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On this bed, or floor of tin, the Hops may be 

 turned without fuch hazard or lofs, as upon the 

 hair-cloth : and alfo it will require a lefs expence of 

 fuel, and, befides, any fort of fuel will ferve in this 

 kiln, as well as charcoal, becaufe the fmoke does 

 not pafs through the Hops as it does the fornier ways; 

 ' but then care is to be taken, that there be paflliges 

 made for ic at the feveral corners and fides of the kiln. 

 It is found by experience, that the turning of Hops, 

 though it be after the mod eafy and befl manner, is 

 not only an injury and wafte to the Hops, but alfo an 

 expence of fuel and time, becaufe they require as 

 Itiuch fuel, and as long a time, to dry a fmall quan- 

 tity, by turning them, as a large one. 

 Now, this may be prevented*, by having a cover (to 

 be let dov/n and raifed atplcafure) to the upper bed 

 whereon the Hops lie. 



This cover may alfo be tinned, by nailing fingle tin 

 plates over the face of it, fo that when the Hops be- 

 gin to dry, and are ready to burn, i. e. when the 

 greateft part of their moiftu^^e is evaporated, then the 

 cover may be let down within a foot, or lefs, of the 

 Hops (like a reverbatory) and will refledt the heat 

 upon them, fo that the top will foon be as dry as 

 the lowermoft, and every Hop be equally dried, /^ 

 As foon as the Hops are taken off the kiln, lay them 

 in a room for three weeks or a month to cool, give, 

 and toughen^ for if they are bagged immediately, 

 they will powder, but if they lie a while (and the 

 longer they lie the better, provided they be covered 

 clofe with blankets to feclire them from the air,) they 

 ^may be bagged with ipore fafety, as not ibqing liable 

 to be broken to powder in treading, and this will 

 make them bear treading the better, and the harder 

 they are trodden, the better they will keep. 

 - The common method of bagging is as follows \ they 

 'have a hole made in an upper floor, either round or 

 ' ftjuare, large enough to receive a Hop- bag (v/hich 

 ' confifl;s of four ells and a half of ell-wide cloth, and 

 \ alfo contains ordinarily two hundred and a half of 



- Hops) they tie a handful of Hops in each Tow6r cor- 

 ner of the bag, to ferve as handles to it, and they 

 fatten the mouth of the hole, fo placed that the hoop 

 may reft upon the edges of the hole. 



Then he that is to tread the Hops down into the bag, 



- treads the Hops on every fide, another perfon conti- 

 nually putting them in as he treads them, till the 

 bag is full, which being well filled and trodden, they 



\ . iinrip the faflening of the bag to the hoops, and let it 

 down, and clofe up the mouth of the bag, tying up 

 a handful of Hops in each corner of the mouth, as 





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Hops being thus packed, if they have been well 



. dried, and laid up in a ciry placed they will keep good 



.; feveral years • but care 'muft be*^taken, that they be 



-'-- neither deftroyed nor fpoilcd by the mice making 



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The crop of Hops being thus beftowed, you are to 

 ^ provide for another, firll by taking care of the poles 

 i againft another year, which are beft to. be laid up in a 

 .■ ihed, havino: firll ftripped off* the haulm from them : 

 . but if you have net that conveniency, fet up three 



poles in the form of a triangle, or fix poles (as you 

 _ pleafe) wide at the bottom, and having fet them into 

 :, the ground, with an iron pitcher, and bound them to- 

 , ■ gether at top, fet the reft of your poles abput them i 

 j and being thus difpofed, none but thofe on the ouifide 

 -, vrill be fubje6t to the injuries of the weather, for all 



the inner poles will be kept dry, unlefs at the top ; 

 ' "whereas, if they were on the. ground, they would re- 

 - ceive more damage in a fortnight, than by their ftand- 



ing all the reft of the year. ; . 



-JLn ilie winter time provide your foil and manure for 



the Hop-ground againft the following fpring. . , , ., 

 ^ If the dung be rotten, mix it with two or three parts 



of common earth, and let it incorporate together till 

 ; you have occafion to make ufe of it in making your 

 , Hop-hills i but if it be new dung, then let it be mixed 



as before, till the fpring come' twelvemonths, for new 



dung is ve7 injurious to Hops.*; ^ r H , : ^ ' ■ 



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Dung of'all fo?-ts was forzr.erly more commonly made 



ufe of than now it is, efpecially when rotted, and 

 turned to mould, and they who have no other ma- 

 nure muft ufe it; which, if they do, cows or hogs 

 dung, or human ordure mixed with mud, may be 

 a proper coaipoft, becaufe Hops delight moft in a 

 manure that is cool and moift. 



Some recommend chalk, or lime, as the beft ma- 

 nure, except in cold lands, and in fuch, pigeons dung 

 will do beft; a little of which laid to a hill, and fo 

 mixed, that it may not be too hot in a place, is of 

 great advantage. 



LUTEOLA. See Reseda. . 



LYCHNIDEA. See Phlox, 



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LYCHNIS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 333. tab. 175. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 517. [fo called of Au;)(^p^, a candle, 

 or light, becaufe the flowers of this plant imitate the 

 flame or rays of light.] Campion. ' 



The Characters are, ■ 



*The flower has a permanent fwollen empalement of one 

 leaf^ indented in five parts at the top. " // ha^tb five pe- 

 talsy whofe tails are the length of the empalement j their 

 upper part plain^ broad^ and frequeiitly cleft in laminae. 

 It hath ten ftamina which are longer than the empale- 

 ment^ alternately ranged^ and faftened to the tails of the 



\ petals^ terminated by proftrate fummits^ In the center is 

 Jituated an abnoft oval germen^ ftipporting five awl-fhaped 

 ftyles^ crowned by reflcxed hairy ftigmas. The empale- 

 ment afterward becomes an oval capfulc with one celly 

 opening with five valves^ filled with roundifh feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fe£tion of 

 Lmnseys's tenth clafs, irititled Decandna Peritagy- 



' nia," which includes' thofe plants wTiofe flowers have 

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The Species are, 

 r. LjYcwsis (Chalcedonica) floribus fafciculatis faftigia-^ 

 atis. Plort. Cliff. 174. Campion with flowers gathered 

 into a pyramid. \ Lychnis hirfuta, flore coccirieo, ma- 

 jor. C. B. P. 203. Greater hairy Ca?npion with a fear- 

 let flower, 



2. Lychnis {Vifcaria) petalis integris. Lin. Sp. Plant* 

 .436. Campion with entire petals. Lychnis fy'lveftri 

 vifcofa, rubra, anguftifolia. C, B. P. 205. Wild 

 vifcous Lychnis with a red flower and narrow leaves^ 

 commonly called the Single Catchfly. 

 Lychkis (D/>f/) floribus dicecis. Hort. Cliffy 171. 

 Campion with male and female flowers on different 

 plants. Lvchpis fylyeftrisj five aquatica purpurea^' 

 fimplex. C. .B. P. 204..': Wood or a^i^atic lychnis 

 with A Jingte purph flowerl frequently called Bachelors 



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4. Lyghnis {Alba) floribus dioecis, calycibus inflatis 

 hirfutis.^ Campion with male and female flowers grow- 

 ing on different plants-, and fwollen baity empaiements. 



^Lychnis fylveftris, aJba, Umplex. C. i. P* 204, 



.' Wild campon with fl fingle white flower. 



Lychnis {FlofcucuJi) petalis quadrifidis, fruclu fub- 





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rotundo. Hort. Clifi\ 174. Campion with quadrifid 

 petals^ and a roundifo fruit. Lychnis pratenfis flore 

 laciniato fimplici. Mor. Hift. 2. p. 5^j.f_ Meadow 



called 



■Campion with a Jingle jagged flower^ 



- R^'SK^^ Robin. 



6. Lychnis {Alpind) petalis bifidis corymbofis. Lin. 



.: Sp. Plant. 436. Campion with bifid petals^ and flowers 



- growing in a corymbus, Silene floribus ini capitulum 



ccinwftis. Haller. Melv. 2^6.^ t^'chh with flowers 



colle^ed in a head.:'-' . • ,^ „./ .-.:^^^'^rr^'-:4^/; '^■^- ... 

 y. "Lychuis (Siberica) petalis bifidis, "cauledichotomo, 



. foliis fubhirtis. Lin, Sp, Fhnt. 4^7. ,^' Campion with 



bifid petals^ a ftalk divided by pairsy and leaves which 



are fomewhat hairy. . / P^ ^irX'; ' ^ - ;. - ^ ' 



8. Lychnis {Lufltanica) caule erefl^o, catycibus ftriatis 

 acutis, petalis difiedis.Plat. 176. Campion with an 

 €re£lftalk^ ftriped acute €7npakments, and petals cut into 



many parts. 



9. Lychnis {Apetala) calvce Inflato, corolla calyce bre- 



.viore, caule fubunifloro. Lin. Sp. Plant. 437. Cam- 

 pion with a fwollen empale/nent, the pet ids of the fewer 

 fl)orter than the_ cup, and flalks having chiefly One 

 flower. .-Xychnis fylveftris alba, calyce amplo vefi- 



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