t 7 * be ordering of the (jar den of Tleafttre. 
garden ftiould be, let me like wife aduife you where it fliould not be, at leaf! that it is the 
worft place wherein it may be, if it be either ontheWeftor Eaft fide of your houfe, or 
that it (land in a raoorifli ground , or other vnwholfome ay re (for many, both fruits, 
herbes, and flowers that are tender, participate with the ayre, taking in a manner their 
chiefeftthriuing from thence) orneare any common Lay-ftalles, or common Sewers, 
or elfe neare any great Brew-houfe, Dye-houfe, or any other place where there is much 
fmoake, whether it beofftraw,wood,orcfpeciallyoffea-coales,whichof all other is 
the worft, as our Citie of London can giue proofc (ufficient, wherein neither herbe nor 
tree will long profper, nor hath done euer fince the vfc of fea-coalcs beganne to bee fre- 
quent therein. And likewife that it is much the worfe, ifit bee neare vnto any Barnes or 
Stackes of corne or hey , becaufe that from thence will continually with the winde bee 
brought into the garden the ftrawe and chaffe of the corne, the duft and feede of the hey 
to choake or pefter it. Next vnto the place or fituation , let meeihew you the grounds 
or foy les for it, eyther naturali or artificiali. No man will deny, but the naturali blacke 
mould is not only the fatteftand richeft, but farre exceedcth any other either naturali or 
artificiali, as well in goodneffe as durability .And next thereunto,I hold the fandy loame 
(which is light and yet firme , but not loofe as fand , nor ftiffe like vnto clay) to be lit- 
tle inferiour for this our Garden ofpieafurej for that it doth caufc all bulbous and tu- 
berous rooted plants to thriue fufficientlytherein, as likewife all other flower- plants, 
Rofes, Trees, &c. which ifit (hall decay by much turning and working out the heart of 
it, may foone be helped with old ftable manure of horfes, being well turned in, when it 
is old and almoft conuerted to mould. Other grounds, as chalke, fand,grauelI,or clay, 
arecueryof them one more or lefle fertili or barren than other ; apd therefore doe re- 
quire fuch helpes as is moft fir for them. And thofe grounds that are ouer dry, loofe, and 
duftie, the manure of flail fedde beads and cattell being buried or trenched into the 
eaith , and when it is thorough rotten (which will require twice the time that the ftable 
foyle ofhorfes will) well turned and mixed with the earth, is thebeft foyleto temper 
both the heateand drinefle of them. So contrariwife the ftable dung of horfes is the beft 
for cold grounds, to giue rhera and life. But of all other forts of grounds, the ftiffe 
clay is the very worft forthis:purpofe ; for that although you fhould diggeout the whole 
compalfe of your Garden, carry it away, and bring other good mould in theftead there- 
of, and fill vp the place, yet the nature of that clay is fo predominant, that in a fmall time 
it will eate out the heart of the good mould , and conuert it to its owne nature , or very 
nearevnto it : fothatto bring it to any good, there muft bee continuall labour bellowed 
thereon, by bringing into it good ftore of chalke, lime , or fand , or elfe afhes eyther of 
wood or of fea-coales (which is thebeft for this ground) well mixed and turned in with 
it. And as this ftiffe clay is the worft, fo what ground foeuer commeth neareft vnto the 
nature thereof, is neareft vnto it in badneffe, the fignes whereof are the ouermuch moy- 
fture thereofin Winter, and themuch cleauingand chapping thereof in Summer, when 
the heate of the y care hath confumed the moy fture, which ty ed and bound it faft toge- 
ther, as alfo the ftiffe and hard working therein : but if the nature of the clay bee not too 
ftiffe, but as it were tempered and mixed with fand or other earths, your old ftable 
foyleofhorfes will hclpewell the fmall rifting or chapping thereof, to be plentifully 
beftowed therin in a fit feafon.Somealfo do commend the calling of ponds and ditches, 
to helpe to manure thefe ftiffe chapping grounds. Other grounds,rhat are ouermoift by 
fprings,that lye too neare the vpper face of the earth, befides that the beds thereof had 
need to be laid vp higher , and the allies , as trenches and furrowes , to lye lower , the 
ground it felfehadneedetohaue fome good ftore of chalke-ftones beftowed thereon, 
fome certaine yeares, ifit may be, before it be laid into a Garden, that the Winter frofts 
may breake the chalke fmall, and the Rainc diflolue it into mould, that fo they may bee 
well mixed together ; than which, there is not any better manure to foyle fuchamoift 
ground, to helpe to dry vp the moy fture, and to giue heateand life to the coldnefTc 
thereof, which doth al way es accompany thefe moift grounds, and alfo to caufe it abide 
longer in heartthan any other. Forthelandy and grauelly grounds, although I know 
the well mollified manure of beaftsand cattell to be excellentgood, yet 1 know alfo,that 
fome commend a white Marie, and fomea clay to be well fpread thereon, and after tur- 
ned thereinto : and for the chalkie ground, e conuerft, I commend fatte clay to helpe it. 
Y ou muft vndcrftand, that the lefle rich or more barren that your ground is , there nee- 
