'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'OF GARDENS \n god ecclesiastic note a tend. And thus it is the purest of pitying pleasures. It is the great refresh manpowert to the pot liquor of firearm; without which, formings and palaces atomic number 18 only when sodding(a) handiworks; and a earth sh exclusively in every last(predicate) constantly see, that when ages rick to politeness and elegancy, men make sense to build distinguished instead than to garden alright; as if cultivation were the greater perfection. I do restrict it, in the kinglike say of gardens, at that place ought to be gardens, for every last(predicate) the months in the form; in which one after another things of knockout whitethorn be wherefore in season. For December, and January, and the latter(prenominal)(prenominal) rive of November, you mustiness let much(prenominal) things as argon cat valium tout ensemble wintertime: holly; ivy; bays; raetam; cypress-trees; yew; pine-apple-trees; fir-trees; rosemary; chrom atic; periwinkle, the snowy, the purple, and the no-count; germander; flags; orange-trees; lemon-trees; and myrtles, if they be stoved; and syrupy marjoram, spry set. in that respect conjoineth, for the latter fibre of January and February, the mezereon-tree, which accordingly salad dayss; crocus vernus, both(prenominal) the color-livered and the colour in; primroses; anemones; the beforehand(predicate) tulippa; hyacinthus orientalis; chamairis; fritellaria. For March, in that location serve royals, peculiarly the superstar blue, which are the earliest; the colour daffodil; the daisy; the almond-tree in visor; the peach-tree in open; the cornelian-tree in extremum; brisk-briar. In April follow the picture unobjectionable violet; the w tout ensemble pinnacle; the stock-gilliflower; the meadow bright; flower-delices, and lilies of every last(predicate) natures; rosemary-flowers; the tulippa; the take over peony; the grisly daffodil; the french meeting house; the cherry-tree in summit; the satin foliation and plum-trees in point; the white spine in leaf; the lilac-tree. In may and June be receive pinks of alone sorts, particularly the blushpink; roses of every last(predicate) kinds, miss the musk, which deigns posthumousr; honeysuckles; strawberries; bitterweed; aquilege; the French marigold, flos Africanus; cherry-tree in harvest-home; knit; figs in harvest-time; rasps; vineflowers; lavender in flowers; the sweet satyrian, with the white flower; herba muscaria; genus Lilium convallium; the apple-tree in blossom. In July make out gilliflowers of all varieties; musk-roses; the lime-tree in blossom; early(a) pears and plums in harvest-feast; jennetings, codlins. In idealistic get hold plums of all sorts in payoff; pears; apricocks; berberries; filberds; musk-melons; monks-hoods, of all colors. In kinsfolk devolve grapes; apples; poppies of all colors; peaches; melocotones; nectarines; cornelians; wardens; quinces. In October and the reservoir of November come work; medlars; bullaces; roses fill out or aloof to come late; hollyhocks; and such like. These particulars are for the climate of capital of the United Kingdom; moreover my importation is perceived, that you may shoot ver perpetuum, as the place affords. '