THE ELIZABETHAN FLOWER-GARDEN 149 



The Country Houfevifis Garden. 



Ural* 



remembered that they were intended to be laid out on 

 a large scale, each knot occu- 

 pying a piece of ground from 

 twenty-five to one hundred feet 

 square. The knot was outlined 

 in box, lavender, or sometimes 

 with an edging of pinks and 

 daisies. 



The flowers commonly planted Flowers, 

 in the pleasure garden were 

 those considered as most appro- 

 priate for nosegays and garlands. 

 In the " Country Farm," among 

 those mentioned to be cultivated 



for this purpose are " March 



violets, Provence Gillo-flowers, 



and Indian Gillo-flowers, small 



Paunces, Daisies, yellow and 



white Gillo-flowers, Marigolds, 



Lilly-convally, Daffodils, Can- 



terburie-bells, Purple velvet 



flowre, Anemones, Corn-flag, 



Mugwort, Lillies, and other 



such like." Besides are men- 

 tioned "All sorts of strange 



flowers as is the Crown Im- 



periall, the Dulippos of sundrie 



