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Show LA: K I K I where thefe Afhes are not to be obtain’d in or any other Herbs, which do not continue long, or root too deep, fo that the Ground Plenty, Sea-fand is very proper, or rotten Wood or the Parts of Vegetables rotted is very will not be loft. But the Walks of thefe Gardens fhould good ; all which will greatly loofen the Soil, not and caufe it to be not only eafier to work, but al- be gravell’d; for as there will conftant ly be fo more advantageous for the Growth of occafion to wheel Manure, Water, €c, upon them, fo they would foon . Plants.. be defac’d But, on the contrary, if your Soil be light and render’d unfightly ; not fhould they be and warm, you fhould manure it with rotten Neats-Dung, which is much preferable to any other for hot Soils; but if you ufe Horfe- Dung, it muft be well rotted, otherwife it will burn up the Crops upon the firft hot dry Weather. The Soil of this Garden fhould be at leaft two Feet deep, (but if deeper, it will be ftill better) otherwife there will not be Depth enough for many Sorts of efculent Roots, as Carrots, Parfnips, Beets, &c, which run down pretty deep inthe Ground, and moft other laid with Turf, for Green Walks would abforb the Rays of Light too much, and thereby caufe the Fruit to be ill-tafted: But on the contrary, onlylevel the Surface of the Walks and if you haveeither Lime-R ubbifh, or Sand juft to cover overthe ‘Tops of them, to render them drier orfitter to walk on than the natural Soil, they will be much preferable to any other Sort of Walks, The beft Figure for the Quarters to bedifpos’d into, is a Square or an Oblong, where the Ground is adaptedto fuch a Figure ; other- Sorts ofefculent Plants delightin a deep Soil. wife they maybe triangular, or of anyother You fhould alfo endeavour to have a Supply Shape which will be moft advantageous to the of Water inthe different Parts of this Garden, Ground. which, if poflible, fhould be contain’d in large Thefe Quarters fhould be conftantly kept Bajfons or Refervoirs, where it may be expos’d clear from Weeds ; and whenany Partofthe Ground to the open Air and Sun, that it may be is unoccupied, it fhould always be foften’d thereby ; for fuch Water as is taken trench’d up into Ridges, that it may fweeten out of Wells, €c. juft as it is ufed, is by no and imbibe the nitrous Particles of the Air, which is of great Advantage to all Sorts of means proper for any Sort of Plants, In the Diftribution of this Garden, after Land, and the Ground will then be readyto having built the Walls, you fhould lay’ out lay down wheneverit is wanted. Banks or Borders under them, which fhould The Ground in thefe Quarters fhouldnot beat leaft ten Feet broad, whereby the Roots be fown or planted with the fame Crop two of the Frujt-Trees will have greater Liberty Years together, burt the Crops fhould be anthan in fuch Places where the Borders are not nually chang’d, whereby they will prove above three or four Feet wide ; and uponthefe much better than when they conftantly grow Banks you may fow many Sorts of early upon the fame Spot: Indeed the KitchenCrops, if expos'd to the South; and upon Gardeners near London, where Land is dear, are thofe expos’d to the North, you may have fome late Crops; but I would by no means advife the planting any Sort of deep-rooting Plants too near the Fruit-Trees; but rather to have fome Reed Hedges fix’d in fome of often oblig’d to put the fame Crop upon the Ground for two or three Years together; but then they dig and manure their Land {o well everyYear, as to render it almoft new; tho’ notwithftanding all this, it is conftantly obthe warmeft Quarters, under which you fhould ferv'd, that freth Land always produces the fow and plant early Peas, Beans, &c. where they will thrive as well as if planted under a In one of thefe Quarters, which is fituated neareft to the Stables, and beft defended tirely freed from fuch troublefome Plants, from the cold Winds, fhould be the Place Then you fhould proceed to dividing the where you raife your early Cucumbers and Groundout into Quarters, which muft be pro- Melons ; for which Purpofe ’twill be very proportion’d to the Largenefs of the Garden per to furround that Part with a Reed-Hedge, but I would edvife never to make them too which will hide the Beds from Sight, and prefmall, whereby your Ground will be loft in ferve them from Winds: The Size ofthis Place Walks, and the Quarters being inclos’d by fhould alfo be proportion’d to the Quantity Efpaliers of Fruit-Trees, the Plants therein ofBedsin tended, but ir fhould be large enough will draw up flender, and never arrive to to contain two Years Beds, or elfe you fhould half the Size as they would do in a more open have two of thefe Places, that you mayevery, Expofure. Year change them, which will be found ot The Walks of this Garden fhould be alfo great Advantage to your Plants: Butif your proportion’d to the Size of the Ground, which Garden be too {mall to admit of this, then you in a fmall Garden fhould be fix Feet, but in fhould always prepare a fufficient Qua . a large one ten; and on each Side of the freth Earth for thefe Beds, otherwife they wil Walk fhould be allow’d a Border three or four Feet wide between the Efpalier and the Walk not fucceed well. The moft important Points of gene whereby the Diftance between the Efpaliers ture confift in well digging and manu will be greater, and the Borders being kept Soil, and giving a proper Diftance to conftantly work’d and manur’d, will be ofgreat Plant according to their different Growths Advantage to the Roots of theTrees : And in (which is conftantly exhibited in their fevera, thefe Borders may be fown fomefal Saller, clear from Weeds 5 for if Weeds are permitted There are two ways of making them; the to grow until their Seeds are ripe, they will fhed upon the Gound, andfill it fo as not to be gotten out again in feveral Years: You firft is with fingle Hedges: This Method has been prattis’d in England. Thefe, indeed, may be beft where there is but a {mall Spot of fhould alfo obferve to keep your Dung-hills Ground to be allow’d for the making them; always clear from Weeds, for it will be to but where there is Ground enough, the Double are moft eligible. Double ones, or thofe that are made with double Hedges ofa confiderable ThicknefS of Wood between Hedge and Hedge, are approv’d as much better than fingle ones, as is the manner of making them in France and other Places, ofall which that of Verfailles is allow’d by all to be the nobleft ofits kind in the World. little Purpofe to keep the Garden clean, if this is not obferv’d ; for the Seeds falling amongft the Dung will be brought into the Garden, whereby there will be a conftant Supply of Weeds yearly introduc’d, to the no {mall Damage of your Plants, and a perpetual Labour occafion’d to extirpate them again. As for all other neceflary Directions, they will be found in the Articles of the feveral Sorts of KitchenGarden Plants, which renders it needlefs to be repeated in this Place. KNIGHT’s CROSS or SCARLET CROSS is the Scarlet Lychnis ; vide Lychnis. Articles in this Book) as alfo to keep a It is an Error in Labyrinths in making them too narrow, for by that means the Hedges mutt be kept clofe clipt; whereas, if the Walks be made wider, according to the foreign Practice, they will not ftand in needof it. The Walks are made with Gravel, ufually fet with Horn-beams; the Palifades ought to be ten, twelve or fourteen Feet high ;_ the Horn-beam fhould be kept cut, and the Walks roll’d. LACHRYMAJOBI ; [fo call’d, becaufe the Sced of it refembles a Tear or Drop.} A pap emeibeaes are fuch as have Lips; or, more properly, a Labiated Flower is an irregular monopetalous Flower, divided into two Lips ; the upper is call’d the Cref, the under the Beard: Sometimes the Creftis wanting, and then the Style and Chives fupply its Place ; as in the Ground-Pine, Scordium, Bugula, &c, but the greateft Part have Job’s Tears. The Charaffers are ; It hath the whole Habit of a Reed; the Male Flowers (which have no Petals) are produc’d in a Spike on different Parts from the Female of the fame Plant; the Ovaryis a long Tube with two Horns, which becomes a hard, ftrong Fruit, containing one Seed, two Lips; which in fome Species, the Upper- This is a fort of Corn which is often culti- lip is turn’d upwards, as the Ground-Ivy, 8c. but moft ufually the Upper-lip is convex above, andtarns the hollow Part down to the Lowerlip, and fo reprefents a kind of Helmet or vated in Portugal, Italy, and fome other warm onk’s-hood, from whence thefe are call’d ( Cucullate, and Galericulate Flowers, in which Form are moft of the Verticillate beft Crops, Wall, and hereby your Fruit-Trees will be in- LA LABLAB ; vide Phafeolus. LABRUM VENERIS; vide Dipfacus. LABRUSCA; vide Vitis. LABYRINTH, [ satdeoSG@-] a winding, ‘zy, andintricate turning to andfro through nefs or a Wood. Defign of a Labyrinth is to caufe an nd difficult Labour to find out the nd the Aim is to make them fo that a Perfon may lofe himfelfin ir, t with as great a Number ofStops and ‘ntments as is poffible, they being the ble that are moft intricate. As to the Contrivance of them, it will “1 ac be poffible to give Direétions in Words ; veral Plans and Defigns in Books : They are rarely met with but noble Gardens, by way of Curiofity ; andrarely produces ripe Seeds with us, except in very warm Seafons : The Seeds ofthis Plant fhould be fown upon a light Soil and in a warm Situation early in LABURNUM ; vide Cytiffus. and Countries, where they {tring the Seeds (which are very fmooth, and ofa bright Afh-colour) for Beads; andin fearce Years of other Grain, I have been inform’d, the poorer Sort of People make Breadof it, but I do not findit is any wherecultivated for that Purpofe ; the natural Place of its Growth is in Candia, and the other Iflands ofthe Archipelago. It is feldom cultivated in England, unlefs as Hampton- the Spring ; and whenthe Plants are come up, they muft be carefully tranfplanted to the Di- ftance of ten Inches or a Foot each way, obferving to water them until they have taken new Root; after which they will require no other Culture than to clear them from Weeds, and if the Seafon proves warm, they will perfect their Seeds in Autumn. LACTIFEROUS PLANTS, are fuch as abound with a milky Juice, as the Tithymalus, Sonchus, Laétuca, &c. LACTUCA: [fo call’d from Lac, Lat. Milk, becaufe the Leaves, Stalks, Flower and Branch being broken, plentifully emit a Milk, or white milky Juice, quickly turning yellow and bitterith.] Lettuce. S{{f{ The |