wtemembi that Vpon the remouing ofthefe flips, you vatill they have taken ho while with fome ftraw or ocher things bour and care than thee Idin their ‘new place.Thus tdinary way is > yetitis fixer,although it beea little more laand will giue you plants ar wi alfo. To gine youany fettine, whétein'thefe flippes willtak e roote, loflower is notalike apt to grow ; nofis'cuety earth in like manner fit to produc and e bring forwatdtheflippes that are fettherein + but ifboth the flippebeapt re grow,and the earth ofthe beft,fitto produce, Ithinke within afortnight or three weekes > you fhall fee them begin to put forth young leaues in the middle, orélfeit may bea'moneth and more before you fhallfee any {ptinging. Thebeft time likewife when tc plint,is a{peciall thing to be knowne, and ofas great confequence as atly thing elfe : For ifyou flippe and fet in Septembetsas many vfeto doe,oryer in Auguft, as fome may thinke will doe well; yet(valeffe they be the moft ordinary forts, which are likely to gtowat anytime, and in any place) the moft ofthem,if notall, will either affuredly périth, or neuer profper well : forthe moreexcellentand ‘dainty the Gilloflower’ is 5 themore tender forthe moft part, and hard to nurfe vp will the flippes be. The bettime theres foreis, that-you cutoff fuch flippesasarelikely ,-and fach as your rootes may fpare, fromthe beginning ofMay vntillthe middle of Tune atthe furtheft, and°order thent as I haue thewed youbefore,that fo you may hauefaire plants,plenty offlowe rs, ‘and encreafe fufficient for new{upply, withoutoffence or loffe of your ftore. For the en= richinglikewife ofyourearth, wherein you fhall plant your flippes, that they may the better thritfe and profper, divers haue vied disers forts of manure ; as ftable foyle of horfe, beafts orkine, of theepe,and pigeons, all which are very good when thoroughly turned to mould, to mixe withyour other earth,or being fteeped inthey aré water, may ferue towater the earth at times; and turned in withit,’ And {ome hauelik ewife proued Tanners earth, thatis, their barke, whichafter they haue vfed, doth lye on heapes and rotin their yards,orthe like mould from wood-ftackes or yards ; but efpe+ ciaily, and beyond all other is commended the Willow earth, that is, that mould whichis found in the hollow ofold’'Willowtrees , to be the moft princip all to mixe withoth er good earth forthis A a And as Thaue now giuen you ‘diredions for the firft wayto encreafe them flipping, fo before I cnmera the other way , let mee giue you catieat or two forthe preferuing of them,when they ate beginni ng torunne veterly to decay and perifh : Theone is , that whereas manyare over greedy to haue their plantsto giuethem flowers,and therefore lerthemrunneall to flower, fo farre {pending them{elues thereby, that after they haue done flowring, they grow{o weake, hauing out fpent themf{elues, that they. cannotpoffibly be preferued from the iniuriés of thefuceeeding Winter; you fhall therefore keepe thekinde ofanyfor t you are delighted withall, if you carefully looke that too many branches doe not runne vp and {pindle for flowers, but rather either cut fome ofthem downe, before they are run vp too high,withintwoor three ioynts ofthe rootes;; orelfe plucke away the innermoft leaues whereit {pringeth forwards, which you fee in the middle of euerybranch, be- fore it beranne vp too high, which will caufethem to breake out the faftér into flips and fuckers at the ioynts, to hinder their forward luxurie,: and to preferue them changetheir naturall freth verdare , and turne yellowith, or begin to witherin anie part or branchthereof,it is a {ure figne thatthe roote is infeed with forme cancker or rortenneffe, and will foone fhewit felfe in allthereft of the branches, whereby ‘the plant will quickly be loft’: to preferue it therefore; youthal betime, beforeit be runne too farre, (for otherwifé it is impoffible to faue ‘it) either couer all or moft of the branches withfreth earth,or elftake the faireft flippes fromit, as many’ as you can the longer: The other is; If youfhall perceine any of your Gilloflower leaues to poffibly , and caft them intoa pot or tubbe with water , and let them thereabidefor twoor three daies at the leaft: the'firft way hath recouered many, being takenin time. Thus youfhall fee them recouer their former ftiffeneffe and colour, and then you may plant them as you have beene heretofore direéted ; and although many of them may perifh, yet fhall youhaue fomeof themthat will grow to continue the kindeag aine. Theother or fecond way to encreafe Gilloflowers by planting,is, as I {aid before; by in-laying or laying downe the branches of them, and is a way oflaterinuenti on, and as frequently vfed, not onely for the tawney or yellow Gilloflower, and all the varie- ties therof, but with the other kinds of Gillofowers,whereofexperience hath ee that |