

The ordering of the Kitchen Garden. 4.67 



CHAP. V. 



The ordering of diners forts of herbes for the pot, for meatc, 

 and fur the table. 



Vine, Sauory, and Hyflbpe, are vfually fowne in the Spring on beds by them- 

 I "dues, euerie one a part ; but they that make a gaine by felling to others the 

 young routes, to fet the knots or borders of Gardens, doe for the moll part 

 fowe them in luly and Augult, that fo being fprung vp before Winter, they will be the 

 rittcr to IK- taken vp in the Spring following, to ferue any mans vfe that would haue 

 them. Sage, Lauender, and Rofemary, are altogether fet in the Spring, by flipping 

 the old Ihilkes, and taking the youngelt and like-licit of them, thrufting them either 

 twined or otherwife halfe a toote deepe into the ground, and well watered vpon the 

 letting ; it any feafonable weather doe follow, there is no doubt of their well thri- 

 iiing : the hot Sunnc and piercing drying Windes are the greatest hinderances to them ; 

 and therefore I doe aduife none to fet too foone in the Spring, nor yet in Autumne, as 

 many doe practife : tor I could neuer fee fuch come to good, for the extremity of the 

 \Vinter conuning vpon them fo foone after their fetting, will not fuffer their young 

 Ihootes to abide, not hauing taken fufficient (Irength in the ground, to maintain them- 

 felues againll fuch violence, which doth often pierce the ftrongeft plants. Marierome 

 and Ballill are fowne in the Spring, yet not too early ; for they are tender plants, and 

 doe not fpring vntill the weather bee fomewhat warme : but Baflill would bee fowne 

 jid not haue any water of two or three daies after the fowing, elfe the feede will 

 turne to a gelly in the ground. Some vfe to /owe the feed of Rofemary, but it feldome 

 abideth the rtrlT. Winter, becaufe the young plants being fmall, and not of fufficient 

 llrength, cannot abide the (harpnefle of fome Winters, notwithstanding the couering 

 of them, which killeth many old plants ; but the vfuall way is to flippe and fet, and fo 

 they thriue well. Many doe vfe to fowe all or the moft forts of Pot-herbes together 

 on one plot of ground, that they neede not to goe farre to gather all the forts they 

 would vfe. There are many forts of them well knowne vnto all, yet few or none doe 

 vfe all forts, but as euery one liketh ; fome vfe thofe that others refufe, and fome efteem 

 thole not to bee wholefome and of a good rellifh, which others make no fcruple of. 

 The names of them are as followeth, and a fhort relation of their fowing or planting. 



Rofemary, Tyme, and Sauorie are fpoken of before, and Onions and Leekes. 



Mints are to bee fet with their rootes in fome by-place, for that their rootes doe 

 creepe fo farre vnder ground, that they quickly fill vp the places neare adioyning, if 

 they be not puld vp. 



Clarie is to be fowne, and feedeth and dyeth the next yeare, the herbe is rtrong, and 

 therefore a little thereof is fufficient. 



Nep is fowne, and dyeth often after feeding, few doe vfe it, and that but a little at a 

 time : both it and Clarie are more vfed in Tanfies then in Broths. 



Colhnarie is to be fet of rootes, the leaues are vfed with fome in their Broths, but 

 with more in their Ale. 



Pot Marierome is fet of rootes, being feparated in funder. 



Penniroyall is to be fet of the fmall heads that haue rootes, it creepeth and fprea- 

 deth quickly. 



Allifanders are to be fowne of feede, the tops of the rootes with the greene leaues 

 are vfed in Lent efpecially. 



Hartley is a common herbe, and is fowne of feede, it feedeth the next yeare and 

 dyeth : the rootes are more vfed in broths then the leaues, and the leaues almolt with 

 all forts of meates. 



Fennell is fowne of feede, and abideth many yeares yeelding feede : the rootes al- 

 fo are vfed in broths, and the leaues more feldome, yet ferue to trimme vp many 

 till) meates. 



Borage is fowne of feede, and dyeth the next yeare after, yet once being fuffered to 

 feede in a Garden, will itill come of it owne (bedding. 



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