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LOVAGE, SCOTCH (Ligusticum Scoticum) is a plant 

 now little known, formerly used as a pot-herb. It may 

 be grown like common Lovage, above, but in moist 

 ground. The root is sometimes eaten. 



LOVE-APPLE is Tomato. 

 LOVE-IN-A-MIST. See NlgeUa sativa. 



LICORICE (Gtycirrhiza glabrd) is a perennial plant 

 grown for its root, from which is extracted the Licorice 

 of commerce, and occasionally domestic medicines, for 

 troubles of the throat, and for colds. It is best propa- 

 gated by means of its running root. 



Soil. A medium loam, deep and well enriched. 



Distances. Three feet by eighteen inches. 



Depth. Two to three inches. 



Set out in spring. 



Culture. Give clean tillage; in the fall cut down 

 to the ground. 



Cutting for the roots should not be begun for three 

 years. After that cut regularly in the fall, for use and 

 for cuttings, each of which for propagation should be 

 six inches long and have one or more buds or eyes. 



Store cuttings in sand in the cellar. 



Mulch over winter, north of New York city. 



To make licorice, crush and boil the roots ; evaporate 

 the product, which may be rolled into sticks while till 



