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The ordering of the farden of 'Plenjure. 
will be fb ftroagly growne before Winter,that with the care hereafter fpecified, you 
fhall haue them beare Ho worst he next yeareafter, and yceld you encreafe of flippes, 
alfo. To giue you any fet tirrii j wherein chefe flippes will take roote, and begin to 
fhoote aboueground,is very hard to doe; for that euery flip, or yet euery kinde of Gil- 
loflower isnoralikeapt to growjnor is euery earth in like manner fit to produce and 
bring forward the flippes thatare fet therein : but if both the flippe beapt to grow and 
the earth ofthe belt, fit to produce, I thinke within afortnight or three weekes, you 
ihallfee them begin to put forthyoung leaues in the middle,or elfe it may be a moneth 
andmore before you (hall fee any fpringing. The beft time likewife when to plant, is 
a fpeciall thing to be knowne, and of as great confequcnce as any thing elfe : For ifyou 
flippeand fet in September, as many vfefo doe, or yet in Auguft , as fome may thinke 
will doe well, yct(vnleffe they be the moft ordinary forts, which are likely togrowac 
any time, and in any place) the moft of them, if not all, will either kfluredly perifh , or 
neuerprofperwell: for the more excellent and dainty the Gilloflower is, the more 
tender for the moft part, and hard to nurfe vp will the flippes be. The beft time there- 
fore is, that you cut off fuch flippes as are likely , andfuchas your rootes may fpare, 
from the beginning ofMay vntill the middle of Iune at the furtheft , and order them 
as I haue (hewed you before, that fo you may hauc faire plants, plenty of flowers, and 
encreafe fufficient for new fupply , without offence or Ioffe of your ftore. For the en- 
riching likewife of your earth, wherein you (hall plant your flippes, that they may the 
better thriue and profper, diuers haue vfed diuers forts of manure 5 as ftable foyle of 
horfc, hearts or kine , of (heepe, and pigeons, all which are very good when they are 
thoroughly turned to mould, to mixe with your other earth, 'or being fteeped in water 
may ft rue to water the earth at times, and turned in with ic. And fome haue likewife 
proued Tanners earth, that is, their barke , which after they haue vfed , doth lye on 
heapes and rot in their yards, or the like mould from wood-ftackes or yards ; but efpe- 
cially, and beyond all other is commended the Willow earth, that is, that mould 
which is found in the hollow of old Willow trees , to be the moft principali to mixe 
with other good earth for this purpofe. And as I haue nowgiuen you directions for 
the firft way to encreafe them by flipping, fo before I come to the other way , let mee 
giue you a caueat or two for the preferuing of them, when they are beginning to runne 
vtterly to decay and perifh : The one is , that whereas many arc ouer greedy to haue 
their plants to giuethem flowers, and therefore let them runne all to flower, fofarre 
fpending themfclues thereby, that after they haue done flowring, they grow fo weake, 
hauing out fpentthemfclues, that they cannot poflibly be preferued from the iniuries 
of the fucceeding Winter ; you fhall therefore keepe the kinde of any fort you are de- 
lighted vvithall, if you carefully looke that too many branches doe not runne vp and 
fpindlefor flowers, but rather either cut fome of them downe, before they are run vp 
too high, within two or three ioynts of the rootes ; or elfe plucke away the innermoft 
leaues where ir fpringeth forwards, which you fee in the middle of euery branch , be- 
fore it be runne vp too high , which will caufc them to breake out the fafter into flips 
and fuckers at the ioynts, to hinder their forward luxurie, and topreferuc them 
the longer: The other is, If you fnall perceiue any of your Gilloflower leaues to 
change their naturali frefh verdure, and turne yellowifh, or begin to wither in anie 
part or branch thereof, it is a fure figne that the roote is infe&ed with femecancker 
or rottennefle, and will foone fhew it felfc in all the reft of the branches, whereby the 
plant will quickly be loft : to preferue it therefore, you fhall betime, before it be runne 
toofarre,(forotherwifc it is impoffible tofaue it) either coucr all or moft of the 
branches with frefh earth, or elfe take the faireft flippes from it, as many as you can 
poflibly , and call them into a pot or tubbe with water , and let them thercabide for 
two or threedaies at the lead : the firft way hath rccouered many, being taken in time. 
Thus you fhall fee them recouer their former ftiffenefle and colour, and then you may 
plant them as you haue beene heretofore dire&ed ; and although many of them may 
perifh, yet fhall you haue fome of them that willgrow to continue the kinde againe. 
The other or fecond way to encreafe Gilloflowers by planting, is, as I laid before, by 
in-laying or laying downe the branches of them, and is a way of later inuention , and 
as frequently vfed, not onely for the tawney or yellow Gilloflower, and all the varie- 
ties therof, but with the other kinds of Gilloflowcrs 3 whereof experience hath fhewed 
