The compleat gardeners practice, directing the exact way of gardening in three parts : the garden of pleasure, physical garden, kitchin garden : how they are to be ordered for their best situation and improvement, with variety of artificial knots for the by Stephen Blake, gardener.

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Title: The compleat gardeners practice, directing the exact way of gardening in three parts : the garden of pleasure, physical garden, kitchin garden : how they are to be ordered for their best situation and improvement, with variety of artificial knots for the by Stephen Blake, gardener.
Author: Blake, Stephen, Gardener.
Publication: London :: Printed for Thomas Pierrepoint, ...,; 1664.
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Subject terms: Gardening -- Great Britain.; Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
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They are a kind of Daffodillies; the difference is, these flow∣er after the Daffodilly, and is of a milk white colour, something smaller, growing upon longer stalks.

These are planted of the root, as I told you of the Daffo∣dillies; the place is chiefly upon borders of high walks, be∣cause they are of a hardy nature, and nothing else might so well grow there as they, because of the drithe you may set them in any place else, and they will grow and flower yearly, neither weeds, nor grasse, nor any thing that groweth nigh them will kill them; some will plant them in their Orchards round their fruit-trees.