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and Flowers for windows and pots." *• Herbs to still in 

 Summer" and " Herbs for Physic." 



From the same author we learn many of the Garden practices 

 of the age in which he lived. The above list of plants, drawn 

 up as appropriate for any country garden, demonstrates suffi- 

 ciently how extended was the practice of Gardening* As at 

 Rome the Garden was under the care of the housewife. He 

 recommends it to lie open to the south and west. Arbours 

 made of Hawthorn were formed in it ; the walks made with 

 Saw Dust, Brick Dust, or Ashes. He mentions Capers, 

 Lemons, Olives, Oranges, and Rice as things to be boi'ght as 

 sauce for meat. 



p. 70. line 7 from the top. FLORAES PARADISE, 

 beautified and adorned with sundry sorts of delicate fruites 

 and flowers. By the industrious labour of H. P. Knight. 

 With a remedy for fever, &c. IGOO. London, l2mo. Another 

 edition 1608, which is the only one I have seen. 



The introductory pages of this work are mystical in the ex- 

 treme ; but the remainder of the work is replete with excellent 

 directions, demonstrating by their variety, and the numerous 

 gentlemen who communicated them, how extensively the taste 

 for Gardening was spread among the higher classes of Society. 



It contains many anticipations of what was advocated in 

 subsequent years. As budding Double Roses upon Briars, 

 Sloping Walls, Grafting Wax, Moving Trees when full 

 grown, &c. 



