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virtue ; but I fcir I ma) have incurred the cenfureof 

 many i'ov this diu^rcfTion •, bur, be it as it will, I could 

 nut umit it, wlicM it lb properly came in my way; 

 and as it is ivom a finccre love and regard to my 

 country, that I have mentioned this, ib it may be hoped, 

 that it any harfh cxprcfuon has been ufed, it will be 

 . iurelven. But to return tu my fubjeft ; as the quan- 

 tiiiy^of Land no',v in tillage is very great in England, 

 from the detlrucVion of woods, the ploughing up of 

 downs, the inclofing of commons, &c. fothat, unlefs 

 there happens a failure in the crops of Corn in great 

 part of England, the markets muft be fo low, as that 

 the farmer will always find it difficult to fupport his 

 family, and pay his rent; the firft mufl: be done, let 

 the landlord fare as he will, for the farmers know, 

 that when the farms are occupied by the landlords, 

 few of them can make the produce of the Land and 

 pay their expence, fo that the whole rent of the farm 

 is often funk, befide the trouble and fatigue of 

 managing the farms ; and it is greatly to be feared, 

 from the prefent condition of the farm.ers in general, 

 that many landlords will be obliged to undertake 

 this difao-reeable affair, which will be the more fo, 

 as their Lands will be tch without "(lock, and the foil 

 exhauRcd, and overgrown with weeds, which will 

 require fome years to put into proper condition, and 

 will be attended with great expence. 

 The extraordinary price which Corn bore fome years 

 fince, tempted the farmers to break up the downs 

 in many parts of England; and the landlords "were 

 : brought to comply with the rcqueft of the farmer, 

 for the fake of a little advance of the rent, not 

 confidering the future confequence of it; fo that 

 hereby great extents of downs have beeh ruined, 

 and not likely to be recovered again'; for the foil 

 in many places was not more than four or five 

 " inches deep,' upon beds of flint or chalk, which, 

 : in ploughing, were turned' up on the furface, and 

 fi-the little foil which covered them, was in a few 

 years fo much exhaufled, as not to produce the quan- 

 ■ t^^y of grain which was Ibwn upon them ; and as there 

 '-was no probability of procuring drefling for the 

 Lands, the farmers have been obliged to throw them 



are many other particulars, which might be here 

 enumerated, to fhew the caufe of the low condition of 

 the farmers in general ; but thcfe few hints may 

 probably lead fome perfons of abler heads to the con- 

 fideration of this affair, io I fluU not enlarge upon 

 them here. ^ 



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LANIGEROUS TREES are lucn as ocar a 

 woolly or downy fubftance, as is commonly contained 

 in the katkins of Willows, ^zc. 



LAN TANA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 6S3. Camara. Plum. 

 Nov. Gen. 32. tab. 2. American Viburnum, or Ca- 

 mara. 



The Chap.acters are. 

 The empalement of the flower is cut into four fegments. 

 The flower is monopetalous^ of an irregular fljape^ having 

 a cylindrical tube^ whi<:h extends beyond the empalement^ 

 and is fpread open at the brim, where it is divided into 

 five fegments. In the center of the flower is fituated the 

 pointaU fupporting a crooked ftigmay attended by four 

 ftamina, two being longer than the other. The pointal 

 afterward changes to a roundifJo fruity opening into two 

 cells, and inclcjing a roundiflo feed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feclion 

 of Linnasus's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia 

 Angiofpefmia, which includes thofe plants whofe 

 flowers have two long and two fhorter llamina, and 



■ 'the feeds are inclofed in the capfule. 

 The Species are, \ 



I. Lantana {Aculeatd) foliis oppofitis, caule aculeato 

 ramofo, floribus' capitato-umbellads, Lin Sp. 874. 



-' Lantana with leaves growing oppofltey a branching prickly 

 ftalk^ and umbellated flowers growing in heads. Vibur- 

 num- Americanum odoratum, urticas foliis latioribus 



floribus miniatis; 



fpihofum, floribus miniatis;^ Pluki''- Aim. 285. tab. 



Sweet prickly American Viburnuniy with broad Net- 



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tie leaves, and carmine flowers. 

 Lantana {Inerma) caule 





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inermi, foliis lanceo- 



latis dentatis alternis, floribus corymboiis, Lanta- 

 na with a fmooth flalk, fpear-fhaped indented leaves 

 placed alternate, and flowers growing in round bunches. 

 Periclymenum red:um, falvia: foliis majoribus ob- 

 ■ longis, mucronatis, fubtus villofis, alternatim fitis, 

 flore & fruftu minoribus. Sloan. Cat. Jam. 164, Up- 

 • up,' which now lie wade, and appear like quarries I right Honey fuckle vjith larger, oblong, acute-pointed Sage 

 ■•; of flints, or beds of chalk, without Grafs, or almoft leaves^ which are hairy on their under ftde^ placed alter- 



■■■ any other plant growing upon them. - By this paf- 

 ■ fion for ploughing, the farmers have lelTened their 



nate, and a fmaller flower and fruit. 

 3. Lantana {Lanuginofa) caule ramofo lanuginofo, fo- 



i frock of cattle, and, of confequence, their quantity - liis orbiculatis crenatis oppofitis, floribus capitatis. 

 of manure has been lefTened in proportion, fo that I '^ Lantana with a hairy branching ftalk, round crenated 



'> ihey have either been obliged to purchafe drefling at 

 ■ a great expence, or deftroy their Lands of their ve- 

 - getative quality : by the former method, when grain 

 'bears a low price, the farmer is ruined, and by the 

 -^ latter, every one muft know wMt will be the con- 

 '^ fequerice to both tenant and landlord; 

 . is a matter of great concern to the proprietors or 

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cleaves placed oppdjit'e^ diid flowers' ' collelfcd in heads. 



-Periclymenum re6lum> falvias folio ruwlb minore, , 

 fubrotundo. Cat. Jam. '1.64. Upright Honeyjucklewjtb 

 '-'' a finaller roughyoundifh leaf. ?^^\ i'^. \^-::t^''-^-' 

 4. Lantana (Trifolia) foliis ternis;'"caule ihefmi fpicis 

 - oblongi^^ imbricatisi^'Lin.^Sg.^ Plant. 873'.^ Lantana: 

 ^'""with leaves placed hy threes round the ftalk, without 



to fee that no more ground in their farms \?^fpineSy^ and obhng imbricated fpikes of flower s.>^C^-~_ 



■ IS kept in tillage^ than the tenant can fupply with 

 :, drefTing, fo as to maintain the Lah J in heart V and 

 •that a proper fl:ock "of cattle Be " kept tip, in pro- 

 ; portion to the fize of the farms, which cannot be done 

 where there is not a proportion of pafture kept to that 

 -'■ of the arable Land in each farm.^.- There are many 

 : •' perfons, who, ty a miftlke in the article of inclofing 

 -Lands, are likely to fall into a' great error, by fup- 

 p.ofing, that the inclofing 'of commdliS 'will be a 



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trifolia,^ purpurafcente 



Three-leaved 



flore. Plurn;^ Nov. 

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 5. Lantana (Urtic^folia) cauleacujeatp, foliis oblongo- 

 * cordatislerratis^oppofitis, floribus corymbo{is.L^«/^«a 

 "with a prickly fl a Iky oblong, heart fhaped flawed leaves, 

 . /fand flowers growing in "acorymbus. Periclynn6n"um rec- 

 "'Itum ufticae folio hirfuto'ifiajore, flore fl a vo'. Sloan. 

 Cat. Jam. 163. Upright Honey fuckJiM a la^^^^ ' 



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great advantage to * their eftates, and perhaps there Vi^'tle leaf^ and'd yellow flowerl- 



■ may be tenants on their eftatesj, who may encourage 

 *' the gentlemen fo to do, from a prefent intereft of their 



but wherever this has been done, the eftates 







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have fobn fallen in their rerits,^ much lo^er than the 

 •addition made by inclofing the commons, which mufl: 

 - always be the cafe ; for if there is not common pafture, 

 wlicre the farmers can turn out their cattle in fum- 

 nier, it cannot be fuppofed they can keep up a ftock 

 of live cattle upon their inclofed pafture ; fo that, al- 

 though the dividing and inclofing the Lands in the 

 common fields would be a very great benefit, yet the 

 deftroying of pafture commons would on the other 

 • extreme be a national difadvantage and lofs. There I 



6. Lantana (Camara) caule inermi, foliis ovato-lan- 

 '"ceolatis, lerratis, rugofis, floribus capitatis lanuginous. 

 ■' ^ Lantana with a fmooth ftalk, dvaU fpedff^dped, rough. 



y flawed haves', Mm fl in woolly heads. Pe- 



.^-^itriclymenum reftum, falviae folio rugpfo, majore, fub- 



-"rotundo & bullato. Sloan. Cat. Jam.' 163. Upright 



ith a lar^e, rough. Sage leaf, which is , 



roundifh andfludded.^^l-t^;^:'r:^"[:,''^ 

 Lantana (Bullata) foliis oblongo-ovatis acumina- 



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"tis ferraitis rugofis alternis,' floribus capitatis. Lantana 

 '" 'with oblon^,^ofial-pointedy flawed leaves, which are rough, 

 ^J placed alternate;' and flowers growing in heads. Pericly- 

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