6\ The (garden of pic a f ant timers. 
You muft not fawe them too chicke, for fo doing hath loft manyTpercieljFgood 
feede, as I can tell ; for if the fcede lye one vpon another, that it hath not roomevpon 
the fproutmg, to enter and take roote in the earth, it perilhet h by and by . Some v fe to 
tread downe the ground, where they meane to fowe theirfeede, and hauingfowne 
them thereon, doe couer them ouer the thickneffe of a mans thumbe with fine fifred 
earth, and they thinke they doe well, and haue good reafon for it : for confiderine the 
nature of.thc young Tulipa rootes, is to runne downe deeper into the ground cuery 
yeare more then other, theythinketohindertheir quicke defcentbythe faftnefleof 
the ground,thatfothey may encreafe the better. Thiswaymay pleafe fome burl 
doe not vfe it, nor can findethe reafon fufficient ; for they doe not confider that the 
ftiffenefTe of the earth, doth caufe the rootes of the young Tulipas to bee long before 
they grow great, in that a ftiffe ground doth more hinder the well thriuingof the 
rootes, then aloofe doth, and although the rootes doe runne downe deeper inaloofe 
earth, yet they may eafily by tranfplanting be holpen, and raifed vp high enough. I 
haud aHb feenefome T uhpas not once remoued from their fowing to their flooring . 
but if you will not lofe them, youmuft takethem vp while theirleafeor ftalke is fit ih’ 
and not withered : for if you doe not follow the ftalke downe to the roote, beitneuer 
fodeepe, you will leaue them behinde you. The ground alfomuft be refpedied • for 
the finer, fofeer, and richer the mould is, wherein you fowe your feede, the greater 
fhall be your encreafe and varietie: Sift ir therefore fromallftones and rubbiih and 
let it be either fat naturali ground of it felfe , or being muckt , that it bee thoroughly 
rotten : but. fome I know, to mend their ground, doc make fuch a mixture of grounds 
that they inarre it in the making. * 
,-After the feede is thus fowne, the firft yeares fpringing bringeth forth leaues little 
bigger then the ordinary grade leaues 5 the fecond yeare bigger, and fo by degrees 
euery yeare bigger then other. The leaues of the Prices while they are young may 
be difeerned from the Median by this note, which I haue obferued.The leaues of’them 
doe Wholly ftand vp aboue the ground, (hewing the fmall footftalkes, whereby euerie 
leafe doth ftand , but the leaues of the Media or Serotina doe neuer wholly appeare 
out of the ground, but the lower part which is broad, abideth vnder the vpper face of 
rheearth. Thofe Tulipas now growingtobee three yeares old, (yet fomeatthefe- 
cond, if the ground and ayre be correfpondent) are to bee taken vp out of the ground 
wherein yeelhall finde they haue runne deepe, and to be anew planted, after they haue 
been a little dryed and clouded, 'eyther in the fame , or another ground againe , pla- 
cing them reafonable neareione vnto another, according to their greatnelTe, which be- 
ing planted and couered ouerwith earth againe , of about an inch or two thicknefle 
may be left vntaken vp agame fortwo yeare longer, if you will, or elfe remoued eucry 
yeare after, as you pleafe; and thus by tranfplanting them in their due feafon (which 
is ftill in theend ofluly, or beginning of Auguft , orthereabours) you (hall according 
to your feede and foyle, haue fome come to bearing, in the fifth yeare after the flow- 
ring, (and fome haue had them in the fourth, but that hath bcene but few, and none of 
the beft, or in a rich ground; fome in the fixth and feuenth,and fome peraduenture,not 
vntill the eighth or tenth yeare : but ftill remember, that as your rootes gro we grea- 
ter, that in re-planting you giue them the more roomc to be diftant one from another 
or elfe the one will hinder, if not rot the other. 
The feede of the Princes, doe not thriue and come forward fo faft as the Mediae or 
Sere tines , nor doe giue any of-fets in theirrunning downe as the Mediae doe , which 
vfually leaue a fmall roote at theheadof the otherthat is runne downe euery yeare- 
and befides,are more tender, and require more care and attendance then the Mediae, 
and therefore they are the more refpeded. 
This is a generali and certainerulc in all Tulipas, that all the while they beare but 
one leafe, they will not beare flower, whether they bee feedlings, orthe of-fets of 
elder rootes , orthe rootes themfelues,that haue heretofore borne flowers ; but when 
they (hew a fecond leafe, breaking out of the fir ft, icisa certainefigne,tbat it will 
then beare a flower, vnleffe fome cafualty hinder it, asfroftorraine,to nip orfpoile 
the bud, or other vntitnely accident befall it. 
To fetor plant your beft and bearing Tulipas fomewhat deeper then other rootes 
I hold it the beft way - 3 for if the ground bee either cold , or lye coo open to the cold’ 
Northerne 
