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GUM with fine-fifted Mould, mix^d 

 with a little rotten Willow -duft. 

 which will keep Moifture to affift 

 the Layer in taking Root : the Ba- 

 fret, Box, fcfr. mull be fet upon a 

 Poll or Treflel, bV. and the Bough 

 mull be laid according to either of 

 the four firft Ways of Laying ; but 

 too much Head mud not be left on, 

 left that be injur'd by the Wind, or 

 by its own Motion rub off the tender 

 Root ; and the fmaller the Boughs 

 are, the lefs Way they mould be fet 

 out of the Ground, and Care mud 

 be taken to keep them clear from 

 Weeds. 



The harder the Wood is, the bet- 

 ter will the young Wood take Root; 

 but if the Wood be foft, the older 

 Boughs will take Root the beft, 



LEMON-TREE. Vide Limon. 



LENS, Lentils. 



The Characters are ; 



It bath a papilionaceous Flower ; 

 the Pointal of which becomes a Jhort 

 ! Pod, containing orbicular Seeds y which 

 are, for the moji part, convex : to 

 twhich may be added, 1 he Leaves are 

 conjugated, growing to one Mid-rib, 

 and terminated by 'Tendrils. 

 - The Species are ; 



1. Lens vulgaris. C, B. P. 

 Common Lentils. 



2. Lens major. C. B. P. Greater 

 Lentils. 



3. Lens monanthos. H. L. Len- 

 tils with a fingle Flower. 



There are Several Varieties of the 

 firft and fecond Sorts, which differ 

 from each other in Colour of their 

 Flowers and Fruits ; but thefe are 

 accidental, and will often rife from 

 the fame Seeds ; for which Reafon 

 they are not worth obferving in this 

 J Place. 



Thefe Plants are very common in 

 the warm Parts of Europe, and in the 

 Archipelago, where they are the 

 Food of the poorer Sort of People, 



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which they bath when they rastt 

 with better Fare ; from whence came 

 the Proverb, Dives facias jam defrit 

 gaudere Lents : which is apply 'd to 

 fuch as fpurn at thofe Things in eafy 

 Circumftances, which they were glad 

 of in a low Condition. 



Thefe Plants are one of the leaft 

 of the Pulfe-kind, and call'd income 

 Places Tills : they may be propaga- 

 ed in the fame manner as Vetches, 

 &c. but muft be fown a great deal 

 thinner. They will grow upon a 

 dry barren Soil beft, and arc a very- 

 good Fodder for Cattle ; but as the/ 

 require an annual Culture, they are 

 not at prefent very much elleem'd. 

 Their Seeds are very good for Pige- 

 ens. 



LENTISCUS, The Maftkh-tree, 



The Characters are ; 

 The Leaves are pinnated, the Lobes 

 growing oppo fit e, and are fafened to 

 one common Mid-rib : the Male Flow- 

 ers, which are produced upon feparats 

 Trees from the Fruit, have f;ort green 

 quadrifd Cups, which expand in form 

 of Stars, having four or five fhori 

 Stamina, with large red Apices : 

 thefe Flowers are col led ed into a 

 Bunch: the Ovary, in the Female 

 Plants, which grows upon the 'Top 

 of a long thick Footjlalk, is commonly 

 branched, and becomes a Fruit, which 

 contains a Nut with an hard Shell. 

 The Species are ; > 

 ?. Lentiscus vulgaris. C.B. P. 

 Common Maftich-tree. 



2. Lentiscus vulgaris, foliis mi- 

 noribus cif pallidioribus. H. L. The 

 Male Maftich'tree, with Mer and 

 paler Leaves. 



Thefe two Plant jare promifcuouf- 

 ly preferv'd in many curious Gar- 

 dens in England, where .they are 

 commonly kept in Pots and Tubs, 

 and houfed in the Winter, with 

 Oranges, Myrtles, &c. but in fonie 

 Piaces, which are wAl defended 



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