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98 What carden feeds be flronger which be weaker than others. Alfo,what plants 
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Qwas touching the change and alteration in {eedsjoccafioned by age andlong keeping: 
-} XQ] fome there be that are firme and faft;which hold their owne well, as namely, the feeds of 
' Gotiander,Beets,Leekes garden Ciefles, Senvie or Muftard feed Rocker,Saverie,andin 
oneword, allfiichas behote andbite atthe tongues end, Contrariwife, of a weaker natuté;are 
the feeds of Orach,Bafill, Gourds,and Cucumbers,Genérally,all Summier feeds laft iongerthan 
Winter :and Chibboll feed leaft of any other will abide age.But take the ftrongeft and-hardli- 
eftthatbe,you fhallhave none goodafter foure yeares, I meane onlyfor tofow. AndyetImoft 
needs fay,that Saverie {ced will remainein force and above that time.Raddithes, Beets, Rue,and 
Saverie, find much good by being watered with falewater;for to thefe efpecially it is wholefome 
- Phyficke againft many,nfirmities :and befides, itisthought to give them a pleafant and com- 
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mendable taft,yea,and it caufeth them to beemore fruitful.’ As tor all other hearbes, they find 
benefite rather by frefh water. And fince wee are light upon the mention of waters, ‘thofe aré 
thought beft for this purpofe which are coldeftand {weeteft to be drunke,Standing waters out of 
fome pond,fuch alfo as are conveighed into gardens by trenches and gutters, are not good for 
a gatden,becaufe they bring in with them the feeds of many a weed .Burabove all otherstain wa- 
ters comming in white fhowers from heaven,be they that nourifh a garden beft,for thefefhow: _ 
ers kill the vermine alfo which are breeding therein, 
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2 The manner of watering Gardens. What heitbes will prowe the better by remoo- 
ving and replanting.Of the juices nd favours thit Garden 3 
bearbes affonrd, nt 
He beft time of the day to water gardens,is morning and evening,tothe end that the wate. 
fhould not be overheat with the Sunne.Eafill onely would be wacered.alfo atnoone. And 
imoreover,fome thinke,that when it is new fowen, it will make haft tocome up very {peedi- 
ly,if it befprinckled at the firit wich hore water.Generally,all bearbes proove better, and growto 
begreater,when they be tran{planted, but principally Leekes and Navewes.Nay,this removing 
and replanting of them isthe proper cure of many forances,for from that time forward, fubject 
they will notbe tothofe injuries that ufe to infett them;and namely,Chibbols,Porret,or Leekes, 
Raddith, Perfeley, Le€tuce, Rapes or Turneps,and Cucumbers, All hearbes which by nature 
grow wild, lightly haveimaller leaves and flenderer ftalkes : in taft alfo they be more biting and 
eager, than fuch of that kindas grow in gardens : as wee may fee in Saverie, Origan, and Rue. 
Howbeir, of all others the wild Docke is better than the garden Sorrell, which the Latines call 
Rumex. This garden Sorrell or foure Docke is the ftouteft and hardlieft of all that grow: for 
if the feed have once taken ina place , itwill by folkes faying continue cver there : neithercan 
itbe killed,doe what you will ro the earth,efpecially if it grow neare the water fide.If itbee ufed 
-with meats, unlefle it bee taken with Prifacam or husked Barley alone, it giveth amore pleafane 
and commendable tait thereto,and befides,maketh it lighter of digeftion. The wild Docke or 
Sorrell is good in many medicines.But that you may know howdiligent and curious men have 
been tofearch into the fecrets of every thing I will tell you what have found contrived in cer- 
taine verfes of a Poet namely, That ifa man take the round treddles of a Goat,and make in eve- 
ry one of thema little hole, putting therein the feed either of Leekes,Rocker, Lectuce, Perfely, 
Endive,or garden Crefles,and clofe them up,andfo put them into the ground, itis woonderfull 
how they will profper,and what faire plants will come thereof.Over and befides,this would bee 
noted,that all hearbes wild, bee drier and more keene than the tame of the famekind. For this 
place requireth,that I fhould fet down the difference alfo of their juice & tafts which they yeeld, 
and rather indeed than of Apples and fuch like fruits of trees. The taft or fmacke of Saverie,Oxi- 
gan,Crefles,and Senvie,is hote and biting. Of Wormewood and Centaurie, bitter. Of Cucum- 
ber,Gourds,and Lectuce, waterifh,Of Majoram it is {harpe only : but of Peifely, Dill, and Fen- 
nell, 
