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Show OF THE KITCHEN GARDEN. Cuap. I. Thefituation of a Kitchen Garden, or Garden of Herbes, and whatfort of manure isfitte/t to belpe the decaying of thefoyle thereof. $$ Ating giuen youthe beft rules and inftrucions that I can foryour ae flower Garden, and all the flowers that are fit'to furnith it, Inow =§ proceede'to your hérbe garden, whichis not of the leaft refpe& ) belonging to any manshoife, norvtterly to bee negleéted for the WY many vtilities are to be had from it,both for the Mafters profit and Sq pleafiire, and the'meyniés content and nourifhment : all whichif 4 T fhould here fer down, I had a large fieldto wander in,and matter fufficient to entreat ofbut this worke permitreth not thatlibertie : and [thinke there are but few but eyther know it already, or conceiue it fufficiently in their minds. Paffiig therefore no furtherin fiich difcourfes, I cometothe matterin hand,which is co fhew you where thefitteft placeis for an herbe garden. As before I thewed you thatthe beautie of any worthy houfe is much the more commended for the pleaiant fituation of thegarden of flowers,orof pleafure,to be in thefight ard full pro{pect ofall the chiefe and choifeftroomes of the houfe; fo contrariwife,your herbe garden fhould bee'onthe one or otherfide of the houfe, and thofe beft and choyfé toomesi: forthe manydifferentfents that arife from the herbes, as Cabbages, Onions, &c, are fearce well pleafing to perfomethe lodgings of any honfe; and the mahy:ouer= tures and breaches asit were’of many’ofthe beds thereof, which mutt neceflarily bee’ arealfoaslittle pleafantto the fight. Butforpriuate mens houfes, who maftiike théir habitations as they fall vntothem,and cannot have time or meanesto alter them, they muttmake avertue ofneceffity, and conuett their placesto their beft adnantage, by making their profit their chicfeftpleafure, and making one place ferueforall vies,The choyce of ground for this Garden,is(as I faid before) whereit is far, fertill and good there needeth the leffe labour andcoft : and contrariwife, where it is cold, wet, dry or barren, there muft bee the more helpesftill added to keepe it inheart. Forthis Garden by reafon of the much and continual ftirring thercin, the herbes and rootes drawing outthe fubftance of thefertilitiethereof more aboundantlythen intheformer, muft €continually holpen with foyle,or elfe fewthings ofgoodneffe or worth will come forward therein. The ftable foyle of horfesis beft and more properfor any colde 8tounds, fot being the hotteft,it will caufe any the feedes for this Gardensto profper Welland be more forward thenin any other groundthatisnot fo holpen. Fhe ftable foyle of Cattell is of a colder andmoifter nature, and is therefore more proper a Q4 3 the |