8 The ordering of the Garden of Pleafure. 



forme them into an hedge. And fome againe take a lowe prickly fhrubbe, that abideth 

 alwayes greene, defcribed in the end of this Booke, called in Latine Pyracantha, which 

 in time will make an euer greene hedge or border, and when it beareth fruit, which are 

 red berries like vnto Hawthorne berries, make a glorious (hew among the greene leaues 

 in the:Winter time, when no other fhrubbes haue fruit or leaues. 



CHAP. IV. 



The nature and names of diners Out-landifh flowers, that for their pride, beauty, and 

 earlinejfe, are to be planted in Gardens of peafure for delight. 



HAuing thus formed out a Garden, and diuided it into his fit and due proporti- 

 on, with all the gracefull knots, arbours, walkes, &c. likewife what is fit to 

 keepe it in the fame comely order, is appointed vnto it, both for the borders of 

 the fquares, and for the knots and beds themselues ; let vs now come and furnifh the 

 inward parts, and beds with thofe fine flowers that (being ftrangers vnto vs, and giuing 

 the beauty and brauery of their colours fo early before many of our owne bred flowers, 

 the more to entice vs to their delight) are moft befeeming it ; and namely, with Daffo- 

 dils, Fritillarias, lacinthes, Saffron-flowers, Lillies, Flowerdeluces, Tulipas, Anemo- 

 nes, French Cowflips, or Beares eares, and a number of fuch other flowers, very beau- 

 tifull, delightfull, and pleafant, hereafter defcribed at full, whereof although many 

 haue little fweete fcent to commend them, yet their earlineffe and exceeding great beau- 

 tie and varietie doth fo farre counteruaile that defecl (and yet I muft tell you with all, 

 that there is among the many forts of them fome, and that not a few, that doe excell in 

 fweetneffe, being fo flrong and heady, that they rather offend by too much than by too 

 little fent, and fome againe are of fo milde and moderate temper, that they fcarce come 

 fhort of your moft delicate and daintieft flowers) that they are almoft in all places with 

 all perfons, efpecially with the better fort of the Gentry of the Land, as greatly defired 

 and accepted as any other the moft choifeft, and the rather, for that the mort part of thefe 

 Out-landifh flowers, do (hew forth their beauty and colours fo early in the yeare, that 

 they feeme to make a Garden of delight euen in the Winter time, and doe fo giue their 

 flowers one after another, that all their brauery is not fully fpent, vntil that Gilliflowers, 

 the pride of our Englifh Gardens, do mew themfelues : So that whofoeuer would haue 

 of euery fort of thefe flowers, may haue for euery moneth feueral colours and varieties, 

 euen from Chriftmas vntill Midfommer, or after ; and then, after fome little refpite, vn- 

 till Chriftmas againe, and that in fome plenty, with great content and without forcing ; 

 fo that euery man may haue them in euery place, if they will take any care of them. 

 And becaufe there bee many Gentlewomen and others, that would gladly haue fome 

 fine flowers to furnifh their Gardens, but know not what the names of thofe things are 

 that they defire, nor what are the times of their flowring, nor the skill and knowledge 

 of their right ordering, planting, difplanting, tranfplanting, and replanting ; I haue here 

 for their fakes fet downe the nature, names, times, and manner of ordering in a briefe 

 manner, referring the more ample declaration of them to the worke following. And 

 firft of their names and natures : Of Daffodils there are almoft an hundred forts, as they 

 are feuerally defcribed hereafter, euery one to be diftinguished from other, both in their 

 times, formes, and colours, fome being eyther white, or yellow, or mixt, or elfe being 

 fmall or great, fingle or double, and fome hauing but one flower vpon a ftalke, others 

 many, whereof many are fo exceeding fweete, that a very few are fufficient to perfume 

 a whole chamber, and befides, many of them be fo faire and double, eyther one vpon 

 a ftalke, or many vpon a ftalke, that one or two ftalkes of flowers are in ftead of a whole 

 nofe-gay, or bundell of flowers tyed together. This I doe affirme vpon good knowledge 

 and certaine experience, and not as a great many others doe, tell of the wonders of an- 

 other world, which themselues neuer faw nor euer heard of, except fome fuperficiall 

 relation, which themselues haue augmented according to their owne fanfie and con- 

 ceit. Againe, let me here alfo by the way tell you, that many idle and ignorant Gardi- 

 ners and others, who get names by Health, as they doe many other things, doe call 



fome 



