68 THE PRAISE OF GARDENS 



in blossom, the Dammasin and Plum-Trees in blossom, the 

 White Thorn in leaf, the Lelack Tree. 



In May and June, come Pinks of all Sorts, specially the 

 Blush- Pink, Roses of all kinds (except the Musk, which comes 

 later), Honey-Suckles, Strawberries, Bugloss, Columbine, the 

 French Marygold, Flos Africanus, Cherry-Tree in fruit, Ribes, 

 Figs in fruit, Rasps, Vine-Flowers, Lavender in Flowers, the 

 Sweet Satyrion with the White Flower, Herba Muscaria, Lillium 

 Convallium, the Apple-Tree in blossom. 



In July come Gilly-Flowers of all Varieties, Musk-Roses, and 

 the Lime-Tree in blossom, Early Pears and Plumbs in fruit, 

 Ginnitings, Quodlings. 



In August, come Plumbs of all sorts in Fruit, Pears, Apricocks, 

 Barberries, Filberds, Musk-Melons, Monkshoods of all Colours. 



In September come Grapes, Apples, Poppies of all Colours, 

 Peaches, Melo-Cotones, Nectarines, Cornellians, Wardens, Quinces. 

 In October and the beginning of November come Servises, 

 Medlars, Bullaces ; Roses Cut or Removed to come late, Holly- 

 oaks, and such like. 



These particulars are for the climate of London : But my 

 meaning is perceived, that you may have Ver Perpetuum, as 

 the place affords. 



And because the Breath of Flowers is far Sweeter in the Air 

 (where it comes and goes, like the Warbling of Musick) than 

 in the Hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that Delight, than 

 to know what be the Flowers and Plants that do best perfume 

 the Air. Roses, Damask and Red, are fast Flowers of their 

 Smells, so that you may walk by a whole Row of them, and 

 find nothing of their Sweetness ; yea, though it be in a morn- 

 ing Dew. Bays likewise yield no Smell as they grow, Rose- 

 mary little, nor Sweet-Marjoram. That, which above all others, 

 yields the sweetest smell in the Air, is the Violet, specially the 

 White double Violet, which comes twice a year, about the middle 

 of April, and about Bartholomew-tide. Next to that is the Musk 

 Rose, then the Strawberry Leaves dying with a most excellent 

 Cordial Smell. Then the Flower of the Vines; it is a little 



