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Some u/e Lavender-Cotton, and Herba-grace, &c. will be 
handfom if kept well. 
Rofemary may be kept low as other herbs, if oft cut. 
Lavender as it may be kept, will be both low and hand¬ 
fom; 
Sage likewife. 
Primrofes and Double-Dailies are let lor that'purpofe like- 
wile, but they ought to be planted lomething (hady. 
Another thing I thought good to mention : It is. common 
in the mouths of many, that Box doth take away all the heart 
of a ground where it grows $ but the naked Truth is, that it 
doth not draw lo much vertue from a ground as other herbs 
doth; myrealbnis, becaufe it doth not grow lo faft, and fo 
by confequence not draw fo much vertue from the place 
where it grows; and in cafe it do begger or barren a place 
where it grows, it comes to pals by its long Handing compleat 
and handfom, which is a part of its excellency ; it being the 
mod durable of any kind of herb wherewith Knots are made ; 
but to prevent, or rather amend the inconveniences thatfoem 
to follow by the running of its roots into your Knot, which 
any other herb doth much more, by how much other herbs 
do grow more than Box; the remedy is, with a knife or piece 
of an old Sithe once in two years to cut the root down dole 
to the Box on the infide of your knot, and then if need be to 
new flourilh your work with little ffefh mould ; alio take no¬ 
tice that often cutting of either Box or any other herb, Is a 
means to prevent the much running of the roots into your 
knot, the fame reafon is for hedges or borders. 
So having given you as it were a tafte of what I could 
have multiplyed very much, if I had thought it neceffary : I 
proceed ; and as for the making of any of thefe on the ground 
I (hall lay nothing, but only that you would be careful fo to 
fit your work to your ground, that it may lie plealant and 
futable, not too thick, butfoas there may be convenient room 
to pals to every part of your work ; alfo convenient room 
for what you fhall plant, that it may not fmother or hide any 
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