134 T'beEngliJb Gardner. 
to keep their flower Pods in handfom order, fome only tie 
them, either with bafs,thred or yarn, others in time conveni¬ 
ent lave the Weland-pipe of great Fowls, asGeefe, &c. and 
being cut into feveral rings, ferve to put over the pods of the 
flowers, thereby cauling them to blow round and handfom. 
Alfo amongft the feveral inconveniences that jf uly flowers 
arefiibjeft to in their flowring, Earwigs are not the leaft 5 
tor in little time, if not prevented, they will deface and put 
an end to the beauty of your Flowers, by eating the fweet 
ends of the leaves of the bloffom 3 and are likewife deftru- 
ftive to their feed, if not deftroyed in time 3 for prevention 
whereof you are to flick up divers flicks near your flower- 
roots. and uppn them to hang or fallen either fome hollow 
Canes or Kicks, or the Hoofs of Cattel, into which things 
they will creep for {belter, and then every morning at leaft, 
to take them off, and knock them on the ground, and de- 
ftroy with your foot fo many as you fee 3 and then put thole 
things in their places again, not neglecting to do fo every 
day, oncp at leaft 3 fome have tiled other means for preven¬ 
tion of thefe kinds of Creatures, as the fetting their pots in 
fome {hallow things that would hold water, whereby thefe 
Vermine could not come to their Flowers, but thorough the 
water 3 Offe?r inconveniences do happen to fome, whereof 
I have fpoke already: But let this fuffice for the prefent. 
Of the ordering and increaflng of Auriculas , Bears-ear f or as 
fome call them J French-Covcflips. 
B Ecaufe of the great refped that-this pretty fort of Flower 
hath, by reafon of the abundant varieties of Colours it 
is apt to run into by fowingof the feed: I fhall let down a little 
concerning its increafe 3 and firft of the lowing of the Seed, 
the which is not altogether lb hard to get 3 I mean fuchasis 
apteft to bring good varieties, as heretoforeyfbr now,not on¬ 
ly Dutch and Walloon Flowrifts, which were the mod 
diligent Savers and Sowers hereof but divers of our Eng- 
lilh Flowrifts and Gardners, do fave and fow, and raile 
great 
