o 



but as the leaves fall ofTfingle, and the branches re- 

 niain upon which they were fixed, they cannot be 

 called winged leaves. 



Thefe flirubs are now propagated in the nurfcry- 

 gardens near London, for fale, and arc commonly^ 

 intermixed with other flowering fhrubs for the fake of 

 variety ; but as there is little beauty in fome of their 

 flowers, a fev/ of chem only fliould be admitted, to 

 fet off thole which are preferable ; they are all of 

 them very hardy pLnts, fo will thrive in a cold fitu- 

 ation better than in a warm one ; they love a moift 

 foil, in which they will thrive, and produce a greater 

 quantity of fruit than in dry ground. 

 They may be propagated either by leeds or cuttings. 

 ' The feeds commonly lie in the ground, a year before 

 they vegetate, but require no particular culture ; if 

 they are fown in autumn, many of them will grow 

 the following fpring. The cuttings Ihould be planted 

 in autumn in a fhady border, where they will put out 

 roots the followingjpring, and in the following au- 

 tumn they may be removed into a nurfery, to grow 

 'two years to get flrength, after which they fhould be 

 tranlplanted where they are defigned to remain. 

 Lopping, it is very obfervable, that moft old 

 trees are hollow within, which does not proceed from 

 the nature of the trees, but is the fault of thofe who 

 have the management of them, who fufFer the tops to 

 grow large before they lop them, as the Afh, Elm, 

 Hornbeam, &c. and perfuade themfelves, that they 

 "may have the more great wood ; but, in the mean 

 time, do notconfider that the cutting off great tops, 

 ' -or branches, endangers the life of a tree, or, at beft, 

 wounds it fo, that many trees yearly decay more in 

 their bodies, than the yearly tops come toj and at 

 the fame time that they fumifn themfelves with more 

 great wood, they do it at the lofs of the owner. 

 And, indeed, though the Hornbeam and Elm will 

 . bear great tops when the body is little more than a 

 fhell, yet the Aln, if it cornes to take wet at the 

 Keaci, ye^ rarely bears more top after the body of 

 the tree deciys ; theffe^^ if ftnce thefe tf-ees decay 

 much in the middle, they will be worth little but 

 for the fire, fo that if you find a timber tree decay, 

 it fhould be cut down in time, that the timber be 

 jSci loft. 



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wound is commonl) healed over before the cold 

 ther comes on. 



wea- 



LORAN i nUS. 



Gen. Plant. 400, L 

 tab. 37. 



The CiiARACTLRs are. 



Vaill. Aft. R. Sc. I7P2. Ljn. 

 .uniccra. Plum. Nov. Gen. 1-* 



?/ ihe fczver is entire, concave, and 



crcwns ihe gcrmcn. I'he fiu^k^tt za uwum'Sy ana cut into 

 five narrow fegnicnts alniojl to the bottom^ vohich are rc~ 

 fiexed. It haih four fiamina %Mch are lon'yer than the 

 tube of the fiGiver, terminated by globular fimmits, ^he 

 gerwen, zvhich isfitiiated below the empakment^ fuppcrts 

 afmgle ftyle which is longer than the fiamina, crowned 

 by an oval ftigma, 'The germcn afterward becomes an 



oval pulpy fruit with one cell, including fever al comprePed 

 feeds, . 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firfl: fcdion of 

 Linn^us's fixth clafs, but it fhould be placed in his 

 fourth clafs, for the flower has but four ftamina and 

 one ftyle. 



There are feveral fpecies of this genus, which trrow 

 naturally upon trees, in feveral parts of America; 

 but as the plants cannot be cultivated in gardens, fo 

 it will be to no purpofe to enumerate them. 

 LOTUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 402. Lin. Gen. Plant. 

 803. Bird's-foot TrefoiP; in French, Loiter. 

 The Characters are. 



^he empalement of the fewer is of one leaf, 

 and cut at the, top into fi 

 hutterfiy kind, Tht 

 backward, The wh 



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')arts, Thefiower is of the. 

 ftandard is roundifh, and refexed 

 p are broad, rcundifi^ and fhorter 

 than the ftandard^ cloftng together at the fop. The keel 

 is clofed on the upper fide, and convex on the tinder^ 

 rifing a little. It hath ten fiamina, nine joined and one 

 feparatCy terminated by fmall furamits, with an oblong ta- 

 •per germen^ ftippofting a ftngle fiyle^ crowned by an in- 

 flexed ftigma. . The germen~ afterward becomes a clofe cy- 

 lindrical pod with one celly opening with two valves, ha- 



ifyerfe partitions^ in each of thefe is lodged 





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cne roundifh feed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the third feftionof 

 Linnseus's feventeenth. clafs, intitled Diadelplua Dcr 

 candria, which contains the plants whofe flowers have 

 ten ftamina in two houfes. ' - ^ 



-V ^ 





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The SpEciES are. 



r-^i * m; ^ 



,XiQt lolt. ,„ i^^ .f^u-;^ i/jf ;.rv :>v jl^; nr;>v;r 1/ - 1 he bPEciES are, :f--r^^> . -^^ 



tThe Lopping of young trees, that is^ at tender tNyelve J i. Lotus {Corniculatus) capitulis depreflis, caulibus de- 



. years old at moft, will preferye them much longer, 

 - and will occafion the ftioots to grow more into wood 



cumbentibus, leguminibus cylindricis patentibus. 



Lin. Sp. Plant. 775. 



m one year, than they do in old tops at two or three. 



But when great boughs are ill taken off, it often 

 . fpoils many a tree, for which reafon they fhould al- 

 . ways be fpared, unlefs there is an abfolute neceflity. 



When they muft be cut ofi\, it ftaould be clofe 

 ^ and fmooth, and' not parallel to the horizon, and I Lin. Sp. Plant. 774. 



-foot Treft 



trailing fialks, and cylindrical fpreading pods, L< 



J. B. 2. ^S^rMe 



fmooth^ corniculated Bird^s-foot Trefoil 

 Lotus {Angufiiffimus) leguminibus fubbinatis lineari- 

 bus ftriftis ereftis, caule eredlo, pedunculis akernis. 



...cover the wound with loam and horfe-dune; mix- 

 r ed, to prevent the wet from entering: the body of 



the tree.- 



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ti-.y 





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When trees are at their full growth, there are ieve- 

 , ral figns of their decay, as, the witlienhg"*6f dyihg'of 

 , many of their top branches j or if the wet enters at 

 ,any knot, or they are any-wife hollow, or difcoloured, 

 ^if they make but poor ftioots, or if woodpeckers make 



any holes m them. 



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.jl^his Lopping of trees is only to be underftobd for 



trees, becaufe nothing; is more iniurious to 



the growth of timber trees, than that of Lopping or 



cutting on^ great branches from them ; whoever, will 



^beaT the trouble of trying the experiment upon two 



, trees of equal age and fize, growing near each other, 



. jgo lop or cut pff the fide tjranches from one of them, 



.and fuffer all the branches to grow upon, the other, 



yA^illj in a few years, find the latter to exceed the other 



and this will not decay near fo 



foot Treft 



near^ fir ait pods, growing in pairSy an ereSi fialk, and 



, alternate fopt-fialks, Lotus pentaphyllos, minor, hir- 



yfutus, filiqua anguftiftima. C. B. P. ^ ^2. ^•' Smaller y 



. jive-leavedy hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil-^ with very narrow 



pods. . .'•''•. ' . ■ . ^' -'~ " " • r -•-^*^: . 



3. Lotus (Glabrus) capitulis depreftis, caulibus decum- 

 bentibus, foliis linearibus glabris, leguminibus li- 

 nearibug. Bird's-fogt Trefoil with depreffed headsy trail- 

 ing fiatk^- fmooth linear leavesy and very narrow pods. 

 . . Lotus pentaphyllos frutefcens, tenuiffimis glabris fo- 

 ; liis.' C. B. P. 332. ' Shrubby five-leaved Bird' s-footTre-. 

 foily with very narrow fmooth 



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4. Lotus. {Re£lus) capitulis fubglobofis, caule erefto, 

 ? ; leguminibus redlis glabris. Horf. Uplal. 221. Bird's^ 

 foot Trefoil with globular heads, an ere£l ftalk, andfl 



fi 



Lotus villofus, altiffimus, flore glome- 



4n growtn every way, 



-Innn ^' ■ ■ t -▼ % ^ - % * ■ * , . 



All forj:s^pf ref}f;pus trees, or fuch as abound with a 

 milky juice, llioijld be lopped very fparingly, for they 

 are fubjeft to decay when often cut. The beft.fqafon 

 for Lopping thefe trees, is foon after Bartholomew tide, 



at which time they " feldom bleed much, and the 



rato. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 403. Tallefi 



foot Treft 



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5 



Lotus (Cretica) leguminibus fubternatis, caule fru- 

 -ticofo, foliis fericels nitidis. Hort. Cliff. 372. Bird's- 

 foot Trefoil with generally three pods on each foot fialk, 'a 

 fhruhhy fialky and fljining leaves, Lotus argentea Cre- 

 tica.f ■ Pluk, Aim. 226. Silvery Bird's-foct Trefoil of 

 Crete.- .-. "r-'- : v: ..\ . - .■- ■ - ' 







6. Lgtcs 



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