greatly encreases Rubented This is the great pale Red or Peach-bloom-coloured-Flower-de-luce being Bulbous-rooted and is more in âeem than the many other Irises so called from their âveral Colours resembling them in the Rain bow and adorned with small yellow Spots in each of the three âing Leafs The Spanish Yellow-Iris This Flower is of a curious Golden colour in all Parts ãâã the blowing Leafs there is yet another of this Kind âth a pale yellow Flower with a deep yellow Spot and ãâã these there are indeed many diversities some paler âme higger some lesser and others of a deeper yellow âolour one with white falling Leafs except a yellow Spot âhich is usual to all Bulbous Iris or Flower-de-luces âlso the Spanish party coloured Flower-de-luce whose âeafs are white that fall but the Arch'd ones of a Silver âour and the Top-leafs of a bluish Purple another ây-coloured arched with yellow-falling Leafs c. Hungarian Rose This Rose differs from the usual common red one in ãâã Green-shoots its Flower being of a pailer red haâng faint Spots spread over the Leafs of the whole douâe Flower The Double Velvet Rose This Rose has its shoots of a saddish red green colour âttle thorney the Leafs being of a sadder green than the common red Rose the Flowers are consistent of two or three rows of Leafs of a dark red Velvet-colour having some distinction of lighter red in Velvet-colour having many Flowers The Marble Rose This resembles the former in growth but is larger and more folded being of a light red Marbled with a lighter blush grey-deline and gives a curious scent The Virgin Rose Is in the Leafs greener than the last being smooâ and without any Thorn the Flower not very thick ãâã standing but spreading the Leafs and standing forwardâ from each other the Leafs that are of a pale Red ãâã blush colour are streaked on the Faces the backsides bâing of a whitish colour blowing usually fair and are ãâã a very fragrant Scent The Evergreen Rose This is so called because the Leafs fade not in Winteâ but remain Green and continue till new ones come ãâã the Spring the Flowers are cluster'd four or five togâther at each end of the Branches which consist but ãâã five Lea's single of a curious white colour having ãâã Musky Scent The Moley of Hungary This Flower is of two Sorts the first hath three or fouâ long broad Leafs which grow up with the Stalk a Fooâ high one above the other and are on the Top beset witâ some reddish Bulbs of a pase Purple the Root small anâ fit for encrease the second is in resemblance of the first only the Stalk bears smaller Leafs and a greater cluster oâ dark green Bulbs the Flowers alike c. Spiderwort Those of Savoy and Italy of these Kinds are the chiefest in esteem they are very secure Plants against Weather and prosper in almost any Soil especially wherâ it is moist bearing a Star-like Flower white and something inclining to blushing This is called the Queens Gilliflower and by some the close Sciences there are two Sorts of them both single one of a pale Blast the other white producing but four Leafs The double White Gilliflower This is accounted the nobler having many Branches on Stalk and many Flowers on a Branch standing close toâether in a long Spike the Flowers being of a curious âhite colour thick and double and give their choicest âent in the Evening on the declining of the Sun Double Poppies These are not to be omitted tho' they give no fragrant âent since their Beauties are an Ornament to the Flower-âarden they are of various Colours tho' of one Kind âome red other purple some white others scarlet and âme again white-blush others party colour one Leaf âalf scarlet and half white some striped with the same âolour but those chiefly esteemed are of Gold yellow âouble flowering and produce much Seed Bastard Britany This grows about two Foot high bearing a reddish âlower having many brownish woody Stalks and on âe lower part of it are winged Leafs seven nine or âeven together resembling those of a young Ash tho' âmewhat larger longer and purpled about the edges âeing of a sad green colour Male Cistus This has not its growth above a Yard high small and shrubby compos'd of many brittle slender woody Branâhes bearing Flowers of a fine reddish purple like single âoses each having five small round Leafs many yellow Threads in the middle that soon fall away c. Virgin Silk This with one or more round Stalks rises near 4 Foot âigh set wiih two long broad Veins at several Joynts green and round pointed and on the Top of the Stalks out of the skinny Hose a great tuft of Flowers issue sometimes thirty or forty hanging down on long Fooâ stalks each containing five small hollow Leafs of a Puâple colour which fading are succeeded by long crooâed Cods standing upwards which produce flat broâ Seed Indian Scarlet Jesamine This comes up from a large spreading Root with oâ two or more flexible Branches which must be supporâed when they put forth their Tendrills by fastening ãâã any woody Substance and there will come forth ãâã winged Leafs much like them of Roses and at the eââ of the Branches come forth the Flowers many in Nuâber long like a Fox-glove and at the end opening in fine fair broad Leafs with a stile and small threadinâ in the middle of the colour of Saffron some of theâ Plants have on the inside the Flower small and râ Leafs others veined with small yellow lines the Grounâ being a deep Scarlet The Rose Bay-Tree This is of two Sorts one bringing red the otheâ white Flowers not otherways differing its Stem growing to the bigness of an Inch and half compass dividinâ into three Branches at each Joynt bearing long hard thick and dark Leafs at the end of the Branches thâ Flower issues of a white in the one and deep blush iâ the other containing four long narrow Leafs yet rounâ pointed falling away without Seed Candy Tufts These are small Plants whitish green Leafs theiâ Stalks set with narrow long notches and at the Top iâ produced many small single Flowers placed close together some white and others with purple Spots in thâ middle others all of a purple colour they are produced of Seeds the Roots Yearly perishing Flower Gentle of many Colours This produces a Flower of a lighter colour of Purple-ââarlet and Gold-colour Lemmon Orange some Straw-âolour and crimson they have a thick stalk with maây large green Leafs of many Branches c. The Shrub Spicara This Flower rises a Yard or something more in height âith divers wooden Stalks set with long green Leafs âcked on the edges and the top of the Stalk produces âany Flowers of a pale Peach-bloom colour close togeâer in a long spike lessening by degrees like Pyraâids the wooden Root despises the Winter's rage and âay be propagated by Layers The Cloth of Silver coloured Crow-foot This produces
lesser Flowers than some others of its ând having its Leafs pointed six seven or eight in âumber of a pale yellowish Blush-colour striped on âe inside but more on the outside with Crimson the âot Grumous The double yellow Crow-foot This is called the Ranuncula of Asia having its Leafs âreading and dividing like a Carrot from the Root âe many small stalks each producing a shining yellow âall double Flower The Ranuncula of Aleppo This Flower is of a curious Orange-colour'd tawney and and very double striped with Yellow Carolus This Flower is curiously marked and striped with âades of Murry-purple thro' the several Leafs of it ââe at bottom and Purple Tamis making a very cuâous show The Indian Fig. This springs Leafs one out of another from one Leaâ put half into the Earth Which taking Root puts ouâ others being a Finger thick flat and round pointed anâ of colour a pale green showing at first brown prickleâ at the upper end and at the tops of the Leafs the Flowers break forth set with two Rows of pale yellow Leafs having a yellow thrum tipped with red in the middle ãâã after the Flower fades the head they stood on in thâ middle grows large in the form of a Fig but in thesâ Countries comes not to perfection it is a tender Planâ and must be set in Pots so that it may be Housed in thâ Winter lest the Frost rot and destroy it White Hellebore This makes its first appearance with a round largâ head of a green whitish colour and afterwards opens iâ many fine green Leafs signally pleated in every part-taking a compass about each other at the bottom from whence a Stalk rises about a Yard high small Leafs extending to the middle of it which dividing into manâ Branches bears a considerable Number of Star-like Flowers small and so a yellowish green colour The double Purple Virgins-Power This hath many woody Branches covered with a thiâ brown out bark and green underneath winding abouâ what it takes hold on the Leafs are at the Joints coâsisting of three parts of it notched on one side and somâ on both the Flowers appear from the Joints on lonâ Foot-stalks standing like Crosses of a sullen dark Red the outward Leafs broad and in the inward folded likâ a Button so that the outward ones fall off before the inward ones spread themselves this is proper to be supported against a Wall and such of the small Branches aâ in the Winter prune off in the end of March. Marum or Herb Mastick This raises about a Foot high with hard stiff stalks ând the many Branches into which it divides it self are âr with fine green small Leafs two at a Joint at the âp of the Branches it sends forth small white Flowers âd among the Tusts downy Threads all the Plant as âell as Flowers being of a curious Scent and may be âproved by Slips set in April The Autumn Mountain Crocus This is of a pale blue Colour it stands on short Foot-âlks appearing but little above ground but soon grows âttle higher and is prized because it comes when oâer Flowers are going out being of a curious softness The Silver cupped Spanish Moley This appears with two or three long Rush like Leafs âling when the Stalk is at its height that aspiring a ârd or more bearing a considerable Head of Flowers ât soon open grow on long Foot stalks and spread âch the Flowers being of the Colour of Silver with âes down them on both sides the Leafs fashioned small âd hollow in the manner of an Encrease-well with litâ Trouble The great yellow Frutilary This has a stalk about two Foot high the Flower is âg small and of a pale Yellow and is well in compoâ of a Garden among May-flowers whose Number is ãâã numerous as various As for these last Reader I have given you most of âem in the English Names as for the Months Flowers âow in I have set them down particularly as you will âd in this Book in the Months adapted to the Flower-âarden so that nothing may be omitted to satisfie the âader in his Curiosity THE Gardener's Almanack For what is necessary to be done in the Green-House and Conservatory in Preserving and welâ Ordering choice Shrubs Plants Flowers c. with the Time of Housing c. GReens as well as Flowers are to be considered and care taken of them because they are nâ only pleasant to the Site of the Garden but serve foâ many profitable Uses besides Adornment and Fragrancy Therefore In MARCH What things are proper to be done PLant Box in Parterres sow Bay-seeds Fir-seeds Phillyrea Alaternus and most Perennial Greens ând after the Equinox a few Days prune and Pine Firârees sow towards the End of the Month Myrtle-berries âeeped a while in warm Water Wrap with Straw-wisps the Tops of shorn Cyprus âover with Straw or Pease hawm your exposed Everâreens as also Bays Cyprus Phillyrea Pine Fir c. âhat are Seedlings till they have continu'd in the Nursery about three Years and are capable of being transplanted lest the sharp Winds too much dry and injure âhem and uncover them not till the latter End of the Month or the tail of the Frost be pretty well over especially the Ever-greens lest the Wind and Sun conspire to wither and destroy them and this you may do a bleak Winds or sharp Frosts all the Winter At the latter End of this Month you may set your Orange trees Myrtles Lemmon-trees Ammammus Dates âentisci Olenders Aloes and such like Plants that are âender and impatient of Cold in the Portico of your Conservatory And if the Weather be mild and warm the sharp Frosts and Winds being over you may open the Windows and Doors but do it gradually and not altogether and trust not the leaving them open a Nights ânless the Season be very well settled and some hardy Ever-greens may be transplanted if the Season be warm ând temperate It is also a proper Time to raise stocks to bud Lemmons and Oranges on and to do it set the seeds early in the Month in Pots half a Dozen of the seeds of Sevil Oranges may be placed in a Pot filled with Earth viz. That Earth which is taken the first half spit under thâ Turf in rich Pasture-ground where Cattle have much been fothered and mix of rotten Cow dung one parâ with it and if then it happen to be too stiff sift moderately a little Lime and rotten Wood or sticks of Willows and for binding if occasion requires it add a little loamy Earth and plunge the Pots into Hot-beds which may be renewed in May and so e'er the Winteâ the shoots will be near a Foot and in three Years fit tâ inocculate which at the end of this Month you may also bud by placing two Buds opposite one to the other not above an Inch from the Earth In APRIL What Things are proper to be done THis Month sow Phyllerea Pine-kernels Fir-seeds Alternus and the most Sorts
if tâ be first dipped in scalding Water and then taken ãâã quickly laid in dry Sand or else in some Heapâ Wheat in the Shadow till they be wrinkled or elsâ covered with Chaff as that they touch not the one orâ other CHAP. XV. Of the Citron or Limon-tree how Planted and Improved THE Outlandish Citron is here very carefully planted This Tree doth always bear Fruit some falling âome ripe and some springing Nature shewing in them ãâã wonderful Fertillity There are several Kinds of them ârom whence they have several Names I shall only name âwo Sorts of them those that are long fashioned like an âgg if they be yellow are called Citrons if they be âreen Limons the Leaf is like the Bay-leaf saving that âhere grows Prickles amongst them The Fruit of them ãâã yellow wrinkled without sweet in Smell and sower ãâã Taste the Kernels like the Kernels of a Pear The âree is planted four manner of Ways of the Kernel of âe Scion of the Branch and of the Stock If you will ât the Kernel you must dig the Earth two Foot every âay and mingle it with Ashes You must make short âeds that they may be watered with Gutters on every side ãâã these Beds you must open the Earth with your Hand a âands breadth and set three Kernels together with the âop downwards and being cover'd water them every âay and when they spring set them diligently in good âellow Furrows and water them every 4 or 5 Day And âhen they begin to grow remove them again in the Springâme to a gentle and moist Ground for it delighteth much ãâã wet If you set the Branch you must not set it above a âoot and a half in the Ground lest it rot He that doth âtend to cherish this Tree let him be sure to defend it âom the North and set it towards the South and in the ân in the Winter it Frails and Baskets This Tree deâghteth to be continually digged about They are grafted ãâã hot Places in April in cold Countries in May not unâer the Bark but cleaving to the Stock near the Root âhey may be grafted both on the Pear and Mulberry But when they are Grafted they must be fenced eithâ with a Weather-basket or some earthen Vessel Sâ as you mean to keep and must be gathered in the Nigââ the Moon being down and gathered with Branches ãâã all as they hang. When the Fruit burdeneth the Tâ you must pull them off and leave but few on it whiâ will be the pleasanter and the kinder Fruit. If whâ they are Young and Little they are put into Earth Vessels or Glass they will grow according to the Pââportion thereof So that you may have them fashionâ either like a Man or Beast according to your Fancy ãâã you must so order your Moulds that the Air may coâ to them They are highly esteemed of by great Perseâ CHAP. XVI Of the Mulberry-tree how Ordered Plantâ Grafted and Improved THE Mulberry of all other Trees is accounted ãâã surest bearer because it never blossometh tilâ cold Weather be past So that whensoever you see ãâã Mulberry begin to spring you may be sure the cold Wâther is at an end Yet is Ripe with the first and buddâ out its Leafs They dye the Hands as Pliny saith wâ the juice of the Ripe Berry and wash it off with the grâ Berry It changeth his Colour thrice as Ovid alludeâ his Tragical History of Pyramus and Thisbe first Whâ then Red and lastly Black It loveth hot Places and Gâvelly and delights in Digging and Dunging but not Wâtering It's Root must be opened about October and ãâã Lees of Wine pour'd upon 'em It is set of the Stones ãâã then it often grows to the Wild The best planting is ãâã Scion and the Tops a Foot and a half long smoothâ both Ends and rubbed over with Dung. The Place whâ you set your Sets cover with Ashes mingled with Eaâ but cover it not above four Fingers thick I woâ ââve you to set it in March and to remove it in October ãâã November It is Grafted in the Beech or the White âoplar either by Grafting in the Stocks or Inoculation âd so shall the Berries be White It is Grafted also in âg and Elm which in old Time they would not suffer for âar of Corrupting Of the Mulberry is made a very noble âedicine for the Stomach and for the Gout they will ângest indure kept in Glasses the Leafs do serve to feed âlk-worms withal whereof some make a very great gain The Cornel is a ruddy coloured Fruit like a Cherry âhis Tree is thought never to exceed twelve Cubits in âeight the Body is sound and thick like Horn the âeaf is like an Almond-leaf but fatter the Flower and âe Fruit is like the Olive with many Berries hanging upââ a Stalk first white and after red the Juice of the âpe Berries is of a bloody Colour It loveth both high âround and Vallies and prospereth both in moist Ground âd dry It groweth both of the slip and of the Seed âou must be careful that you Plant it not near to your Bees The Bay is a most grateful Tree which chiefly garâsheth the House and useth to stand at the Entrance âto maketh two Kinds thereof the Delphick and the âpress the Delphick equally coloured and greener with âeat Berries in Colour betwixt green and red whereâth the Conquerors at Delphos were us'd to be Crownâ The Cypress-Bay hath a shorter Leaf and a darker âeen gathered as it were round about the Edges âhich some as Pliny saith suppose to be a wild Kind ãâã groweth always green and beareth Berries he shoot ãâã out his Branches from the Side and therefore waxâ soon old and rotten It doth not very well always âth cold Ground being hot of Nature It is planted diârs Ways The Berries being dry'd with the North Wind âe gathered and lay'd abroad very thin lest they cluster âgether afterwards being wet with Vrine they are set ãâã Furrows a handful deep and very near together In âarch they are also planted of the slip you must set âem not passing nine Foot asunder But so they grow out of Kind Some think that they may be Grafted ãâã another as also upon the Seruise and Ash The Bâries are to be gathered about the beginning of Decembeâ and to be set in the beginning of March CHAP. XVII Of Orchard Hazle-nut and Philbert-trees Their Improvement NUt-trees are commonly planted of the Nut as ãâã other Shell-Fruits are Of all Nuts the Almoâ is esteemed to be the worthiest they are set in Februaâ and prosper in a clear and hot Ground in a fat and moâ Ground they will grow Barren they chiefly set such ãâã are Crooked and the young Plants They are set boâ of the Slips of the Root and of the Kernel The Nâ that you intend to set must be laid a Day before in sâ Dung Others steep them in Water sod with Honeâ letting them lie therein but only one
transplant them for Bearers also Autumnal Crocus Deus Caninus and Colchiniâm's Sow-Oriental Jacinths Narcissus and replant such âoots as will not well abide out of the Earth as Higaânths Deus Caninus Lillies Martagon Fretarilla c. ãâã As yet you may slip Gilliflowers and take up Bulbous-âoots As your Alaternus seed grows black and ripe âather it daily spread it to swear and put it up dry âor use water Balsamin-faem and other seeds that you and ripe may now be gathered especially from Shrubs About the middle of this Month divide the large old Roots of Auricula's and transplant them in a light moist Earth Loamy or Sandy yet fertile and in the shade you may now likewise sow the seed of them also Anemony-seed toward the latter end of this Month. That of Raâânculas c. place them in light Mould in Cases modeâately covered with Earth frequently refresh them and âtep them in the shade Likewise Hepatica Iris Fraxeâella Jacinths Cyclamen Primroses Tulips Martagon Pretillaria and the like tho' some of these from the Seed Flower not in four or five Years as the Tulip unless set so shallow that it cannot sink deep into the Ground however take care not to disturb their Beds weed them well and shade them till the great Heats are past lest too much Dryness spoil the seed but as for Primroses and Hepatica there need not be so much care taken of them Flowers blowing this Month or lasting c. ANagasis Nigella Luchnis yellow Millefolium Lucoion monthly Rose Thalpsi Creticum Cyclamen Vernum yellow Mountain Hearts ease Colchicum Autumnal Hyacinth Starworth Holiocks Elicclerioson Eringium planum French Marigolds Dasies Pansies Lark-heels Catchbly Lobells and some other Libra â or the Ballance SEPTEMBER Things proper to be done in the Flower-Garden this month THis Month plant a few of the various sorts of Anemonies to be the earlier in naturally rich or improved Earth particularly the Latifol do it when the first Rains are over And now very properly you may sow Auricula-seeds placing the Cases in the Sun till April following You may also plant some Tulips Colchicum Daffodils c. Likewise Fiberous plants such as Primroses Violets Matricaria Capillaries Commomile Helebore Heptica and the like also transplant Cyclamen and Chalcedon If you think fit you may now sow Phillerea Alaternus or you may do it in the Spring Likewise Tulips âtagons Delphinium Nigella Poppey Candy Tufts own Imperial and all Annuals that are not impaired the Frost in General So the seeds of Primroses and transplant seedlings âgitalis and early this Month plant Lychnis-slips âd your Tuberoses from the wet in this Season and serve the Roots out of the Rots in Sand or wrapped in paper place them in dry Boxes near the Chimney Fasten Autumnal-flowers and plants to sticks that may âure them from breaking in violent Winds Take off Gilliflowers Layers with Earth and place âem in shaded Borders or pots You may now raise âocus of seeds and such Flowers or plants as will not âosper if housed set in pots in the Ground three or ãâã Inches lower than the surface of Beds you plunge âm in expose them as much as may be to the South âath them with Glass-bells but in warm showers or âen the Sun shines pretty warm you may uncover âem and give them Air and so you may preserve the âost precious Flowers as Cistus Marum-syriacum âos-cardinals Geranium Nocteolens Seedlings Arbuâ Accacia Aegyptica Anemonies Ranuncula's c. and ãâã order them till April Guard you Marum-syriacum with Furzes or Bushes from the Cats for if they come ãâã it they will eat and destroy it Flowers blowing this Month or continuing c. ANagalis of Portugal Armaranthus Clamatis Autumnal Cyclamen Lynaria Cretica Limonium Indian âillies Narcissus Chrysanthemum Stock-gilliflowers ân flowers Spinosum Indicum Persian Autumnal âarcissus Pomum Aurium Amoris Nasturtium Indiân Gentianella Anual Tuberas Indian Jacinths yelâw Millefolium Virginian Phalangium and some oâhers Scorpio â or the Scorpion OCTOBER Things proper to be done in the FloweâGarden this month THis Month House Turbofe Narcissus and keep ãâã dry till April sow seeds as in September as yeâ plant Anemonies particularly the Tenuifolio's in fresâ sandy-Earth likewise set Ranuncula's taken from undeâ the Turff but let the Bottom of the Bed be rich Mould so that the Fibres of the Root may reach it but not the main Roots which only cover with Natural Earth abouâ two Inches deep and preserve them from the Frost with straw or Mats but in the warm Times of the Daâ give them the free Air. Now plant Vernal Crocus and Ranunculas of Tripoly remove Holiocks about this Time you may plant choice Tulips and they will be sufficiently forward as also secured from Dangers mix Natural Earth somewhat impoverished white fine sand and plant them in it tho' at the Bottom within theâ the reach of the Fibres you must place rich Earth Now beware your Carnations be not injured by the Wet therefore in Excess of Rain cover them so that the Air may however come at them or lay them on the sides and with fresh Mould trim them up you may now without Danger bury all sorts of Fulbous Roots as likewise Iris. Sow Phillirea and Alâternus seeds mow Carpet Walks beat and rowl them as also Cammomile-beds and make an end of your last Weeding cleanse your Walks and Alleys from fallen Leafs which corrupting will produce Vermin Flowers blowing or continuing this Month c. LYmonium Lychnis Amaranthus three coloured Asser Articus Heliotrops Tuberos Jacinths Marâel of Peru Autumnal Narcissus Gilliflowers Virgin âhalangium Pomum Amoris and Aethiop-Garanium âriste Aleppo Narcissus Pansies Spherical Narcissus âyclamen Saffron Claments and some others Sagitarius â or the Archer NOVEMBER Things proper to be done in the Flower-Garden this month COver the Ranuncula's that are coming up prepare rich Earth made so with about half Dung sift on ãâã some sandy light Mould and Earth gotten out of holâw or doated Willow-trees put it in Cases or Pots in âhe Sun and sow in it Auricula-seeds If the Weather be open and seasonable plant the fairâst Sort of Tulips in Earth not over rich and let them âe under shelter about the middle of the Month House your tender Plants and Flowers also set the choicest Carnation under a Pent-house or some such like shelter under a South Wall and in sharp Weather put a covering over them but not so close as to exclude the Beneâ of the Air and for shelter of your Seedlings and choice âlants prepare Matresses Pots Cases and Boxes plant Fibrous Roots also Althea-futax Roses Cytisus Cyringas âeonies and the like cleanse and sweet the Walks c. Flowers blowing this Month or continuing c. MEadow Saffron Anomies Bellis Stock Gilliflowers Pancies Clamatis double Violets some kind of Carnations Anterrhinum Veronica Musk-roses and some others Capricorn â or the Goat DECEMBER Things proper to be done in the Flower-Garden this month PReserve your