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(o as to injure the crop ; but as the plough'can only 

 go between the rows, it will be neceflary to make ufe 

 of a hoe to llir the ground, and deftroy the weeds in 

 the rows; and if this is carefully performed in dry 

 weather, after the two'ploughings, it will be fufficient 

 to keep the ground clean until the Potatoes are fit to 



take up. 



In places where dung is fcarce, many pcrfons fcat- 

 ter it only in the furrows, where the roots are plant- 

 ed ; but this is a very poor method, becaufe when 

 the Potatoes begin to pufli out their roots, they are 

 foon extended beyond the width of thefe furrows, 

 and the new roots are commonly formed at adiftance 

 from the old, fo will be out of the reach of this dung, 

 and confequently will receive little benefit from it- 

 And as moft of the farmers covet to have a crop of 

 Wheat after the Potatoes are taken off the ground, fo 

 the land will not be fo thoroughly drefled in every 

 part, nor fo proper for this crop, as when the dung 

 is equally fpread, and ploughed in all over the land, 

 nor will the crop of Potatoes be fo good. I have al- 

 ways obfervecJ, where this method ot planting the Po- 



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foot of a wolf,] It IS commonly called Water Ilor 



hound. 



This plant grows in great plenty on moid foils bv 



the fides of ditches and ponds in mod parts of En V 



would be needlels to fay any thing more of it in tl i- 

 place. 



land, but is never cultivated in gardens, fo 



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praftifed 

 Wheat afterward 



Wheat 



LYSIMACHIA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. i^t. tab. 

 Lin. Gen. Plant. 188. [this plant was fo called 

 Lyfimachus, the fon of a king of Sicily, who isfaM 

 to have firft found the virtues of it.] Looftrife. in 

 French, Corneilk, 



The Characters are, 

 I'be mpalemmt of the f.ower is permanent, and is cA 

 into Jive acute fegments^ which are erect, The iiG-^cris 

 of one petals cut into five oblong ovalfegmmls to the bot- 

 tom^ which fpread open. It fytbfive awl-Jhaped Jiaima 

 about half the length of the petals terminated by acute- 

 pointed fummits. In the center isfituateda rGundiJIj ^er- 

 men, fupporting a fender ftyk the length of the ftamina 

 crowned by an obtufe figma. The germen afterimri 

 turns to a globular capfule with one cell, opening with ten 

 valves, and filled with f mall angular feeds. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fection of 

 Linnasus's fifth clafs, inticled Pentandria Monoo-ynia 

 which includes the plants whole flowers have five fta- 



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following feafon, which I attribute to the farmers 



planting only the largeft roots \ for when they have I mina and one ftyle. 



forked them out of the ground the following au- I The Species are, 



tumn, there have been fix, eight, or ten large roots i. Lvsi_MACHiA(F«/^5m)panicuIata, racemis termina- 



produced from each, and often many more, and fcarce I libus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 209. Paniculated Loofirifc, with 



bunches of ^flowers terminating the ftalks. Lyfimachia 

 lutea, major, quas Diofcoridis. C. B. P. 245. Greater 



■ any very fmall roots among them j whereas, in fuch 

 , places where the fmall roots have been planted, there 



has been a vaft number of very fmall roots produced ; yellow Looflrife of Diofcorides. 



many of which were fo fmall as not to be difcovered 2. Lysimachia {Thyrjtflora) racemis lateralibus pedun- 



culatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 1 4.y. ' Looftrife with laical 

 fpikes cf flowers growing upon foot -fiqlks. Lyfimachia 

 bifolia flore srlobofo, luteo, C, B. P. 242. Two-tavd 



taken 



following feafon, and have greatly injured whatever 

 crop was on the ground. 



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The haulm of thefe Potatoes is generally killed by I Looftrife witb' a yellow globular flower. 



■ the firft froft in the autumn, 'when the roots ftiould I 3 



"y, be taken up foon after, and may be Isdd up in fand in 

 any Ifheltered place, where they may be kept dry, and 

 fecure from froft* Indeed the people who cultivate 

 thefe rcSots^ 'hear London, do not wait for the decay- 

 . K< ing of the haulm, but begin to take up part of them 

 '^/" as foon as their roots are grown to a proper fize for 

 the market- and fo keen tak 



Lysimachia {Atropurpurea) fpicis terminalibus peta- 

 lis, lanceolatis, ftaminibus corolla lonorioribus. Lin. 



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time, as they have vent iov them* There are others 

 • likewife, who do not take them up fo foon as the 

 haulm decays, but let them remain much longer in 

 the ground ; in which there is no hurt done, pro- 

 vided they are taken up before hard froft fets in, 

 which would deftroy them, unlefs where the ground 

 V ,. is wanted for other crops ; in which cafe, the fooner 

 , ^ they are taken up the better, after the haulm is de- 

 v' cayed. .^.^When thefe roots are laid up, they fliould 

 ' Jiave a good quantity of fand or dry earth laid be- 

 ^ tween them, ^to prevent their heating-, nor ftiould 

 'thev be laict in too laree heaos. for the fame realbn. 



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titles of this root, as the inhabitants'of that populous 

 . '- town confume abundance of them, and are much 

 fonder of them than of any other efculent plants •, 

 which has occafioned an emulation among the culti- 

 vators, of endeavouring to outvie ieacTi other, in 'get- 

 .. "_ * ting the roots of a proper fize for the table early in 

 V the feafon: in order to obtain this, they have made 

 ''^- choice of thofe roots which produced the firft flowers, 

 v; and have left them to ripen their feeds, which they 

 have fowed with great care; and the plants To raifed, 

 have generally been forwarder than the other ; and 

 ;;/ by frequently repeating of this, they have fo much 

 ^7^ improved the forwarding of the roots, as to have 

 t^r them fit for ufe in two months after planting ; fo 

 • 'that great improvements niay be made by this prac- 

 tice, of many efculent plants, by perfons who are cu- 

 rious and careful in trying the experiments. ., 

 LYCOPUS fAujco'Tra?, of AvKi^, a wolf, and nSf, 

 a footV q. d! Woirs-foot; becaufe the ancients 

 fancied, that the leaves of this plant refembled the 



Sp, Plant. I ^y . Looflrife with fpear-foaped fpremng 

 ^^ fpikes of flowers terminating the branches, and ftamina 

 longer than the petals. ['Lyiim^chiz Orientalis angiifti- 

 ": folia flore purpurco. Tpurn. Cpr. 7, Narrow-kayd 

 = Eafirn ILooftrife with a purple flower . i ■ ^^ \ 



4. Lysimachia {Ephemcrum) racemis fimplicibus ter- 

 minalibus, petalis obtufis, ftaminibus corolla brevio- 

 ribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 146. Looftrife with fpikes of 

 flowers terminating theftalks, obtufe petals to the flower, 

 . and ftamina floor ter than the petal Lyfimachia Orien- 

 : talis minor, foliis glaucis, annuentibus, flore pufpu- 



reo. Hort. Piflf. Smaller Eaftern Looftrife, with nodding 

 grayifh leaves and a purple Jpike cffiozvcrs. 



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Lysimachia (Cliliata) petiolisciliatis, fioribuscernuis. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 147. Looftrife with hairy foot -ft iilksjrl 

 nodding flowers, Lyfimachia Canadenfis Jalapp^ fo- 

 liis. Sarr. Canad. Canada Looftrife with a Jalap leaf 

 ^ * . . - -. ,6. Lysimachia {Salicifolia) fpica fimplici eredto ter- 



The kitchen-gardeners and farmers who live in the ' '^ ' mmali, petalis ovatis, ftaminibus corolla longForibus. 



^_?_i_i i.__j _i7 n*_._^» ./!_. ^ .-..•_'... -r^ :t--_. \' Looftrlfe with a fingle ereSl fpike terminating the ftalk, 



oval petals, and ftamina longer than theflo-wer. Lyfi- 



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machia fpicata, flore albo, faficis foliq.'Tourn. Inft. 

 R. H. 141. Looftrife with a fpike of white flowers ad 



a Willow leaf - ■ * . . : .:- • . >v ; ; ''^ ■ -;'% 

 Lysimachia {Num'mularia) foliis fubcordatis, non- 

 bus folitariis, caule repente. Vir." Cliff. 13. Lccftrifc ^ 

 .with leaves nearly 'heart-flocked, flowers growing fingljy 

 and a creeping ftalL ."Nummularia. lutea niajor. C B. 



■ P. 309. Greater yellow Moneywort, ^r, ■ >< *"/'- 



8. Lysimachia (T'^wJ//?) foliis ovatis acutiufculi!;, pe- 

 dunculis folio lohgioribus, caule repente. wii. ^p. 

 Plant. 148. Lcbftrife with oval acute-pointed leaves J^^^^^ 

 ftalks longer thau the leaf and a creeping ft alt Num- 

 mularia minor, purpurafcente flore. C. B. P. i}^ 

 Smaller Moneywort with a purplifh flower, .. - % 



9. Lysimachia {Nemorum) foliis ovatis acutis, fi^' 



; ribus^Tolitariis, caule procumbcnte. Hort, Cliff. 52. 



■ ^Looftrife with oval acute-pointed leaves, flcwers gyo-'so- 



'^ingfingly, and a trailing ft alh Anagallis lucea nemo- 



' rum. C. B; p. 252. Tellow Pimpernel of the woods. 



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