House and Garden 
i/j. C I he Arte of (gardening 
OF ihe fccond Maze .Cap .vij. 
*j Ccitaj'ne precepts an.Uulcs of auncient men, both in the choyfcand 
proper towing ot feedes. Cap viij. 
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nu -° iMlsfomc arjr, nr.D Iptl) a fountamc, fp:mg, o: fUixtclua< 
ter running bp if,to in a mantr grot) cuor.gi; of it (clfc, ana ncccctlj 
a p,D here J a!fa place fbc other SBajc, hubicb map be like o;Dt' 
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tocil cnDtirc.nl tfjc \rintcr tb’ougfigrecttc.fliiD tberc be feme Inbicl) 
fet tbnr ff?ayco Until UaticnocrGotten, fe'ptUe, flpaieromc, ar.D 
fuel) like. iSut let them be c;DcrcD in tbio popnt, as Itltctb belt the 
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tber 2J3aye afotcerptcfTcD, foz an)’ nccctrarie commoDitic in a Oar 
Den, but rather appoint eytljcr oftbefr (Uihicb Iikctb yon beft) its a 
beautifying bntoyonr Oarcen: jfoi that fRajec ar.D knottes aptly 
tttaDe, Do much fet fojtb a OarDcn.u bifb ncucrtbclcffc 3 ; referre to 
your Diferetion/o; tljaf not all perfono be of Itkc abtlitie. 
A MAZE FROM HILl’s “ARTE OF GARDENING” 
SIR FRANCIS BACON 
Rules lor sowing, planting, and grafting are given, 
and “for the ordering, care and secrets” of many 
flowers and vegetables. 
Faith m astrology as regards gardening operations 
was not yet dead, and survived to a much later peri¬ 
od. A fifteenth century manuscript tells us what we 
should do under various signs of the zodiac, and Hill 
quotes Palladius to prove that “ the or- 
gany should be set in the moneth of 
September about the entring of the 
Sunne into the signe Libra. ” I bis 
early manuscript shows that our fore¬ 
fathers loved novelties, and tells us 
how to grow cherries without stones 
and peaches without kernels, and 
pomegranates on peach-trees, and a 
coin or gem inside a pear. 
If you want your white lilies to 
bear red dowers, you must pour the 
fine powder of red Vermillion or red 
lead between the rind and the small 
heads; and thus green and blue lilies 
may be produced by this dyeing pro¬ 
cess. This peculiar method is not 
usually adopted by modern gardeners. 
He states also that in the ordering and care of 
cummin, “some authors write that the seedes prosper 
better and growe the plentifuller if they be sowen 
with cursed words.” 
Off talys and tryfulls many man tellys, 
Sume be trew, and sume byn ellis,” 
as the old bards 
MISS MITFORD 
From the portrait by John Lucas , in the 
National Portrait Gallery 
sang in the baron’s hall. 
Tusser's “Five Hundred Points of 
Good Husbandry, as well for the 
Campagne and Open Country, as for 
the Woodlands,” (London, 1557) can 
hardly be called a gardener’s manual, 
but he tells us how to plant a hop¬ 
garden. Here is a specimen of his 
homely verse: 
“Whom fancy persuadeth among other crops, 
To have for his spending sufficient of hops, 
Must willingly follow, of choices to choose, 
Such lessons approved, as skillful to use.’’ 
We need not follow his directions 
further. I bis passage on House¬ 
wifely Physic has an old garden 
flavor: 
“Good huswife provides, ere a sickness do come, 
Of sundry good things in her house to have some, 
Good aqua composita and vinegar tart, 
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