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to ■. But 1 would by no means ad- 

 vife the Sheering them into Pyra- 

 mids, (as is too often praftis'd) but 

 rather lead 'cm up for Timber 

 Trees i for they will grow to a con- 

 fiderable Size, provided they like 

 the Soil they are planted in. 



In removing thefe Trees from 

 the Nurfery to the Places where 

 they are deiign'd to be continu'd, 

 you fhould always obferve to do it 

 juft before they (hoot out in the 

 Spring, as alio to take them up 

 with a Urge Bali of Earth to their 

 Roots ; and when planted, the 

 Ground fliould be mulch'd, and the 

 Plants ftak'd, to prevent the Wind 

 from loofening them, or blowing 

 'em out of the Ground. Thcfe 

 Diredlions, if duly executed, will 

 be fufficient, and there will be no 

 Danger of not fucceeding. But 

 the chief Caufe why many of thefe 

 Trees have fail'd, upon their being 

 remov'd, was, the not doing it in 

 a proper Seafbn, or elfe that they 

 were not caretuUy taken up. 



Thefe Trees are very proper for 

 the Sides of barren Hills, where 

 few other Sorts will thrive fo well j 

 and during the Summer they ap- 

 pear very beautiful^ but in Autumn 

 they call their Leaves, whereby 

 Ibme People have been deceiv'd, by 

 fuppofing 'em dead, and have de- 

 flroy'd 'em. 



From the wounded Bark of this 

 Tree exfudes the pureft Venice Tur- 

 f entitle j and ou the Body and 

 Branches of it grows the Agaric^ 

 which is a Drug us'd in Medicine : 

 And the Wood is very durable, and 

 (by fbme) reported to be very dif- 

 ficult to burn. But I don't know 

 how this fhould be, to a Tree 

 which abounds with Turpentine j 

 tho' it is faid alfo to be fb pon- 

 derous as to link in Water. It will 

 polifh exceeding well, and is by 



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the Architedls abroad much coveted, 

 both for Houfes and Building of 

 Ships. M^itfen, a Dutch Writer 

 upon Naval ArchiteBure, mentions 

 a Ship to be long fince found in 

 the Numidian Sea, twelve Fathoms 

 under Water, being chiefly built of 

 this Timber and Cyprefs, both which 

 Woods were reduc'd to that hard- 

 nefs, as to refill the fharpell Tools ; 

 nor was any Part of it perifh'd, tho' 

 it had lain above a Thoufand Years 

 fubmerg'd. And it was upon Ta- 

 bles of this Wood that Raphael and 

 feveral of the greatefl Artifls eter- 

 niz'd their Skill, before the Ufe of 

 Canvas was introduced. 



LARKSPUR i -viJe Delphi- 

 nium. 



LASERPITIUM. Lafer-wort. 



This is a Kind of Umbelliferous 

 Plant, of which there are feveral 

 Sorts preferv'd in curious Botanick 

 Gardens: But as they are Plants of 

 little Beauty or Ufe in England, I 

 fhall omit mentioning them in this 

 Place. 



LATHYRUSi Chichling Vetch. 

 The CharaBers are^ 



It hath a papilionaceous Flower, 

 out of whofe Empalement rifes the 

 Fointal, cover'd with a membrana- 

 ceous sheath^ which afterwards be- 

 comes a Pod, fometimes round, fome- 

 titnes cylindrical, and at other times 

 angular j to which may be added, it 

 hath a comprefs'd Stalk, with a, 

 rais'd Rib, and a leafy Border j and 

 has only one Fair of Leaves, grow- 

 ing on the Nerves, which terminates 

 in a Tendril. 



The Species are ; 



1. Lathyrus ; Utifolius* C. JS. 

 Broad-lea v'd or Common Everlaft- 

 ing Peas. 



2. Lathyrus ; latifolius, minor, 

 flffre major e. Boerh. Ind. LelTer 

 Broad-leav'd Everlafting Peas, with 

 a large Flower. 



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