The ordering of the Garden of Pleafure. i 7 



dill, and fome other forts of early Daffodils, and many forts of Anemones. In Aprill 

 commeth on the pride of thefe (Grangers ; tor herein you may behold all the forts of 

 Auricula Vr(i or Beares Eares, many forts of Anemones, both (ingle and double, 

 both the forts of Tulipas, the earlier vntill the middle of the moneth, and the later 

 then beginning; which are of fo many different colours, that it is almolt impoffible to 

 exprelfe them, the white, red, blacke, and yellow Fritillarias, the Mufcari or Muske 

 Grape flower, both afh colour and yellow. Diuers other forts of lacinths and Daffo- 

 dils both (ingle and double, the fmaller forts of Flowerdeluces, the Veluet Flower- 

 deluce and double Honyfuckles, with diuers others. May likewife at the beginning 

 feemeth as glorious as Aprill, although toward the end it doth decline, in regard the 

 heate of the Sunne hath by this time drawne forth all the (tore of natures tendered 

 dainties, which are vfually (pent by the end of this moneth, and then thofe of ftronger 

 conlh'tution come forward. Herein are to bee feene at the beginning the middle flow- 

 ring Tulipas, and at the end the later forts : fome kindes of Daffodils, the Day Lillies, 

 the great white Starre flower, the Flowerdeluce of Conflantinople or the mourning 

 Sable flower, the other forts of Flowerdeluces. Single and double white Crowfoote, 

 and Iingle and double red Crowfoot, the glory of a Garden : the early red Martagon, 

 the Periian Lilly, the yellow Martagon, the Gladiolus or Corne flagge, both white, 

 red, and blufh : the double yellow Rofe, and fome other forts of Rofes. In lune doe 

 flower the white and the blufh Martagon, the Martagon Imperiall, the mountaine Lil- 

 lies, and the other forts of white and red Lillies, the bulbous Flowerdeluces of diuers 

 forts, the red flowred Ladies bower, the lingle and double purple flowred Ladies bow- 

 er, the white Syringa or Pipe tree, for the blew Pipe tree flowreth earlier, the white 

 and the yellow lafmin. luly holdeth in flower fome of the Ladies bowers and laf- 

 mines, and belides doth glory in the Female Balfame apple, the Indian CrefTes or yel- 

 low Larkes fpurres, the purple Flower-gentle and the Rofe Bay. In Auguft begin 

 fome of the Autumne bulbous flowers to appeare, as the white and the purple Col- 

 chicum or Medow Saffron, the purple mountaine Crocus or Saffron flower, the little 

 Autumne Leucoium and Autumne lacinth, the Italian Starrewort, called of fome the 

 purple Marigold, the Meruaile of Peru or of the world, the Flower of the Sunne, the 

 great blew Bell-flower, the great double French Marigold. September flourifheth 

 with the Flower of the Sunne, the Meruaile of the world, the purple Marigold, and 

 blew Bell-flower fpoken of before, and likewife the other forts of Medow Saffron, and 

 the double kinde likewife, the filuer Crocus, the Autumne yellow Daffodill, Cycla- 

 men alfo or Sowbread (hew their flowers in the end of this moneth. October alfo 

 will (hew the flowers of Cyclamen, and fome of the Medow Saffrons. In Nouember, 

 as alfo fometimes in the moneth before, the party coloured Medow Saffron may bee 

 feene, that will longed hold his flower, becaufe it is the latert that (heweth it felfe, and 

 the afh coloured mountaine Crocus. And euen December it felfe will not want the 

 true blacke Hellebor or Chriftmas flower, and the glorious (hew of the Laurus Tinus 

 or wilde Bay tree. Thus haue I (hewed you fome of the flowers for euery moneth, 

 but I referre you to the more ample declarion of them and all the others, vnto the work 

 following. 



CHAP. VIII. 



T'he true manner and order to encreafe and preferue all forts of Gi/lojiowers, as well 



byjlippes asfeedes. 



BEcaufe that Carnations and Gilloflowers bee the chiefell flowers of account in 

 all our Englifh Gardens, I haue thought good to entreate fomewhat amply of 

 them, and that a part by it felfe, as I faid a little before, in regard there is fo 

 much to be faid concerning them, and that if all the matters to be entreated of (hould 

 haue beene inferted in the Chapter of Gilloflowers, it would haue made it too tedi- 

 ous and large, and taken vp too much roome. The particular matters whereof I mean 

 in this place to entreate are thefe : How to encreafe Gilloflowers by planting and by 



C fowing, 



