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Lady Fern

Nephrodium thelypteris, a species with lanceolate, pinnate fronds, the pinnæ again deeply pinnatifid. Also Athyrium filix fæmina, a beautiful fern with large, membranous, oblong, lanceolate, twice or thrice pinnate fronds, with close-set pinnules.

La Farina

GIUSEPPE (lä fä-rē nä), an Italian historian; born in Messina, July 20, 1815. A democratic leader, favoring Italian unity and independence. His principal work was "His- People" (10 vols. 1846). He died in tory of Italy Narrated to the Italian Florence, Italy, Sept. 5, 1863.

La Grange

a city of Georgia, in Troup co. It is on the Atlanta and West Point, the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic, and the Macon and Birmingham railroads. Its industries include cotton and cotton -seed oil mills , and a creamery. It is the seat of two women's colleges. Pop. (1910) 5,587; (1920) 7,038. a

Lake Forest University

a co-educational institution in Lake Forest, Ill., founded in 1857 under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 18, students, 167; president, H. W. Wright.

LAKE LAKE.

MOHONK. See MOHONK LAKE OF GENNESARET. See GALI-

Lee

SEA OF.

Lake of Lot

THE, the Arabic name for the Dead Sea.

LAKE OF THE FOUR FOREST CAN- TONS, another name for the Lake of Lucerne. The city of Lucerne, and the towns of Küsnacht, Brunnen, and Flüelen are on its shores.

LAKE OF THE THOUSAND IS-

Lands

an expansion of the ST. LAW- RENCE (q. v.) extending about 40 miles below Lake Ontario. It contains about 1,500 rocky islets, the largest, Wolfe Island (48 square miles; pop. 2,383), measuring 21 miles by 7.

Lakewood

a city of Ohio, in Cuyahoga co. It is a residential suburb of Cleveland and has a public library and a hospital. Pop. (1910) 15,181; (1920) 41,732.

Lake Worship

a particular kind of water worship noticed by Sir John Lubbock (Lord Avebury) ("Prehistoric Times," p. 269) to refute a theory that the gold ornaments dredged up from the sites of lake dwellings were offerings to the gods. That certain lakes were held sacred by ancient nations is indisputable.

Lambayeque

a seacoast province of Peru. Situated in the N. W. part of Peru. Situated in the N. W. pa that country it is traversed by many mountain ranges. The soil is poor, but crops of sugar, tobacco and cotton are raised. The capital of the province is Chiclayo. Pop. about 130,000.

Lamboys

in old armor, skirts of steel plates, flexible and overlapping, attached to the front and back pieces of the cuirass, and hanging over the thighs.

Laminating Machine

a goldbeater's rolling-mill for reducing the ingot of gold to such a thickness that a square inch will weigh 6½ grains. The ingot weighs two ounces, and is threequarters of an inch broad. The rollers are of hard steel, and extend the ingot to a ribbon. The gold is frequently annealed during the process.