fo as to injure the crop •, but as the ploughfcan only 
go betweeathe rows, it will be neceffary to make ufe 
of a hoe to ftir the ground, and deftroy the weeds in 
the rows*, and if this is carefully performed in dry 
weather, after the two ploughings, it will be fufficient 
to keep the ground clean until the Potatoes are fit to 
take up. 
'In places where dung is fcarce, many perfons fcat- 
ter it only in the furrcws, where the roots are plant- 
ed ; but this is a very poor method, becaufe when 
the Potatoes begin to pufli out their roots, they are 
foon extended beyond the width of thefe furrows, 
and the new roots are commonly formed at a diftance 
from the old, fo will be out of the reach of this dung, 
and confequently will receive little benefit from it. 
And as molt of the farmers covet to have a crop of 
Wheat after the Potatoes are taken off the ground, fo 
the land will not be fo thoroughly dreffed in every 
part, nor fo proper for this crop, as when the dung 
is equally fpread, and ploughed in all over the land, 
nor will the crop of Potatoes be fo good. I have al- 
ways obferved, where this method of planting the Po- 
tatoes has been pradtifed, the land has produced a fine 
crop of Wheat afterward, and there has fcarce one 
fhoot of the Potatoe appeared among the Wheat the 
following feafon, which I attribute to the farmers 
planting only the largeft roots *, for when they have 
forked them out of the ground the following au- 
tumn, there have been fix, eight, or ten large roots 
produced from each, and often many more, and fcarce 
any very fmall roots among them*, 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 feafon, 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 fand in 
any flickered 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 decay- 
1 ing of the haulm, but begin to take up part of them 
as foon as their roots are grown to a proper fize 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, pro- 
vided they are taken up before hard froft fets in, 
which would deftroy them, unlefs where the ground 
is wanted for other crops ; in which cafe, the fooner 
they are taken up the better, after the haulm is de- 
cayed. When thefe roots are laid up, they fhould 
have a good quantity of fand or dry earth laid be- 
tween them, to prevent their heating*, nor fhould 
they be laid in too large heaps, for the fame reafon. 
The kitchen-gardeners and farmers who live in the 
neighbourhood of Manchefter, cultivate great quan- 
tities of this root, as the inhabitants of that populous 
town confume abundance of them, and are much 
fonder of them than of any other efculent plants ; 
which has occafioned an emulation among the culti- 
vators, of endeavouring to outvie each other, in get- 
ting the roots of a proper fize for the table early in 
the feafon : in order to obtain this, they have made 
choice of thofe roots which produced the firft flowers, 
and have left them to ripen their feeds, which they 
have fowed with great care *, and the plants fo raifed, 
have generally been forwarder than the other ; and 
by frequently repeating of this, they have fo much 
improved the forwarding of the roots, as to have 
them fit for ufe in two months after planting *, fo 
that great improvements may be made by this prac- 
tice, of many efculent plants, by perfons who are cu- 
rious and careful in trying the experiments. 
LYCOPUS [A tjjtoTra?, of a wolf, and n 5 ?, 
a foot j q. d. Wolf’s-foot becaufe the ancients 
fancied, that the leaves of this plant refembled the 
i. 
foot of a wolf,] it is commonly called Water I lore- 
hound. 
This plant grows in great plenty on moift foils by 
the fides of ditches and ponds in moft parts of Eng- 
land, but is never cultivated in gardens, fo that It 
Would be needlefs to fay any thing more of it in this 
place. 
LYSIMACHIA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 141. tab. 59, 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 188. [this plant was fo called of 
Lyfimachus, the fon of a king of Sicily, who is faid 
to have firft found the virtues of it.] Looftrife ; in 
French, Corneille. 
The Characters are, 
1 The empalement of the flower is permanent , and is cut 
into five acute flegments , which are erect. The flower is 
of one petal , cut into five oblong oval flegments to the bot- 
tom , which fpread open. It hath five awl-Jhaped ftamina 
about half the length of the petal , terminated by acute- 
pointed fummits. In the center is fituated a roundiflj ger- 
men , fupporting a fender ftyle the length of the ftamina , 
crowned by an obtufe fligma. The germen afterward 
turns to a globular capfule with one cell , opening with ten 
valves , and filled with fmall angular feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s fifth clafs, intitled Pentandria Monogynia, 
which includes the plants whofe flowers have five fta- 
mina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
Lysimachia ( Vulgaris ) paniculata, racemis termina- 
libus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 209. Paniculated Looftrife , with 
bunches of flowers terminating the ftalks. Lyfimachia 
lutea, major, quae Diofcoridis. C. B. P. 245. Greater 
yellow Looftrife of Diofcorides. 
2. Lysimachia {Thyrfiflora) racemis lateralibus pedun- 
culatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 147. Looftrife with lateral 
fpikes of flowers growing upon foot-ftalks. Lyfimachia 
bifolia flore globofo, luteo. C. B. P. 242. Two-leaved 
Looftrife with a yellow globular flower. 
3. Lysimachia ( Atropurpurea ) fpicis terminalibus peta- 
lis, lanceolatis, ftaminibus corolla longioribus. Lin. 
Sp. Plant. 147. Looftrife with fpear-f japed fpreading 
fpikes of flowers terminating the branches , and ftamina 
longer than the petals. Lyfimachia Grientalis angufti- 
folia flore purpureo. Tourn. Cor. 7. Narrow-leaved 
Eaftern Looftrife with a purple flower. 
Lysimachia ( Ephemerum ) racemis fimplicibus ter- 
minalibus, petalis obtufis, ftaminibus corolla brevio- 
ribus. Lin. Sp. Plant. 146. Looftrife with fpikes of 
flowers terminating the ftalks , obtufe petals to the flower , 
and ftamina jhorter than the petal. Lyfimachia Orien- 
tals minor, foliis glaucis, annuentibus, flore purpu- 
reo. Hort. Piff. Smaller Eaftern Looftrife , with nodding 
grayifh leaves and a purple ftpike of flowers. 
Lysimachia ( Ciliata ) petiolis ciliatis, floribus cernuis. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 147. Looftrife with hairy foot-ftalks and 
nodding flowers. Lyfimachia Canadenfis Jalappae fo- 
liis. Sarr. Canad. Canada Looftrife with a Jalap leaf. 
Lysimachia ( Salicifclia ) fpica fimplici e recto ter- 
minali, petalis ovatis, ftaminibus corolla longioribus. 
Looftrife with a fingle ere It ftpike terminating the Jialk , 
oval petals , and ftamina longer than, the flower. Lyfi- 
machia fpicata, flore albo, falicis folio. Tourn. Inft. 
R. H. 141. Looftrife with a ftpike oft white flowers ana 
a Willow leaf. 
Lysimachia ( Nummularia ) foliis fubcordatis, flori- 
bus folitariis, caule repente. Vir. Cliff. 13. Looftrife 
with leaves nearly heart-fhaped , flowers growing jingly , 
and a creeping ftalk. Nummularia lutea major. C. B. 
P. 309. Greater yellow Moneywort. 
Lysimachia ( Tenella ) foliis ovatis acutiufculis, pe- 
dunculis folio longioribus, caule repente. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 148. Looftrife with oval acute-pointed leaves , foot- 
ftalks longer thau the leaf. \ and a creeping ftalk. Num- 
mularia minor, purpurafcente flore. C. B. P. 310. 
Smaller Moneywort with a purplifh flower. 
Lysimachia ( Nemormn ) foliis ovatis acutis, flo- 
ribus folitariis, caule procumbente. Hort. Cliff. 52. 
Looftrife with oval acute-pointed leaves , flowers grow- 
ing Jingly, and a trailing ftalk. Anagallis lutea nemo- 
rum, C. B. P. 252. tell ow Pimpernel of the woods. 
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