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Earth lay them close and warme. If any Trees grow 

 barren, bore holes in the Roots, and drive pins or 

 hard wedges of Oake wood therein ; and that will 

 produce fruitfulnesse. Transplant all sort of Summer 

 Flowers, especially the Crown imperiall, Tulips, 

 Hyacinths, and Narcissus of all shapes and colours." 



He instructs us under September to make 

 conserve of quince and barberry, to sow 

 winter herbs, and set artichokes, rose-trees, 

 apple-trees, wardens, strawberries, violets, and 

 gillyflowers, to sow parsnips, and in dry 

 weather to gather hops. Nor is it, says he, 

 bad housewifery to make verjuice and pluck 

 hemp. 



Under April, in the same work, are 

 enumerated citrons, melons, cucumbers, 

 artichokes, and pole-hops. That month was 

 considered the proper season for setting 

 all these. 



Breton gives us some good advice under 

 September on the subject of windfalls : 



"Now as touching Windfalls, or such fruit as 

 falleth from the trees, and are not gathered, they must 

 not be laid with the fruit that is gathered ; and of 

 fallings there are two sorts, one may fall through 



