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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Lavender-slip.

This herb which is known so well to be planted of the slip only, with little labour but it yeeldeth more profit: the fit∣test time for the planting of it, is in the beginning of March, so that it may take root before the dry weather cometh; and it is also observed, that the sooner of the year it is planted, the longer it will continue before it decayeth.

For the planting of it, though it be such an ordinary thing, yet I have seen errors in it, that is, they plant it too thick, for some I have seen plant three rows in a border, of two foot and a half in breadth, when one is enough, therefore I advise those that set it, to set but one, each slip near half a foot asunder, and also observe to twist the nether end of the slip.