A New Orchard And Garden: or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of EnglandLawson, William, active 1618
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A New Orchard And Garden: or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North and generally for the whole kingdome of England
Lawson, William, active 1618
Fruit-culture -- Great Britain; Gardening -- Early works to 1800
These hearbs and flowers are comely and durable for squares and knots
and all to set at _Michael-tide_, or somewhat before, that they may be
setled in, and taken with the ground before winter, though they may be
set, especially sowne in the spring.
Roses of all sorts (spoken of in the Orchard) must be set. Some vie to
set slips and twine them, which sometimes, but seldome thriue all.
Rosemary, Lauender, Bee-flowers, Isop, Sage, Time, Cowslips, Pyony,
Dasies, Cloue Gilliflowers, Pinkes, Sothernwood, Lillies, of all which
hereafter.
_Of the Kitchen Garden._
Though your Garden for flowers doth in a sort peculiarly challenge to it
seise a profit, and exquisite forme to the eyes, yet you may not
altogether neglect this, where your hearbes for the pot do growe. And
therefore, some here make comely borders with the hearbes aforesayd. The
rather because aboundance of Roses and Lauender yeeld much profit, and
comfort to the sences: Rose-water and Lauender, the one cordial (as also
the Violets, Burrage, and Buglas) the other reuiuing the spirits by the
sence of smelling: both most durable for smell, both in flowers and
water: you need not here raise your beds, as in the other garden,
because Summer towards, will not let too much wet annoy you.
And these hearbes require more moysture: yet must you haue your beds
diuided, that you may goe betwixt to weede, and somewhat forme would be
expected: To which it auaileth, that you place your herbes of biggest
growth, by walles, or in borders, as Fenell, &c. and the lowest in the
middest, as Saffron, Strawberries, Onions, &c.
CHAP. 7.
_Diuision of hearbs._
Garden hearbs are innumerable, yet these are common and sufficient for
our country House-wifes.
_Hearbs of greatest growth._
Fenell, Anglica, Tansie, Hollihock, Louage, Elly Campane, French
mallows, Lillies, French poppy, Endiue, Succory and Clary.
_Herbes of middle growth._
Burrage, Buglas, Parsley, sweet Sicilly, Floure-de-luce, Stocke
Gilliflowers, Wall-flowers, Anniseedes, Coriander, Feather fewell,
Marigolds, Oculus Christi, Langdibeefe, Alexanders, Carduus Benedictus.
_Hearbes of smallest growth._
Pansy, or Harts-ease, Coast Margeram, Sauery, Strawberries, Saffron,
Lycoras, Daffadowndillies, Leekes, Chiues, Chibals, Skerots, Onions,
Batchellors buttons, Dasies, Peniroyall.
Hitherto I haue onely reckoned vp, and put in this ranke, some hearbs.
Their Husbandry follow each in an Alphabeticall order, the better to be
found.
CHAP. 8.
_Husbandry of Herbes._
_Alexanders_ are to be renewed as _Angelica_. It is a timely Pot-hearbe.
_Anglica_ is renued with his seede, whereof he beareth plenty the second
yeare, and so dieth. You may remoue the rootes the first yeare. The
leaues distilled, yeeld water soueraigne to expell paine from the
stomacke. The roote dried taken in the fall, stoppeth the poares against
infections.
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