'(17) 

 doe well, and have good reafon for It i For confidef* 

 ing the nature of young Tulip roots is to runne, down 

 deeper into the ground , every year more then other* 

 they think to hinder their quick defcent by the fafll 

 nefs of the ground, that fo they may increafe the bet* 

 ter. This way may pleafe fome, but I doe not ufe it* 

 nor can find the reafon fufficient;fdrthey doe not : con^ 

 fider that the (lifnefs of the earth doth caufe the roots 

 of the young Tulips to be long before they grow 

 great , in that the ftirte ground doth more hinder the. 

 well thriving of the RoOus then a loofe doth : and al- 

 though the roots doe runne down deeper in a loofe 

 earth > yet they may eafily by tranfplanting be holpen 

 and raifd up high enough. I have alfo feen fome 

 Tulips not once removed from* their fowing t;o their; 

 flowering; but if you v\ ill not loofe them you muft 

 take them up while their leaf or fblk be frefh and noc 

 withered: for if you doe not follow the fblk dowri 

 to the root , be it never fodeep you will leave thsrn 

 behind you. 



The ground alfomuftbe fefpe^ed, for the fitter J 

 fofter and richer the mould is , wherein you fovv the 

 feed, the greater {hall be your increafe and variety- 

 Sjft it therefore from Rones and rubbifh, and let it bd 

 either fat naturall ground of it felf, or being muckt, 

 letit be throughly rotten.-fome I know to mend theii? 

 ground doe make fuch a mixture of grounds > that 

 they mar it in the making* 



Perrarms bids that the feed be foweh mSepremhfa 

 foon as rain fhall mate the/ ground fit) half a fingers 

 breadth in good Garden mould, riot to be removed irl 

 two years after,at which time they are to be removed 

 and placed in feverall beds , according to their feve- 

 allbignefs, where in 4 or 5 years they v\ ill bear 

 %ir flowers* C Exmjh 



