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from Weeds, for it will be to little 

 Purpofe to keep the Garden clean, 

 if this is not oblerv'd ■■, for the Sec(is 

 falling amongft the Dung will be 

 brought into the Garden, whereby 

 there will be a conftant Sup- 

 ply of Weeds yearly introduc'd, 

 to the no fmall Damage of your 

 Plants, and a perpetual Labour oc- 

 cafion'd to extirpate them again. 

 As for all other neceflary Direftions, 

 they will be found in the Articles 

 of the fever al Sorts of Kitchen- 

 Garden Plants, which renders it 

 ncedlefs to be repeated in this 

 Place. 



KNIGHT'S CROSS, or SCAR- 

 LET CROSS is the Scarlet Lychnis ,• 

 'vide Lychnis. 



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LABLABi vide Phafeolus. 

 LABRUM VENERIS j vide 

 Dipiacus. 



LABRUSCA i vide Vitis. 

 LABURNUM; ^/Ve CytifTus. 



LACHRYMA JOBIi Job's 



Tears. 



The CharaHers are ; 



It hath the whole Habit of a Reed; 

 the Male Flowers (which have no 

 Fetals) are froduc d in a Spike on 

 different Tarts from the female of 

 the fame Vlant ; the Ovary is a long 

 Tube with two Horns, which becomes 

 a hard, firong Fruity containing one 

 Seed. 



This is a Sort of Corn which is 

 often cultivated in Portugal, Italy, 

 and ibnie other warm Countries, 

 where they firing the Seeds (which 

 are very fmooth, and of a bright 



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Afh-colour) for Beads ; and in fcarce 

 Years of other Grain, I have been 

 informed, the poorer Sort of People 

 make Bread of it, but I do not find 

 it is any where cultivated for that 

 Purpofe i the naturd Place of its 

 Growth is in Candia, and the other 

 Iflands of the Archipelago. 



It is fcldom cultivated in England, 

 unlefs by way of Curiofity; and 

 rarely produces ripe Seeds with us, 

 except in very warm Seafbns; The 

 Seeds of this Plant fhould be fbwn 

 upon a light Soil and in a warm 

 Situation early in the Spring j and 

 when the Plants are come up, they 

 muft be carefully tranfplanted to the 

 Diftance of ten Inches or a Foot 

 each way, obferving to water thera 

 until they have taken new Root; 

 after which they will require no 

 other Culture than to clear them 

 from Weeds, and if the Seafon 

 proves warm, they will perfed: 

 their Seeds in Autumn. 

 LACTUCA. Lettuce. 

 The Characters are; 

 It hath a fibrofe Root, which is, 

 for the mofi part, annual : The 

 Leaves are fmooth, and grew alter- 

 nately upon the Branchss , the Stalks 

 are, for the 'mojl part, fender, an^ 

 Jiijf, and do commonly terminate into 

 a fort of Umbel j the Cui> of the 

 Flower is oblong, fender, and fcaly; 

 the Seeds are oblong, deprefs'd, and 

 generally terminate in a Foint. 



It would be belide my Purpofe 

 to mention in this Place the feveral 

 Sorts of Lettuce that are to be found 

 in Botanick Writers, many of which 

 are Plants of no Ufe, and are never 

 cultivated but in Botanick Gardens 

 for Variety, and fome of them are 

 found wild in many Parts of Eng- 

 land ; I fhalt therefore pafs over 

 thofe here, and only mention the 

 feveral Sorts which are cultivated 

 in the Kitchen-Garden for Uie : 



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