of them are more properly and better raised either from off-sets Layers Slips Cuttings c. we will in treating theteof mention them particularly as they are best raised and increased Anemones or Emanies as some call them Flower in March April and May accordingly as the season of the year happeneth to be more hot or cold and as the Roots were sooner or later set the choycest of these Anemones must be set in very good sifted mould in some place that is not too much in the Sun in the month of September all those which have broad leaves may be set three Fingers deep Anemones with narrow leaves flower about the same time as the other do i. e. in March April or May they must be planted in very good Earth as the former were in the month Octob. which is a month latter than the other and if you desire to have some Flower very late then keep of the worser sort out of the ground until February and then plant them in some good Earth in shady place some do put Willow Earth to each Root the Root having been steeped some time before in warm water If the Anemones of all sorts like their Ground and prosper well that is having good Flowers and large Stalks they may then stand the longer e're they be taken up as till June or July but if they seem but weakly Plants take them up sooner however when the leaves become yellow and withered it is time to take them up in which operation great care must be taken that you break them not for if you do they prosper not so well when they are set again They may be kept in Sand a months time after they are taken up and then put them in Papers writing the names thereon and so keep them in a dry and cool place until you set them again great variety of these Flowers are raised from Seed which Seed ought to be chosen from the best and strongest Flowers which is in or near unto May this Seed must be gathered still as the Down riseth or else it is lost by the wind it may be separated from the Down by rubbing it in dry Sand this Seed may be sowed from the middle to the latter end of August in rich and very fine Earth very thick either in Beds or in Boxes half a Finger depth and when they appear above ground you may then sift a little more light Earth on them watering them a little at the first sowing and in winter to defend them from the cold you must cover them with Straw Mats c. born hollow that it touch them not and in August following they may be taken up and planted again in order where they may remain until they Flower which will be in three or four years at the furthest and then you may dispose them in your Gardens as you see good Aspodils the most part of them Flower in May and June they are increased by taking them up once in two or three years and parting the Root when the Stalk is dry and then quickly planting them orderly again Lilly-Aspodils and Spider-worts Flower in May and June they are increased by taking them up once in two or three years and parting the Roots they will grow in anâ— indifferent ground August is thâ— best time to transplant them Auriculd's or Bears ears flowâ—â— in April or May and it may possible so fall that some of them maâ— flower again about August thâ— must be planted in rich Soil the are increased by taking them up to wards the latter end of August and parting the Roots planting the presently again in very good finâ— sifted Earth or Earth of Willowâ— in a place that is some what shadeâ— and at a pretty good distance from each other that they have rooâ— to spread once in two years the may be taken up that so the Ground whâ—re they grew may â—â— amended varâ—ete of these Flowers are raised from Seed with mucâ— trouble Bears-Ears see Auricula Bell Flower or Sateririous Flower about the middle of May many of them grow wild and may be digged up and planted in Gardens in Iune or Iuly in a shady and barren place not in fat Earth waâ—ering them a little they are increased by parting the Roots or by the seed sowed soon after it is â—ipe Bulbous Violets flower from February until May being increased by of-sets and may be taken up and kept until August or September before you set them again Catdinals flower is but a tender plant they flower from the beginning of Iune till August and may be increased by parting the roots about September being set in very good earth and carefully defended the nipping cold of the Winter or else it will not indure long with us Carnations or Gilliflowers red and white scarlet and white purple and white of each of these there is many and great varieties they flower in Iuly and August and are increased by layers or raised from seed it being preserved from the strongest of them and carefully looked unto in Autumn or else will be lost with the wind In the moneth of April these seeds may be sowen very thin after rain on a Bed of good fresh Earth and if the time prove dry afterwards then water them a little and when they are pretty well grown up chuse a wet time if you can to remove them and so plant them again in rows where they may stand in the East Sun and it may be the next year they may beaâ— Flowers and then you will perceive which are double to be esteemed and which are single to be rejected and cast away And if you place them in pots then fresh Earth is to be chosen and observe as well in watering these as most other Flowers or Plants that require it to water them in the morning until the latter end of April or thereabouts whilst the weather is indifferently cool and afterwards when the weather is hot it is best to water them in the Evenâ—â—g and if you suspect that your â—ots receive too much wet by rain then lay them down upon one side to prevent it Cistus they Flower in Iune or Iuly and are raised from seed being â—owed in very good rich Earth towards the latter end of Feb. or they â—e increased by new Plants taken â—m the old Tree and planted in â—od Earth and carefully looked unto the seed is usually ready to be gathered in August or beginning of September which must be diligently looked to or else is apt to be all lost Cowslips and Oxlips flower from March until May and some of them continue long in Flower and they are increased by parting the Roots as Primroses are yet they may also be raised by seed if that which be good be chosen and sowed in very good Earth in September then the effects thereof maâ— be seen the Spring following Crocusses of which there is man sorts those of the Spring flowe in February and March and aâ— increased
rather by the Root the by seed they are very apt to groâ— although it be but ordinaâ—â— ground and they may be taken 〈◊〉 when the leaves are withered aâ— kept dry until October and thâ— planted again Crocusses Autumnal or Crocusses that flower in September or October are most properly increased by the Roots which are very apt to grow and increase and when the Fibres are withered they may then be taken up and kept dry until about August and then planted again And if they stand more then one year they increase very much the more These Flowers may be raised of seed if it be chosen ripe and good and sowed in very fine Earth and once in two years removed in or about July and set in good order provided the ground be very right and good so that they may there remain until they bear Flowers Crown Imperial flowereth in March or April and are increased by the off-sets that you may have from the greater Roots being taken up in June when the stalks are dry and planted again in August Cyclamen or Sow bread the Herb so called that which is called the spring Cyclamen flowereth in April or May the Summer soyl Cyclamen flowereth in June or July and the Autumn Cyclamen flowereth in August and September They are not often moved but the best time to transplant them is in June and July they are raised by sowing the seeds soon after they are ripe in light and good Earth covering them from the Frost the first Winter and when they are two years old they may be transplanted There is several sorts of Daffodils those that bear only one Flower ought to be taken up every other year in June or July keeping only the principal Roots dry until September and then set them again they flower in March and April Rush Daffodils flower in April Bastard Daffodils flower in March and if any will sow the seed of Daffodils let them sow it in September and let it remain three or four years and then in June take up the young Plants and plant them presently in rows in good Earth The seed of the Sea Daffodils being sown may stand ten years unremoved Daffodils that have several Flowers on one Stalk do flower in April and May and are for the most part increased by off-sets nor are they to be often taken up because they endure well the cold Dasies flower in April and are increased by parting the Root and setting them abroad where they may not be too much in the Sun either Spring or Fall and being watred a little they seldom fail growing Flower de-luces flower one kind or other of them from April until July before they have all done and as soon as the leaves are dryed down they may be taken up and kept dry until August or at the furthest September and then order them in all respects as Tulips are but there is some of these which may remain in the ground without removing several years they may also be raised by the seed Flag-flower-deluces flower in and near the moneth of May and may remain several years in the ground but the best time to transplant them is in or neer September and are increased by parting the Roots Dwarf flower-deluces do commonly Flower in April May oâ— Iune accordingly as the season ground and place where they are planted happeneth to be which also causeth much difference in the late or early flowering of other Flowers they increase by parting the Roots and they will grow almost in any ground and may be removed and planted in September Flower of Bristol Champion or Non-such do flower from Iune or Iuly and so they remain flowering more or less of them until September the Champions are increased by taking slips from the old Root and planting them in August or September which you must do every year Non-such are increased by taking the young Plants which come up in March from the old Root and planting them in ground that is not too hot or rank Flowers of the Sun do commonly flower about August or September and are yearly raised of seed sown in good rank mould where they may have the benefit of the Sun in April and the seed is ripe in Autumn this should have been mentioned before but that it was forgotten Fraxinella's flower in June and Iuly and is increased by taking of new Plants from the old Roots in March which will indure long without moving the seed is ripe in August and must be very diligently and timely looked for or else â—t will be lost these may also be raised from the seed sown in February in very good Earth Fritillaries Flower from the latler end of March until May and are increased by the Root which must be taken up in Iuly and planted again in August they are also raised from seed Galliflowers either Wall-flower or Winter Gilliflowers do flower in March April and May and they are increased by slips being set in March on a Bank under some South wall to defend them from cold in Winter Stock Gilliflowers do usually Flower in April and some of them continue part of the Summer they are for the most part raised from seed it being sowed in April which is the best time it must be sowed on a Bed of good and fine Earth very thin and when they are grown up a Fingers length or more then in the most rainy time you can meet with remove them and presently plant them again on the same Bed or of some other at a reasonable distance and when they have remained so planted a while longer then take them up â—he second time and plant them â—rderly abroad so that they may be well rooted before cold weather that they may the better indure the Winter there are sometimes double ones happen of those which are sowed but the most part of them which are double are raised from slips taken from old Plants which are double which must be shaded and watred for a time after they are planted Queens Gilliflowers or close-Silences as some call them are in flower in May Iune and Iuly they are raised from the slips or branches thereof they ought to be seâ— in places that are somewhat shady and must be watred after they aâ—â— planted they are also raised from sâ—ed Helebores the black flowereâ— at Christmas all others for thâ— most part flower in May and Iune they are raised from seed and indure long in the ground withoâ—â— removing and most of them aâ—â— easily made to grow Hepatica or Liver-worts flower in March they are increased by parting the Roots or by sowing the seed in Willow-earth and after planting them forth in good and rank ground Honey-Suckles the Herb so called flowereth in May and Iune and is raised from the seed being sowed in any indifferent ground in February or March c. Iacinths flower from April until August if we consider all the kinds and are increased by off-sets being taken up and replanted in
those you intend to reserve for seed Some increase Tulips by sowing the seed by the which there sometimes happeneth many new varieties but see that your seed be very good and full ripe The seed may be gathered about the middle or latter end of Iuly and after they are gathered you may let them remain hanged up in the boles until the latter end of September or October and then sow it in very good Earth the ordinary sort in Beds not very thick or very deep but the best way to sow the choiceest seed is it Boxes and in the best sifted Earth you can get the time is in March or April that they will begin to appear and then about Iune when they are two years old you may take them up and set them again presently in rows but it will be six or seven years before they come to be strong and beat Flowers well Observe to plant your off-sets first into the leanest of your ground and then afterwards remove them into better and so art they more apt to prosper well Winter Cherries may be raised from seed being sowed in its most natural time that is when the seed is full ripe which is observed the best time to sow or set all such seed that will indure the Winter and indeed some seeds falling to the ground of their own accord grow again whereas being kept until Spring with all the industry that can be used will noâ— grow Now all these last mentioneâ— Flowers or Plants may possibly be raised from seed but we have particularly set down how each oâ— them are best increased either by seeds off-sets slips c. Many seeds must be gathered a little before they are full ripe which may be kept in the Boles or Heads wherein they grew and laid a little afterwards in the Sun they will come to a sufficient maturity which should they be let grow until they are full ripe in the open Air you run a great danger of loosing all by wind and weather Of some Flowers Flower bearing Trees and Shrubs as are raised and increased from Layers necessary for a Flower-Garden as CArnations of all sorts Gilliflowers Hypericum frutex Jasmines Pinks Roses Shrub night-shade Shrub mallows Shrub-Spiraea Spiraea frutex Virginian bower Woody St Johnswort Woodbines c. OF such which are not before treated of I will mention as followeth in order Hypericum frutex or Woody St. Johnswort flowereth in April and is increased by Layers Jasmies Flower in July and August and are increased by Layers Roses or Rose-Trees all the many sorts of them flower in Iune and Iuly and are increased by Layers they ought to be cut with the Sheers after they have done beaâ—ing these may also be increased by Suckers or Inoculation Shrub night-shade flowereth in May or Iune and is increased by Layers Shrub mallows Flower for the most part in August or September and are increased from Layers Shrub Spiraea flowereth in August and is also increased by Layers Spiraea frutex is the same Virgins bower flowereth in Iuly 〈◊〉 August and is increased by â—yers they are very fit to cover â—rbours Woodbine that which is double â—wereth in May and are easily â—eased by Layers being very 〈◊〉 to take Root these are fit to â—er Harbours and to be plantâ—y Summer-houses or by Garâ—â—-houses c. Woodbine which is of a more â—lsh colour flowereth in Iune â—aly and is easily increased by â—ers and is fit for such uses as 〈◊〉 Woodbines are Of such Flowers as are raised anâ— increased by off-sets AConitum Animones Asphodels Auriculas or Bears-Bars Bulbous Violets Campanila Cornflag Crocusses Crown imperial Daffodils Flower-de-luces Fritillares Gentian Gentianella's Iacinths Lillies Lilly-Aspodils Mortagous Medias Meddow-Saffron Moly Oxlips Peontes Persian Lillies Primroses Ranunculusses star-Star-flower Spider-wort Tulips of all sorts Wolf-bane SO many of these Flowers have not been spoken of before are mentioned next following Aconitum or Woolfbone Flowâ—â— in April and they are quickly terwards under ground again they â—e increased by off sets which are very apt to grow and may be taken up and kept out of the ground until about August or September Corn-flags they Flower in June or July they are increased by off-sets and must be taken up as soon as the Stalks are withered and dry and kept out of the ground until August or September and then you may plant several of the Roots together which are of the best of them and the rest rejected as little worth Lillies Flower in Iune and are â—easily increased by off-sets being parted soon after the Stalks are dry nor need these Roots be often removed for they will indure in the ground many years Mortagons if we consider all the â—inds they Flower from May unâ—il August and are increased by off-sets being taken from the pricipal Root when the Stalks are wâ—thered neither need they to often removed Persian-Lillies Flower in Apâ—â—â— or in May at the furthest and 〈◊〉 increased by off-sets being takâ— up and parted about Midsumâ—â— when the Stalks are dry and thâ— planted again in August Ranunculuses or Crowsfoot Flower most commonly in Apâ—â—â— or May and continue long Flower and are increased by pâ—ting the Roots about Mid Sâ—mer when the Stalks are dry 〈◊〉 you may take them up and aftâ—â— wards dry the Roots and keâ—â— them in Boxes until December January and then plant them gain in good rank sandy Earâ— parting the Root for increase aâ—â— setting them a finger length depth in the ground and wâ—â—â— they are almost ready to Flower then water them often with Pond-water or if Spring water then let it be such as hath stood in the Sun or Air for two or three days and the same may be observed for other Flowers there are some Ranunculuses that are hardy Flowers and increase by the Roots very fast neither need they be taken up in several years Woolfsbane see Aconitum Of such Flowers or Plaâ—â—sâ—s are increased by slips cuttings and other wayes that have not been mentioned before which may be put in the Flower-Garden ARbor-vitae Bastard-Sena Bladder-nut Campions Dogs-teeth Gilder-rose Lavender Marjoram Mastich Non-such Ripe tree Rosemary Pomgranate tree Sage Stone crop Southern-wood Sumach Syring see Pipe tree Time Trefoil ARbor vitae or Tree of Life so called flowereth in May and may be raised from seed or Layers Bastard Sena Flowereth in May and it may be raised from cuttings seeds suckers c. Bladder-nut this Tree or Bush beareth sweet whitish Flowers and may be increased from Suckers Campions Flower in June and more or less continue Flowering until September they are increased by slips which may be taken off in August or September and planted so that they may receive some Root before the severity of Winter come upon them Dogs-Teeth the Flowers so called do â—ower in March or April they are raised from seed which is brought over every year from beyond Sea which seed may be had in London of several that make a Trade thereof they may be
August they ought not to be kept long above ground Lady Smocks double flower in April for the most part and are increased by parting the Roots either early in the Spring or else in Autumn and planting them in ground that is naturally not over dry Liver-wort see Hepatica Lychnis Calcedonica see Flowers of Bristol Meddow Saffron flowereth in September and October they are increased by the Root being apt to grow and must be taken up when the leaves are dry and so kept forth of the ground dry until the latter end of August or September and being then planted or set they quickly flower Meddow sweet one sort thereof may very fitly be here mentioned for the pretty Flower and Button it beareth it is in its prime in May and Iune it may be raised of seed sown in Autumn in good Earth not too full of Dung but prety moist and then the roots will indure some years Mizerions some or other of them flower from Ianuary unto April they are increased by seed or sowing the Berries in Iuly in good Earth and the second Spring they will come up and in a year or two after they may be removed and placed elsewhere as is found most convenient Molys the most part of them Flower in May and Iune they are increased by the Roots which may be taken up when the Stalks are dry and the principal Roots only planted again but they need not be removed often it may also be raised of seed Narrisses see Daffodils Night-shade Flowereth towards the latter end of May or in the beginning of Iune and is increased by Layers or else by sowing the seeds in a Box of very good Earth in March so that they must be housed in Winter Oxlips see Couslips Paeones Flower in May they are increased by taking them up in October or September and parting the Root and planting them again they will grow in ordinary ground and will indure seven years or more without removing they may be raised from seed but it is very long before they come to Flower Pinks Flower in Iune and are increased by parting the Roots and Branches or by sowing the seed at the time and after the same manner as other seeds are sown Primroses both yellow and red which are most of all estemed and planted in Gardens do Flower in or near the moneth of April and some of them continue flowering all the year they are increased by parting the Roots about October or November Rosemaries the several sorts Flower in May and are increased by slips which may be set in March or August and I suppose it may be raised from seed brought from beyond Sea for I remember that Rosemary seed brought from Spain into the West-Indies did prosper very well Saffron flowers see Crocus but bastard Saffron is yearly raised from seed which seed may be had at the Flowrists in London Sow bread see Cyclamen Spanish-Broom flowereth in May and is increased by Suckers or Layers or else it may be raised by sowing the seed assoon as it is ripe and it will indure being set against a South-wall many years Star-flowers do most commonly Flower in several moneths according to their kinds as in April May Iune and some in August and are increased by the Roots and are taken up when the Roots are indifferently dry and may be planted again in September Strawberry-Tree the Flowers of this Tree are not so beautiful as the Berries which are ripe about October or November and therefore is then in its greatest Splendour it may be raised from seed or else by Layers which having once taken Root by a South-wall will indure some years very well Sun-flowers grow very tall and do for the most part Flower in September and are yearly raised from seed sown or set in March or April under a warm Wall Sweet-Iohns Flower most of them in or near Iune and are increased by planting the slips abroad in some moist time in the Spring and then they will take Root and abide the Winter there may be variety raised from the seed Sweet Williams and London-pride Flower at the same time and are ordered as Sweet-Iohns are Tre-night shade see Night-shade Tulips of which in general there is three sorts viz. Praecoces Medias Serotinas early middle and late flowering Tulips 1. Praecoces first of all Flower in March April and are increased from the Roots by off sets they are to be taken up about the latter end of Iune and so kept dry until September or October and then setorderly again 2. Medias do Flower in April and May and are increased by off-sets and may be taken up about the beginning of Iuly and kept dry until the middle or latter end of September and then planted a-again Serotinas flower in May and sometimes in Iune and are also increased by off-sets and they must be taken and kept dry until September or October and then ordered and planted in all respects as the former In taking them up if the ground be so stiff as to use a Trowel you must have a care of spoiling them but if the mould be so light and hollow that you can take them up with only your fingers there is no danger And as you take them up lay them on papers whereon the name of each sort is written the Earth being taken clean off them then lay them on a broad Floor to dry and when they are dry take off the off-sets which may be put into a Box or paper-Bag with the name of each sort written on them and in August plant all these off-sets All the other best Roots may be wrapped in dry papers and put in a Box or Boxes until you plant them in September or rather if the ground be hot in October but in the interim you must look to them that they corrupt not by moisture for if they do they will then become soft as you may feel and then they are little worth When you plant them again let them be set in sifted Earth in handsome Beds every sort by themselves in rows noting every row or bed of every sort with figures on a piece of Lead referring to such a place in your Book or else note them by papers only that thereby you may know every kind and how to dispose them when they are taken up again The most ordinary sort of these Flowers if the Earth be good may remain two years in the ground if you please before you take them up It is a good way for those that have choice Tulips to arch the Beds over with Sticks or Coopers Hoops when they are budded and almost ready to Flower that so they may be covered in the night to defend them from Frost Hall great Rains and high Winds and also from extream heat especially when they are fully blown for then a little Sun is enough for them and so ordered they last in Splendour the longer When the leaves are fain break off the Heads unless it be of
34 Wild. and Toad flax Page 16 Woodbine Page 51 Wolfsbane Page 52 Winter Cherries Page 48 Woody St. Johns-wort Page 50 THE FLOWER-GARDEN Epitomiz'd WHosoever they are that intend a Flower-Garden ought to have either a Nurserie or else some convenient place in the Kitchen-Garden Both for the making of hot Beds whereon to raise tender Plants by Seeds that will not endure the Winter as also to have other necessary Beds therein of good earth fit to sow such Seed on that requires not so great a heat as the other which seedlings when they are grown up may be immediately removed into the Flower-Garden or else set in some order in the same place or on a fitting Bed in that Garden to remain until such time they bear Flowers and then those which are double and such other as are acceptable may be transplanted into such places of the Flower-Garden as you see convenient and the rest may be cast away as little woth And there ought always to kepâ— in a readiness for this purpose several sorts of good Dung every sort by it self mixing Lime with some of it so that after it hath continued a while and is petrified and that it will molder crumbâ—â— into small particles in sifting 〈◊〉 may be then applyed with discretion according to the nature of the Ground and quality of the Flowers If the ground be naturally cold as Clay-ground for the most part is or moist as Fenny-ground usually is then Pigeons Hens or Horse Dung is the best If it be naturally â—ot ground Hogs-dung well rotted is good and indeed for almost all Flowers tender Plants Sheeps dung mingled with earth well rotted together is good it being finely fitted or else in some respects very good mold alone is used but especially for the raising of choice Flowers by Seed the earth of Willows is the best The last mentioned sorts of Dung are also very good to be steeped in water for to water Seeds and teâ—â—â— Plants for the bringing them â—â—o a râ—asonable strength and also it is very good for to water young Layers withal provide the season be not too very hot Of a Hot Bed A Hot Bed ought to be madeâ— Horse-dung with some Straw 〈◊〉 Hay amongst it newly taken from the Stable and laid of what bredâ— and length you think that you shall have occasion for to make use of it may be laid a yard or four for thick or more binding it aboâ—â— with Hay or Straw-bands to keâ—â— it handsomely up together thâ—â— lay fine rank sifted mold on it foâ— inches or about 5 fingers bread in depth then arch or roof it oâ— with Hoops or Sticks so as to bâ— up our Tilt Mats Straw or wâ—â—â— else you intend to cover it wiâ—â— and being close covered lâ—t iâ—â—nâ—ain for the space of 4 or 5 daâ—â— until the violent heat be a little â—ver and then give it some air and â—ow your Seeds thereon endeavouring afterwards as nigh as you can to keep it in a temperate heat and when your Seedlings are green air them at convenient times when winds and cold or great store of wet will not much offend them using besides Mats also to cover them with Cup glasses or Caseâ—â—nts as wel when they are planted on the second Bed as now at the first at all such times as are necessary or else if such diligence be not used you run the hazzard of â—oosing many hopeful Plants As your Plants grow strong either remove them to another Bed â—ess hot or else plant them in good earth here and there in your Garden as you see good watering them at all seasonable times requiâ—ed Flowers which are raised by Seeds from an Hot Bed are Africanes Amaranthus Blind-weed Marvile of Peru c. There are other choyce Seeds sown on Hot Beds some of which more properly belong to the Kitchen-Garden as Melons Gourds Cucumbers early Lettice c. Nerstertians Flower in September and are raised from Seed sown on a hot bed in March and when the Plants are pretty strong and the heat of the first Bed faileth they are to be removed with some of the same mould about the rooâ— to a second hot Bed and in May removed from thence into good ground and where they may be most in the Sun till they Flower and bear Seed Bind weed the greater kinde flowereth in September and they are every year raised by sowing the Seed on a hot Bed and afterwards re-planted in such order as other nice Plants are Amaranthus or Flower-gentle do most commonly flower in August or September and they are raised from Seed which ought to be sown on a hot Bed in March and to have them forwardly to bear good Seed when the heat of the first Bed faileth being now pretty well grown up remove them with the mould about the root altogether to another Bed and then again im May transplant them into such places the earth being made very good that lie to the Sun where they may stand all the Summer to Flower and Seed Africanes or French Marigolds flower in August or September and are raised by Seed sown on a Hot Bed in the end of March or the beginning of April and when the Plants are grown up almost a foot or at least when they are reasonable strong they may be removed into the Garden in good Earth in the out Borders where they may have room and stand in the Sun to Flower and â—eed Marvile of Peru do commonly flower from July until cold mornings check them they are raised of Seeds which are to be set in the month of April in a Hot bed and afterwards removed into the Garden where they may have the most benefit of the Sun and so will they flower the sooner but it they bear not Seed the first year then cover them from the cold in winter and the next Summer they will be forwardly Plants for Seed or the roots may be taken up at the beginning of Winter and dryed and kept in a box of Wooll and being set in good mould again in March they will then prosper Of Plants and Flowers raised of Seeds which are not sown on Hot Beds FIrst Sweet-Marjerom and Sweet-Bassil although they bear no beautiful Flowers yet for their odoriferous scent may properly here be added because they are often put into Nose-gays Sweet-waters Perfumes c. Red-Sattin flower Snails and Cateâ—pillers Flowers so called everlasting Pease scarlet Beans Lupines Candy-Tufts Love-Apples Stramonium or Thorn-Apples Nigella or Fennel flowers Herb mullen Indian-cresses or yellow Larks-heels Larks-heels or Larks-spurs Corn-flower Thistles Fox-gloves Tode-flax or wild-flax Snap Dragons Colombines double Holioaks or Garden-Mallows these are Flowers raised every second year at the least of which in order as followeth Sweet-Marjerom is raised of Seed it being every year sowed in April upon good and fine mould by reason it is often put in Nose-gayes the pleasant scent thereof much comforting the Brain Sweet-Bassil is raised from Seed â—own in
April in very good sifted earth and is commonly used for those intents and purposes as Sweet-Marjerom is Red-Satten-Flower or French-Honey-Suckles flower in June and July and they are raised from seed being sown in April but for the most part they flower not till the second year after they are sown and then the Seed ought to be preserved for increase Snails and Caterpillers so called from the similitude they have with those Animals are all the sorts raised from Seed sowed in April which must be supported when they are grown they cannot properly be called Flowers but they have very pretty heads Everlasting Pease so called because the Root continueth long they are call'd Pease because the grain is much like unto Pease they are raised of Seed sowed in March which for the most part it is 2 or 3 years before it beareth flowers grain ought to be supported when it is grown up the branches therof dying every year in winter Scarlet Beans or Scarlet Ridney-Beans are raised every year or seed being set in good ground where the Sun hath reflection in the Month of April they will climb up bushes or sticks set for that purpose or being spread and fastened up to a Wall their Scarlet Flowers make a pretry shew for they have more or less Blossoms growing on them for several Months Lupines all the sorts of them are every year raised from the seed being set in good mould in March or April according as the season happeneth to fall out for which your own reason may best instruct you Candy-Tufts Flower in or near the month of July and are raised every year from the Seed being sowed in April Apples of Love are planted not for any Flower they bear but or the rarity of them they are raised 〈◊〉 which ought to be sowed â—rank and fine earth in April and â—eing carefully watred afterwards â—e fruit will be ripe about Septemâ—er Stramonium or Thorn apples are â—ory year raised from Seed either â—y these me which falleth from the fruit when they are full ripe in â—â—e same place where they grow â—r else the Seed may be gathered when it is black and full ripe and â—ept until March or April and â—hen sowed in good and rank Earth â— the Sun but the best time in my pinion is to sow it in September of October and then it wil yield good â—eed the Summer following this â—lant is made much use of in Chyâ—â—geriâ—â— Nigella or Fennel Plower doth ummonly bote or begin to Flower â—â— deed June or July and they are raised from Seed being sown â—â— March or April but I have set them grown again by the Seed thâ—â— hath fallen from them in the samâ— place Herb-mullen all the kinds therâ— of do flower in May or June aâ—â— they are for the most part raised 〈◊〉 Seed being sowed at the time aâ— other Seeds are they usually bring forth Flowers the second year yet the Roots of some of them continue two or three years or more Indian-Cresses or yellow Larkâ—heels flourish much in July and are flowring more or less from the time until cold mornings come to nip them they are raised of Seed which must be sown in very good mould in April and it is necessaâ—â— to be very cautious of having good ripe Seep for that is a man property in raising any sort of Plants oâ— Flower for if the seed be not good you may very well fail of your expectation Larks-heels or Larks-spurs do flower about the end of June July or August and they are raised of Seeds which may be sown as other Seeds in March or in the beginning of April but the Seed that falleth from them will come up in the same place the next Spring or if you please you may sow some of the Seed as soon as it is ripe desending it a little from the Frosts in Winter and then they will be forwardly and bring forth good seed the Autumn following Corn-flower or Blew bottles there is of these Flowers many different colours the most of which flower in June or July the rost in August they are raised from Seed being sowed about September and it will be ripe to gather again towards the latter end of August the next year Fox Gloves the most part of them flower in June and July the rest in August they are raised of Seed which ought to be sown in good fine earth in April and then in September they may be removed and set in more handsom order they flower not until the second year Wild and Toad flax of all sorts flower in July and August and the Seed is ripe about September and it must quickly after that time be sowed again in such ground and in such a manner as other Seeds are Snap-dragons flower in May June and July and are raised from Seeds being sowed in good fine Earth as other Seeds are they bear Flowers the second year and the Seed is usually ripe in August they may also be raised by setting thâ— slips in May or June Colombines Flower about the latter end of May and are commonly raised by sowing the Seed in good and fine Earth in April which in two years space will bring forth Flowers and then the best may be chosen and removed into places convenient where they may stand three or four year and in the interim you ought to provide more to supply their room casting the old away as little worth Double-holliocks or Garden-mallows Flower in August and September and they are most commonly raised by Seed which may be sown in April and then they will bear Flowers the second year which in October the best may be made choyce of and removed into the Flower-Garden where they may stand some considerable time for they last many years Double-Poppies Flower for the most part in June and are raised from the Seed from which it beareth great store inclosed in a head which may be gatherd when full ripe and the Seeds sown as other Seeds are quickly after or else it may be sowed in March or April following but it will grow again for several years together by the same Seed that falleth down in the place where they grew for they are very apt to prosper There may besides these many other Flowers be raised from the Seed the most part of which are of longer than a year or two years continuance as ANemones Asphodels Auricula's Bears-ears Bell-flowers Bulbous-Violets Cardinals flower Carnations Cistis Couslips Crocusses Crown-Imperials Cyclamen Daffodils Dasies some few Flower-de-luces Flowers of Bristol Flowers of the Sun Fraxinolla's Fritillaries Gilliflowers Helebores Hepatica Honry Suckles Jacinths Lady-Smocks Liver wort Lychnis Caleedonica Meddow-Saffron Meddow-Sweet Mizerious Moly Narcissus Night shads Oxlips Paonies Pinks Primeroses Rosemary of Spanish-seed Saffron Sow-bread Spanish-broom Star-flowers Strawberry-tree Sun-flowers Sweet-Williams Sweet-Johns Tree Night shade Tulips Winter Cherries c. ALl these Flowers or Plants may possibly be raised from Seed but because the most part
planted in only good Earth not too full of Dung in or near August Gilder-Rose Flowereth in May and is most commonly increased by Suckers Lavender the Tops of which is very sweet and for that reason is often planted in Flower Gardens and is raised from slips which may be planted in the latter end of March if the time be seasonable and the Spring forwardly or else in April is time enough Marjerom gentle or Winter Marjerom is of a sweet and pleasant scent and may be increased either from the slips or outtings Mastick the Herb I mean is of 〈◊〉 very pleasant scent and may be increased by taking slips oâ— branches Non-such most or all of them Flower in July they are increased by taking young Plants in March from the old Roots see before Pipe tree flowereth from May until September it is a nice Plant and not to be dealt with by any but the curious Artist Pomgranate-tree flowereth in August or September it is raised from Layers or Suckers and being planted in good ground under a warm South-wall and a little desended from Frost in Winter till it become pretty hardy it may then grow a tall Tree Rosemary all the forts flower in May and it may be increased by setting the slips in the beginning of the Spring or in the beginning of Autumn Sage those sorts which are sweet or stripped are usually planted in Flower Gardens they are increased by setting the slips in April Stone crop the Tree so called Flowereth in August and may be increased by Layers or cuttings set in March Southernwood Flowereth in Iuly and may be increased by setting the slips in a Pot or Boxes iâ— March so that they may be housed in Winter Sumach is raised either from the seed being ripe and good or else by parting the Root Syring see Pipe tree Timeâ— is raised and increased by setting the slips or branches in April being then most apt to take Root Trefoile that which is called Bean Trefoile Flowereth in May and may be increased either by Layers or Cuttings Trefoile the Tree Trefoile I mean Flowereth in May and may best of all be raised by setting the slips in Boxes or Pots in Iune whereby they may be kept from the violence of the Winter The Flowers which were before mentioned are here set down in every moneth wherein they Flower and are usually in most splend our according to the course of nature in this our Climate yet I deny not but the nature of the ground season time of planting art used in shading or more exposing them to the Sun c. may cause some variation in their Flowering sooner or later In so many Moneths as you here find any one Flower mentioned in those Moneths are they for the most part in a flourishing state January BLack Hellebores Mizerions Red Primroses February Bulbous viâ—lets Crocusses of the Spring Mizerions Primroses March Anemones or Emanies Bulbous violets Couslips Crocusses of the spring Crown Imperial Duffodils Dogs-teeth Fritillaries Gilliflowers Hepartica or Liverworts Mizerions Oxlips Primroses Wall flowers April Aconitum or Woolfs bane Anemones or Emanies Auricula's or Bears-ears Bulbous violets Couslips Crown Imperial Clyclamen of the spring Daffodils Dasies Dogs-teeth Dwarff flower-deluces Flower-deluces Fritillaries Gilliflowers Hypericum frutex or wood St Johns-wort Jacinths or Hyacinth Lady smocks Mizerions Oxlips Persian lillies Primroses Ranunculuses or Crowsfoot Star-flowers Stock-gilliflowers Tulips Wall flowers May Anemones or Emanies Arbor-vitae Auricula's or Bears-ears Bastard Sena Bell-flowers or Saterions Bulbous violets Colombines Couslips Cyclamen of the spring Daffodils that have several flowers on a stalk Dwarff-flower-deluces Emanies Flag Flower-deluces Flower-deluces Fritillaries Gigder-roses Gilliflowers Hearb-mullen Hellebore Honey-suckles Hyacinth Jacinths Lilly Aspodils Molys Martagons Night-shade Oxlips Paenies Persian-lillies Pipe Tree Primroses Queen-gilliflowers Ranunculuses or Crows-foot Rosemaries Shrub Night-shade Snap-dragons Spanish broom Spiders wort Star flower Stock gilliflowers Tree Trefoile Tulips Wall flowers Woodbine June Aspodils Campions Cistus Corn flag Corn flower or blew bottles Cyclamen Dwarff flower-deluces Flower-deluces Flowers of Bristol Campions or Noâ—-such Fraxinella's Foxgloves Hellebore Hearb-mullen Honey-suckles Hyarmiths Jacinths Larksheels or Larks spurs Lillies Aspodil London pride Lillies Mortagons Molys Nigella or Fennel flower Nightshade Pinks Primroses Queens Gilliflowers Red Satten Flower or French Honey-suckles Shrub nightshade Snap Dragons Spider worts Star flowers Sweet Johns Sweet Williams Tulips Woodbines July Carnations or Gilliflowers Candy tusts Champions or Non-such Cistus Corn flag Corn-flowers or Blew-bottles Double Poppies Flower-deluces Flowers of Bristol or Non-such Fox-gloves Fraxinella's Hyacinths Jacinths Jasmines Indian-cresses or yellow Larks-heels Marvile of Peru Martagons Non such Pipe Tree Primorfes Queen Gilliflowers Red Satten flower or French Honey-suckles Roses Snap-dragons Virgins bower Wild and Toad flax Wood bline August Africanes or French Marigolds Amaranthus or Flower-gentle Caâ—nations or Gilliflowers Champians Corn flowers or blew-bottles Double Hollihacks or Garden Maâ—ows Flowers of Bristol Flowers of the Sun Fox gloves Holliocks Jacinths or Hyacinths Jasmines Indian Cresses or yellow Larks-heel Martagons Marvile of Peru Non-such Pipe Tree Primrâ—ses Shrub mallows Shrub Spirae or Spiraea frutex Virgins bower Wild and toad Elax September Africanes or French Marigolds Amaranthus or Flower-gentle Bind-weed Campions Crocusses Autumnal Double Hollihocks or Garden-mallows Flowers of Bristol or Non-such Flowers of the Sun Indian Cresses or yellow Larks heels Marvile of Peru Meddow Saffron Nerstertions Pipe Tree Primroses red Shrub Malloâ—â— Sun Flowers October â—rocuffes Autumnal â—arvile of Peru Meddow Saffron 〈◊〉 Primroses November Black Hellebore â—â—d Primroses December Black Hellebore Primroses red Many more rare and excellent Flowers might be addâ—â—â—â— the beautifying of this Garden but the most part of them being more tender then these even now mentioned and much skill care and trouble must be used in ordering the same in this colder Climate which cannot be expected from ordinary Country people for whom this was chiefly intended it would therefore be of small moment to treat of them as also of many other ever-greens but of these we may possibly have occasion to speak something of here after if opportunity permit THE GARDENERS DIALLING SHEWING How to draw a Diall on a Grass-plot in the middle or any other part of a Garden or in a Plantation or in any Field or Down as also in a Flower-Garden it being drawn as any other Knot for ornament THis is performed after the same way as the drawing of a Horizontal Diall on any other Plane And therefore those who desire to draw or cut out a Diall on a Grass plot in a Garden or elsewhere ought first to cut the grass very short if it be not so then they must make the place even either by raising the lower or else by beating down the highter places in that piece of ground which is intended for that purpose until it be found exactly plane as a Plane ought to be for a Horizontal Diall which you may try after this manner First take any board of a Foot broad