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The Sealbn for laying Hardy 

 Trees that flied their Leaves, is in 

 October j but for fuch as are tender, 

 in March, for Ever-greens, ^une or 

 Auguji are good Seafbns. 



Though Layers may be laid at 

 any Time in the Year, yet thofe 

 Seafons before-mention'd are mojfl 

 proper, for the Realbns following j 

 becaufe they have the whole Win- 

 ter and Summer to prepare and 

 draw Root} for at thefe Times of 

 the Year the Sun has fufficient 

 Power on the Sap of the Tree to 

 feed the Leaf and Bud; but has not 

 Power fufficient to make a Shoot. 



And if that fmall Quantity of Sap 

 that does arife be hindred, as it will 

 by fbme of the preceding Ways 

 o'^ Laying, the Leaves and Buds will 

 gently crave of the Layer, and by 

 that Means will prepare the Layer 

 to take Root, or put forth Roots 

 a little to maintain itfelf, finding it 

 cannot have it from the Mother- 

 Plant. 



And therefore, becaufe it wants 

 but little Nourifhraent at that Time 

 of the Year, it is better to lay 

 Layers of Trees, or to fet Cuttmgs, 

 than at other Times, either in the 

 Winter when the Sap flirs but little, 

 or in the Summer when the Sap 

 abounds, or in the Spring when it 

 begins to rife, becaufe it is then apt 

 to come too fiiddenly to draw Sap 

 from the Layer, before the Layer 

 has drawn or prepared for Root. 



However the Spring or Summer 

 may do well for fmall Plants, be- 

 caufe fuch Plants being but iliort- 

 iiv'd, draw Root the quicker. 



If you would lay young Trees 

 from an high Standard, the Boughs 

 of which cannot be bent down to 

 the Ground, then you mud make 

 life of Ozier-Baskets, Boxes or Pots, 

 filled v/ith fine lifted Mould, mix'd 

 V/ith a litr'e rotten Willow-duft* 



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which will keep Moiflure to affif?: 

 the Layer in taking Root: This 

 Basket, Box, c^c. muft be fet upon 

 a Pofl or Treffel, &>c. and the Bough 

 muft be laid according to either of 

 the four firft Ways ot Laying ; but 

 too much Head muft not be left on, 

 left that be injured by the Wind, 

 or by its own Motion rub off the 

 the tender Root ; and the fmaller 

 the Boughs are, the \q£s Way they 

 fhould be fet out of the Ground, 

 and Care muft be taken to k«ep 

 them clear from Weeds. 



The harder the Wood is, the 

 better will the young Wood take 

 Root ; but if the Wood be ibft, 

 the older Boughs will take Root the 

 beft. 



LEAVES are defined to be a Part 

 of a Plant extended into Leno-th 

 and Breadth, in fuch a Manner as 

 to have one Side diftinguifhablc 

 from the other; they are properly 

 the moft extreme Part of a Branch, 

 and the Ornament of the Twigs, 

 and Gonfift of a very glutinous 

 Matter, being furnifhed every where 

 with Veins and Nerves;one of their 

 Offices is to fubtilize and give more 

 Spirit to the Abundance of nouriih- 

 ing Sap, and to convey it to the 

 little Buds. 



LEEKS; vide Porrum. 



LEMON-TREE; vide Limon. 



LENSi Lentils. 

 The Characters are ; 



It hath a -pafdionaceous Flower ^ 

 the Pointal of which becomes a JJwrt 

 Pod, containing orbicular Seeds, which 

 are, for the moji Part, convex ; ta 

 which may be added, the Leaves 

 are conjugated, growing to one Mid- 

 rib, and are terminated by Tendrils. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Lens; vulgaris. C.B. P. Com- 

 mon Lentils. 



2. Lens; m^ijor. C. B.P, Grea- 

 ter Lentils. 



3- Lens^ 



