The ordering of the (jar den of'Vle.fure. 
deth the more care, labour, and colt to bee bellowed thereon , both to order it rightly, 
& fo topreferue it from time to time : for no artificiali or forc’t ground can endure good 
any long time, but that within a few ycares it mull be refrtlhed more orlellc, according 
as it doth require. Yet you Hull likewife vnderftand, that this Garden of pleafure ftor<. d 
with thefe Out-landilh flowers ; that is, bulbous and tuberous rooted plants , and other 
fine flowers, that I haue hereafter deferibed, and afligned vntoit, needeth not fo much 
or fo often manuring with foyle, &c. as another Garden planted with the other lorts of 
Englilli flowers, or a Garden of ordinary Kitchin herbes doth. Yourground likewife 
for' this Garden had neede to bee well cleanfed from all annoyances (that may hinder 
the well doing or profpering of the flowers therein) as (lones, weedcs, rootesof trees, 
bullies, &c. and all other things cumberfomc or hurtfull ; and therefore theearth being 
not naturally fine enough ofitfclfe, is vfed to bee lifted to make it the finer, andthac 
either through a hurdle made of flicks, or lathes, or through fquare or round lieues plat- 
ted withfineand ftrong thin llickes, or withwyers in the bottome. Or elfe the whole 
earth of the Garden being com ic, may be call in the fame manner that men vfeto try or 
fine land from grauell , that is,againll a wall ; whereby the courfer and more ftony, fal- 
ling downe from the’ fine, is to be taken away from the foote of the heape, the finer fand 
andgroundremaining ftillaboue, and on the heape. Or elfe in the want ofa wall to call 
itagainll, I haue feene earth fined by itfelfein this manner : Hauing made theflooreor 
vpper part of a large plat of ground cleane from Hones, See. let there a rcafonable round 
heape of fine earth be fet in the midft thereof, or in Head t hereofa large Garden flower- 
pot, or other great pot, the bottome turned vp wards, and then poure your courfe earth 
on the top or head thereof, one fhouell full after another fome what gently, and thereby 
all the courfe ftuffe and Hones will fall downe to the bottome round about the heape, 
which mult continually be carefully taken away , and thus you may make your earth as 
fine as if it were call againft a wall, the heape being gro wne great, feruing it> Head there- 
of. Thofe that will not prepare their grounds in fome of thefe manners afbrefaid, lhall 
foone finde to their Ioffe the neglcdi thereof : for the tralh and Hones fhall fo hinder the 
encreale of their roots, that they will be halfe loft in the earth among the Aones, which 
elfe might be faued to ferue to plant wherefoeuer they flcafe. 
Chap. II. 
The frame tr farmetf a Garden of delight and pleafure, with the feueraU 
varieties thereof. 
A Lthoughmany men mijllbe content with any platofground, of whatformeor 
quantity foeuer it bee, more or lefle, for their Garden, becaufeamorelargeor 
conuenient cannot bee had to their habitation: Yetlperfwade my felfe, that 
Gentlemen of the better fort and quality, will prouide filch a patcell of ground to bee 
laid out for their Garden, and in fuch conuenient manner, as may be fit and anfwerablc 
to the degree they hold. Toprefcribeone forme for euery man to follow, were too 
great prefumption and folly : for eucry man will pleafe his owne fancie , according to 
the extent he defigneth out for that purpofe,be it orbicular or round, triangular or three 
fquare, quadrangular or foure fquare, or more long than broad. Iwillonelyfhewyou 
herethe feuerall formes that many men haue taken and delighted in, let euery manchufe 
which him liketh befl, or may mod fitly agree to that proportion of ground hee hath fet 
out for that purpofe. The orbicular or round forme is held in it owne proper exiftcncc 
to be the mod abfolute forme, containing within it all other formes whatfoeucr; but few 
I thinke will chufe fuch a proportion to be ioyned to their habitation, being not accep- 
tedany whereIthink,butfor the generali Garden to the Vniuerfity at Padoa. The tri- 
angular or three fquare is fuch a forme alfo, as is feldome chofen by any thatmay make 
another choife, and as I thinke is onely had where another forme cannot be had , necef- 
fitic conftraining them to betherewith content. The foure fquare forme is the mod vfu- 
ally accepted with all, and doth bell agree to any mans dwelling, being (as I faid befor'*) 
behinde the houfe, all the backe windowes thereof opening into it. Y et if it bee longer 
than the breadth , or broader than the length, the proportion of walkes, fquares,and 
knots may be foon brought to the fquare formc,and be fo call, a$ t he beauty thereof m ay 
A a be 
