The ordering of the (jar den of'Pleafure. 
Chap. V. 
The nature and names tf thefe that are talei vfuallj Englifb fiemrsl 
T Hofe flowers that haucbeenevfually planted in Former times in Gardens of 
this Kingdome (when as our forefathers knew few or none of thofe that are re- 
cited before) haue by time and cuftome attained the name of Englifh flowers, 
although the moft of them were neuer naturali of this our Land , but brought in from 
other Countries at one time or other, by thofe that tooke pleafure in them where they 
firft faw them : and I doubt nor, but many other forts than here are fee downe, or now 
knowne to vs, haue beene brought, which cither haue perifhed by their negligence or 
want of skill that brought them, orelfe becaufethey could not abide our cold Win- 
ters • thofe otiely remaining with vs that haue endured of themfclues,and by their en- 
creafinghauebeenediftributedouerthewholeLand. If I fhould make any large dif 
courfeof them, being fo well knowne to all, I doubt I fhould makea long tale to final! 
purpofe : I will thereforebut briefly recite them , that you may haue them together in 
one place, with fome little declaration of the nature and quality of them,and fo paffe 
to othermatters. And firft of Primrofes and Cowflips,whereoftherc are many pret- 
tievarieticsjfomebetterknowneintheWeftpartsofthis Kingdome, others in the 
North,than in any other, vntill of late being obferued by fome curious louers ofvari- 
eties, they haue been tranfplanced diuerfly, and fo made more common : for although 
we haue had formerly in thefe parts about London greenc Primrofes vfually, yetwc 
neuer faw or heard of greene Cowflips both finglcand double but of late dayes , and 
fo likewife for Primrofes to be both Angle and double from one roote, and diners vp- 
on one flalke of diners fafliions, Iamfurcis notvfuall: all which delire rather to bee 
planted vnder fome hedge, or fence, or inthe lhade, than in the Sunne. Single Rofe 
Campions, both white, red, andblulli, and the double red Rofe Campion alfo is 
knowne fufficiently, and will abide moderate Su nne as well as the lhade. The flower 
of Briftow or None-fuch is likewife another kindc of Campion, whereof there is both 
white flowring plants andblulli as well as Orange colour, all of them being Angle 
flowers require a moderate Sunne and not the lhadow : But the Orange colour None- 
fuch with double flowers ,' as it is rare and not common , fo for his brauery doth well 
deferue a Mailer of account that will take care to keepcand preferneit. Batchclours 
Buttons both white and red , arekindesof wilde Campions of a very double forme, 
and will reafonably well like the Sunne but not the lhade. Wall- flowers are common 
in euery Garden, as well the ordinary doubleas the Angle , and the double kindc deA- 
reth no more lhade than the Angle, but the greater kindes both double and Angle mull 
haue the Sunne. Stock-Gilloflowcrslikewifearealmoftas commonas Wall-flowers, 
efpecially the Angle kindes in euery womans Garden, but the double kindes are much 
more rare, andpotTclTedbutof a few, and thofe onely that will bee carefull to pre- 
ferue them in Winter ; for befidcs that the moft of them are more tender, they yeeld 
no feede as the Angle kindes doe to preferue them , although one kinde from the fow- 
ing of the feed yeeld double flowers : They will all require the comfort of the Sunne, 
efpecially the double kindes, and to be defended from cold , yet fo as in the Summer 
they doe not want water wherein they much ioy, and which is as it were their life. 
Queenes Gilloflowers (which fome call Dames Violets, and fome Winter Gilloflow- 
ers,areakindeof Stock-Gilloflower) planted in Gardens to ferueto All vp the parts 
thereof for want of better things , hauing in mine opinion neither Aght nor fen t much 
to commend them. Violets arc the Springs chiefe flowers for beauty, fmcll, and vfe, 
both Angle and double, the more lhadie and moift they ftand the better. Snapdragon 
are flowers of much more delight, and in that they are more tender to keep, andwilj 
hardly endure the Aiarpe Winters, vnleffe they ftand well defended, arefcarce feene 
in many Gardens. Columbines Angle and double, of many forts, falhions, and co- 
lours, very variable both fpeckled and party coloured, are flowers of that refpe<5t , as 
that no Garden would willingly bee without them, that could tell how to hauethein, 
yet the rater the flowers are, the more trouble ts kcepe ; the ordinary forts on the con- 
trary 
