'1 he ordcringof the Kitchen Cjarden . 
withlugar. Rarnpion rootes are a kinde'of Sallee with a great many, being boyled 
tender, and eaten cold with vinegar and pepper. CrelTes is an herbe of eafie and quick 
growth, and while it is young eaten eyther alone, or with parfleyand other herbes : 
it is of aftrongtade to them that arc not accuftomed thereunto, but it is much vfed of 
ftrangers. Rocket is of the fame nature and qualitie, but fomewhat ftronger in tafte : 
they are both fo-ven in the Spring, and rife,feede and dye the fame yeare. Tarragon is 
an herbe of as ftrong a tafte as eyther Rocketor CrelTes, itabideth and dyeth not euery 
yeare, nor yet giucth ripe feede (as far as euer could bee found with vs) anyyeare, 
but maketh fufficient increafe within the ground,! preading his roots all abroad a great 
way off. Muftard is a common fawce both with fifh and flefh,and the feed thereof (and 
no part of the plant befides) is well krtowne how to be vfed being grownded.as euery 
one I thinke knoweth. The rootes of horfe Radilh likewife becing grownd like 
Muftard, is vfed both of ftraogers and our ownc nation, as fawce for filh. Tanlie is of 
great vfe,almoft with all manner of perfons in the Spring of the yeare : it is more vfu- 
ally planted of the rootes then other wife ; for in thatthe rootes fpreadfarandneere 
they may be eafily taken away, without any hurt to the reft of the rootes. Burnet, al- 
though it be more vfed in wine in the Summer time then any way elfe,yet it is likewffe 
made a fallet herbe with many, to amend the hat fh or weak relliflt of feme other herbs. 
Skirrets arc better to be fowen of the feed then planted from the roots, and will come 
on more fpeedily,and be fairer rootes : they are as often eaten cold as a Sallet, being 
boyled and the pith taken out, as ftewed with butter and eaten warme.Let not Parfley 
and Fenell be forgotten among your ocher Sallet herbes, wherof I haue fpoken before, 
and therefore need fay no more of them. The flowers of Marigolds pickt cleace from 
the heads, and pickled vp againft winter, make an excellent Sallet when no flowers are 
to be had in a garden. Clouc Gilloflowers likewife preferued or pickled vp in the fame 
manner (which is flmtumfuper flrotumy. lay offlowers,and then ftrawed ouer with fine 
dry and poudered Sugar, and fo lay after lay ftrawed oucr, vntill the pot bee full you 
meaneto keepe them in, and after filled vp or coucred ouer with vinegar) make a Sallet 
now adayes in the highefteftetmc with Gentles and Ladies of the greateft note : the 
planting and ordering of them both is fpoken of fcuerally in their proper places. 
Goates bearbethat groweth in Gardens only, as well as that which groweth wildein 
Medowcs,&c. bearing a yellow flower, are vfed as a Sailer, the rootes beeing boyled 
and pared are eaten cold with vinegar, oyleand pepper; orelfc ftewed with butter and 
eaten warmc as Skirrets, Parfncps &c. And thus haue you here fetdownc all thofe 
moll vfuall Sallets are vfed in this Kingdome: I fay the moft vfuall,or that arc nourfed 
vp in Gardens; for I know there are fome other wilde herbes and rootes, as Dandelion 
&c. but they are vfed onelyof ftrangers, and of thofe whofc curioficic fearcheth out 
the whole wot ke of nature to fatisfie their defires. 
Chap. VI I. 
Of diners PhyfuoS herbes ft to be planted in Gardens, to feme 
for the efpccuS vfes of a familic. 
H Auing thus (hewed you all the herbes that are moft vfually planted in 
Kitchen Gardens for ordinary vfes , let mee alfo adde a few other that 
are alfo nourfed vp by many in their Gardens , to preferue health, and 
hclpetocurcfuchfmalldifeafes as are often within thecompaileof the Gentlewo- 
mens sk ils, who, to helpe their owne family, and their poore neighbours that arc farre 
remo te from Phyfitians and Chirurgions, take much paines both to doe good vnro 
them, and to plant thofe herbes that are conducing to their defires. And although 
I doe recite fome that are mentioned in other places, yet I thought it meetero remem- 
ber them altogether in one place. Angelica, the garden kinde, is fogoodan herbe, 
that there is no part thereof but is of much vfe, and all cordiall and preferuatiue from 
infectious or contagious difeafes, whether you will diftill the water of the herbe, or 
preferue or candie t he rootes or the greenc ftalkes, or vfe the feede in pouder or in di- 
ftiihtions, or deco&ions with other things : it is fowen of feede, and will abide vntill 
it 
