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‘of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie> 03 
A Paffiag good and proper indeed for vinet and ftorie worke in borders, arbours or knots,& meet 
for fine and curious Gardeners: howbeit; for default of other flowers,the Garland-makers bor- 
rowalittle of thelaw,and make up their defects with a {upplie from it. The Greekes call it Cha- 
mezdaphne. 
The life of the white Violet or bulbous ftocke-Gillofre, is three yeares at moft, and fo Jong it 
holdech the owne well; afterthat tearme it doth degenerat and wax worfer . The Rofe-buth will 
continue five yeares, withoutcutting downe orburning (which are the meanes.tomainraine it 
in youth ftill.) Bur'as we have alreadie obferved, there lieth very much in the foile,which would 
beconfidered efpecially in flowers : for in Agypt, none of all thefe above rehearfed,haveany o- 
dour orfent at all; and yetthe Myrtle trees there, they alone carie a moft {weet and pleatant fa- 
B  vour. Moreover,infome tra€tsall thefe hearbes and flowers beforenamed, doe prevent in bud- 
. ding and blowing (two months)thofe of other places. As for Rofe-rewes,the earth onght to bee 
digged & opened about the roots; firft prefently upon the comming of the Wefterne wind Fa- 
voniius in Februarie, and then a fecond time about the Summer Solftice : to conclude, thefe 
would be looked unto aboveall things,that before and betweene thofe times, they bee kept well: 
pruned and cleanfed from all fuperfluities. : cited 
Cuap. XII. 
2% The order of nourifhing and maintaining Bees. What meatis to be given them, °°: 
c si Their difeafes wad the remedies to them belonging, 2/9 
TEN thisdifcourfe of ours concerning Gardens and gay flowers appertaining to Guirlands, re- 
4 quifit it is to fpeake of Bees and Bee-hives, which becomethe garden very well: corifidering 
~ the gaine that commeth in fo eafily by them,efpecially when they ftand and dowell.lnregaid 
therefore of thef Bees, fo beneficiall as they bee, and kept with fo finall charges,a gardetyoughe 
to be well planted and itored with Thyme,Baulme,Rofes, Violets of allkinds,Lillies,fweet Tre- 
foile, Beanes,Ervile; Cunila or Saverie, Poppies, Conyza, Cafia, towit,Lavander and Rofeina- 
‘rie, Melilote, Meliflophyllum, and Cerinthe. This Cerinthe is an hearbe bearing white leaves, 
_ and thofe bending downeward: it groweth a cubit high,and carrieth an hollow head,containing 
Dp within ita cettaine {weer liquout refenbling honey :Bees are moft eager and gréedie after the 
flower of this hearbe,as allo of Senvie; whereat we may well make a wonder, feeing thatfor cer- 
taine they willnot touch nor come neare to the bloflome of the Olive trees.And therefore good 
itis to fet Bee-hivesfarre ynough ftom thistree. And yet of neceffitie fome there would bé plan- 
red neare uaro them that when the Bees do fwarme or calt, they might have a convenient place 
at hand tofertle tipon, for feare they {liould flie too farre from the hive. The Cornell tree alfo is 
not good for Bees; for if they chaunce totaft the flower thereof, they fall prefently into a'vehe- 
ment laske,whereof the poore wretches (if they have not helpe the fooner) die: and therefore it 
would not ftand in theirway. Howbeit, there 1s a rernedie tocure them of this Flux, namely, to 
take forvifes and ftampe thein together with honey, and foto give it thei: to fecunto'thein ei 
E thermafsarineorbeafts tale: orelfe laft of ‘all to ferve them with praines of the Pomegranate, 
befprinckled and drenchedin-wine of the’ Ammiinean grape. Butif youfet Browme all about 
theit hives, youdoe them as high pleafure "i Hattie 1 JOO 
As touchingtheirfood and nourifhment; I will tell yowa wonderfull and memorablething 
upon mine ownie knowledge. There is a towne or Burgade called Hoftilia; firuate uponthe'river 
Po, the inhabirants of this'village; when they fee that theit Bees meat goeth low therabout,and 
is like tofaile,take metheir lives with Bees and all,andferthem in certaine boats or bargesjand 
inthe night row up thefaidriver Po ‘againft the ftreame five myles forward. The morrow mor- 
ning’out goe the Bees to fetke food and relecfe.. Nowwhen they have metwith meat, and fed 
E themfelves, they rerurne againe tothe veffels aforefaid: and thus they continue daily,although 
they chaunge their placeand haunt; untill fuch time astheir maifters pérceive tharthe:hives 
be foll,by the ferrling of their boats low within the water with their weight,and then they return 
homie againe downe the {treame,and difcharge the hives of the honey within. | 
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