4.68 The ordering of the Kitchen Garden, 



Bugloffe commeth of feede, but abideth many yeares after it hath giuen feede, if it 

 ftand not in the coldeft place of the Garden. 



Marigolds are fowne of feede, and may be after tranfplanted, they abide two or 

 three yeares, if they be not fet in too cold a place : the leaues and flowers are both vfed. 



Langedebeefe is fowne of feede, which fhedding it felfe will hardly be destroyed 

 in a Garden. 



Arrach is to be fowne of feede, this likewife will rife euery yeare of it owne feed, if 

 it be fuffered to fhed it felfe. 



Beetes are fowne of feede, and abideth fome yeares after, ftill giuing feede. 



Elites are vfed but in fome places, for there is a generall opinion held of them, that 

 they are naught for the eyes : they are fowne euery yeare of feede. 



Bloodwort once fowne abideth many yeares, if the extremity of the frofts kill it 

 not, and feedeth plentifully. 



Patience is of the fame nature, and vfed in the fame manner. 



French Mallowes are to be fowne of feede, and will come of it owne fowing, if it 

 be fuffered to fhed it felfe. 



Ciues are planted onely by parting the rootes ; for it neuer giueth any feede at all. 



Garlicke is ordered in the fame manner, by parting and planting the rootes euerie 

 yeare. 



Thefe be all the forts are vfed with vs for that purpofe, whereas I faid before, none 

 vfeth all, but euery one will vfe thofe they like beft : and fo much fhall fuffice for pot- 

 her bes. 



CHAP. VI. 



T'/ie manner and ordering of many forts of herbes and 

 rootes for Sal lets. 



IF I fhould fet downe all the forts of herbes that are vfually gathered for Sallets, I 

 mould not onely fpeake of Garden herbes, but of many herbes, &c. that growe 

 wilde in the fields, or elfe be but weedes in a Garden ; for the vfuall manner with 

 many, is to take the young buds and leaues of euery thing almoft that groweth, as well 

 in the Garden as in the Fields, and put them all together, that the tarte of the one may 

 amend the rellifh of the other : But I will only fhew you thofe that are fown or planted 

 in gardens for that purpofe. Afparagus is a principall & deleclable Sallet herbe, whofe 

 young fhootes when they are a good handfull high aboue the ground, are cut an inch 

 within the ground, which being boyled, are eaten with a little vinegar and butter, as a 

 Sallet of great delight. Their ordering with the beft Gardiners is on this wife : When 

 you haue prouided feede of the beft kinde, you muft fowe it either before Chriftmas, 

 as moft doe, or before the end of February ; the later you fowe, the later and the more 

 hardly will they fpring : after they are growne vp, they are to be tranfplanted in Au- 

 tumne on a bed well trenched in with dung ; for elfe they will not bee worth your la- 

 bour, and fet about a foote diftance in f under, and looke that the more carefull you are 

 in the replanting of them, the better they will thriue, and the fooner growe great : af- 

 ter flue or fix yeares ftanding they vfually doe decay ; and therefore they that ftriue to 

 haue continually faire and great heads, doe from feede raife vp young for their ftore. 

 You muft likewife fee that you cut not your heads or young fhoote too nigh, or too 

 much, that is, to take away too many heads from a roote, but to leaue a fufficient num- 

 ber vncut, otherwife it will kill the heart of your rootes the fooner, caufing them to 

 dye, or to giue very fmall heads or fhootes ; for you may well confider with your 

 felfe, that if the roote haue not head enough left it aboue the ground to fhoote greene 

 this yeare, it will not, nor cannot prof per vnder ground to giue encreafe the next yeare. 

 The ordering of Lettice I haue fpoken of before, and fhall not neede here to repeate 

 what hath beene already faid, but referre you thereunto for the fowing, planting, &c. 

 onely I will here fhew you the manner of ordering them for Sallets. There are fome 

 forts of Lettice that growe very great, and clofe their heads, which are called Cab- 

 bage 



