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The ordering of the Garden ofPleafure, 71 liLowitasakeisthebe(ovied ;the manner whereof is thus : You muft cd -: xi omesosad loweft branches that are neareft the ground (for ee ee ei foonct breake at the ioynt, than bend downefo lowinto the cee fome pot with earth raifed vp vntothem) on mere ts nade thereofvpwards atthe fecond ioynt next ynrothe roote, to the middle of the branch, andno more, aud not quite thorough inany cafe, and then from that f{econd ioynt ynto the third, flic or cut the branch inthe middle longwife , that fo it may be the more eafily bended into the ground, thecut ioynt feeming like the end of aflippe, when rorate, bedew or{prinkle them often; Fromthefeedes of thefe Gilloflowers hathri- fen both white, red, bluth, ftamell,tawny lighter and fadder, marbled, {peckled,ftriped, faked, andthatin diuers mannets , both fingle and double flowers , as you thall teethem fet-downe in amoreample mannerinthe Chapter of Gillofowers, And thus muchfor their encreafe by the two wayes. of planting and fowing:, Foras fora third way, by grafting oncinto or vpon another, [know none:fuch tobetrue, norto be ofany more worth than.an old Wiuestale, both nature, reafon, and experience, all many more fingle flowers asdouble)that it bee taken from double flowers , and not contefting againft fuchanidle fancy,,; let men make what oftentation they: pleafe. It nowreftechsthat we alfo fhew youthe manner how to. preferuethem,aswell; in Summerfromall noyfome and hurtfullrhings,.asin rhe Winter.and.Spring fromthe fharp and chilling colds, and the {harpe and; bitter jkilling windes in March. The burtfull things inthe Summerare efpecially.thefestoo much heate ofthe Sunne which {corcheth them; which you mutt be carefull.to preuent, by placing boughes, boordsjclothes or mats, dq. before them, if they:bee inthe ground; or elfe if they bee in pots, to remoue iseetheminto the fhadow, togiue them refrefhing from the heate, and giue them water alfe for their life : too much water,.or too little is another annoyance, which youmntt order as youfee there.is iuft caufe,by withholding or giuing them was ter gently out ofa watering pot, and nor caft on by, difhfuls ;Some alfo to\watertheir Gilloflowers,, vfetofet.their pots into.tubbes or pots halfe full.ofwater, that fothe water may foake in atthe lower holes in each flowerpot, to. gine moiftureto the roots ofthe Gilloflowers onely, without cafting any, water vpon the leaues, andaffuredlyit is an excellent way to moiften the rootesfo fufficiently at one time,that it doth faue 2 great deale of paines many othertimes, Earwickesarea moftinfeftuons vermine, to {poyle the whole beauty ofy our lowers, and that in one night or day; for thefe creatures delighting to creepe into any. hollow or fhadowie place, doe creepe into the long greene pods ofthe Gilloflowers;and dee eateawaythe white bottomes of their and ftript flowers from thefeede ofa fingle one ; which ifit were fo,yet one Swallow fall away ofthemfelues before, orwhenthey.aregathered, or handled, or prefently youhaue bended downethe branch whereit is Cutinto the ground (which muft bee done very gently for feare of breaking) with a little fticke or two thrutt flopewife, croffeouerit, keepeit downe within the earth, andraife vp fufficient earth ouer it, that there it may lye and take roote, which commonlywill be effected within fixe weekes ortwo monethsinthe Summertime, andthen (or longer if. you doubr thetime too {hortfor it to take {ufficient rogte) you may take or cut it away, and tranfplantit where you thinke good,yet foasin any cafe you fhadowit from the heate ofthe Sunne, vntill ic hauetaken good holdin theground. Theotherway toencreafe Gilloflowers, is by fowing the {ede : Itis not viuall with all forts of Gilloflowersto giue feede, but {uch of themas doc yeeld feede may be encreafedthereby, in the fame mannerasis here {et downe. The Orange tawney Gilloflowerand the varieties thereofis the mot vfuallkinde,(and itis akinde by itfelfe, how various foeuer the plants be thatrife from the feede) that doth giuefeede , and is fowne, and from thencearifeth fo many varieties ofcolours, both plaine and mixt, both fingle and double, that one can hardly fetthem downeia writing: yet {uch as I haue obferued and marked, you hall finde expreffed inthe Chapter of Gilloflowers in the worke following. Firft therefore make choife of your {eedethat you intend to fowe (if you doe not defire to haucas fromfingle,and from the beft colours, howfocuer fome may boaftto haue had double (as we fay) maketh no Summer, norathia comming by chance cannot bee reckoned fora certaine and.conftantrule you may aflured they will not viually-doefo : but the beft, faireft, and moft double flowers come alwaies, or forthe moft part, from the feede of thofe fowersthat were bef, faireft , and moft double ;andIdoe aduifeyou rotakethe beft and moft double: for cuen from them you fhall haue fingle ones enow, you neede not to fowe any worferfort. Andagaine, feethat your feede bee new, of the laft yeares gathering, and alfo that it wasful ripe before it was gathered, left you lofe your labour, or miffe of your purpofe, which is, to hauefaireand double flowers, Hauing now made choife ofyour feede, and prepared youa beddeto fowe them on, theearth whereof muft berichand good, and likewifefifted to makeitthe finer ; forthe betterit is, the better fhall your profit and pleafure bee : hereon,b eing firft made leuell, plaine, and fmooth, fowe your feede fomewhat thinne, and not too es inaay cafe, andas euenly as you can, thatthey be not too manyin oneplace, ana too few in another,which afterwards couer with fine fifted earth ouer them about onefingers thickneffe ; let this be doneiin the middle of April. j i be temperate, and nottoocold, or elfe fta ;vntill the end ofe e themonete h: after a they are {prung vp and grownetobe fomewhat biege » letthem bee draw ne forth thatate tooclofeand neare one vnto another 5 and lantt hem in fuch place w all continue,fo thatthey ftand halfea yard ofenka diftan ce sales; Wonkaat planting,let be fhadowed for atime, asis before fpecified the end ofluly, or fooner if therebecaufe. Ihaue not ; and this may bee doneif fetdowneinall this difcourle ofplanting, tran{jPlanting, fowing,ferting, &c. any menti on of watering thofeflips oF plants, not doubting but that euery ones reafon willi nduce them tothinke, tha they cannot profperwithout watering: Butlet thisCaueat bea fuffici ent remembrance ena, thatyou Acuer water any of thefe Gillof lowers, nor yet indeede any othet me erbe or plant with coldwater,fuch as you haue prefently before drawne outfrom sh or Well, 8. but with fuch water as hath ftood open intheaire inacif terny ie Ps ay nec day-at the leaft; if it be two or three daiesit will be neuet ~ hai ut rather the better, as I hauerelated before : yet take efpeciall oc nor giucthem too much to ouer-glut them atanytime, heede that but temperately toitas rorate leaues , which are fweete , whereby the leaues ofthe fowers being loofe, doe cither wither withinthe podsbefore they are gathered, and blowne away with the winde, To auoide which inconuenience, many haue. deuifed many waies and inuentions to deftroy them , as potswith double'verges or brimmes, containing a hollow gutter betweenethem, whichbeingfilled with water , will not fuffer thefe (mall vermineto paffe ouerittothe Gilloflowersto {poile thema..Others hauevied old thooes, and fuch like hollow.things to! bee fet by them to. take them in : but the beft and moft vfuall things nowy vfed, areeyther long hollow canes, or elfebeafts hoofes , which being turned downe vponftickes ends fet into the ground, or into the potsofearth, will foone draw into them many Earwickes, lying hid therein from funne, winde, and raine, and by care anddiligence may foone bee deftroyed , if euery morning and euening onetake the hoofes gently off from theftickes, and knocking them againft the ground ina plain allie,fhake outall the Earwicks that are crept intothem,which quickly with ones foot maybe trode to peeces.For fodain blafting with thunderandlightening , otfierce fharpe windes, &c. [knowno other remedy, vnieffe you cancouer them therefrom when‘ youfirft forefee the danger, but patiently to abide theloffe, whatfoeuer fome haue aduifed, to lay litter about themto auoideblafting ; for if any fhall make tryall thereof, I am in doubt, he fhall more endangerhis rootes thereby,being the Summertime, when anyfuchfeare ofblaftingis, than any wife faue them from it, or doethem any good, Forthe Winter preferyation of them, fome haueaduifed to couerthem with Bee-hiues, or elfe with {mall Willow ftickes,’ prickt croffewife into the ground ouer your flowers, and bowed archwife, and withlitter laidthereon, to couer the Gilloflowers quite ouer,, after they haue beenc {prinkled with fope.afhes and lyme mixt together:and this way is commended by fome that haue written thereof, tobe fuch an admirable defence ynto them ia Winter, thatneither Ants, nor Snailes, nor Earwickes thalltouch them, becaufe of the fope afhes and lyme, and neytherfrofts nor {tormesfhall hurt them, becaufeofthe litter which fo well will defend them; and herebyalfo your Gilloflowets willbee ready to flower, not oncly in the Spring very early, but cuenallthe Winter. But whofocuerfhall follow thefe diredti- ons, may peraduenturefinde them in fome parttruc, as they arethere fer downe for the Winter time, and while they are kept clofe and couered; but let them bee sting a TS Sue od INO vow HL out |