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A44924	The flovver garden Shewing briefly how most flowers are to be ordered, the time of flowering, taking of them up, and of planting them again. And how they are increased by layers, off sets, slips, cuttings, seeds, &c. With other necessary observations relating to a flower garden. VVhereunto is now added. The gardiners or planters dialling, (viz.) how to draw a horizontal diall, as a knot in a garden, on a grass-plot, or elsewhere, the like before not extant. By William Hughes.	Hughes, William, fl. 1665-1683.	1672 (1672)	Wing H3337; ESTC R215414	27,043	140

The FLOWER Garden Shewing Briefly how most Flowers are to be ordered the time of Flowering taking of them up and of planting them again And how they are increased by Layers Off sets Slips Curtings Seed c. With other necessary observations relating to a Flower Garden VVhereunto is now added The Gardiners or Planters Dialling viz. how to draw a Horizontal Diall as a Knot in a Garden on a Grass-plot or elsewhere the like before not extant By William Hughes London Printed for William Crook at the Green-Dragon without Temple Barr 1672. To the Reader ALmighty God the only first being the Maker and Disposer of all things made the World out of nothing and hath ever since as at this time governed the same who also made man of the dust of the earth and put him in an undoubtedly pleasant Garden but he by reason of his disobedience being turned forth it is impossible for us his posterity ever to attain unto the like here below yet doubtless by industry and pains taking in that lovely honest and delightful recreation of planting we may gain some little glimmering of that lost splendour although with much difficulty and the more by reason of that apparent variation in nature all elementary bodies never standing at a stay but are ever increasing or decreasing the Sun causing day and night Summer and Winter c. whose presence and nearer approach doth as it were revive and bring to life many beautiful Vegetables and in whose absence they mourn wither languish and decay new varieties being every year brought to light so wonderful indeed are the works of nature that the least grass doth not only deserve our contemplation but admiration as not able to trace its foot-steps to its first nothing much more admirable then are the various beautiful Flowers and ever greens far surpassing all Art in a good and well ordered Garden which are already reconciled to this our colder Climate and doubtless many more in time will be especially if those learned of the Royal Society whose fancies run this way would be pleased to imploy their further indeavours herein Now concerning this practical discourse of Flowers it might have been drawn out to the young Gardeners vade mecum had not the unexpected hasting of it to the Press prevented which also caused many mistakes which I have not only endeavoured to amend but also have added something to this second impression because of the more then ordinary acceptance the first found which in three months time were all sold notwithstanding the homely dress it appeared in nor do I intend this first part to Flowrists Gardeners or others who have experience in this recreation though to them also it may be useful but chiefly for more plain and ordinary Country men and women as a perpetual Almanack or Remembrancer of them when and which way most of their Flowers are to be ordered although not the full circumstance of doing every particular thereunto belonging and the rather I commend it to such because for the want of these or the like instructions many opportunities I find are let slip of taking up removing planting c which cannot be recalled besides the price hereof is small and therefore within the most ordinary reach which larger books are not I am sure this will hurt none neither is there any but know that books have their errours and fate as well as their Authors and therefore I hope will offend none but many there be in the world as one saith and I find it to be true that carp and censure because mala mens malus animus an evil mind in it self is an evil mind to all others but as for men indued with more sobriety I know where there is several constructions may be made they will take the most favourable and not make more thereof then is meant nor espie more in others than consequently may be perceived in themselves So that were I able to gratifie such it would be the highest ambition of their most humble Servant W. Hughes The Table A AFricanes Page 8 Amaranthus Page 7 Anemones Page 20 Anconitum Page 52 Arbor-vitae Page 57 Aspodils Page 23 Auricula's Page 24 B Bastard Sena Page 57 Bears-ears Page 24 Of a hot bed Page 4 Bell-flower Page 25 Bindweed Page 7 Blew-bottles Page 15 Bulbous violets Page 25 C Champians Page 57 Candy tufts Page 12 Cardinal flower Page 25 Carnations Page 26 Catter-pillers Page 11 Champions Page 33 Cistus Page 27 Colombines Page 17 Corn-flags Page 53 Corn flowers Page 15 Cowslips Page 28 Crocusses Page 28 Crows-foot Page 54 Cyclamen Page 30 Crown Imperial Page 29 D Daffodils Page 30 Dasies Page 31 Dogs teeth Page 57 Double Hollyocks Page 17 Double poppies Page 18 Dung Page 2 E Emanies see Anemones Everlasting pease Page 11 F Fennel Flowers Page 13 Flower deluces Page 32 Flower of Bristol Page 33 Fower gentle see Amaranthus Flowers raised by Layers Page 49 Flowers increased by slips Page 56 Flowers raised by off-sets Page 52 Flowers of the Sun Page 33 Fox Gloves Page 16 Fraxinella Page 34 French Honey suckles Page 10 French marigolds Page 8 Frittillaries Page 34 G Garden Mallows Page 16 Gilder Rose Page 58 Gilly Flowers Page 26 Gilly Flowers winter Page 34 H Helebore Page 36 Hepatica Page 37 Herb Mullen Page 14 Honey-suckles Page 37 Of a hot bed Page 4 Hypericum frutex Page 50 J Ja●ints Page 37 Jasmies Page 50 Indian Cresses Page 14 L Lady smocks double Page 37 Larks heels Page 14 15 Larks spurs Page 15 Lavender Page 58 Lichnis Calcedonica Page 33 Lillies Page 53 Liverwort Page 37 London pride see sweet Williams Lupines Page 12 M Margerome gentle Page 58 Marvile of peru Page 8 Mastick Page 59 Meddow Saffron Page 38 Meddow sweet Page 38 Mizerions Page 39 Moly's Page 39 The monethly Kallender Page 62 Mortagons Page 53 N Narrisses Page 39 Nersterians Page 6 Nigella Page 13 Nightshade Page 39 Non-such Page 33 59 O Oxlips Page 28 P Paeones Page 4● Persian Lillies Page 54 Pinks Page 4● Pipe tree Page 5● Plants c. of se●● not sown in 〈◊〉 beds Page ●● Pomegranat tree Page 5● Poimroses Page 4● Q Queens Gilly-flowers Page 36 R Ranunculesses Page 54 Red satten flower Page 10 Roses Page 50 Rosemary Page 41 59 S Sage Page 60 Saffron flowers Page 41 Sateririons Page 25 Scarlet Beans Page 12 Scarlet Kidney Beanes Page 12 Shrub Mallows Page 50 Shrub nightshade Page 50 Shrub spi●aea Page 50 Snailes Page 11 Snap dragon Page 16 Southerwood Page 60 Sowbread Page 30 Spanish broom Page 41 Star flowers Page 42 Stock Gilliflowers Page 35 Stone Crop Page 60 Stramonium Page 13 Straberry Tree Page 42 Sumach Page 60 Sun flowers Page 42 Sweet Basil Page 9 10 Sweet John Page 43 Sweet marjerom Page 9 10 Sweet Williams Page 43 Spring see Pipetree T Thorne apple Page 13 Time Page 60 Tree of life Page 57 Trefoile Page 61 Tulips Page 43 V Virgins bower Page 51 W Wall flowers Page

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 kep● 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 crumb●● 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 ●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 te●●● Plants for the bringing them ●●o a r●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 made● Horse-dung with some Straw 〈◊〉 Hay amongst it newly taken from the Stable and laid of what bred● 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 abo●● with Hay or Straw-bands to ke●● it handsomely up together th●● lay fine rank sifted mold on it fo● inches or about 5 fingers bread in depth then arch or roof it o● with Hoops or Sticks so as to b● up our Tilt Mats Straw or w●●● else you intend to cover it wi●● and being close covered l●t i●●n●ain for the space of 4 or 5 da●● until the violent heat be a little ●ver and then give it some air and ●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 Case●●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 ●oosing many hopeful Plants As your Plants grow strong either remove them to another Bed ●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 requi●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 roo● 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 ●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 Cate●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 ●own in