T7ie ordering of the Garden of Pleafure. i 5 



is moft vfuall either in foine fquare, round, triangle, or other fmall part in the Garden, 

 becaufe they fpread and take vp a very great deale of ground. All of them likcwife 

 are to be fet with the broad end of the roote downcwards, and the fmall end vpwards, 

 that is, both Lillies, Daffodils, Hyacinthes, and Tulipas, and all other forts of round 

 rootes, which fhew one end to bee fmaller than another. But the Colchicum or Mc- 

 dow-Safrron onely requireth an exception to this generall rule, in regard the roote 

 thereof hath a fmall eminence or part on the one fide thereof, which muft bee fet or 

 planted downeward, and not vpward ; for you (hall obferuc, if the roote lye a little 

 moift out of the ground, that it will fhoote fibres out at the fmall long end thereof, al- 

 though you may perceiue when you take it vp, that the fibres were at the other broad 

 end or fide of the roote. As for the Crowne Imperiall, which is a broad round roote 

 and flat withall, hauing a hole in the middle, for the moft part quite thorow, when it 

 is taken vp in his due time out of the ground, you mall perceiue the fcales or cloues of 

 the rootes to bee a little open on the vpperfide, and clofe and flat on the vndcrfide, 

 which will direfl you which part to fet vpward ; as alfo that the hole is bigger aboue 

 then it is below. The Perlian Lilly is almoft like unto the Crowne Imperiall, but that 

 the roote thereof is not fo flat, and that it hath a fmaller head at the one part, whereby 

 it may be difcerned the plainer how to be fet. The Fritillaria is a fmall white root di- 

 uidcd as it were into two parts, fo that many haue doubted, as formerly in the Crowne 

 Imperiall, what part to fet vppermoft ; you (hall therefore marke, that the two parts 

 of the roote are ioyned together at the bottome, where it fhooteth out fibres or fmall 

 ftringie rootes, as all other forts of bulbous rootes doe, and withall you fhall fee, that 

 betweene the two parts of the roote a fmall head will appeare, which is the burgeon 

 that will fpring vp to beare leaues and flowers. In the rootes of Anemones there are 

 fmall round fwelling heads, eafie enough to be obferued if you marke it, which muft be 

 fet vpwards. All other forts of ftringie rooted plants (and not bulbous or tuberous 

 rooted) that lofe their greene leaues in Winter, will fhew a head from whence the 

 leaues and flowers will fpring, and all others that keepe their greene leaues, are to bee 

 planted in the fame manner that other herbes and flower-plants are accuftomed to be. 

 But yet for the better thriuing of the ftringie rooted plants, when you will plant 

 them, let me informe you of the beft way of planting, and the moft fure to caufe any 

 plant to comprehend in the ground without failing, and is no common way with any 

 Gardiner in this Kingdome, that euer I heard or knew, which is thus : Prefuming that 

 the ftringie rooted plant is frefh and not old gathered, and a plant that being remoued 

 will grow againe, make a hole in the ground large enough where you meane to fet this 

 roote, and raife the earth within the hole a little higher in the middle then on the fides, 

 and fet the roote thereon, fpreading the ftrings all abroad about the middle, that they 

 may as it were couer the middle, and then put the earth gently round about it, prefling 

 it a little clofe, and afterwards water it well, if it be in Summer, or in a dry time, or o- 

 therwife moderately : thus fhall euery feuerall firing of the roote haue earth enough to 

 caufe it to fhoote forth, and thereby to encreafe farre better than by the vfuall way, 

 which is without any great care and refpeft to thruft the rootes together into the 

 ground. Diuers other flower plants are but annual!, to bee new fowne euery yeare; as 

 the Maruaile of the world, the Indian CrefTes, or yellow Larkes heeles, the Flower of 

 the Sunne, and diuers others : they therefore that will take pleafure in them, that they 

 may enioy their flowers the earlier in the yeare, and thereby haue ripe feede of them 

 while warme weather lafteth, muft nurfe vp their feedes in a bed of hot dung, as Me- 

 lons and Cowcumbers are, but your bed muft be prouided earlier for thefe feeds, than 

 for Melons, &c. that they may haue the more comfort of the Summer, which are to be 

 carefully tended after they are tranfplanted from the hotbed, and couered with ftraw 

 from colds, whereby you fhall not faile to gaine ripe feed euery yeare, which other- 

 wife if you fhould mifle of a very kindly & hot Summer, you fhould neuer haue. Some 

 of thefe feedes neede likewife to be tranfplanted from the bed of dung vnder a warme 

 wall, as the Flower of the Sunne, and the Maruaile of the world, and fome others, and 

 that for a while after their tranfplanting, as alfo in the heate of Summer, you water 

 them at the roote with water that hath ftood a day or two in the Sunne, hauing firft laid 

 a round wifpe of hay or fuch other thing round about the roote, that fo all helpes may 

 further their giuing of ripe feede. One or two rules more I will giue you concerning 



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