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People care for either of thefc Sorts 

 at Table, when the other more 

 valuable ones arc to be obtain'd ,• 

 but in a Scarcity, thefe may fupply 

 the Place pretty well. The Seeds 

 of thefe muft alfo be faved from 

 fuch as cabbage beft, otherwiie 

 they will degenerate, and be good 

 for Httle. 



In faving Seeds of all thefe Sorts 

 of Lettuce^ you fliould obferve, 

 when the Plants have run up, to 

 fix a Stake down by the Sides of 

 each, to which the Stem (hould be 

 faften'd, to prevent their being broke, 

 or blown out of the Ground by 

 Wind, to which the Silefia and the 

 other large-growing Lettuces are 

 very fubjed: when they are in Flow- 

 er. You muft alfo obferve to cut 

 fuch Branches of the large-growing 

 Lettuces as ripen firft, and not wait 

 to have the Seed of the whole Plant 

 ripe together, which never happens, 

 but, on the contrary, feme Branches 

 will be ripe a Fortnight or three 

 Weeks before others j and when 

 you cut them, they muft be Ipread 

 upon a coarfe Cloth in a dry Place, 

 that the Seeds may dry^ after which, 

 you jfhould beat 'em outj and dry 

 'em again, and then preferve them 

 for Ufe, being careful to hang 'em 

 up where Mice and other Vermin 

 can't come at 'em i for if they do, 

 they will loon eat them up. 



LACTUCA AGNINI ; vide Va- 

 lerianella. 



LADY'S SLIPPER; vide Helle- 

 borine. 



LADY'S SMOCK ; ijide Carda- 

 mine. 



LAGOPUS; ri^^ Trifolium. 



LAMlUMj Archangel, or Dead- 

 Nettie. 



There are great Varieties of thcfe 

 Plants, which are preferv'd in cu- 

 rious Botanick Gardens, many of 

 which grow wild in divers Parts of 



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England -y but being of little Beauty, 

 they arc rarely cultivated in any- 

 other Gardens ; for which Reafon, 

 I ftiall not trouble the Reader with 

 any farther Account of them. 



LA MPS ANA. Nipplewort. 



This is alfo a very common Plant 

 upon the Sides of dry Banks in moil 

 Parts of England. 



LAPATHUM. The Dock. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Cup of the Flower conjifis of 

 fix LeiX/ves, three of rohich are large^, 

 and of a red Colour ; the other three 

 are leJJ'er, and green : In the mUdle 

 of the Cup are pUcd fix Stamina : 

 The three otaer fmall Leaves of the 

 Cup fall away -when ripe, but the 

 three in-ner large Leaves join toge- 

 ther, and form a triangular Cover- 

 ing, in the Middle of which are con- 

 tain' d finning three-corner' d Seeds. 



There are great Varieties of thefe 

 Plants, which are preferv'd in fomc 

 Gardens, to increafe the Number 

 of their Plants : but as many of 

 them are very common in England,, 

 and, if trani'planted into a good 

 Garden, and permitted to fcatter 

 their Seeds, do become very trou- 

 bk-fome Weeds ; fo I fliail only 

 name two or three of the molt 

 valuable Sorts in this Place. 



1. Lapathum ; prajlantijjimum, 

 Rhabarbarwn officinarum ^dicijim, 

 Mor. Hifi. The Pontick Rhubarb, 



2. Lapathum ; Alpinum, folio 

 fubrotundo. Mor. Hijt Round-ieav'd 



Alpine Dock, b)'forne call' d, Monk's 

 Rhubarb. 



3 . Lapathum ; hortenfe, folio eb- 

 longo, five fecundum Diofcoridis. C. 

 B. F. Long-leav'd Garden Dock, 

 or Patience. 



The firft of thefe Plants is by 

 feme fuppos'd to be the true Rhii- 

 barb. But that does not appear, 

 from the Figure and Conliftenceof 

 the Roots, which in this Plant, 



however 



