¥ be ordering of the Kitchen (jar den. 
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Chap. V. 
The ordering of diners ferts of herbes for the fat, for meote, 
end for the tihic. 
T Y me, Sauory, and Hyffbpe, are vfually fowne in the Spring on beds by thrrn- 
fclues, cuerieonea part ; butthey thatmakeagaine by felling to others the 
young rootes, to fet the knots or borders of Gardens , doe for the mod part 
fowe them in Iuly and Auguft, that fo being fprung vp before Winter, they will be the 
fitter to be taken vp in the Spring following, toferueany mans vfe that wonldhaue 
them. Sage, Lauender, and Rofemary, are altogether fet in the Spring, byflipping 
the old (hikes , and taking the youngeft and likelieft of them, thrufting them either 
twined or otherwife halfe a footedeepc into the ground, and well watered vponthe 
fetting ; if any fcafonable weather doe follow , there is no doubt of their well thri- 
lling ; the hot Sunne and piercing drying Wmdes arc the greateft hinderances to them- 
and therefore I doe aduife none to fet too foonc in the Spring, nor yet in Aurumne, as 
many doe pradlife : for I could neucr fee fuch come to good, for the extremity of the 
Wintercommingvponthemfofooneaftcrtheirfetting, will not fuffer theiryoung 
fhootes to abide, not hauing taken fufficient ftrength in theground, to maintain them- 
felucsagainft fuch violence, which doth often pierce the ftrongeft plants. Maricrome 
and Baffin are fowne in theSpring,yetnottooearly jforthey are tender plants , and 
doe not fpringvntill the weather bee fomewhat warme: but Baffill would bee fowne 
dry, and nothaueany water of two or three daies after the fo wing , elfe the feede will 
turne to a gclly in the ground. Some vfe to fowe the feed of Rofemary, but it feldomc 
abideth the firft Winter, becaufe the young plants being fmall, and not of fufficient 
ftrength, cannot abide the (harpnelfe of fome Winters, not withftanding thecouering 
of them, which killeth many old plants ; but the vfuall way istoflippeand fet, and fo 
they thriue well. Many doe vfe to fowe allorthemoft forts of Pot-herbes together 
on one plot of ground, that they neede not togoe farre to gather all the forts they 
wouldvfe. There arc many forts of them well knownevnto all, yetfewor none doe 
vfe all forts, but as euery one likethjfome vfe thofe that others refufe,and fome efteem 
thofenottobeewholefome and ofagood rellilh, which others makenofcrupleof. 
The names of them are as followeth , and a fhort relation of theirfowing or planting. 
Rofemary, Tyme, and Sauorie are fpoken of before, and Onions and Leeks, s. 
Mintsaretobee fetwiththeir rootes in fome by-place, for that their rootes doe 
creepefo farre vnder ground, that they quicklyfillvp the places neare adioyning, if 
they be not puldvp. 
Clarie is to be fowne, and feedeth and dycth the next y care, the herbe is ftrong,and 
therefore a little thereof is fufficient. 
Ncp is fowne, and dyeth often after feeding, few doe vfe it, and that but a little at a 
time: both it and Clarie are more vfed in Tanfies then in Broths. 
Coftmarie is to be fet of rootes, the lcaues are vfed with fome in their Broths, but 
with more in their Ale. 
Pot Marierome is fet of rootes, being feparated in funder. 
Penniroyallistobefctof the fmall heads that haue rootes, it creepeth and fprea- 
deth quickly. 
Allifanders are to be fowne of feede , the tops of the rootes with the greene leaues 
arc vied in Lentcfpecially. 
Parfley is a common herbe, and is fowne of feede, it feedeth the next yeareand 
dyeth: the rootes arc more vfed in broths then the leaues, and the leaues almoft with 
all forts of meates. 
Fennell is fowne of feede, and abideth many yeares y eelding feede : the rootes al- 
fo are vfed in broths, and the lcaues more feldome, yet ferueto trimtne vproany 
fifli meates. 
Borage is fowne of feede, and dyeth the next yeare after, yet once being fuffered to 
feede in a Garden, will ftill come of it ownc Ihcdding. 
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