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ways obferved, where this Method 

 of -planting the Potatoes has been 

 piacWed, the Land has produced a 

 iine Crop of Wheat afterward, and 

 there has fcarce one Shoot of the 

 Potato appeared among the Wheat ; 

 which I attribute to the Farmers 

 planting only the largeft Roots ; for 

 when they have forked them out of 

 the Ground the following Autumn, 

 there have been fix, eight, or ten 

 large Roots produced from each, 

 and often many more, and fcarce 

 any very fmall Roots ; whereas, in 

 fuch Places where the fmall Roots 

 have been planted, there has been a 

 vaft Number of very fmall Roots 

 produced ; many of which were fo 

 fmall, as not to be difcovered when 

 the Roots were taken up ; fo have 

 grown the following Seafon, and 

 have greatly injured whatever Crop 

 was on the Ground. 



The Haulm of thefe Potatoes is 

 generally killed by the firft Froft in 

 the Autumn ; when the Roots fhould 

 be taken up foon after, and may be 

 laid up in Sand in any fhelter'd 

 Place, where they may be kept dry, 

 and fecure from Froft. Indeed the 

 People who cultivate thefe Roots 

 near London , do not wait for the de- 

 caying of the Haulm, but begin to 

 take up Part of them as foon as their 

 Roots are grown to a proper Size 

 for the Market ; and fo keep taking 

 up from time to time, as they have 

 Vent for them. There are others 

 likewife, who do not take them up 

 fo foon as the Haulm decays, but 

 let them remain much longer in the 

 Ground : in which there is no Hurt 

 done, provided they are taken up 

 before hard Froft fets in, which 

 would, deftroy them, unlefs v/here 

 the Ground is wanted for other 

 Crops ; in which Cafe, the fooner 

 they are taken up, the better, after 

 the Haulm is decayed. When thefe 



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Roots are laid up, they mould have 

 a good Quantity of Sand, or dry 

 Earth, laid between them, to pre- 

 vent their heating ; nor fhould they 

 be laid in too large Heaps, for the 

 fame Reafon. 



LYCOPUS, Water-horchound. 



This Plant grows in great Plenty 

 on moift Soils by the Sides of Ditch- 

 es, in moft Parts of England, but 

 is never cultivated in Gardens ; fo 

 that it would be needlefs to fay any 

 thing more of it in this Place. 



LYSIMACHIA, Loofe-ftrife. 

 The Characters are ; 



The Lea<ves ( which are in tire and 

 oblong) are produced fometimes by 

 Pairs, or three or four at each Joint 

 of the Stalk : the Flower conftjis of 

 one Leaf y which expands in a circular 

 Order, and is cut into federal Seg- 

 ments at the 'Top : the Fruit is globu- 

 lar, and opens at the Top, inclojing 

 many Seeds fixed to the Placenta. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Lysimachia lutea major, qu<e 

 Diofcoridis. C. B. P. Common yel- 

 low Loofe-ftrife or Willow-herb. 



2. Lysimachia lutea major, qua 

 DiofcGridis, foliis quaternis. C. B. P. 

 Greater yellow Loofe-ftrife or Wil- 

 low-herb, with four Leaves at each 

 Joint. 



. 3. Lysimachia bifolia, fore lu* 

 teo globofo. C. B. P. Loofe-ftrife with 

 two Leaves growing at each Joint, 

 and yellow Flowers growing in 

 round Heads. 



4. Lysimachia Oriental's an- 

 gufifolia, fore purpurea. T. Cor. 

 Narrow-leav'd Eaftern Loofe-ftrife, 

 with a purple Flower. 



5. Lysimachia Hifpanica fpica- 

 ta,falicis folio, fore albo. Inf. R. H. 

 Spanifj -Loofe-ftrife, with white' 

 Flowers growing in Spikes. 



The firft of thefe Plants is pretty 

 common by Ditch-fides in many 

 Parts of England, and is feldorn cul- 

 tivated 



