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Show The Gardenofpleafant Flowers, : fo: doing The Garden ofpleafant Flowers: hath loft! many a'pecke ‘of good You muft notfowethem ees toeSeanarie thariie hath not roorhe vpon feede, as can nehle aa rake! ate theearthyit perifheth by and by. Some viero a ena wherethey meaneto:fowe theirfeede} and hauing fowne tecakdanbegegron -thent ouer thethickneffe of a mansithumbe with finefifted Hamnthausmcioduealinforicsifoe codideiinbtt them thereod,duecouerthent 40 moniensind: dthey thinke they doe well; and haueg Tulips rootes, istorunne downe deeperinto the ground, euety — to hindertheir quicke defcent by the fattneffe of inh — yearemo retheno ther,: fi they thinke eafethe better. This way-may pleafe fome, burl she growed thas . tilecure fufficient ; for they doenot confider, tharthe teataceath doth caufe the rootes ofthe young Tulipas to bee long ea oe eat, in that a ftiffeground doth more hinder the well thriving of the entars loofe dothjand although the an doe ~~ cca MENON . tran{planting beholpen, and raifed vp-highe -beeTaine not ade anil from ro ee- oeneon i hile theirleafe or ftalk , lee “926 i aSoelleva aii tothe roote, beitneuer Ee willleauethem behindeyou. ‘Theground alfo a be refjfoie: sf the finer, {ofter,and richer themouldis , wherein you fowe yout rei :ee fhall be your encreafe and varietie : Sift ittherefore from all {tones and rubbifh, let it be either fatnaturall groundofit felfe, or being muckt ; thatit bee thoroug fy rotten : but'fome] know, tomend their ground;dee make fucha mixture of grounds, marre itinthemaking. ee TOA ; oat satethe feede is thus fowne, the firft yeares [pringing bringeth forth i . bigger then the ordinary graffe leaues ; the fecond yeare bigger,and fo by cere euery yeare bigger then other. The leaues ofthe Prececes while they are young, : y be difcerned fromthe Afedias bythis note, which I haue obferued. The leaues of t ett doe wholly ftand vp abouethe ground, thewing the {mall footftalkes, whereby eueti leafe doth ftand, but thé leaues ofthe Medias or Serotines doe neuer wholly “pr out ofthe ground,but the lowerpart whichis broad, abideth vnder the vpper face ; thecarth. Thofe Tulipas now growing to bee three yeares old, (yet fome at the i cond, ifthe ground and ayre be correfpondent) areto bee taken Vp out of the ground, wherein yee fhall findethey haue runne deepe, and to be anew Planted,after they ha been little dryed and cleanfed, eytherin the fame, Oranother ground againe, ple cing them reafonable neare one vnto another,accordingto their greatneffe, whichbe ing planted and coucred ouerwith earth againe, ofabout an inch or two thicknell, may beleft vntaken vp againe fortwo yeare longer,if you will,or yeare after, as you pleafe; and thus by tran{planting them in theirelfe remoued at due feafon (whic! is tillin theendof luly, or beginning ofAugutt, or thereabouts) youfhall accorcitl to your feedeandfoyle, haue fomecometo bearing, inthe fifth yeare afterthe tm ting, (and fome haue had them inthe fourth, but that hath beene but few, and none : the beft, orin a rich ground) fomeinthe fixth and feuenth,and fome peraduenture,0® vatill the eighth or tenthyeare: but ftill remember ter, thatin re-planting you giue them the more roome5 thatas your rootes growe grtt to be diftant one from anotht, or clfethe one will hinder, ifnotrotthe other. The feede ofthe Prececes, doe notthrineand come forward fo faft as the Media! Serotines , nor doc giue any of-fets in their running downe asthe Atedias doe , which vfually leauea final! roote at the head of the other that jis runnedowne every yeatt; andbefides, are more tender y and require more careand attendancethen the Mea and therefore theyare the more refpeced. This is ageneralland certainerule in all Tulipas, that allthe : while they beare be one leafe, they will not beare flower » whether theybee feedlings, orthe of-fets # elder rootes, or the reotes themfelues,that haue heretofore borne flowers ; but whe! they thewa fecondleafe, breaking out of the chen bearea flower, vnlefle fome cafualty hinder firft » itisa certaine figne, that oe ir » as froft orraine,to nip or {po the bud, orother votimely accident befall ir. Tofet or plant yourbeftand bearing Tulipas fomewhat d Thold it the beft way ; forifthe ground ceper then other roote beecithercold , or lyetoo open to the Cl Northert ortherne ayre, theywill be thebetter defended therein yandn otfuffetthe frofts or cold to pierce them:{o foone: forthe deepefrofts and: fnowe s doc pinch the Precoces chiefly ; if they bee too nearethe vppermoftcruft ofthe earth ; and therefore many, with good fucceffe, couer ouer their ground: before Winter, with either.freth or old rotten dung, and that will marhelloufly preferue them. The like courte you may hold with feedlings, to caufethem to come on the forwarder, foit bee after the firtt yeares fowing, and nottill then, 2nshiedtT To remoue Tulipas after they hauef ; oe hot forth their fibres or {mall ftrin gs, which grow-wvaderthe grearround rootes;, (thati s, from Septembed yatill they bee in flower) 4s very dangerous, 3-for by remouing them when they haue:taken faftibold in the ground, you doe bothhinder them inthe bear ing out: their flower, andsbéfides, put them in hazzard to perifh, atleat tobee put backe from bearing for! a while after, as oftcntimes I haue proued by experience : But when they are Sow rifente flower, and 0 forany timeafters’ you may fafely take them :vp ifi you will; and; gemoue them withoutdanger, ifyou.haue any goad regard ynto them,valeffeit-beayoting bearin roote, which you fhall in fo doing much hind er, becaufe it is yettender, by reafonit now bearcthhis firtt flower: Butall Tulipa roots . whentheir ftalke and leanes are dry, may moft fafely then be taken vp out ofthe grou nd,a nd be fokept(fo that theylyein a dry, and notina moift place) for fixe monet hs,' with out any great harme¢i yea I haue knownethem that haue had them nine mone fonable well, but this you muft vaderftand ths out ofthe ground, and haué done reawitha elderrootes, and they haue been orderly taken ll, that they hauenot been young but a Tuliparoote the better > foasyoulet itnot vp and prefered. The dryer you keep lyein the funne or windes which will Pierce it and fpoile ir, 1 Thus Gentlewomen for your delights, (fort i hefé: pleafutes are the delipi hts of leafure, which hath bred your loue & likin minant, yet cannot they be barred from g to them;and although youare herein predoyouinthedelight as muchas is fit) haue yourbéloued;who I doubt not,wil fhare with I taken this paines,tofét downe, and brin your knowledgefuch rules of art, asmy g to fmall skill ning thisfubie@, which ofall other, feem hath enabled mee withall concer- for the varietie ofmatter, and excellency ed fitteft in this mannerto be enlarged, borh {et forth together in one place , might ofbeautie herein and alfo that thefe rules faue many repetitions in other places for the planting and ordering ofall. other , fothat them, you may haue recourfe vato thefe bulbons rootes,and the fowingthefeedes of may feruc in generall for allother; little rules, (tangquam adwormam ¢y examen) which dinerfitie ofparticulars needing exceptio n; The Place: The greater Tulipashauefirftbeene fent vs froinConftantinople, and other partsof Turkic; whereit is faid they grow naturally wilde in the Ficlds, Woods, and Mountaines 3as: Thra cia, Macedonia, Pontus about the EuxineSea, Cappadocia, Bithynia, and Syria alfo : the leffer hane come from othe about Tripolis and Aleppoin r feuerall places:, as their names doe defcipher it out ynto vs;as Armenia, Perfia, Cand ye, Portugall; Spaine, Italy, and France. They areal l now made-Denizens in our Gardens, wherethey yeeldvs more delight, and more encreafe for their proPortion, by reafon ofthe culture,then they did ynto their owne naturals; The Time: Thefe doe flower fome earlier fotnelater, for three whole rhoneths tgether atthe leat, therein adorn,ing out a Garden moft glorioufly , in that being but one kinde of fower)it is fo full of variety, as no other (except the Dattodils, whichyet arenot com parable, in tharthey yeeld not that alluring pleafant variety) doe the like befides. Som in flower with vs, (for I fpeake not of their own eof the Precoces haue beene e natural] places, where the Winters aré milder,and the Springearlie rth ours) inthe moneth of laen auary, when the Winter before hath beené milde, but many in February , F 3 and > |