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8 forme them into an hedge. And ome againe take a lowe prickly hrubbe, that abideth alwayes greene, decribed in the end of this Booke, called in Latine Pyracantha, which in time will make an euer greene hedge or border, and when it beareth fruit, which are red berries like vnto Hawthorne berries, make a glorious hew among the greene leaues in the Winter time, when no other hrubbes haue fruit or leaues.

The nature and names of diuers Out-landih flowers, that for their pride, beauty, and earlinee, are to be planted in Gardens of peaure [sic] for delight. auing thus formed out a Garden, and diuided it into his fit and due proportion, with all the gracefull knots, arbours, walkes, &c. likewie what is fit to keepe it in the ame comely order, is appointed vnto it, both for the borders of the quares, and for the knots and beds themselues; let vs now come and furnih the inward parts, and beds with thoe fine flowers that (being trangers vnto vs, and giuing the beauty and brauery of their colours o early before many of our owne bred flowers, the more to entice vs to their delight) are mot beeeming it; and namely, with Daffodils, Fritillarias, Iacinthes, Saffron-flowers, Lillies, Flowerdeluces, Tulipas, Anemones, French Cowlips, or Beares eares, and a number of uch other flowers, very beautifull, delightfull, and pleaant, hereafter decribed at full, whereof although many haue little weete cent to commend them, yet their earlinee and exceeding great beautie and varietie doth o farre counteruaile that defect (and yet I mut tell you with all, that there is among the many orts of them ome, and that not a few, that doe excell in weetneffe, being o trong and heady, that they rather offend by too much than by too little ent, and ome againe are of o milde and moderate temper, that they carce come hort of your mot delicate and daintiet flowers) that they are almot in all places with all perons, epecially with the better ort of the Gentry of the Land, as greatly deired and accepted as any other the mot choiet, and the rather, for that the mot part of thee Out-landih flowers, do hew forth their beauty and colours o early in the yeare, that they eeme to make a Garden of delight euen in the Winter time, and doe o giue their flowers one after another, that all their brauery is not fully pent, vntil that Gilliflowers, the pride of our Englih Gardens, do hew themelues: So that whooeuer would haue of euery ort of thee flowers, may haue for euery moneth eueral colours and varieties, euen from Chritmas vntill Midommer, or after; and then, after ome little repite, vntill Chritmas againe, and that in ome plenty, with great content and without forcing; o that euery man may haue them in euery place, if they will take any care of them. And becaue there bee many Gentlewomen and others, that would gladly haue ome fine flowers to furnih their Gardens, but know not what the names of thoe things are that they deire, nor what are the times of their flowring, nor the skill and knowledge of their right ordering, planting, diplanting, tranplanting, and replanting; I haue here for their akes et downe the nature, names, times, and manner of ordering in a briefe manner, referring the more ample declaration of them to the worke following. And firt of their names and natures: Of Daffodils there are almot an hundred orts, as they are euerally decribed hereafter, euery one to be ditinguished from other, both in their times, formes, and colours, ome being eyther white, or yellow, or mixt, or ele being mall or great, ingle or double, and ome hauing but one flower vpon a talke, others many, whereof many are o exceeding weete, that a very few are ufficient to perfume a whole chamber, and beides, many of them be o faire and double, eyther one vpon a talke, or many vpon a talke, that one or two talkes of flowers are in tead of a whole noe-gay, or bundell of flowers tyed together. This I doe affirme vpon good knowledge and certaine experience, and not as a great many others doe, tell of the wonders of another world, which themselues neuer aw nor euer heard of, except ome uperficiall relation, which themselues haue augmented according to their owne fanie and conceit. Againe, let me here alo by the way tell you, that many idle and ignorant Gardiners and others, who get names by tealth, as they doe many other things, doe call Rh