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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Summer-savoury.

So called, because it perisheth so soon as the Winter ap∣proacheth.

This Herb is raised of the seed only; the season for it is in the later end of April, after this manner: Prepare a bed of earth in a quarter amongst the other sweet Herbs, and the bed being finely raked, then cast the seed thereon, then get some fine mould well ridled, and cast thinly thereon, so that it cover the seed not above half an inch thick, yet I know some Ideots have written, that they should be covered three inches thick, and in so doing you had as good cover it three yards thick for any expectation of the growth of the seed. To be short, the seed sown (as I told you) will come up in a weeks space, and covereth the bed suddenly, and needeth no replanting, or any more trouble, but only cleansing from weeds.