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You may alfo continue thefc forts through the whole 

 fcafjn of Lettuce, by fowing them in April, May, and 

 June, obferving, (as was before directed) to fow the 

 late crops in a fliady fituation, otherwife they will 

 run up to feed before they grow to any fize \ but in the 

 middle of September you may fow of thefe forts, to 

 abide the winter-, which plants fhould be tranfplanted 

 either under glafFes, or into a bed, which fliould be 

 arched over with hoops, in order to be covered in the 

 winter, otherwife in hard winters they are often de- 

 ftroyed -, but you mud conftanly let thefe plants have 

 as much free air as poffible, when the weather is mild, 

 only covering them in hard rains or frofty weather ; 

 for if they are kept too clofely covered in winter, 

 ihey will be fubjeft to a mouldinefs, which foon rots 



them. 



In the fpring thefe plants fhould be planted out into a 



rich li^ht foil, allowing them at leaft fixteen inches 



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fuch as cabbage beft, otherwife they wiH degenerate, 



and be good for little. 

 In faving feeds of all thefe forts of Lettuce, you 

 Ihould obferve never to let two forts ftand near each 

 other, for by their farina mixing, they will both vary 

 from their original, and partake of each other -, and 

 there fhould be a Hake fixed down by the fide of eacli 

 to which theftcm fliould be faftened, to prevent their 

 being broken, or blown out of the ground by wind, 

 to which the Cilicia, Cos, and the other large growino- 

 Lettuces, are very fubjeft when they are in flowen 

 You mull: alfo obferve to cut fuch branches of the 

 large growing Lettuce as ripen firfl, and not wait to 

 have the feed of the whole plant ripe together, v/hich 

 never happens; but, on the contrary, feme branches 

 will be ripe a fortnight or three weeks before others ; 

 and when you cut them, they mufl be fpread upon a 

 coarfe cloth in a dry place, that the feeds may dry, 

 after which you Hiould beat them out, and dry them 

 again, and then preferve them for ufe, being careful 

 to hang them up where mice and other vermin can- 

 not come at them ; for if they do, they will foon eat 

 them up. 



LACTUCAAGNINI. See Valerianella. 

 L A D Y*s SLIPPER. See Cypripedium. 



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diftance each way ; for if they are planted too clofe, 

 they are very fubject to grow tall, but feldom cab- 

 bao-e well ; and from this crop, if they fucceed well, 

 it will be proper to fave your feeds ; though you 

 fhould alfo fave from that crop fown on the hot-bed 

 in the fpring, becaufe fometimes it happens, that the 

 firfl may fail by a wet feafon, when the plants are 

 full in flower, and the fecond crop may fucceed, by 

 having a more favourable feafon afterwards ; and if 

 they fliould both Hiccced, there will be no harm in 

 that, fince the feeds will grow very well when two 

 years old, and if well faved, at three, but this will not 

 always happen. 



The moll" valuable of all the forts of Lettuce m Eng- 

 land, are the Egyptian Green Cos, and the Verfailles, 

 or White Cofs, and the Cilicia, though fome people 

 are very fond of the Royal and Imperial Lettuces, 

 but they feldom fell fo well in the London markets as 

 the other, nor are fo generally efteemed. Indeed of 

 late years, fm&e the White Cos has been commonly 

 cultivated, it has obtained the preference of all the 

 other forts, until the Egyptian Green Cos was intro- 

 duced, which is fo much fweeter and tenderer than 

 the White Cos, that it is by all good judges efteemed 

 tTie beft fort of Lettuce yet known. This fort will 

 tndure the cold of our ordinary winters full as well as I fome of the antient botanifts Cuminum fylveftre, i. e. 



The Characters are, 

 // bath many flozvers coUeBed into a head^ which have 

 one common empalement^ compofed of eight indented leaves^ 

 hut thejtmple empalement to each flower hath five leaves^ 

 which are very narrow and pinnated^ ending in many 

 hair -like points. The flower conjifts of five horned petals^ 

 which are Jhorter than the impalement ; at the bottom of 

 each flower is fituaVcd the germen^ fupporting a ftyle 



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fimple ftigma^ attended by five ft 



There is but one Species of this plant, viz. 

 'iGOEciA (Cuminoidjs.) Lin. Hort. Cliff. Baftard^ or 

 Wild Cumin, 



We have no other Englifh name for this plant, nor 

 is this a very proper one, but as it has been titled by 



the White Cos ; but at the feafon of its cabbaging, if 



Wild 



by Dr. Tournefort it is m.ade a 



there happens to be much wet, this being very tender, j diftindt genus, by the title of Cuminoides, it may 



is very fubjeft to rot. 

 . The Brown Dutch and Green Capuchin Lettuces' are 

 Very hardy, and rnay be fown at the fame feafons as 

 was diredted for the common Cabbao;e Lettuce; and 

 are very proper to plant under a wall, or hedge, to 

 ftand the winter, where many times thefe will abide, 

 when moft of the other forts are deftroyed, and there- 

 fore they will prove very acceptable at a tifti'e when 

 few other forts are to be had ; they will alfo endure 

 more heat and droug-ht than moft other forts of Let- 



.: tiice, which renders them very proper For late i _ 



; for it very often happens, 'in very hot weatTier, 'Ihat 



the other forts of Lettuce will run upTofeed irl a few 



, days after they are cabbaged^ whereat thefe will abide 



•" near a fortnight in good order, 'efpecially if care be 



t^^en to cut the forwardeft Brft, leavirig thofe; tliat 



^" are no't fo hard cabbaged to be lafl:.~ If fotfie plants 



rof thefe twolaft forts are planted unlcl^rfraities, bh'a 



.;' moderate 'hot-bed in OftobeK' they will be fit for ufe 



"in April, which will prove "acceptable to thofe who 



'are lovers of Lettuce, and being covered by glalTes, 



will render them tender.' ffn faving of thefe feeds, 



' i:he fame care fhould be tal£enld prelerve only fuclias 



are very large and well cabblged, otherwife the feeds 



. will degenerate, and be o-ood for little. ' -■.:-' 



The Red Capuchin, Roman, and Prince Lettuces are 



pretty varieties, and gabbage very early, for which 



reafon a few of them may be preferved, as may alfo 



fome of the Aleppo, for the beauty of its fpotted 



leaves ; though very few people care for either of thefe 



forts at table, when the other more valuable ones are 



to be obtained; but in a fcarcity, thefe may fupply 



the place pretty well, and thefe forts are very proper 



ftyled Wild 



This is an annual plant, which grows about a foot 

 high. The leaves refemble thofe of the Honey wort. 

 The flowers, which are of a greenifhjellow colour, 

 are bollefted in fpherical heads at tlie extremity of the 

 ftalks ; but there being little beauty in the plant7 it 

 is rarely igultivated, 'except irl fedtani It 



"'. grows plentifully about Aix? in Provence, as alfo in 



' moft of theniands of the Archipelago. Ic is annual, 



and perifhes 'foon after the feeds .are ripe. The feeds 



of this" plant fhould be fown in autumn on a warm 



" tohder, foon after they are ripe; br if they are per- 

 mitted to fcatter, the plants will come up, and re- 

 quire no other care but to clear them from weeds. 

 When the feeds are fown in the fpring, tlieycom- 



' monly remain in the ground a year before they grow, 

 and fometirhes I have known them to lie two or three 



V years in the grotirfd, fo that if the plants do not come 

 tip the firft year, the ground fhould not be difturbed. 



LAGbPUS. ' See Trifoliitm. : '^ . ■ >' ; 



LAMINATED fignifies ptatte3. Thofe things are 

 . faid to be laminated, whofe contexture difcovers fuch 



'■•a difpofitiori as that of plates lying over one another. 



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or the fcales of fifh. - 

 MIUM. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 183. tab. 89. Lin. 

 en. Plant. 626. Dead Nettle, or Archangel. 

 The Characters. are, 

 he flower hath a permdnent empalement of one leaf 



which is tubuhus. 



five eqturi fegh 



forfoups. The feeds of thefe muft alfo be faved from | flexed _ 



^ top^ which end in beards. The flower is of 

 it hath one petals with a floor t cylindrical tube, fwollen at 

 the chaps and comprefled ; the upper lip is arched^ roundifhy 

 obtufe^ and entire ; the under is fljcrt^ heart-fiaped^ fe- 

 flexedy dud indented at the end. It hath four awl-fBSpei 



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