LENITIVE ELECTUARY. — Finely-powdered senna, half a
pound ; powdered coriander seed, a quarter of a pound ; prunes and
tamarinds, of each one pound ; and figs, one pound. Mix, and make into
an electuary with simple syrup. Dose : A teaspoonful two or three times
a day. This is a pleasant laxative for children and females.
LENTIL SOUP. — Wash a pint of red lentils in cold water;
grease the inside of a saucepan with butter, put in the lentils with an onion
cut in quarters, and three sticks of celery cut in pieces, cover the saucepan
with the lid, and set it over the fire for five minutes, stirring once or twice
to prevent burning ; then pour in three pints of boiling water✪ Lentil Soup ; stir well,
and simmer from an hour to an hour and a half. Pour the soup through a
wire sieve into a basin, rubbing the vegetables through with a wooden
spoon ; return the soup to the saucepan, and season with pepper and salt.
When the soup boils, stir, pour it into a soup tureen, and serve.
LETTUCES, To Dress. — Cut them into quarters and lay them in
salt and water for ten minutes ; boil them in some good stock, then press
them into a good shape. Boil down their liquor to a glaze and add it to
some thick sauce ; glaze the quarters, arrange them neatly on a dish, and
pour the sauce round.
LETTUCES, To Grow. — Sow the seed of both cos and cabbage
lettuces for principal crop at the beginning of March ; and to have a
regular supply, let more be sown about the middle, and more still at the
end, of the month, repeating the sowing at regular intervals during April
and May, at all times raking the seed in lightly. When large enough to
transplant, draw with a small hoe some shallow drills fifteen inches asunder,
and plant one row of lettuces in each drill, setting the plants a foot from
each other. This should, if possible, be done in moist weather so as to
save labour, for they will not succeed if planted out at a season of drought,
unless they are kept for a time well supplied with water. A sowing may be
made under a south wall in September or October of brown cos or Victoria
cabbage lettuces for winter use.
LILIES, To Cultivate. — The white, orange, Canada, and Turk’s-
cap lilies are quite hardy, suited to the open border, and grow well in
ordinary garden soil. The tiger lily flourishes best in heath mould. The
Siberian pompone lily prefers a light soil and a shady situation. The tufts
of bulbs should be taken up every fourth year after the foliage has gone off,
and planted at once at a depth of from three to four inches.
LILY OF THE VALLEY. — These flowers flourish best in leaf
mould, but may be grown in any light, moist soil. They are generally
multiplied by transplanting good-sized patches of the roots. They will
make their appearance year after year, bursting into bloom and spreading
their roots each season.
LIMBS (NUMBNESS OF THE), To Relieve. — Strong liquid
ammonia, one ounce ; oil of turpentine, six teaspoonfuls ; laudanum,
thirty drops. Rub well into the skin.
LIME, Burns from. — See Burns from Lime.
LIME WATER, To Make. — Put a piece of unslaked lime the size
of an egg into a winebottleful of cold water, shake it up a few times, and
let it settle, then pour off the clear portion. The water will not take up
more than a certain quantity of the lime.
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LENITIVE ELECTUARY. — Finely-powdered senna, half a pound ; powdered coriander seed, a quarter of a pound ; prunes and tamarinds, of each one pound ; and figs, one pound. Mix, and make into an electuary with simple syrup. Dose : A teaspoonful two or three times a day. This is a pleasant laxative for children and females.
LENTIL SOUP. — Wash a pint of red lentils in cold water; grease the inside of a saucepan with butter, put in the lentils with an onion cut in quarters, and three sticks of celery cut in pieces, cover the saucepan with the lid, and set it over the fire for five minutes, stirring once or twice to prevent burning ; then pour in three pints of boiling water ; stir well, and simmer from an hour to an hour and a half. Pour the soup through a wire sieve into a basin, rubbing the vegetables through with a wooden spoon ; return the soup to the saucepan, and season with pepper and salt. When the soup boils, stir, pour it into a soup tureen, and serve.
LETTUCES, To Dress. — Cut them into quarters and lay them in salt and water for ten minutes ; boil them in some good stock, then press them into a good shape. Boil down their liquor to a glaze and add it to some thick sauce ; glaze the quarters, arrange them neatly on a dish, and pour the sauce round.
LETTUCES, To Grow. — Sow the seed of both cos and cabbage lettuces for principal crop at the beginning of March ; and to have a regular supply, let more be sown about the middle, and more still at the end, of the month, repeating the sowing at regular intervals during April and May, at all times raking the seed in lightly. When large enough to transplant, draw with a small hoe some shallow drills fifteen inches asunder, and plant one row of lettuces in each drill, setting the plants a foot from each other. This should, if possible, be done in moist weather so as to save labour, for they will not succeed if planted out at a season of drought, unless they are kept for a time well supplied with water. A sowing may be made under a south wall in September or October of brown cos or Victoria cabbage lettuces for winter use.
LILIES, To Cultivate. — The white, orange, Canada, and Turk’scap lilies are quite hardy, suited to the open border, and grow well in ordinary garden soil. The tiger lily flourishes best in heath mould. The Siberian pompone lily prefers a light soil and a shady situation. The tufts of bulbs should be taken up every fourth year after the foliage has gone off, and planted at once at a depth of from three to four inches.
LILY OF THE VALLEY. — These flowers flourish best in leaf mould, but may be grown in any light, moist soil. They are generally multiplied by transplanting good-sized patches of the roots. They will make their appearance year after year, bursting into bloom and spreading their roots each season.
LIMBS (NUMBNESS OF THE), To Relieve. — Strong liquid ammonia, one ounce ; oil of turpentine, six teaspoonfuls ; laudanum, thirty drops. Rub well into the skin.
LIME, Burns from. — See Burns from Lime.
LIME WATER, To Make. — Put a piece of unslaked lime the size of an egg into a winebottleful of cold water, shake it up a few times, and let it settle, then pour off the clear portion. The water will not take up more than a certain quantity of the lime.
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