We adorn graves with flowers and redolent plants, just emblems of the life of man, which has been compared in the Holy Scriptures to those fading beauties whose roots, being buried in dishonor, rise again in glory.
John EvelynA gardener's work is never at an end; it begins with the year and continues to the next.
John EvelynChestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned.
John EvelynI am utterly against those confused Olios, into which men put almost all kinds of meats and Roots.
John Evelyn