ISO ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



kinds, Narcissus, Hyacinthus, Emeryes Hellitropiano, 

 and a world of others of like nature, whose colours 

 being glorious and different make such a brave 

 checkered mixture that it is both wondrous pleasant 

 and delectable to behold." Lawson was especially fond 

 of the gillyflower, which he considered " the king of 

 the flowers except the rose"; and he dwells upon its 

 fragrance and its beauty. Double marigolds as big 

 as roses were among the showiest ornaments. 



Bacon held that "in the royal Ordering of Gardens 

 there ought to be Gardens for all the Months in the 

 Year; in which, severally, Things of Beauty may be 

 then in Season. For December and January, and the 

 Bacon's sug- Latter Part of November, you must take such Things 

 a succession as are Green all Winter; Holly, Ivy, Bays, Juniper, 

 Cypress Trees, Yew, Pine-apple Trees, 1 Fir Trees, 

 Rosemary, Lavender; Periwinkle, the white, the pur- 

 ple, and the blue; Germander, Flags, Orange Trees, 

 Lemon Trees, and Myrtles, if they be stoved; and 

 Sweet Marjoram warm set. There followeth, for the 

 latter part of January, and February, the Mezereon 

 Tree, which then blossoms ; Crocus vernus, both the 

 yellow, and the gray ; Primroses, Anemonies, the early 

 Tulipa, Hyacinthus Orientalis, Chamairis, Fritellaria. 

 For March there come Violets, specially the single 

 blue, which are the earliest; the Yellow Daffodil, the 



1 I.e. the Pine, of which several sorts were then cultivated. 



