1 84 JOHN EVELYN 



Joseph, I do not comprehend ; but the Planta Ahis, 

 which is a monstrous kind of Sedum, will like it endure 

 no wett in Winter, but certainely rotts if but a drop or 

 two fall on it, whereas in Summer you cannot give it 

 drink enough. I perceive their culture of choyce & 

 tender Plants differs little from ours in England, and as 

 it has ben publish'd by me in my Calendar'tum Horteme y 

 which is now the third time reprinting. Stoves 

 absolutely destroy our Conservatories ; but if they could 

 be lin'd with cork, I believe it would better secure 

 them from the cold & moisture of the walls, than either 

 matrasses, or reedes with which we co'monly invest 

 them. I thinke I was the first that ever planted 

 Spanish Cardons in our country for any culinerie use, 

 as your Excellency has taught the blanching ; but I 

 know not whether they serve themselves in Spaine with 

 the purple beards of the Thistle, when it is in flower, 

 for the curdling of Milk, which it performs much 

 better than Reinet, and is far sweeter in the Dairy 

 than that liquor, which is apt to putrifie. 



Your Excellency has rightly conjectur'd of the 

 Pome-Granad : I have allways kept it expos'd, and 

 the severest of our Winters dos it no prejudice ; they 

 will flower plentifully, but beare no fruit with us, either 

 kept in cases & in the repository, or set in the open 



