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7 * he ordering of the (jar den of Tleafure. 
that they will likewife take if they be lo vfed ; the manner whereof is thus : You muft 
choofe out the y oungeft, likelieft, and loweft branches that are neareft the ground (for 
the vppet branches will fooner breake at the ioynt, than bend downe fo low into the 
earth, without fome pot with earth raifed vpvntothem) and cut it on thevnderfide 
thereofvpwards at the fecond ioynt next vnto the roote, to the middle of the branch, 
and no more, and not quite thorough in any cafe, and then from that fecond ioynt vn- 
to the third, flit or cut the branch in the middle longwife , that fo it may be the more 
eaflly bended into the ground, the cut ioynt feeming like the end of aflippe, when 
you haue bended downe the branch where it is cut into the ground (which muft bee 
done very gently for feare of breaking) with a little fticke or two thruft flopewife, 
crofle ouer it, kcepc it downe within the earth, and raife vp fufficient earth ouer it, that 
there it may lye and take roote , which commonly will be effected within fixe weekes 
ortwomonethsin the Summertime, and then (or longer if you doubt the time too 
fliort for it to take fufficient roote) you may take or cut it away, and tranfplant it where 
you thinke good,yetfo as in any cafcyou fhadow it from the hcate ofthe Sunne , vn- 
till it haue taken good hold in the ground. The other way to encreafe Gilloflowers, 
is by fo wing the feede : It is not vfuall with all forts of Gilloflowers to giue feede, but 
fuchof them as doc yeeld feede may be encreafed thereby, in the fame manner as is 
here fet downe. The Orange tawney Gilloflower and the varieties thereof is the moft 
vfuall kinde, (and it is a kindc by it felfc , how various foeuer the plants be that rife 
from the feede) that doth giue feede , and is fowne , and from thence arifeth fo many 
varieties of colours, both plaineand mixt,both Angle and double, that one can hardly 
let them downe in writing : yet fuch as I haueobferued and marked , you lhall findc 
expreiled in the Chapter of Gilloflowers in the worke following. Firft therefore 
make choife of your feede that you intend to fowe (if you doe not defire tohaueas 
many more Angle flowers as double) that it bee taken from double flowers, and not 
from fing!e,and from the beft colours, howfoeuer fome may boaft to haue had double 
and ftript flowers from the feede of a fingle one } which if it were fo, yet one Swallow 
(as we fay) maketh no Summer, nor a thing comming by chance cannot bee reckoned 
foracertaineandconftantrulejyoumay be affured they will not vfuallydoefo :but 
the beft, faireft, and moft double flowers come al waies, or for the moft part, from the 
feede of thofe flowers that were beft, faireft, and moft double; and I doe aduifeyou 
to take the beft and moft double: for eucn from them you lhall haue fingle ones e- 
now, you needenot to fowe any worferfort. Andagaine, feethatyourfeedebee 
new, ofthe laft yeares gathering, and alio that it was full ripe before it was gathered, 
left you lofe your labour, or miffeof your purpofe, which is, to hauefaireand double 
flowers. Hauing now made choife ofyour feede, and prepared you a bedde to fowe 
them on, theearthwhereof muftbcrichandgood, and likewife lifted to make itthe 
finer; for the better it is, the better lhall your profit and pleafure bee: hereon, being 
firft made leuell, plaine, and finooth, fowe your feede fomewhat thinne, and not too 
thicke in any cafe , and as euenly as you can , that they be not too many in one place, 
and too few in another, which afterwards couer with fine lifted earth ouer them about 
one fingers thicknelfe jlet this be done in the middle of Aprill, if the time ofthe yeare 
be temperate, and not too cold , or elfe ftay vntill the end of the monerh : after they 
arc fprungvp and growne to be fomewhat bigge, letthem bee drawne forth thatare 
too clofeandneare one vnto another, and plant them in fuch place where they (hall 
continue, fo that they (land halfe a yard of ground diftance afunder , which after the 
planting, let be lhadowed for a time , as is before fpecified ; and this may bee done in 
theendofIuly,or fooner if therebecaufe. I haue not fet downe in all this difeourfe 
of planting, tranfplanting , fowing, fetting, &c. any mention of watering thofe flips 
or plants, not doubting but that euery ones reafon will induce them to thinke, that 
they cannot profper without watering : Bur let thisCaueat be a fufficient remembrance 
vnto you, that you neuer water any of thefe Gilloflowers , nor yet indeede any other 
fine herbe or plant with cold water, fuch as you haue prefently before drawne out from 
apumpe or Well, &c. but with fuch water as hath flood open in the aire inaciftcrne, 
tubbe, or pot, for one whole day at the leaft; ifit be two or three daies it will be neuer 
the worfe, but rather the better, as I haue related before : yet take elpeciall heede that 
you doe not giue them too much to ouer-glut them at any time, but temperately to ir- 
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