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-. Tlic 6rfl: fort grows naturally in Virginia ; this hath 

 roots compofed of feveral knobs, or tubers, which 

 hang to each other by fmall llrings •, from thefe 

 come out in the fpring Qendcr twining ftalks, which 

 rife to the height of eight or ten feet, garnifhed with 

 winged leaves, compoled of three pair of oval fpear- 

 ihaped lobes, terminated by an odd one. The flowers 

 come out in fhort fpikes from the fide of the ftalks ; 

 they are of a Pea-blofibm kind, of a dirty flefh- 

 colour, having little fcent. Thefe appear in Au- 

 guft, but do not produce feeds in England. The 

 Italks decay in autumn, but the roots continue -, this 

 is propagated by parting of the roots, each of the 

 tubers being feparated from the principal root, will 

 grow i the beft time for this is about the end of 

 March, or the beginning of April, before they put 

 out flioots. The roots fhould be planted in a warm 

 fituation, and in hard froft covered with tan or 

 mulch to proteft them, otherwife they will not live 

 abroad in this country : where they have been planted 

 againft a fouth wall, they have thriven and flowered 

 extremely well, which they feldom do in any other 

 fituation ; and thofe roots which are planted in 

 pots rarely flower, nor do their ftalks rife near fo 

 high as thofe which are planted in the full ground ; 

 feme ignorant perfons call this the Twickenham 

 Climber. 



The fecond fort was brought from Carolina, but has 

 been fince obferved in Virginia, and fome other places 

 in North America ; this fort has woody ftalks, which 

 twift themfelves together, and alfo twine round any 

 trees that grow near, and will rife to the height of 

 . fifteen feet, or more. The leaves are winged, and 

 in fliape fomewhat like the Afli-tree, but have a 

 greater number of pinnae. The flowers are produced 

 in clufters from the wings of the leaves, which are of 

 a purple colour; thefe are fucceeded by long cylin- 

 drical pods, ftiaped like thofe of the fcarlet Kidney- 

 bean, containing feveral l^idney-fhaped feeds^ but 

 thefe are never perfefted in England.v; 1- ,- .'^^.-^: - . 

 This climbing fhrub is propagated in ftyefal riur- 

 . feries near London, where it is known by the name of 

 j^ Carolina Kidney-bean-tree. It is mcreafed by laying 

 ., down the young branches in Oftober, which will be 

 .. rooted well by that time twelvemonth (efpecially if 

 . they are duly watered in dry weather) and may then 

 be tranfplanted, either in a nurfery for a year to get 

 _: ftrength, or to the place where they are to remain for 

 . . good, which fliould be in a warm light foil and a 

 fheltered fituation, where they will endure the cold 

 of our ordinary winters very well ; and if their roots 

 . are covered with ftraw. Fern, Peas-haulm, or any 

 other light covering, there will be no danger of their 

 . being deftroyed by the froft. 



, The third fort grows naturally m both Indies, and 



. alfo in Egypt. This Is a perennial plant, with flender 



.J twining ftalks, which twift about any neighbouring 



, fupport, and rife to the height of eight or ten feet, 



garnifhed with winged leaves, compofed of fixteen 



pair of fmall, oblong, blunt lobes, fet clofe together ; 



' thefe have the tafte of Liquorice, from whence the 



- inhabitants of the W^^eft-Indies have given it the name 



, of Wild Liquorice, and ufe the herb for the fame 



purpofe as the Liquorice In Europe. The flowers are 



'^ produced from.jhefide of the ftalks in fhort fpikes or 



bunches ; they are of a pale purple colour, and ftiaped 



; like thole of the Kidney-bean -, thefe are fucceeded by 



, fhort pods, each containing three or four hard round 



i feeds of a fcarlet colour, with a black Ipot or eye on 



that fide which is fattened to the pod. The feeds of 



. this plant are frequently ftrung, and are worn a? or- 



' naments by the natives of thofe countries, where the 



, plants grow naturally: they are frequently brought 



. to England from the Weft-Indies, and are wrought 



-_ into various forms, withlhells and other hard fteds. 



,' This plant Is propagated by feeds, which muft be 



fown upon a good hot-bed in the fpring ; but as the 



, feeds are very hard, fo unlefs they are foaked in water 



twelve or fourteen hours before they are fown, they 



frequently lie in the ground a whole year before they 



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vegetate ; but when foaked, the plants will appear irt 

 a fortnight after the feeds are fown, if they arc t^ood 

 and the bed in a proper temperature of hc^ar. \Vhen 

 the plants are two inches high, they ihoukl be each 

 tranfplanted into a feparate pot, filled with light earth 

 and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, where 

 they fhould be fliadcd from the fun till thqj- have taken 

 new root •, after which they muft be treated in the 

 fame manner as other tender plants from the fame 

 countries, always keeping them in the bark-ftove, for 

 they are too tender to thrive in any other fituation in 



This fort will flower the fecond year from 

 feeds, and fometimes ripens feeds here. 

 There are two other varieties of this plant, one 

 with a white, and the other a yellow feed, but the 

 plants do not differ from the other in leaf or 

 but as thefe have not as yet flowered in England, I 

 do not know how their flowers may differ. ^ ^ 

 The fourth fort hath a perennial root and an annual 

 ftalk, which decays in the autumn. This rifes from 

 two to three feet high, with flender herbaceous ftalks, 

 which are garniflied with trifoliate hairy leaves, fitdno- 

 clofe to the ftalks -, the fmall leaves or lobes, are of 

 the oval fpear-fhape, ending In acute points. The 

 flowers come out from the fide of the ftalks, at the 

 foot-ftalk of the leaves •, the naked part of the foot- 

 ftalk is about two inches long, and the fpike of 

 flowers is about the fame length, and is recurved •, the 

 flowers are of a Pea-bloflTom kind, fitting clofe toge- 

 ther. They are fmall, and of a fine blue colour, 

 coming out the beginning of June, and are fome- 

 times fucceeded by feeds in England, which ripen in 

 Auguft. 



This fort grows naturally in North America, and is 

 hardy enough to live in the open air in England. It 

 may bej)ropagared by feeds, or parting of the roots; 



\. the former is the beft method, where good feeds can 

 be obtaihed : thefe may be fown on a bed of light 



-earth in the fpring, and if the feafon fhould prove 

 dry, they mufl be frequently refrefhed with water, 

 otherwife they will remain a long time in the ground' 

 before they vegetate ; when the plants come up, they 

 muft be kept clean from weeds in the fummer, and in . 

 the autumn when their ftalks are decayed, if fotne 

 rotten tanners bark is fpread over the furfacc of the 

 ground, it will proteft the roots from being injured 

 • by the froft. In the fpring, the roots fhould be 

 tranfplanted to the places where they are defiged to re- 

 main, which muft be in a warm fheltered fituation, but 

 not too much expofed to the fun, and in a light foil, 

 where they will thrive and produce flowers annually. 

 If this is propagated by parting of the roots, it fhould 

 be done in the fpring, before the roots b^gin to fhoot, 

 which is the beft feafon for tranfplanting the plants : 

 but thefe roots fliould not be parted oftcner than 

 every third year, for if they are often removed tRey 

 will not flower fo ftrong. 

 The fifth fort hath a perennial root and a climbing 

 ftalk, which rifes near four feet high, garnifhed with 

 woolly trifoliate leaves : the flowers come out in 

 fhort bunches from the fide of the ftalks ; they are 

 fmall, of a yellow colour, and are fucceeded by fhort 

 pods, which contain two roundifh feeds in each. 

 This flowers in June, and the feeds ripen In autumn. 

 It grows naturally in America, but is too tender to 

 live in the open air in England. This, is propagated 

 in the fame manner, and requires the fame treatment 

 as the third fort. . "'- - \ '::■. 



GLYCYRRHIZA. Lin. Gen. Plant.VsS. Tourn- 

 Inft. R. H. 389. tab. 210. [fo called of yXvxiu 

 fweet, and pV^a, Gr. a root, q. d. fweet root: the 

 ancients called it Scythian Root, beeaufe the Scy- 

 thians firft brought it mto ufe.] Liquorice j in French, 





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The flower hath a permanent iuhulous empalemint of one 

 leaf^ divided into two lips -y the upper lip is cut into 

 three partSy the yniddle one being broad and bifida ^ l^{^ 

 under lip is Jingle. The flower hath four petals, fs of 



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