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.

Bell-Flowers.

There is a white and a blew, they differ not much one

from the other in nature, therefore the directions of one will serve for both: first I'le give you a description; they spring up with branches like Safforn-Crocus in the beginning of Janu∣ary, if the weather be not too much unseasonable, and flow∣er in the latter end of March, the Flower is in shape like a Bell, it hath only five leaves, presently after it is flowering the stalk withereth and beareth no seed, but the root remains in the ground alwayes and springeth every year, they are a Flower numbred amongst those that have Bullous roots.

The preserving of them in their nature is thus; at any time after they are flowering you may transplant the root in∣to new places, or set them again in the old; or if you have them not, then you may send for the root to some other place where they may be had, the place proper to set them in is in your intervails of herball or out-borders of Grass-work in this manner; make holes in your ground with a di∣ber half a foot asunder, put in each hole a root, be sure you make not your holes too deep, for then it will keep back the Flower from coming early, it lying so low and so cold, otherwise you may get them early by putting of them in box∣es and housing of them: lastly take notice that you must re∣plant them every two year, or else the roots will grow thick and the Flower will be small.