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Show LU LU the fake of Variety. This may be propagated jn the fame manner asthe two former, and is alfo annual, as they are. LOVE APPLE; vide Lycoperficon. LUNARIA, [fo call’d, of Luna, Lat. the Moon, becaufe the Seed-veffels refemble the Form of the Moon.] Moon-wort, SattenFlower, or Honefty. The Charaéters are ; The Flower confifts of four Leaves, which expand in Form of a Cro[s : Tbe Ovary (which rifes in the Centre of the Flower) becomes a comprefs'd perfectly fmooth Fruit, divided, as it were, into two Cells by an intermediate Partition, to which adhere the parallel and memand filld with Seeds, which have commonly a broad Border, and are fhapd hike a Kiduey. The Species are ; 1. Lunarra ; major, filiqua rotundiore. . B. Greater Moon-wort, with round Pods, commonly calP’d Honefty, or White Sattin. 2. Lunarta ; major, filiqua longiore. F.B. Greater Moon-wort, with a longer Pod. 3. Lunarra 3 major, perennis, filiqua ro- tundiori, flore albo. Tourn. Greater perennial Moon-wort, with a rounder Pod, and a white Flower, The other Sorts may be all propagated in the {ame manner as the former, with this Dif. ference, viz. That as they are fomewhattenderer, fo they fhould have a warmerSituation, otherwife they are fubjeét to be deftroy’d in LOTUS ARBOR ; vide Celtis. branous Valves, LU very cold Winters: They fhould alfo have adry Soil, which fhould be frefh, but not dung’d ; for if the Soil be too rank, they often canker and decay, efpecially in wet Seafons, Thefe Plants are all of them pretty Varie- ties in large Gardens where there is Room; But they are feldom cultivated in {mall Places, efpecially the two firft Sorts, which grow pretty large, and take up too much Room. Their Flowers are not very beautiful: But for the Oddnefs of their Seed-veffels, as alfo the different Appearances of the Plants, they may be admitted. The third, fifth, and fixth Sorts are perennial Plants, which may be propagated by planting Cuttings of any of them in the Summer Months, ina fhady Border oflight freth Earth, obferving to water them until they have taken Root ; after which, they maybe remov'd into the Places where they are to remain, and muft be treated as thofe Plants which were rais’d from Seeds. LUPINUS: Lupine. The Charaéfers are ; ; It bath a papilionaceous Flower, out of who/é Empalement rifes the Pointal, which afterwards Moon-wort, with a Stock- turns into a Pod, that is fila with either 4 Lunarra ; Leucoji folio, filiqua oblonga majori. Tourn. July-flower Leaf, and a large oblong Pod. 5. Lunaria; fruticofa perennis, incana, Leucoji folio. Tourn. Shrubbyperennial Moonwort, with a Stock-July-flower Leaf. 6. Lunazia ; Orientalis, Leucoji folio in- plain or [pherical Seeds. Yo which may be upon the added, the Leaves grow like Fingers Footfialks. The Species are ; 1. Lupinus ; fylveftris, purpureo flore, cano, lutea patula. Feffieu. Yellow {preading Eaftern Moon-wort, with a Stock-July-flower Leaf. 4. Lunarra ; perennis lutea, folio Leucoji, mine rotundo vario. F. B. ramis expanfis.Vail. Branching yellowperennial Raii Hift. Narrow-leav’d Taller Blue Lupie. 3. Lupinus ; /ylveftris, flore luteo. C. B.P. The common Yellow Lupine. Wild Lupime, with a purple Flower, and round variegated Seed, commonly calfd The Leffer Blue Lupine. 2. Lupinus ; augufifolius, caruleus elatior. Moon-wort, with a Stock-July-flower Leaf. There are fome other Varieties of this Plant, which are preferv’d in curious Botanick Gardens: But thofe here mention’d are the beft hofus coeruleus major, C.B.P. Foreign Great worth cultivating, for their Beauty. Hairy Lupine, with a large blue Flower, 0” The firft of thefe Plants is very common in moft old Gardens in England, and is common~ ly known by the Name of Honey, or White Satten: It requires very little Culture, and fhould be fown foon after the Seeds are ripe in Autumn, upon a Bed or Border of common Earth, in almoft any Situation, (provided it be not under the Dripping of Trees) in which Place theyfhould be {uffer'd to remain; for they feldom thrive well if tranfplanted - and in May following they will produce Flowers, and the Seeds will ripen in Auguf. The Seedveflels of this Plant, when they are full ripe, become very tran{parent, and of the Appear- ance of White Satten, at which Time the Branches are cut off and dry’d; after which, they are preferv’d to place in the Chimnies of Ralls and large R very agreeable. coms, where they appear 4. Luprnus ; peregrinus, majors vel a Flefh-colour’d Flower, commonly calla ne of with ‘The Rofe Lupine. P 6. Lupinus ; fativus, flore albo. C B. ‘bs Wil a with Lupine, Manured or Garden Flower. Lupines, are very common at every very reafonable Price. Thefe Seeds may be fown in April, May, and June, in order to continue a Succeffion oftheir Flowers through the Summer. They muft be fown where they areto remain, for they feldom do well if tranfplanted: They love a fight Soil, not too rich or moift; in both which they are very fubject to rot before they perfeét their Seeds. Thefe produce their Flowers fucceffively in Fune, Fuly, and Augu/t, according to the Time There are feveral other Waricties of this Plant, which are preferv'd in fome cul © Botanick Gardens, that differ chiefly Colour and Size of their Flowers and Fr ‘i but thofe here mention’d are fuch as generar) are preferr’d, for the Beautyof their se for which alone they are propagated int The was fown, for the Roots of this Plant com- monly run very deep into the Ground, which by temoving are commonlybroken, after which the Plant feldom does well. This fhould be fownonalightdry Soil, in which it will thrive very well, and continue feveral Years, producing fine Spikes of blue Flowe but th Sort rarely perfects its Seeds in this Country. LUPULUS: [This Plant takes its Name of Lupus, Lat. a Wolf, becaufe the Antients had a Notion, that Wolves were wont to hide themfelves underthis Plant.} The Hop. The Cz fers: Are 5, r Root; the L oftheir being fown, and do commonly grow abouttwo Feethigh; fo that if they are rightly difpos’d amongft other annual Plants of the fame Growth in Borders, they make an agreeable Variety. The Seeds ofthefe Plants fhould always be fown in dry Weather, for if there fhould happen to be much Wet foonafter they e Flower; the Female Plants b é to fquamofe He producd an horned Ovary, which becomes a fingle roundifo Seed, The Species are are put into the Ground, it commonlyrots The blue and white Sorts have no . Scent, but the yellow has a very agreeable Odour, for which it is commonly preterr’d by moft People to the others. The narrow-leav’d, tall, blue Lupin fo commonin in Jialy and Spain itis one of the moft common : In the former of which Places it is fown to improve the Ground which is defign’d for Vineyards; where, when the Lupines are in Flower, they cat them down, andplough’em into the Ground as Manure: Or, ifthey have not Time enough to do this, they parboil the Seeds to prevent their growing, and fow them upon the Ground (allowing fixteen Buhhels to an Acre) and plough themin; fo that in thefe Countries it is a valuable Plant. The fourth and fifth Sorts are ftill more rare than any of the former, and only to be found in fome curious Gardens, (efpecially the fourth, which was formerly very common, Plants do growthree Feet high, and fpread #ut into many Branches, which are furnifh’d with fine Spikes of large Flowers, which make Appearance, and continue a long The Seeds of thefe Plants upon m dry Border, where they muft remain hey are fown late they feldom erfect their Seeds with us; therefore the bet- Wayis to fow them in Augu/t, under a 4. Lupinus 3 caraleus, minor, pee Virginianus, repens. Mor. Hift. Smaller Pe nial Creeping Blue Lupine of Virgin!a Englifo Gardens, i Seed-fhop, where they are generally fold at a but is nowalmoft loft amongft us:) Thefe monly calf'd The Great Blue Lupine. 5. Luprnus ; peregrinus, major, J carnato. H.L. Foreign Greater Lupie, fhe firft Sort is very common in every Garden, being fown in the Borders of the Flower-Garden, with other hardy Kinds of innual Plants, which do not require the Affiftance of a Hot-bed to bring themforward. The Seeds of this, and the common Yél/ow and 1. Luputus, mas. C.B. P. The Male Hop; commonly call’d, The Wild Hop. 2, Luputus, femina. C.B.P, The Female or manur’d Hop. Of this aft Sort, the People whocultivate them, reckon three diffe ari firft, The long and fquare long White Hop, anid th are indifferently cultivated in of the Male Hop, there has been no taken of any different Varieti This Sort grows wild in Hedges in d land, but is never cultivate Ufe. There being the greateft Plantation of Hops in Kent that are in any Countyin England, iC is very probable that their Methodot plant ing and ordering them fhould be the b aft, As for the Choice of their Hop-Gro they efteem the richeft and ftrongeft Grounds as the moft proper; they chufe a warm dry Sow, that has a good Depth of hazel Mould, and if it be rocky within two orthree Feet of the Surface, the Hops will profper well, but they will by no means thrive on a ftiff Clay, or fpungy wet Land. If it may be, chufe a Piece of Meadowor Lay-ground to plant Hops on, fuch as has not been til?d or fown for many Years, or an old decay’d Orchard; for Landthat is worn out bylong bearingof Cornwill require abundance of Dungto bring it into any tolerable ra Crop of Hops. varm Wall or H , where the Plants will come up, and endure the Cold ofourordinary Wintersverywell fe Plants will flower er, and never fail to as thofe fown in the g Plant, which 4; from brought into y well, provided the Place where it itl ting new Land beft for Hops, ) Planters plant their Hop-Gardens a large Diftance, and w that when the Land , Which they reckon in about ten Years, the Trees may gin to bear: “ Years; and by large, they cut dé 5 E trees laft about thirty re the 4p; |