The ordering of the Orchard. 
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Chap. IX. 
The manner and way how to ylant, order, and keefe other trees that 
beare greene leaues continually. 
T He way to order thofe trees that beare their leaues greene continually, is dif- 
fering from all others that doe not fo : forneyther are they to bee planted or 
remoued at the time that all other trees are fet, nor doe they require that man- 
ner of drclfing, pruining and keeping, that others doc. And although many ignorant 
perfons and Gardiners doe remoue Bay trees, and are folikewifeperfwaded that all 
other trees of that nature, thatis, that carry their greene leaues continually, may 
bee remoued in Autumne or Winter, as well as all other trees may bee ; yet it 
is certaine it is a great chance if they doe thriue and profper that3te fet at that 
time, or rather it is found by experience, ‘ that fcarce one of ten profpereth well that 
are fo ordered. Nowin regard that there be diuers trees and fhrubs mentioned here in 
this bookethat beare euer greene leaues, wherein there is very great beauty, and many 
take pleafure in them • as the ordinary Bay, the RofeBay, and the Cherry Bay trees, 
the Indian Figge, the Cyprdfc,the Pinetree,the Mirtle and dwarfe Boxe, and many 
others ; I will here fhew you howto plant and orderthern, as is fitted for them. For 
in that they doe not (lied theirgreene leaues in winter as other trees doe, you may in 
reafon be perfwaded that they are of another nature ; and fo they are indeede: for lee- 
ing they all grow naturally in warme Countries, and are from thence brought vnto vs, 
■we mud both plant them in a warmer place,and tranfplant them in a warmer rime then 
other trees be, or elfc it is a great hazzard if they doe not perifh and dye, the cold and 
frods in the winter being able to pierce them through, if they fhould bee tranfplanted 
in winter, before they hauc taken raotc. You muftobferueandtakethis therefore for 
a certaine rule, that you al waies remoue fuch trees or (hrubbes as are euer greene in the 
fpringoftheyeare,andatnotimeelfeif you will doe well, thatis, fromtheendof 
March, or beginning of Aprill, vnto the middle or end of May, efpecially your more 
dainty and tender plants, fhadowing them alfo for a while from the heate of the Sun, 
and giuing them a little water vpon their planting or tranfplanting ; but fuch water as 
hath not prefently been drawn from a Well or Pumpc,for that will go neer to kill any 
plant, but fuch water as hath (food in theopen ayre for a day at the lead, if not two or 
three. Yet for dwarfe Boxe I confeffe it may endure one moneth to be earlier planted 
then the red, becaufe it is both a more hardy and lowe plant, and thereby not fo much 
fubiedt to the extremitie of thccolde : but if you fhould plant it before winter, the 
frods would raife it out of the ground, becaufe it cannot fo foone at that time of the 
y care take roote, aud thereby put it in danger tobelod. Moreouer all of them will 
not abidethe extremitie of our winter frods, and therefore you mud of neceffity houfe 
fomeof them, as the Rofe Bay, Mirtle, and fome others, but the other forts being fet 
where they may bee fomewhat defended from the coldwindes, frodes, and fnow in 
winter, with fome couering or flrelter for the time, will reafonably well endure and 
beare their fruit, or the mod of them. If any bedefiroustobefurnifhedwithdoreof 
t hefe kinds of trees that will be nourfed vp in ourCountry,he may by fowing the feed 
of them in fquare or long woodden boxes or cheds made for that purpofe,gaine plenty 
of them : butheemudbecarefull tocouerthem in winter with fome draw or fearne, 
or bcane hame, or fuch like thing layd vpon erode dicks to beare it vp from the plants, 
and afrer two or three yearesthattheyaregrowne fomewhat great and drong, they 
may bee tranfplanted into fuch places you meane they fhall abide : yet it is not amide 
to defend them the fird yeare after they are tranfplanted, for their more fecuritie : the 
feedes that arc mod vfuallyfowen with vs, are, the Cyprede tree, thePinctrec, the 
Baye,the Pyracancha or prickly Corall tree, and the Mirtle : theRofe Bay I haue had 
alforifen from the feedethat was frefh,and brought me from Spaine.ButasforOrenge 
trees, becaufe they are fo hardly preferued in this our cold climate (vnled'eit bee with 
fome that doe bedo w the houfing of them, befidcs a great dealc more of care and re- 
fpedt vnto them; from thebitternefle of our cold long winter weather (although theit 
kernels 
