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Shore near the Sea: this Sort will 

 rarely live thro' the Winter in the 

 open Air in England ; therefore the 

 Plants mould be potted, and placed 

 under an Hot-bed-frame in Winter ; 

 where they mould have as much free 

 Air as pofiible in mild Weather, 

 but fheltered from hard Frolt : this 

 may be propagated by fowing the 

 Seeds in April, upon a Bed of light 

 Earth ; and when the Plants are fit 

 to remove, fome of them may be 

 tranfplanted into fmall Pots, and 

 placed in a fhady Situation until they 

 have taken Root ; and afterward 

 they may be expofed to the Sun all 

 the Summer, and in Autumn re- 

 moved into Shelter : but fome few 

 Plants may be planted in the full 

 iGr-ound, in a warm Situation, where 

 in a favourable Winter they may re- 

 main without Shelter : and thofe 

 Plants which live abroad will flower 

 much better, and more certainly 

 produce Seeds, than thofe Plants in 

 the Pots. 



The tenth Sort is an annual Plant, 

 refembling very much the eighth 

 Sort : the Branches of both thefe 

 trail upon the Ground, and fpread 

 to a confiderable Diilance ; but the 

 Flowers, being very {mail, have no 

 Beauty ; fo that thefe are only pre- 

 ferved by Perfons who are curious 

 in Botanical Studies : thefe mould be 

 fown in April, in the Places where 

 they are to remain ; for they do not 

 love to be tranfplanted. 



There are two or three Varieties 

 of this BirdVfoot Trefoil, which 

 grow wild in moll Parts of England : 

 when thefe are upon dry, gravelly, 

 chalky Land, they are very low 

 humble Plants, fpreading on the 

 Surfaceof the Ground : but in rich 

 moift Land they grow much larger ; 

 and one of the Sorts will fometimes 

 produce Branches near two Feet in 

 "Length : the Seed: of thefe Plants 



have been fold, and recommended 

 as profitable to fow for Fodder, by 

 fome Hufbandry - Quacks, by the 

 Name of Ladies-finger- grafs : but I 

 never could find any Animal that 

 would eat it, either green or dry. 



LOTUS ARBOR. Vide Celtis. 



LOVE-APPLE. Vide Lycoper- 

 ficon. 



LUDWIGIA. 



The Characters are ; 



The Empalewifit of the Flower is of 

 ore Leaf cut into four Segments at 

 the Top, and fits upon the Embryoes : 

 the F/owef ccnfejlsoffour hcart-fhaped 

 Petals, which arc equal, and Jpreaa 

 open : in the Centre of the Flower is 

 ftuated the four-cornered Pointa/, 

 attended by four Stamina : the Poin- 

 tal afterward becomes a four- corner 7/ 

 Fruit, crown' d with the Empalcment ; 

 and has four Cells, which are full of" 

 fmall Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1 . Ludwigi a capjulis fubrotundis. 

 Lin. Hort. Cliff. Ludvvigia with 

 round Seed-vdles, 



2. Ludwigi a capfulis oblong/' j 

 uncialihus. Flor. Lr:d. Ludwigia 

 with Seed-vefie's an Inch in Length. 



We have no Engl/fj Name for 

 this Plant ; but it is very near akin 

 to the Onagra, or Tree - primrofe. 

 The fecond Sort is by Father Plu- 

 mier ranged in that Genus : but Dr. 

 Linnaeus has removed th»s to a great 

 Diftance, on account of the Num- 

 ber of Stamina, which in the Flow- 

 ers of this Genus are but four; 

 whereas thofe of the Onagra have 

 eight: but Dr. Van Roy en, in the 

 Flora Luvdunerfs, has brought them 

 together in his Claf c , intituled, Frkr 

 diflora? floribus quadrifidis. 



Thefe are both annual Plant?, 

 which muft be raifed on an Hot-bed 

 in the Spring, and treated in the 

 fame manner as hath been directed 

 for the Amaranthus ; for if they a-re 



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