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favour: which is the reafon, that the oile Rofat, and ointment compounded thereof,is moftex- G 
cellent there of all other places. And at Cartagena in Spaine there bee certaine timely or haftie 
Rofes that blow and floureall Winter long. The climat alfo and temperature of the aire maketh 
for the {weetneffe of the Rofe : forin fomeyeares yee {hall have them leffe odoriferous than in ~ 
others.Over and befides,the place would beconfidered :for the Rofes be ever more {weet grow- 
ing upon drie than wet grounds, And indeed the Rofe buh loveth not to be planted ina fatand 
tich foile ne yet upon a veine of cley, no more than itliketh to grow neare untorivers where the 
bankes be overflowed, or in a waterifh plot; butitagreeth beft with a light & loofekind of earth, 
and principally with a ground full of rubbifh,and among the ruins of old houfes, The Campain 
Rofe bloweth earely and is very forward. The Milefian commeth as late. Howbeit,thofe of Pra- 
nefte bee longeft ere they give over bearing, Astouchingthemanner of plantingthem:as the yy 
ground would bee delved deeper than for come, fo alighter ftitch had need beetaken than for 
Vine fers. Thofe that be fowed of feed, bee lateft of all others ere they come up, andthrive moft — 
flowly.[Now lieth this feed in the cup or huske thereof juft under the very flower,and is covered - 
all over with adowne.] Andthereforeit is better to fet fions cut from the ftalke,or els to flip the 
litle oilets and fhoots from the root,as the manner isin reeds & canes. After which fort theyufe 
to fet,yea,and to graffe onekind of a prickie & pale Rofe-buth, putting forth very long twigs and 
fhoots like to thofe of the Cing-foile Rofe,which is one of the Greekith kind. T here is no Rofe- 
bufh wharfoever,but profpereth the better for cutting,pruning, yeaand burning, Moreover, it 
Joveth tobe removed and tranfplanted as well as the Vine, and by that meanes will itfoon come 
to the proofe and beare beft. As for the fets or fions,they ought to be foure fingers long or more 
above the ground,when they be firft put into the earth, to wit,afterthe occultation of the Brood- 1 
hen ftar. Then would they bee tranflated in Februarie,at what time as the Wefterne wind Favo- 
nius is aloft,and replanted with a foot diftance one from another:but they require to be everand_ 
anone digged abouttheroot. They that defire to have Rofes blow betimes in the yeare, before 
their neighbours,ufe to make a trench round about the root,a foot deepe,and poure hote water 
into it,even at the firft when the bud of the Rofe beginneth to be knotted. 
Cuap, ve 
ee Of Lillies three kinds : and the manner of planting or fetting them, 
Ext to the Rofe,there isnot a fairer flower than the Lillie,nor of greater eftimation. The K 
oiles alfo and ointments made of them both, have a refemblance and affinitie one to the 
other. As couching the oile of Lillies the Phyficians eall it Lirinon, Andifa man fhould 
{peake truly, a Lillie growing among Rofes, becommeth and beautifieththeplace very well; for 
it beginneth then to flower when Rofes havehalfe done. There is nota flower in the garden 
again that groweth caller than the Lillie,reaching otherwhileto the heigth of three cubits from 
the ground: but a weake and flendernecke it hath,and carrieth it not ftreight and upright, but it 
bendeth and noddeth downeward,as being not ef ftrength fufficient to beare the weight of the 
head ttanding upon it. The flower is of incomparable whitenes ,devided into leaves,which with- _ 
out-forth are chamfered, narrow atthe bottome, and by little and little fpreading broader to-. § 
ward the top : fafhioned all together in manner of a broad mouthed cup orbeaker,the brims 
and lips whereof turne up fomewhat backeward round aboutandlie very open . Within thefe 
leaves there appeare certaine fine threds in manner of feeds: and juftin the middeft ftand yel- 
low chives,like asin Saffron. Asthecolour of the Lillie istwo-fold ,fo carieth ir a double finell; 
one in the leaves which refembleth the cup aforefaid,and another in thofe ftrings or chivesshow 
beit the difference is not much.Now for to make the oile and ointment of Lillies,the leaves al- 
fo are not rejected. 7 
There isan hearbe named in Latine Convolvulus [#, With wind] growing among fhrubs and 
bufhess which carrieth a flower not unlike to this Lillie, fave thatic yeeldeth nofmell, nor hath 
> thofe chives within :for whitenes they refemble one another very much; asif Nature in making M 
this flower were a learning and trying her skill how to frame the Lillieindeed. 
Now Lillies be fet and (owed after the famemanner in all refpects as the rofes, and grow as 
many wales, This vantage moreover they have of therofes, That they will comeup of the very 
liquor that diftilleth and droppeth from them, like as the hearb Alifanders :neither is there . } 
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