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fuls, fetting them upright till they 

 be perfc£tly dry, and then Houfe 

 them : If the Flax be puU'd when 

 it fiifl begins to flower, it will be 

 whiter and ftronger than if it fland 

 till the Seed is ripe, but then the 

 Seed will be loft. 



The Method of Watering, Pi- 

 ling, Braking, (3r>c. being a parti- 

 cular Buiiners, and foreign to my 

 Deiign, I fhall not pretend to give 

 any Dire£tions about it in this Place. 



All the other Sorts of. Flax may 

 be cultivated (by fuch who have a 

 Curiofity) by lowing their Seeds 

 upon a Bed of fre(h, rich, light 

 Earth, in March or the Beginning 

 of A^rii i and when the Plants come 

 up, they muft be carefully weeded, 

 which IS all the Culture they re- 

 quire, and they will produce their 

 Flowers and perfe<St their Seeds very 

 well. 



LINUM UMBILICATUMj -vide 

 Omphalodcs. 



LIQUID AiMBER ; vide Styrax. 

 LITHOSPERMUM i Gromwell, 

 Gromill, or Graymill. 

 The Characiers are 5 

 The Cup of the Flower conflfts of 

 one Leafy which is cut almofi to the 

 Bafe- into five long narrow Segmeiits i 

 the Flower, which is, for the moft 

 fart, /mall, conjijis of one Leaf, is 

 Funnel-fljafd, and fpread open at 

 the Top ; the Fointal is encompajs'd 

 Sy four Embryo's, which become fo 

 many roundijh hard poliJJj'd Seeds. 

 The Species arej 

 1. LiTHosPERMUMj maJHs, erec- 

 turn. C, B, P. Greater Upright 

 Gromill. 



i. L11HOSPERMUM; perenne, pro- 

 cumbens, flore pur pur eo c&ruleo ma- 

 jore. Mor. Hift* Trailing perennial 

 Gromill, with a purple-blue Flower. 



There are feveral other Sorts of 

 this Plant, which are mentioned in 

 Botanick Authors, but as they are 



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rarely cultivated in Gardens, I fhall 

 omit taking Notice of them in 

 this Place. The firft Sort here men- 

 tion'd, is that which is order'd for 

 Medicinal Ufes : This grows in 

 fhady Lanes and uncultivated Places 

 in divers Parts of "England, and is 

 leldom cultivated in Gardens. The 

 fecond Sort is found wild in fbme 

 Parts o^ Wales, but is lefs common 

 than the tormer. Thefe may be 

 cultivated by fowing their Seeds foon 

 after they are ripe, in a Bed of frclh 

 Earth, allowing them at leaft a Foot 

 Diftance from each other, obferving 

 to keep them clear from Weeds, 

 and they will thrive in almofl any 

 Soil or Situation. 



LOAM is a common fuperficial 

 Earth, that is a Mixture of Sand 

 arid Clay, commonly ot a yeilowifh 

 Colour, though there is fome Loam 

 that is blackijfh : Some call Loam 

 the moft common fuperficial Earth 

 met with in England, without any 

 Regard to the Portion it bears to 

 Sand or Clay. 



It is found, by Experience, that 

 moft Sorts of Plants will grow in 

 it J and where-ever it is found, it 

 appears to be a more beneficial Soil 

 to Plants than any other. A Clay 

 us'd in Grafting is alfo call'd Loam. 



LOBUS ECHINATUS i Bonduc 

 or Nicker-Tree. 



The characters are ; 

 The Leaves are equally pinnated i 

 the Flower confifts of one Leaf which 

 is cut into may deep Segments, and 

 is almoji an anomalous Figure ; from 

 the Cup arifes the Fijlillum, which 

 btcomes a rough, prickly Tod, in 

 which are contain' d one or two hard 

 roundijli Seeds. 



The Species are j 

 1. LoBus EcHiNATUs^ fruBu fU" 

 vo, foliis rotundioribus. H, L, The 

 Yellow Nicker Tree. 



a. LoBus 



