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Show LA The Charafersare 3 , ; It bath a fibrofe Root, which is, for the moft LA LA Diftance, which if done before the Plants are too large, they will fucceed very well, thongh they will not be fo large as thofe which were The Lea upon the Brane s3 the Stalks are, F, and do comt, fle i left upon the Spot where they were fown ; k Dut {t would be befide my Purpofe to mention a fhady moift Situation; but not under the they will come fomewhat later, whichwi ll b fort of Umbel 5 tbe Cup of Service, where People do not continue fowine ler, and fealy 3 the Seeds every Month. ; enerally terminate in You muft alfo obfervein fowing the fucceeding Crops, as the Seafon advances, to chufe in this Place the feveral Sorts of Lettuce that Drip of Trees, otherwife in the Heat ofSumare to be found in Botanick Writers, many of mer, they will run up to Seed before they which are Plants of no Ufe, and are never cabk : In the beginning of Auguft, yout cultivated but in Botanick Gardens for Variety, fhould fow the laft Crop, whichis to ftand and fomeof themare found wild in many Parts over Winter, and fhould be fown thin upon of Engle I fhall therefore pafs over thofe a goodlight Soil, in a warm Situation, and here, and only mention the feveral Sorts which when the Plants are come up, they muft be are cultivated in the Kitchen-Garden for Ufe: hoed out fo as to ftand fingly, and cut down Letiuce. 2. Cabb all the Weeds to clear them 3 andthe Begin ning of Oéfober they fhould be tranfplanted into warm Borders, where, if the Winteris not very fevere, they will ftand very well; bite Cos Letinuce. 9. Black but in order to be fure of a Crop, it will be 11. Red Capuchin Lei13. Prince Lettuce, “firft of thefe Sorts is commonly fown j ing for cutting, to mix withother {mall Sallet Herbs, and is only different from the fecond Sort, in being a Degeneracy thereform, or otherwife the fecond is an Improvement by frequent Cultivation from the firft; for if the Seeds are faved from fuch Plants of the fecond Sort as did not cabbage clofely, the Plants produc’d from that Seedwill all degenerate to the firft Sort, which is by the Gardeners call’d Laped Lettuce, todiftinguith it from the other, which they call Cabbage Lettuce. The Seeds of the firft, which are commonlyfav’d from any ofthe Plants, without having R 1 to. their Goodnefs, are generally fold at a very cheap Rate, (efpecially in dry Seafons, when thefe Plants always produce the greateft Quan- tity of Seeds) ; tho’ fometimes this Seedis fold in the Seed-fhops, and by Perfons who make a Tradeof felling Seeds for the Cabbage-Lettuce, which is often the Occafion of Peoples being difappointed in their Crop : So that this Sore fhould never be cultivated but to be cut up very young, for which Purpofe this is the only good Sort, and may be fown anytime of the Year, obferving only in hot Weather to fowit on fhady Borders, andin the Spring and Autumn upon warm Borders ; but in Winter it fhould be fown under Glaffes, otherwife it is fubject to bedeftroy’d byfevere Frofts, _Uhe Cabbage Lettuce may alfo be fown at diferent Times of the Year, in order to have a Continuation of it thro’ the whole Seafon 3 the firft Crop is generally fown in Feb UAT Ys which fhould be upon an open warm Spot of Ground, and when the Plants are come up, they fhould be thin’d out, to the Diftance of ten Inches each Way, which maybe done by hocing them out as is practis’d for 7; if Grate So gONHSh YOU ve yee He fopert uous E lants, otherwife othe ee awn up and tranfplanted into "Spot of good Ground at the fame advifeable to plant a few upon a Bed pretty clofe, where they maybe arched over with Hoops, and in fevere Frofts they fhould be covered with Mats andStraw, or Peafe-| to fecure them from being deftroy’d, the Spring of the Year they maybe tr planted out into a warm, rich Soil at the Diftance before-mention’d; but ftill thole which grew under the Wall, if they« the Winter, and were fufler’d to remain, will cabbage fooner than thofe which are remov’d, but you muft obferve not to place them too clofe to the Wall, which wouldoccafion their growing uptall, and prevent their being large or hard. In order to fave good Se of this Kind, you fhould look over your Lettyces when they are in Perfection, and fuch of them as are very hard and grow low, fhould have S X thruft into the Ground, by the Sides of as many of them as you intenc mark them from the reft, and you carefully pull up all the reft from amongft them as foon as they begin to run up, i any happen to beleft, left by intermixing with the good ones, the Seeds may degenerate, i It may be fome Perfons may object, that fuppofe fome bad ones fhould happen to be left among them (for Seeds to fowfor all Sallets) yet the good ones being mark’d, t Seeds need not be mix’d, and fo no Danger can enfue from thence; but notwithft ever fo much Care being taken to keep. tne Seeds feparate, yet, whether from the inter mixing of the Farina during the Time o their being in Flower, or what other Caule Fean’t fay, but it hath been often obfe that where good and bad Plants have upon the fame Spot, the Seeds of the Plants which were carefully faved feparatel have very much degenerated, and pr worfe than fach as have feeded bythemfelv ‘The Seeds fhould always be favedeither ft thofe which ftood through the Wint thofe which were fown early in the Sj for the late ones very feldom perfect their Seeds. , The Silefia, In Royal, Black, White and Upright Cos Letiuces may be fown at the following Times: The firft Seafon for fowing thefe Seeds, is at the latter End of February, or the Beginning of March, upon a warmlight Soil, and an openSituation, 7. e. notoverfhadowed with Trees, and when the Plants are come up, they fhould be either hoed out or tran{planted into another Spot of Ground, (as was directed for the Cabbage Lettuce) obferving to leave thefe Sorts een or fixteen Inches apart each Way, which will be full near enough for thefe Plants, efpeciallyif the Soil be good, and you muft carefully keep themclear from Weeds, which is the only Culture they will require, except the Black and White Cos Let tuce, which fhould be tied up when they are full grown (in the Manner as was directed for blanching of Zxdive) to whiten their inner Leaves, andrender themcrifp, otherwife they are feldom good for much, rarely cabbaging ithout this Affiftance. When your Lettuces are in Perfection, you fhould look over them, and mark as many of the beft of them as you intend for Seed (in the fame Manneras was beforedireéted for the common Cabbage Letiuce) being very careful not to ft any ordinary ones to feed amongft them, as was before obferv’d, which would prove more injurious to thefe Sorts than to the common, as being moreinclinable to degenerate with us, if they are not carefully preferved. You mayalfo continue thefe Sorts through the Seafon, by fowing of them in April, May and Fune, obferving (as was before directed) to fow the late Crops in a moift, fhady Situation, otherwife they willrun up toSeed before they growto any Size; but in Auguft, toward End, you may fowof thefe Sorts to e the Winter, which Plants fhould be tranfplanted either under Glaffes, or into a Bed which fhould be arched over with Hoops, imorder to be cover’d in the Winter, otherwife in hard Winters they areoften deftroy’d; but you mutt conftancly let thefe Plants have as much open free Air as poffible when the Weather is mild, only covering them in hard Rains or frofty Weather ; for if they are kept too clofely cover’d in Winter, theywill be fubject toa Mouldinefs, which foon rots them. In the Spring thefe Plants fhould be planted te a rich light Soil, allowing themat leaft ghteenInches Diftance each Way; forif they are planted too clofe they are very fubject to srow tall; but feldom cabbage well: And 1 this Crop, if they fucceed well, it will be Proper to fave your Seeds, tho’ you fhould alfo fave fromthat Crop fownin the Spring, '¢ lometimes it happens that the firft may fail by a wet Seafon, whenthe Plants are full in Flower, and the fecond Crop may fucceed, by having a more favourable Seafon, and if they fhouldboth fucceec > there will be no harm in that, fince the Seeds will gtowvery well when two Years old, and if well faved at three 3 but this will not always happen, The moft valuable of all tuces in Eng dare the V lles, the Sil. and Cos, tho’ fome Peopleare very fond of the Royal and Imp Lettuces; but they teldar fell fo well in the London Markets as the other nor are fo generally efteem’d. The Brown Dutch and Gree C. i tuces are very hat 1 may be jown at fame Seafons as was d Cabbage Lettuce; and : under a W where many times thef of the other Sorts t fore they will prove very acceptable at a Time when few other Sorts are to be had; they will alfo endure more Heat and Droveht than mott other Sorts of Lettuce, which renders them very properforlate fowi for it often happens in very hot Weat that the other Sorts of Lettuce will run up to Seed in a few Days after they are cabbag’d, whereas thefe will abide a Fortnight or three Wee Order, efpecially if Care be taken to cut the forwardeft firft, leaving thofe the ( hard cabbag’d tothe laft; In faving : Seeds the { Care fhould be taken to pre ferve only fuch as are very la and well cabbaged, otherwife the Seeds will dee and be goodfor little. The Red Capuchin, Roman and Prince Let tuces are pretty Varieties, and are very early Cabbagers, for which Reafon a few of them may bepreferv’d; as mayallo fome of the leppo, for the Beauty ofits {potted Leaves ; tho’ very few People care for either ofthefe Sorts at Table, when the other more valuable ones are to be obtain’d ; but in a Scarcity, thet may fupply the Placepretty ll. The Seeds of thefe muft alfo be faved from fuch as cab bage beft, otherwife theywill degenerate, and be goodforlittle. In faving Seeds ofall thefe Sorts of L you fhould obferve, when the Plants have run up, to fix aStake down bythe Sides of each, to which the Stem fhould be faften’d, to pre vent their being broke, or blown out of the Ground by Wind, to which the Siefia and the otherlarge-growing Lefiwces are very fubject whenthey are in Flower. You mutt alfo obferve to cut fuch Branches ofthe |! rowing Lettuces as ripen firft, and not wait to have the Seed of the whole Plant ripe toge ther, which never happens, but, on the contrary, fome Branches will be ripe a Fortnight or three Weeks before others; and when you cut them, they muft be fpread upon a coarfe Cloth in a dry Place, that the Seeds may dry; after which, you fhould beat *em out; and dry ’em again, and then preferve ’em for Ufe, being careful to hang ’em up where Mice and other Vermin can’t come at ’em ; forif they do, they will foon eat them up. LACTUCA AGNINI; cide Valerianella. LADY?’s SLIPPER ; vide Helleborine, LADY’s SMOCK ; wide Cardamine, LAGOPUS ; vide Trifolium |
