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
_Fennell_ is renued, either by the seeds (which it beareth the second
yeere, and so yeerely in great abundance) sowne in the fall or Spring,
or by diuiding one root into many Sets, as Artichoke, it is long of
growth and life. You may remoue the roote vnshankt. It is exceeding
good for the eyes, distilled, or any otherwise taken: it is vsed in
dressing Hiues for swarmes, a very good Pot-hearbe, or for Sallets.
_Fetherfewle_ shakes seed. Good against a shaking Feuer, taken in a
posset drinke fasting.
_Flower-deluce_, long lasting. Diuide his roots, and set: the roots
dryed haue a sweet smell.
_Garlicke_ may be set an handfull distance, two inches deepe, in the
edge of your beds. Part the heads into seuerall cloues, and euery cloue
set in the latter end of _February_, will increase to a great head
before _September_: good for opening, euill for eyes: when the blade is
long, fast two & two together, the heads will be bigger.
_Hollyhocke_ riseth high, seedeth and dyeth: the chiefe vse I know is
ornament.
_Isop_ is reasonable long lasting: young roots are good set, slips
better. A good pot-hearbe.
_Iuly-flowers_, commonly called _Gilly-flowers_, or _Cloue-Iuly-flowers_
(I call them so, because they flowre in _Iuly_) they haue the name of
_Cloues_, of their sent. I may well call them the King of flowers
(except the Rose) and the best sort of them are called _Queene-Iuly
flowers_. I haue of them nine or ten seuerall colours, and diuers of
them as big as Roses; of all flowers (saue the Damaske Rose) they are
the most pleasant to sight and smell: they last not past three or foure
yeeres vnremoued. Take the slips (without shanks) and set any time, saue
in extreme frost, but especially at _Michael tide_. Their vse is much in
ornament, and comforting the spirits, by the sence of smelling.
_Iuly flowers_ of the wall, or wall-_Iuly-flowers_, wall-flowers, or
Bee-flowers, or Winter-_Iuly-flowers_, because growing in the walles,
euen in Winter, and good for Bees, will grow euen in stone walls, they
will seeme dead in Summer, and yet reuiue in Winter. They yeeld seed
plentifully, which you may sow at any time, or in any broken earth,
especially on the top of a mud-wall, but moist, you may set the root
before it be brancht, euery slip that is not flowr'd will take root, or
crop him in Summer, and he will flower in Winter: but his Winter-seed is
vntimely. This and Palmes are exceeding good, and timely for Bees.
_Leekes_ yeeld seed the second yeere, vnremoued and die, vnlesse you
remoue them, vsuall to eate with salt and bread, as Onyons alwaies
greene, good pot-hearb, euill for the eyes.
_Lauendar spike_ would be remoued within 7 yeeres, or eight at the most.
Slips twined as Isop and Sage, would take best at _Michael-tide_. This
flower is good for Bees, most comfortable for smelling, except Roses;
and kept dry, is as strong after a yeere, and when it is gathered. The
water of this is comfortable.
White _Lauendar_ would be remoued sooner.
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