1 8 'Tbeorderingof the (jar den of Tleaftire. 
fowing,and how to prcfcrue them being encreafed, both in Summer from hoyfome 
andhurtfull vermine that deftroy them , and in Winter from frofts, fnowes, and 
windes, that fpoile them. There are two wayesof planting, whereby to encreafe 
thefe faire flowers; the one is by flipping, which is the old and ready vfuall tvay , beft 
knowne in this Kingdome ;the other is more fure, perfeft, ready , and of later inuen- 
tion, videlicet^ by laying downethebranches. The way to encreafe Gilloflowers by 
flipping, is fo common with all that euer kept any of them , that I thinke moft perfons 
may thinke meidle, to fpend time to fet downe in writing that which is fo well known 
vnto ail : Yet giue me leaue to tell them that fo might imagine, that (when they haue 
heard or read what I haue written thercof,ifthey did know fully as much before) what 
I here write, was not to informe them, but fuch as did not know the beft, or fo good a 
wayasl teach them : Fori am aflured , the greateft number doe vfe, and follow the 
moft vfuall way,and that is not alwaies thebeft,efpecially when by good experience 
a better way is found , and may be learned ; and therefore if fome can doe a thing 
better than others, I thinke it is no fhaine to learne it of them. You fhall not then (to 
take the fureft courfe) take any long fpindled branches , nor thofe branches that haue 
any young fhootes from the ioynts on them, nor yet fliue or teare any flippe or branch 
from the roote ; for all thefe waies are vfuall and common with moft, which caufcth 
fo many good rootes to rot and perifli, and alfo fo many flippes to be loft , when as 
forthe moft part, not the onehalfe, or with fome, not a third part doth grow and 
thriue of thofe flippes they fet. And although many that haueftore of plants , doe not 
fo much care what hauockethey make to gainc fome, yet to faue both labour and 
plants, I doe wifli them to obferue thefe orders : T ake from thofe rootes from whence 
you intend to make your encreafe, thofe ihootes onely that are reafonable ftrong, but 
yet young, and not either too fmall and flender, or hauing any Ihootes from the ioynts 
vpon them; cut thefe flippes or fliootes oft from the ftemme or roote with a knife , as 
conueniently as the ihoote or branch will permit, that is, either clofe vnto the maine 
branch, if it be (hort,or leauing a ioynt or two behinde you , if it be long enough , at 
which it may Ihoote anew : When you haue cut off your flippes , you may either fet 
them by and by, or elfe as thebeft Gardiners vfe to doe , call them into a tubbe or pot 
with waterforadayortwoi, and then hauing prepared a place conucnient tofet them 
in, which hadneedc to bee of the fineft , richeft, and beft mould you can prouide, 
that they may thriue therein the better, cut off your flippe clofe at the ioynt , and ha- 
uing cut away the loweft leaues clpfe to the ftalke , and the vppermoft euen at the top, 
with a little fticke make a little hole in the earth, and put your flippe therein fo deep, as 
that the vpper leaues may be wholly aboue the ground, (fome vfe to cleaue the ftalke 
in the middle , and put a little earth or clay within the cleft , but many goodand skil- 
full Gardiners doe not vfe it) 5 put theearth a little clofe to the flippe with your finger 
and thumbe, and there let it reft , and in this manner doe with as many flippes as you 
haue, fetting them fomewhat clofe together, and not too farre in funder , both to faue 
ground and coft thereon, in thata fmall compaffe will ferue for the firft planting , and 
alfo the better to giue them (hadow : For you muft remember in any cafe, that thefe 
flippes new fet, haue no fight of the Sunne, vntill they be well taken in theground,and 
Ihot aboue ground, and alfo that they want not water , both vpon the new planting 
and after. When thefe flippes are well growne vp,they muft be tranfplantcd into fuch 
other places as you thinke meete 5 that is , either into the ground in beds, or other- 
wife, or into pots, which that you may the more fafely doc, after you haue well wate- 
redthe ground ,?for halfe a day before you intend to tranfplant them , you (hall fepa- 
rate them feueraljly, by putting down a broad pointed knife on each fide of the flippe, 
fo cutting it out, take euery one by k fclfe, with theearth cleaning clofe vnto the root, 
which by reafon of the moifture it had formerly, and that which you gane prefently 
before, willbe fufficient with any care had, tocaufcitto hold faft vnto the roote for 
the tranfplanting of it : for if the earth were dry, and that it fliould fall away from the 
roote in the tranfplanting, it Would hazzatd and endanger the roote very much , if it 
did thriue at all. You muft remember alfo, that vpon the remouing of thefe flips, you 
lhad.ow thetnfrom the heate of the Sunne fora while with fome ftraw or other thing, 
vntill they haue taken hold in their new place. Thus althoughit bee a little more la- 
boar and care than the ordinary way is , yet it is lurer, and will giueycu plants that 
