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Show & The orderingofthe Gardenof Pleafure. Fbe ordering ofthe Garden of Pleafure. dye before the eA: fj= oe vp burne 7 oe or afhes fope d':forthe en an t bea Summer abide ey. to Winter, in watme fo kept thatis plant any for le isimponib it :i ine 5 aee Aandeth theSptiti following, or any heateof ~ Sun, but that that allifaeh plants, or the moft part ofthem, willcertainely perifhand both ofthemivill fcorch them, and carrythem quiteaway. Onegreat re V ed theth; andto allorliet herbes that wee prefertiein Witter, isto fuffer the {howto a vpon themanytime aftér.it's fallen; for thatic doth fo chill them) thatthe Sunne after ward, alchough in Witter; ‘doth fcorch them ‘and buitne them ‘Vp: looké theréfore vnto Our Gilloflowers in thofe times’, ‘and fhake' or ftrike off the fhow gently off from |. them , not fifering itto abide onthémany-duy or night if you can ; for affure yout felfe,if itdoth not abide on theii;thebetter they will be. The froftslikewifeis anos ther great anfloyance Vnto thé’, ta'errupe'the rootes, and to caufe theito fwell, rot, and bréake : to pretierit whichincontienienice, Fwould aduife you totaketheftraw otlitter ofyour orf table } ‘and lay fomethereof about every roote of your Gill flowers (efpécially thofe ofthe befeaccount) clefe ynto them vponthe ground, butbe as carefull as'you can, that nore thereoflye vponthe greene leaues’, oras little as may be,anid by this onely' Way haue they been betrer'defended froth the frofts that fpoile them in’ Witter, then by-any other thatPhatie feen or knowne/ ‘The windes in Match, and Sunnethine dayes then; are ondiof thepreatéft inconuetiiences that happeneth vntothem forthey that haue had hundredsofplants, that haué képt fairéand greeneall the Wintervntill thebeginning or middle of March’, beforethe end thereof, “have had fcarce on¢ ofmany,that either hath notviterly perifhed, orbeen fo'tainted that quickly after haue not beenloft ; which hath happened chiéfly by the negleé ofthelé cautions before {petified,or in not defending them from thebitter fharpe windesand funnein this noneth ofMarch, You fhall therefore for theibetter preferuation, be: fides the litter laid about the rootes ; which Taduife you nottoremone as yet, fheltt them fomewhat fromthe Windes,, with eyther bottomleffe pots’, pales , or fuch lik things, to keep away the Violentforce both ofwindes and {un for that moneth,and fot fometime before & afterit alfo vyerfozthat they he not canered clofe aboue,but opt to receiué ayre & raine’ Somcalfovieto wind withes of hey or ftraw about the roots of their Gilloflowers, and faften them with ftickes thruft ‘into the ground, which feruie very well in the ftead ofthe other. ‘Thus haue I thewed youthe whole preferiation of thefe worthy and dainty flowers, withthewhole manner of ordering them fortheir encreafe: it any’ one haue any other better way,I fhall be as willing'to learne it of them , as I hauebeene togive them orany others the knowledge of thatI haut here fet downe. perfwademany inthe truth, although I cannothopeofall, fome being fo ftrongly weddedto their owne will, and the errours they hate beene bred in, that no reafon may alterthem. Firft therefore I fay , that ifthere were any art to make fome flowers to growdouble, that naturally were fingle, by the fame.art,all forts offowers thatiare fingle by nature, may be madeto grow double: but the forts offlowers that are fingle by nature, whereof{omeare double, were neuer made double byart ; for many forts abide{till fingle, whereof there was neuer feene double: and therefore thereis no fuchart in any mans knowledgetobringit to paffe. Ifany manfhallfay ; that becaufe there are many flowers double, whereof there are fingle alfo of the famékinde, as for example, Violets, Marigolds, Daifyes, Daffodils, Anemones, and many other, that therefore thofe double flowers were fo madeby theart of man : véz. by the obferuationof the change of the Moone, the conftellations or coniunétions of Planets, or fome other Starres or celeftiall bodies. Although I doe confeffe and acknowledge, that Ithinke fome conftellations, and peraduenture changes ofthe Moone, &c. were appointed by the God of nature, as conducing and helping tothe making ofthofe flowers double, that nature hath fo produced ; yet [doe deny, that any man hathor fhall euer be able to proue,that it was doneby any art ofman, or that any man cantell the true caufes and feafons, whatchanges of the Moone,or conftellations of the Pla= nets, wrought together forthe producing of thofe double flowers, orcan imitate nature, or ratherthe God of nature, to doethelike. Ifit thallbeedemanded, From whence then came thefe double flowers that wehaue, ifthey were not fo made by arte Tanfiver, that affuredly all fuch flowersdid firft grow wilde , and were fo found double, as they doe nowgrowin Gardens,butfor how long before they were found they became double, no mancantell; we onely haue them asnature hath produced them, andfo they remaine. Againe,ifany fhall fay, thatitis likely that thefe double flowers were forced fo tobe, by the often planting and tranfplanting of them,becaufeit is ob ferued in moft ofthem, that ifthey ftand long in any oneplace, and not be often re moued, they will growftill lefledouble, and inthe endturne fingle., I'dde confeffe, that Facilior eff defcen/is quam afcen/ws, and that the vnfruicfulneffe of the ground they are planted in, or the neglect orlittle carehad ofthem, orthe growing of them too thicke or too long, are oftentimes a caufe of the diminifhing of the flowers doubleneffe ; but withall youthall obferue, that the fame rootes that didbeare double flowers (and not any otherthat neuer were double before) haue returned to their for- * merdoubleneffeagaine, by good ordering and looking vato : fingle fowers haue only beene made fomewhat fairer or larger, by being planted in the richer and morefruit: full groundof the Garden, than they were found wilde by nature; But neuer made to growdouble,as that whichis naturally fo foundofit felfe ForI will thew you mine owne experience inthe matter. Phaue been as inquifitiue as any man might be, with eucry one knew, thatmadeany fuch report, orthat I thoughtcould fay any thing therein, but I neuer could finde any one,that could afluredly refoluemie, that he knew Cwar. IX. That thereis not any art whereby anyflower may bernade to grow double, thet was mature) Single, nor of any ether fent or coleur thanit firft had by nature wor that the Sowing or planving ofberbes one deeper than other, will caufe thens tobe inflawer one after another, emery moneth its the yeares, He wonderfull defire that many haueto {ec faire, ~ tran{ ported them beyond both reafon/and double,and fweete flowets nature » feigningand boattins “9 often ofwhatthey would haue, as ifthe y hadit. AndIthinke,fromthis defit ana boafting hath rifenallithe falfe tales and reports, ofmaking flowers double as the] lour andfent as they pleafe , andto flower likew ife at wha certainly any firch thing to be done:all thatthey could fay was butreport, for the ob- {eruation ofthe Moone,to remoue plants beforethe change,thatis, as fome fay , the full of the Moone, othersthe new Moone, whereuponI haue made tryall at many, times,andin many forts of plants,accordingly,and as I thoughtfit,by planting & tran{planting them, but I could nener fee the effe& defired, but ratherin many of themthe loffe of my plants. And were there indeed fuchacertaine att, to make fingle howers to grow double,it would haue beene knownecertainly to fome that Wouldpradiileit, and there are fo many fingle lowers, whereof there werencuer any ofthekinde feene double, thatto produce fuch of them to bedouble, would procure both credit and coyne enoughto him that fhould vie it ; but "tre poffe nom eff efé:and thereforelet no manbeleeue any firch reports, bee they neverfo ancient , forthey are but meere tales and fables. Concerning colours and fents,the many rules and direétions extant in manic mens writings;to caule lowers to grow yellow, red, greene, or White, that ncuer i were fo naturally, as alfo to be ofthe fent of Cinamon,Muske, &c. would almoft petfwadeany, that thematters thus fer downe by fuch perfons , and with fome fhewof dergoemany calumnies, yet notwitl urto fet downe and declarefo much, as Lhope may by reafol eo perlvadt probability, were conftantand affiared proofes thereof; But whentheyicdme'to the triall, they all vanith awaylike fmoake. I willin afew wordsfliew youthemattersand } manners oftheir proceedings to effeé this purpofe; Firft (they fay) if youshallfteepe your ; |