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of such roses as are neither in the bud, nor full blowne 

 (for these have the smoothest leaves of all other), which 

 you must especially cull and chuse from the rest ; then take 

 sand, wash it in some change of waters, and drie it thoroughly 

 well, either in an oven, or in the sunne ; and having shallow, 

 square or long boxes of four, five or six inches deepe, make 

 first an even lay of sand in the bottom, upon which lay your 

 rose leaves, one by one (so as none of them touch other) 

 till you have covered all the sand, then strowe sand upon 

 those leaves, till you have thinly covered them all, and 

 then make another laie of leaves as before, and so lay upon 

 lay, etc. Set this box in some warme place in a hot, sunny 

 day (and commonly in two hot sunny dayes they will bee 

 thorow dry), then take them out carefully with your hand 

 without breaking. Keepe these leaves in Jarre glasses, 

 bound about, with paper, neere a chimney, or stove, for 

 feare of relenting. I finde the red Rose leafe best to be 

 kept in this manner ; also take away the stalkes of pansies, 

 stock gillyflowers, or other single flowers ; pricke them one 

 by one in sand, pressing downe theire leaves smooth with 

 more sand laid evenly upon them. And thus you may have 

 Rose leaves, and other flowers to lay about your basons, 

 windows, etc., all the winter long. Also this secret is very 

 requisite for a good simplifier, because hee may dry the 

 leaf of any herb in this manner; and lay it, being dry, in 

 his herbal with the simple which it represent eth, whereby 

 he may easily learne to know the names of all simples 

 which he desireth. Ibid. 



TO DRY ROSE LEAVES IN A MOST EXCELLENT MAN- 

 NER. When you have newly taken out your bread, then put 

 in your Roses in a sieve, first clipping away the whites that 

 they may be all of one colour, lay them about one inch in 

 thickness in the sieve ; and when they have stood halfe an 

 houre, or thereabout, they will grow whitish on the top : 

 let them yet remaine without stirring, till the uppermost of 

 them bee fully dried : then stirre them together, and leave 

 them about one other halfe houre : and if you finde them 



