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Show L The fifth Sort’ 2. was brought over from iVUM, latifi lium, African frutiu majore. Tourn. Broad-leav'd African Gibraltar by Sir Charles Wager and hath fince been communicated to fever manurd Flax, with a large Fruit, 3. Linum 3 m aritimune, luteum, C. curious Perfons : This Plant is eafily propaB, P, gated by parting the Roots, or planting Cut- Yellow Maritime Flax. 4 Linum ; fatir h » flore majore, tings in any of the Summer Months, which if waterd and fhaded will foon take Root, and Bobart. Dwarf manur’d Flax, with a larger may afterwards be planted in Pots fill’d with frefh, light, undung’d Earth, in which they will fucceed muchbetter than ina richer Soil ; for if theyare planted in a fine rich Earth, it Flower. caufes them to growveryfaft for a fhort Time, 6. Linum; tulo mi but they feldom fail to rot foon after. Thefe muft be remov’d into Shelrerin Winter, where they muft have as much free Air as poffible in ilo majore. Mor. Hift. e Flax, witha large Head. Flax, with a imal] Thereare fev Plant which if fome of the Plants were planted in a dry, The firft Sort is that whichis cultivated for Ufe in divers Parts of Europe, andis reckon’d The fixth, feventh, and eighth Sorts are annual Plants, which fhould be fown early in curi dens ofPlants for Variety Sake ; but as tt e oflittle Ufe or Beauty, {0 it would be needlef§ to mention them in this Place. an excellent Commodity ; the right Tilling and Ordering of whichis cfteem’da good Piece of Husbandry. This fhould be cultivated upon richSoil, the Spring upon a Bed of light, freth Earth ; that has not been plough’d for feveral Years, upon which Flax ays makes thebeft Im- the Borders of the Flowe Soil, fo it fhould not be fown two Years together upon the fame Ground. The Land muft be well plough’d, laid flat and when the Plants are come up about two Inches high, they fhould be tranfplanted into ers in Fane and Fuly, and their S : their Flow- are ripe im September. The Seeds of thefe Plants may allo be fown in Autum » foon aftcr they are ripe, under a warm Wall or H , where they will endure the Cold of ou ordinary Winters very well ; and in the Spring they may be tranfplanted out into the B ers, where they are defign’d to fower : And thee cutuimnal Plants will grow much| » and come to flower muchfooner than thole rais’'d in the Spring, and from thefe youwill always have good Seeds, LINGUA CERVINA ; Ha Thefe Plants do commonly gr the Joints of old Walls and Bu they. are moift and fhady, tivated in Gardens: There is a Variety of thefe Plants both in upon which the Seeds fhould be fown about the Middle of March, when the Weather is mild and warm: During the Spring you matt carefully weed it; whichifneglected, (efpecially in a overgrow id ft Seafon) the ? To p rile again the next Rain: be practis’d buat ina mo ndies, but there are very few of them in LINUM; Flax The Charaéfers W ill T 2 fay, they will eat away the Weed and do the Fiz in it, and beat it down, ’ out from s, where domculve reat Eaft and Crop: fome People who d the feed Sheep with F/ax, when’tis a goodHeight, ‘ iurope : "They maybepro gated by parting their Roots, and fhould have a moift So d fhadySituation. e Leaves, which expan Fuly-flower J ¢ ; theé Ovary, whic! Center of the Fi provement ; but as it draws greatlyfrom the and even, e at thi eafon, a tich Soil, for if the G Spring dry, it will not rife again to anycon fiderable Height. The beft Seed is t Country, and is know Riga Flax ; for if the £ S three or four times, it is very apt to degenera if the Seed begood, two Buhhels will bee to fow an A but if it be but n the latter End of uly the Flaw will be y many Cells, in which are lodg’d many plain, fmooth Seeds, which are b lunt at one End, and generally foarp at the other. The Spectes are ; 1. Linum 3. /ativum, GC. B. P. Manur’d Flax, ripen ; when you mutt be carefi not overripe, therefore you muft as foon as the Heads begin to change brow b and hang downwards foon {catter and be lo muft be nimble, and fetting them upr and then houie whenit firft beg and ftronger than if ripe, but then the See i The Method of Wateri &c. being a pa (by fuch who have a Curiofity) by fowing Segments, and is almoft of an anomalous Figure; their Seeds upon a Bed of frefh, rich, light fromthe Cup arifes the Piftilium, which becomes Earth, in March or the Beginning of April; a rough, prickly Pod, in which is contain'd one and when the Plants come up, they muft be or two bard roundifh Seeds. The Species. are ; carefully weeded, which is all the Culture they require, and they will produce their Flowers, 1. Lopus Ecurnatvs ; fruttu flavo, foliis rotundioribus. H. L. The Yellow Nicker, E Tree. 2, Losus Ecutnarus; fructu cafio, foliis lodes. longioribus. H. L. The Ash-colour’d Nicker, vulge. LIQUID AMBER ; vide Styrax. Thefe two Plants are vet'y commonin Famaica, Barbadoes, and all the Caribbee Ifjands, LITHOSPERMUM;; [of is@ a Stone, where they climb upon the Shrubs and Trees and omiguz Seed, gq. d. Stone-feed, becaufe the Seed of this Plant is hard, and is good againft which grownear them: The Leaves, Branches, Stems,-and every Part of them are greatly bethe Stone of the Reinsand Bladder.] Gromwell, fet with Prickles, which renders it very troubleGromill, or Graymill. fome to pafs between them where they grow The Characfers are ; pretty clofe, , The Cup of the Flower confifts of one Leaf, They are prefervd in the warmelt Stoves, which is cut almoft to the Bafe into five long by way of Curiofity, in England, but have not narrow Segments; the Flower, which is, for as yet produc’d any Flowers with us, that I tht moft part, fmall, confifis of one Leaf, is have feen, The Seeds of this Plant are often Funnel-foap’d, and {pread open at the Top; the brought over from the Weft-Indies, but their Pointal is encompafs'd by four Embryos, which Shells or Coverings are fo very hard, as not to become fo many roundifb bard polife'd Seeds. be eafily broken; nor do they ever come The Species are ; up when fown upona Hot-bed as other Seeds = 1. LirHospERMUM 3; majus, erecium.C.B. P. The only Method by which I have been capable of raifing thefe Plants, is, to put the Greater Upright Gromill. 2, LiTHOSPERMUM ; perenne, procumbens, frefh Seeds into a freth Hot-bed of Tanner’sflore purpureo-caruleo majore. Mor. Hift. "Trail- Bark, under the Bottom of a Pot, (in which ing perennial Gromill, with a purple-blue there is a Plant growing) where, from the Heat of the Bark, and the Moifture which will Flower. There are feverai other Sorts of this Plant, gently pafs through the Hole at the Bottom which are mention’d in Botanick Authors, but of the Pot, and being by the Bark there deas theyare rarely cultivated in Gardens, I fhall tain’d, the Shell of the Fruit will fplir, and omit taking Notice of them in this Place. The the Seeds germinate in a fhort time; then they firft Sort here mention’d, is that which is order’d may be taken up, and planted into Pots fill’d for Medicinal Ufes: This grows in fhady Lanes with light frefh Earth, and plung’d into the and uncultivated Places in divers Parts of Eng- Tanner’s-Bark, where they will come on apace, Jand, and is feldom cultivated in Gardens. The if conftantly fupply’d with Water: During fecond Sort is found wild in fome Parts of Wales, the Winter-feafon they muft be kept very but is lefS common than the former. Thefe warm, and often refrefh’d with Water ; but may becultivated by fowing their Seeds foon it muft be given them by {mall Quantities at after they are ripe, in a Bed of frefh Earth, a time, for if they have too much Moifture allowing them at leaft a Foot Diftance from given them at that Seafon, it is very apt to each other, obferving to keep them clear from deftroy them: In the Summer-time, when Weeds, and they will thrive in almoft any Soil the Weather is warm, they will require a or Situation, ’ there fhould be a greater Allowance : Toward Ss5 from the t alot All the otherSorts ofF/ax may becultivated The Charaéfers are ; The Leaves are equally pinnated the Flower confifis of one Leaf, which is cut into many deep LINUM UMBILICATUM ; vide Ompha- are preferv'd in fome rubbifhy Soil under a warm Wall, they would endure abroad very well in our ordinary Winters. : : my Defign, I fhall not pretend to give any z Direétions about it in this Place. and perfect their Seeds very well. 5. Linum; perenne mild Weather, and be only protected from fevere Cold ; fo that if the Pots are plac’d under an Hot-bed Frame, it will be better than to place them in a Green-houfe and I believe they areto remain: Thefe pro L, O BO I LOAM isa common fuperficial Earth, that is a Mixture of Sand and Clay, commonlyof a yellowifh Colour, though there is fome Loam that is blackifh: Some call Loam the moft common fuperficial Earth met with in England, without any Regard to the Portion it bears to Sand or Clay. greater Share of Air, but they muft never be {et abroad, evenin the hotteft Seafon, for they are too tender to bearthe open Air in our Climate, fo that they muft be conftantly preferv’d in the Stoves with Papaws, and other free-growing Plants which come from the fame Country. LOCULAMENTS, arelittle diftiné&Cells, It is found, by Experience, that Plants of or Partitions, within the Seed-Veffels of all Sorts will grow in it; and where-everit is Plants, found, it appears to be a more beneficial Soil to Plants than any other. A Clay us’d in LONCHITIS; fo call’d of atyyn, a Lance Grafting is alfo call’d Loam. or Spear, becaufe the Leaves are fo fharppointed as to refemble the Point of a Spear.) or LOBUS ECHINA TUS; Bonducor Nicker- Rough Spleenwort. ree, 3D The |