The ordering of the (far den ofTleafure, 
doth not eafily breake or fpoile without much injury, and keepeth vp a knot for a very 
long time in his due proportion ; but in my opinion , the Leade is ouer-hot for Sum- 
mer, and ouer-cold for Winter. Others doe take Oaken inch boords,and fawing them 
foure or flue inches broad, do hold vp their knot therewith : but in that thefe boordes 
cannot bee dra wne compaffe into any fmall (cantling, they muftferue rather for long 
outright beds, or fuch knots as haue no rounds, halfe rounds, or compaflings in them. 
And befidcs, thefe boordes are not long lading, becaufe they ftand continually in the 
weather, efpecially theends where they are faftned together will fooneft rot and pe- 
rifh, and fo the whole forme will be fpoyled. To preuent that fault, fome others haue 
chofen the (hankc bones of Sheep, which after they haue beene well cleanfed and 
boyled, to takeout the fat from them, are ftucke into the ground the fmall end downe- 
wards, and the knockle head vpwards, and thus being fet fide to fide, or end to end 
clofe together, they fet out the whole knot therewith, which heads of bones although 
they looke not white the firft ycare , yet afterrhey haue abiden fome frofts and heates 
will become white,and prettily grace outtheground : butthis inconuenienceis inci- 
dent to them, that the Winter frofts will raife them out of theground oftentimes,and 
if by chance the knockle head of any doe breake, or be ftrucke off with any ones foot, 
&c. going by, from youfftore, that lyeth by you of the fame fort , fet another in the 
place, hauing firft taken away the broken peece: although thefe will laft long in forme 
and order, yet becaufe they are but bones many miflike them , and indeed I know but 
few that vfe them. Tyles are alfo vfed by fome, which by reafon they may bee 
brought compalle into any fafliion many are pleaded with them, who doe not take the 
whole Tyleat length, but halfe Tyles , and otherbroken peeces fet fomewhat deepe 
into the ground, that they may ftand faff, and thefe take vp but little roome, and keepe 
vp the edge of the beds and knots in a pretty comely manner, but they are often out of 
frame , in that many of them are broken and fpoilcd,both with mens feete pafling by, 
the weather and weight of the earth beating them downe and breaking them, bute- 
fpecially the frofts in Winter doe fo crackc off their edges, both at the toppesand 
fides that ftand clofe one vnto another , that they muft bee continually tended and re- 
paired, with frefh and found ones put in the place of them that are broken or decayed. 
Andlaftly(for it is the lateft inuention) round whitifh or blewilh pebble ftones, of 
fome reafor.able proportion and bigneffe, neither too great nor too little, haue beene 
vfed by fome to be fet, or rather in a manner but laide vpon the ground to falhion out 
thetraile or knot, or all along by the largegrauelly walke fides to fet outthe walke,and 
maketh a pretty handfomefi.ew, and becaufe the ftones will not decay with the inju- 
ries of any time or weather, and will be placed in their places againe, if any fiiould be 
thruft out by any accident, as alfo that their fight is fo confpicuous vpon theground, 
efpecially if they be not hid with the ftore of herbes growing in the knot ; is accounted 
both for durability, beauty of the fight, handfomneffe in the worke , and eafe in the 
working and charge, to be of all other dead materials the chiefeft. And thus. Gen- 
tlemen , I haue (hewed you all the varieties that I know are vfed by any in our Coun- 
trey, that are worth the reciting (buras for the falhion of Iawe-bones, vfed by fome 
in the Low Countries, and other places beyond the Seas, being too gro(Te and bafe, I 
make no mention of them) among which euery one may take what pleafeth him beft, 
or may moft fitly be had, or may beft agree with the ground or knot. Moreouer , all 
thefe herbes that feme for borderings, doe ferue as well to be fet vpon the ground of a 
leuelled knot ; that is, where the allies and foot-pat hes are of the fame leueil with the 
knot, as they may ferue alfo for the raifed knot , that is, where the beds of the knot are 
raifed higher than the allies : but both Leade, Boordes, Bones, and Tyles, are only for 
the raifed ground , be it knot or beds. The pebble ftones againe are onely for the le- 
uelled ground, becaufe they arefo (hallow, that as I faid before, they rather lye vpon 
the earth than are thruft any way into it. All this that I haue here fet downe, you muft 
vnderftand is proper for the knots alone of a Garden. But for to border rhe whole 
fquare or knot about, to ferue as a hedge thereunto, euery one taketh what liketh him 
beft ; as either Priuetalone, or fweete Bryer , and white Thorne enterlaced together, 
and Rofes of one, or two, or moreforts placed here and there amongfl them. Some 
alfo take Lauander,Rofemary,Sage, Southernwood, Lauander Cotton, or fome fuch 
other thing. Some againe plant Cornell Trees, and plaflr them, or keepe them lowe,to 
forme 
