Chapter L

Lachryma Christi wine, 67
Ladanum, or Labdanum, how collected, and uses of, 166
Lamp black, how made, and uses of, 235
Larch, wood, bark, and sap, uses of, 236
Laudanum, how prepared, and uses of, 156
Lavender, description and culture of, 167
----, flowers, oil, and spirit of, 168
----, water, how prepared, 168
Laver, green or edible, description, preparation, and use of, 274
Leeks, description and uses of, 89
Lemon, description and uses of, 192
----, essential salt of, from what prepared, 193
Lettuce, culture and uses of, 198
Lichen, calcareous, description and uses of, 269
----, crab's eye, and tartareous, 269
----, purple rock, and dyer's, 270
----, Iceland, 271
Lignum vitæ, wood, resin, bark, and flowers, use& of, 127
Lime, a species of lemon, description and uses of, 194
Lime, or Linden-tree, flowers, wood, juice, leaves, and seed, uses of,
158
Line-seeds, what they are, and uses of, 86
Linseed oil, how prepared, and use of, 86
Ling. See Heath.
Liquorice, description, cultivation, and uses of, 186, 187
----, Spanish, how made, and uses of, 187
Lisbon wine, 65
Logwood, description of, how obtained, and uses of, 131, 132
Lords and Ladies. See Arum.
Lucern, description, cultivation, and uses of, 188