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ers, when they have obtained 

 S rength ; fo that you mould fufter 

 all fuch, of wbofe Worth you are 

 not allured, to remain undifturbed 

 two or chree Year;-, that you may 

 be afcertain'd which of them are 

 worthy preferving; which mould 

 be remov'd into the Flower-garden 

 at a proper Seafon : but the ordi- 

 nary ones may be rejected, or plant- 

 ed in Ihady outer Walks, where, 

 tho* they are mean Flowers, they 

 will appear well enough. 



LILJ UM CON V ALLIUM. Vide 

 Convallaria. 



LILIUM PERSICUM. Vide 

 Fritillaria. 



LILIUM SUPERBUM. Vide 

 Gloriofa. 



LIME-TREE. Vide Tilia. 

 LIMON, The Lemon-tree. 



The Characters are ; 

 It hath large ft iff Leaves like the 

 Citron, without any Appendage at 

 the Bottom: the Flowers conjtft of 

 many Leaves, which expand in form 

 of a Rofe : the Fruit is ahnofi of an 

 oval Figure, and divided into feveral 

 Cells, in which are lodged hard Seeds 

 fur rounded by a thick ffjby Sub fiance, 

 which, for the mojl part, is full of 

 an acid Juice. 



The Species are ; 



1. LlMON vulgaris. Ferr. Hefp. 

 The common Lemon. 



2. LlMON dulcis. Ferr. Hefp. The 

 fweet Lemon 



3. LlMON acris. Ferr. Hefp. The 

 letter four Lemon. 



4. Limon dulci medulla, vulgaris. 

 Ferr. Hefp. The common fweet 

 Lemon. 



5. Limon pyri effgie. Ferr. Hefp. 

 The pear fhap'd Lemon. 



6. Limon Imperialis. Ferr. Hefp. 

 The Imperial Lemon. 



7. Limon Adami Fomum commune. 

 Ferr Help. Lemon, commonly call- 

 ed Jdam y 5 Apple. 



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8. Limon fpimolas. Ferr. Hefpu 

 The wild Lemon, vulgo. 



9. Limon jlriatus vulgatior. Ferr. 

 Hefp. The furrow'd Lemon. 



10. Limon citratus, altera foetus. 

 Toum. The Childing Lemon, vul- 



11. LfMON qui lima acris dicz- 

 tur. Ferr. Hefp. The four Lime. 



12. Limon qui lima dulcis did' 

 tnr. Ferr. Hefp. The fweet Lime. 



13. Limon vulgaris, foliis ex lu- 

 teo elegant er ftiatis. The gold- 

 ihip'd Lemon. 



14. Limon vulgaris, foliis ex al- 

 io varicgatis. The filver - ftrip'd 

 Lemon. 



There are feme other Varieties of 

 thefe Trees in the curious Gardens 

 abroad, from whence we may ex- 

 pect to be fupply'd with them all, 

 fince there are every Year large 

 Quantities of thefe Trees brought 

 over from Italy, where the Garden- 

 ers are a*s fond of any new Kinds to 

 fupply their Cultomers with, as our 

 Countrymen are of new Sorts of 

 Fruit. But fmce thefe Varieties are 

 annually incrcafed from Seeds, like 

 other Fruits, it would be needlefs to 

 attempt an Account of them all, be- 

 caufe in a very fhort time many new 

 Varieties may be produced. 



The Fruit of the four firft Sort3 

 are generally brought over from Lif 

 hon every Year in great Plenty, and 

 are fold promifcuoufly in London, in 

 Winter and Spring ; as are great 

 Numbers of the Trees; which are 

 annually brought over from Italy. 



The fifth, fixth, and feventh Sorts 

 are preferv d, for their Variety, in 

 many curious Gardens; but the 

 fifth is very uncommon in England 

 at prefent. • 



The fixth is a very large beauti* 

 ful Sort, and of an agreeable Fla- 

 vour : this has produced very good 

 JFruit in divers Gardens in England, 



which 



