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Show ee TheGarden of pleafant Flowers. 212 The Garden ofpleafant Flowers, i growpretty ftrong ,' able to abide the tharpe Wiaterintheirnonage 5 invfing fome Amarantina. 11. Amemonetenuifolia florerubrefafco pleno coma The double purple Veluet Anemone. Carnation 4. Thigdouble Veltet Anemone isin all things like the laft defcribedof the flowe, colour the in h confiftet e differenc the , nemone,but fomewhat larger ofa des and es, outerleau forthe which it this is ofa deeporfad crimfon red colour ing thecolour of theleffer —4nu| embl s,ref thrum le midd the rin colou t purple Velue y e hereafter defcribed, whereof it tooketh , or Purp! e flower gentl vanthus purperews name, which middle thrums areas fine and {mall , and as euen atthe toppesas th whiteor laft Carnation Anemones. This double Anemonealfois very like the laft defcribed Anemotie, butthatin the!” light crimfoncolour. ‘And thus much for thekindes of Anemones or Windflowers,fo farre forth as hau hitherto come to our knowledge ; yet I doubt not, but that more varieties hauebeett elfewherecolleéted, and will be alfoin our Countrey daily and yearly obferuedby diuers, that raifethem vp from fowingthe feede, wherein lyeth pretty art,notyet ft miliarly knowne to our Nation, although it be very frequent in the Lowe-Countrits wheretheir induftry hath bred and nourifhed vp {uch diuerfities and varieties, thi they haue valued fome Anemonesat fuch high rates, as moft would wondera, and none ofour Nation would purchafe, as Ithinke. AndI doubtnot, if weewoull beas curiousas they, but that both our ayre and foyle would produceas great variety, as eter hath been feene inthe Lowe-Countries ; whichto procure, ifany of our Nut on will take fo much painesin fowing the feedes of Anemones, as diuers hauedoned Tulipas: I will {et them downethe beft directionsfor that purpofe that I haueleamet, or could by muchfearch and tryall attaine vnto ; yet I muft let them vnderftand this much alfo,that thereis notfo great variety of double flowersraifed from thefeedeat the thin leafed Anemones,as from the broad leafed ones. Firft therefore(as I faid before) concerning Tulipas, thereis fome fpeciall choiceto be made of fuchflowers,whofe feedisfitteftto betaken. Of the Latifolias,the double Orengetawney {eedebeing fowne, yeeldeth pretty varieties, butthe purples, and reds, or crim fons, either Letifolias or Tennifelias, yeeld {mall variety, but, fuchas draw neareft to their originall, although fome bealittle deeper or lighter then others. Bit the light colours be they whicharethe chiefe for choice,as white, afh-colour, blu| orcarnation,light orenge,fimple or party coloured, fingle or double,if they beat feede, which mutt bee carefully gathered , and that not before it bee thorough rips whichyou fhall knowby the head ; for when the feede with the wollineffe beginnetl torifea little ofit felfe atthelower end, itmuft bee then quickly gathered, left! windecarry itallaway. After it isthus carefully gathered, it muft be laid todry ford werk a poe then eine gently rubbed with a little dry fand or'eatth, " be Lomewhat better fepara the woollinefle ot downe that compaffeth iePeatpesto shoronghly ae Within amoneth at the moft afterthe feede is thus gathered and prepared, it mul be fowne’; for by that meanes you (hall gaine i a Peer chat J fhould docif a fowed it ae next Siting. Years, inthe arowiig 9. OF ee) Ifthere remaitie any woollineffeinthe feede , pullit in funder as well agyouceh, and then fowe yourfeede reafonable thin , and nottoothicke, vpon plaine {moo bed of fineearth, orrather in pots or tubbes, and after the fowing,fift or gently fra ouler them fomefine good frefh mould, about one fingers thicknefle atthe moft for tit in like manner another fingers thickneffe of fine earth fiftor ftrawoner thie aridfive the meanetimeif weather proue dry, you mutt water them gently.and often , but not to ouetglutt i with moifture and thus doing, you fhall haue them fpring. vp before Winter, = mA G , guft, you may then temouethem, andfetthem in order by rowes, with fufficienr di- ftance one fromanother) wherethey may abide, vatill you fee what manner of fower each plant will beare, which youniay difpofe ofiaccording to your minde. Many of them‘beingthus ordered (ifyourmiould befine, loofe, and ftefh, not ftonie, clayifh, or froma middin) will beare flawers the fecond yeate afterthe fowing and moorall ofth¢inthe third yeare,if the place where you fowe them, be not annoyed with the {moake of Brewers, Dyers, or Maultkils, whichifit be,thea will they neuerthriue well. to be induftrious; and to helpethem forward, hauegiuen fuch rulesofdireétions, that I doubtnot, but they will vpon the tryald and view ofthevaticty, proceede as well in middle ofthe purple thrums,there thrufteth forth a tuft of threads or leaucs ofamot firlt time: And about a monethafter their-firt {pringing vp, little care to cower them loofely with fome: fearne; ot furfe,or/béane hame,orftraw. orany fuch, wliich yet muft notlye clofe vyponthem, nor too farre from them neither. Thenext Spring after the lowing,if you will, but itis better if you ftay vntill Au- Thus much have! thought goodto fet dowae, to incitefome ofour owne Nation 12. Anemone tenuifolia flore pleso tricolor. The double purple Veluet Anemone of three colours. cauie the lecde to 213 gt : the fowing ofAnemones as of Tulipas, I cannot (Gentlewomen) withheld one other feeret from you, whichis to informe you how you may fo order Anemones, that after all others ordinarilyare paft, you may haue them in flower fortwoor threemoneths longer then are to be feene with any other, that v{cth not this courfeI direét you. Theordinary time to plant Anemones , is moft commonly in Auguft , which will beare flower fome peraduenture before Winter, but moft vfually in February, March, and Aprill, few or none ofthem abiding vntill May ; but ifyou willkeepe fome roots out ofthe ground vnplanted,vatill February, March, and Aprill, and plant fome at onetime, and fomeat another, you fhall haue them beare flower according to their planting, thofe that fhall be planted in February, will flower aboutthe middle or end ofMay, and fothe reftaccordingly after that manner : And thus may you haue the pleafure ofthefe plants out oftheir naturall {eafons , whichis not permitted to be en- ioyedin anyother that I know, Nature being not fo proneto bee furtheredbyart in otherthings.asinthis. Yet regard, that inkeeping your Anemone rootesout of the groundforthis purpofe, youncither keep them too dry, nor yet too moift, for fprou- ting or rotting ; and in planting them,that youfet them notin too open a funny place, but where they may be fomewhat fhadowed. The Place. I thall not need to fpend muchtime inrelatingthefeuerall places of thefe Anemones,but onely to declare that the moft ofthem that haue not beene raifed from feed, haue come from Conftantinople to vs; yetthefirft broad leafed or yellow Anemone, was firft found in Portugal! , and from thence broughtinto thefe parts. Andthefirft purple Starre Ancmone in Germanie, yet wasthe fame fentamong others from Conttantinoplealfo. And the firftthin cut leafed Anemonecame firft out of Italy , although manyof that fort hauecomelikewife from Conftantinople. And fo hauethe double red or Scarlet Anemones, and the great double blush, which I firft had by the gift of M'.Humfirey Packington of Worcefterfhire Efquire, at Haruington, The Time. The times of their flowring arefufficiently expreffed in the defcriptions, or inthe rules for planting. The Names: The Turkifhnames whereby thegreaf double broad leafed kindes haue beene fent vntovs, were Giul Catamer, and Ginl Catamer tale, And 2i- Anemones. nizade, Binizante, and Galipeli Lele for thethinne cut leafedHerba mee All Authors haue called them semones, and are the truc i ¢ |