XLV.

The Dressing of Gardens. Hortorum cultura.

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We have seen Man: Now let us go on to Man’s _living_, and to _Handy-craft-Trades_, which tend to it. Vidimus hominem: Jam pergamus ad _Victum_ hominis, & ad _Artes Mechanicas_, quæ huc faciunt.

The first and most ancient _sustenance_, were the _Fruits of the Earth_. Primus & antiquissimus _Victus_, erant _Fruges Terræ_.

Hereupon the first labour of Adam, was _the dressing of a garden_. Hinc primus Labor Adami, _Horti cultura_.

The _Gardener_, 1. diggeth in a _Garden-plot_, with a _Spade_, 2. or _Mattock_, 3. _Hortulanus_ (Olitor), 1. fodit in _Viridario_, _Ligone_, 2. aut _Bipalio_, 3. and maketh _Beds_, 4. and places wherein to plant _Trees_, 5. on which he setteth _Seeds_ and _Plants_. facitque _Pulvinos_, 4. ac _Plantaria_, 5. quibus inserit _Semina_ & _Plantas_.

The _Tree-Gardener_, 6. planteth Trees, 7. in an _Orchard_, and grafteth _Cyons_, 8. in _Stocks_, 9. _Arborator_, 6. plantat Arbores, 7. in _Pomario_, _inseritque Surculos_, 8. _Viviradicibus_, 9.

He fenceth his Garden, either by care, with a _mound_, 10. or a _Stone-wall_, 11. or a _rail_, 12. Sepit hortum vel Cura, _Muro_, 10. aut _Macerie_, 11. aut _Vacerra_, 12. or _Pales_, 13. or a _Hedge_, 14. made of _Hedge-stakes_, and _bindings_; aut _Plancis_, 13. aut _Sepe_, 14. flexâ è _sudibus_ & _vitilibus_;

Or by Nature, with _Brambles_ and _Bryers_, 15. Vel Natura _Dumis_ & _Vepribus_, 15.

It is beautified with _Walks_, 16. and _Galleries_, 17. Ornatur _Ambulacris_, 16. & _Pergulis_, 17.

It is watered with _Fountains_, 18. and a _Watering-pot_, 19. Rigatur _Fontanis_, 18. & _Harpagio_, 19.