6o The Epitome of the

Wall, or Pole, and they will yield a most pleasant,shade,or a comfortable scent :They must be taken upin Jatmary,February,a r the beginning of the Spring.

Hedges or Quick-scts in his Gardens, may bemade either with Suckers of Goosberry-trees, Cur-rants, Privet, or Hauthan-thorn, planted in^Er-ary and February, at the Increase of the Moon.

Eglantine, or Sweet.bryar, is to be set on suck-ers also, and in those months also, as the former;they will grow from the Red-Hips, which theybear, but it will be long before they come to anybigness.

In August, four days after the change, or threedays before the Full Moon, let the Gardiner cut allhis winter Herbs within an handful of the Ground,then will they get head against the Winter, and itwill preserve them the better from hard weather;and in the end of September , let him sift the earth,or a good Mould upon them, to cover the Rootswell, otherwise the Frost and Rain will bear theEarth from the Roots, that the Herbs will be in dan-ger of being killed. And such Herbs as the Gardi-ner intends to keep against Winter, let him cutthem often, to keep them from seeding (for seed-ing doth kill most Herbs) by this means they willlive the better in Winter; but let him have a carethat he do but seldom cut his Herbs in the wane ofthe Moon.

To have Flowers great, let him remove themonce a year, the second or third day before the FullMoon, and so Plant them in August , as in Marchthe weather being warm, and the ground wet, theywill grow.

To dry Herbs for Broths or for Chests, he must

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