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The ordering of the (garden ofTleafure. 
forme them into an hedge. And fome againe take alowe prickly Ihrubbe, that abideth 
alwayesgreene, deferibed in the end of this Booke, called in Latinc Pyracantha , which 
in time will make an euer greenc hedge or border, and when it beareth fruit , which are 
red berries like vnto Hawthorne berries, make a glorious fhew among the greene leaues 
in the Winter time, when no other Ihrubbes haue fruit or leaues. 
j( Chap. IV. 
Tht nature ini names of diners Ont-Undifh flowers, that for their pride, leant j , and 
earlineffe, are to le planted in Gardens of pltafure for delight. 
H Auing thus formed out a Garden , and diuided it into his fit and due proporti- 
on, with all the gracefull knots , arbours, walkes,&c. likewife what is fit to 
keepe it in the fame comely order, is appointed vnto it, both for the borders of 
thcfquarcs, and for the knots and beds themfelues • let vs now come and furnifh the 
inward parts, and beds with thole fine flowers that (being drapers vnto vs, and giuing 
the beauty and brauery of their colours fo early before many of our owne bred flowers, 
the more to entice vs to their delight) are mod befeeming it : and namely , with Daffo- 
dils, Fritillarias, Iacinthes, Saffron- flowers, Lillies, Flowerdeluces, T ulipas. Anemo- 
nes, French Cowflips,or Beareseares,and a number of fuch other flowers, very beau- 
tifull, delightfull , andpleafant, hereafter deferibed at full, whereof although many 
haue little fweete fent to commend them, yet theit earlineffe and exceeding great beau- 
tie and varietie doth lo farre counteruaile that defeifl (and yet I muff tell you with all, 
that there is among the many forts of them fome, and that not a few , that doe excell in 
fweetnefle, being fo ftrong and heady, that they rather offend by too much than by too 
little fent , and florae againe arc of fo mildc and raoderatetemper,that they fcarce come 
fhottof your mod delicate and dantieft flowers) that they are alraoft in all places with 
all perfons, efpecially with the better fort pf the Gentry of the Land, as greatly defired 
and accepted as any other the ihofl choifeft,and the rather, for that the mod part oft hele 
Out-landilh flowers, do fhew forth their beauty and colours fo early in the yeare , that 
they feeme to make a Garden of delight euen in the Winter time , and doe fo giue their 
flowers one after another, that all their brauery is not fully fpent,vntil that Gilliflowers, 
the pride of our Englifh Gardens, do drew themfelues : So that whofoeuer would haue 
of euery fort of thefe flowers, may haue for euery moncth feuerall colours and varieties, 
cuen from Chriflmas vntill Midfommer,or after ; and then, after fome little rcfpite,vn- 
till Chriflmas againe, and that in fome plenty, with great content and without forcingj 
fo that euery man may haue them in euery place , if they will take any care of them. 
And becaufethere bee many Gentlewomen and others , that would gladly haue fome 
fine flowersto furnilh their Gardens, but know not whatthe names ofthofe things are 
thatthey defire, notwhatare the times oftheirflowring, northe skill and knowledge 
, of their right ordering, planting, difplanting,tranfplanting,and replanting 5 1 haue here 
for their fakes let downe the nature, names, times, and manner of ordering in a briefe 
manner, referring the more ample declaration of them to the worke following. And 
fird of their names and natures : Of Daffodils there are almoft an hundred forts, as they 
are fcuerally deferibed hereafter, euery one to be diflinguilhed from other, both in their 
times, formes, and colours, fome being eyther white, or yellow, or mixt,orelfe being 
fmall or great, Angle or double, and fome hauing but one flower vpon a flalke, others 
many, whereof many arc fo exceeding fweete, that a very few are fufficient to perfume 
a whole chamber, and belides, many of them be lo fairc and double, eyther one vpon 
a flalke, or many vpon a flalke, that one or two dalkes of flowers are in dead of a whole 
nofc-gay, or bundell of flowers tyed together.This I doe affirme vpon good kuowledge 
and certaine experience, and not as a great many others doe , tell of the wonders of an- 
other world, which themfelues neuerfaw nor euer heard of, except fome fuperficiall 
relation, which themfelues haue augmented according to their ownefanfie and con- 
ceit. Againe, let me herealfo by the way tell you , that many idle and ignorant Gardi- 
ners and others, who get names by dealth, as they doe many other things, doe call 
fome 
