210 OLD-FASHIONED GARDENING 



against it devoted to tender auriculas, "July-flowers," 

 myrtles, oleanders and "other such plants," left in the 

 pots, which were set on the earth. 



Immediately along the edging rail of this border, 

 next to the walk, a row of crocuses of different sorts 

 were mingled suitably. At the corners of the beds 

 "within the fret" there were the best crown imperials, 

 lilies, martagons and tall flowers. The middles of 

 the squares held tufts of peonies, and around these 

 were several sorts of cyclamen. The rest of the space 

 was filled with daffodils, hyacinths "and such." 

 Straight beds were pronounced best for the tulips, 

 "where account may be kept of them"; ranunculus 

 and anemones also required special beds, but "the 

 more ordinary tulips, fritillarias, bulbous iris and the 

 commoner flowers" might be set all over as fancy dic- 

 tated. 



A fruit garden was separately planned, set with 

 pears, plums, cherries, apricots, peaches, nectarines 

 and vines, and between these "roses, currants, goose- 

 berries, cypress trees, miszerion and other shrubs, ac- 

 cording to preference." The borders along the 

 boundary in this garden and the other beds where no 

 fruit grew, were to have the more ordinary kinds of 

 "Lilies, Martagons, peonies, daffodils and tulips, such 

 as are least worthy for the flower garden." Box was 

 generally favored for the edgings here, the beds being 



