L.

Lace, blond, 61

Lace, gold or silver, 72

Lace, white, to wash, 58, 626

Lacquer, to clean, 34

Lamps, to clean, 34

Lamps, economical wick for, 34

Lamps, to prevent, &c., 104

Lamps, to prevent smoking, 441

Lamps and candles, 215

Lamp oil, the best, 439

Land, wet, 471

Landscapes in water colors, 392

Laudanum, 121

Lavender, oil of, 622

Lavender, vinegar, 148

Lavender water, 141

Laws, 682

Laxatives, 108, 547, 551

Lead, 121

Lead-color, 387

Leaf impressions, 176, 410, 411

Leanness, 120

Leap year, 673

Leather cases, to clean, 54

Leather, old, oiling, 45

Leather work, ornamental, 422

Leather, enamelled, to polish, 628

Leaves, skeleton, 409

Leaves, when to collect, 306

Leaf-lice, 484

Leeches, 101, 570

Lemonade, 242, 349

Lemonade, Italian, 349

Lemon juice, to purify, 192

Length of day and night, to ascertain, 673

Letter writing, 660

Letters, to gild, 378

Lettuce, 478

Lettuce, to keep, 355

Ley, dyspeptic, 242

Life-belts, 648

Lightning, stroke of, 208, 570

Lightning, to avoid, 460

Lime, 464

Lime for cottage walls, 37

Lime in the eye, 572

Lime and oil, 551

Lime and oil camphorated, 551

Lime water, 116, 247

Lime water, 389, 594

Linen, to bleach, 57

Linen, house, &c., 157

Linen, to perfume, 148

Linen, to take stains out of, 54

Linen, scorched, 55

Linen, to restore, &c., 55

Linen rags, 446

Liniments, 550

Linings, &c., to dye, 76

Linnet, or finch, 643

Linseed poultice, 113

Linseed tea, 117

Lint, 561

Lint, scraped, 562

Lions, to color, 389

Lips, chapped, 146

Lips, paste for, 146

Lip salve, 146, 619

Lockjaw, to prevent, 375, 612

Logwood, 549

Looking-glass, to clean, 18, 438

Lotions, 548

Love's telegraph, 512

Lumbago, 615

Lunar caustic, 121

Lungs, development of, 537

Lungs, to ascertain, &c., 553