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i:5ecp, and laid very light: When 

 your Ground is thus well prepared, 

 you fliould furnifli yourlclr with 

 frefh Plants taken from the Sides or 

 Heads of the old Roots, obferving 

 that they have a good Bud or Eye, 

 otherwife they are lubjcft to mii- 

 carry. Thefe Plants lliould be 

 about ID Inches long, and per- 

 fedlly found. 



TJhe beft Seafon for planting 

 them, is toward the End ot Fe- 

 brtmryy or the Beginning of March^ 

 which mull: be done in the foHow- 

 ing Manner, njtz,, Firft flrain a 

 Line crols the Ground in which 

 you .fhould plant them, with a long 

 Dibble made on purpofe, ib that 

 the whole Plant may be fet (Irait 

 into the Ground, with the Head 

 jrbout an Inch under the Surface in 

 a flrait Line, about a Foot afunder, 

 or more, in Rows, and two Feet 

 diftance Row from Row ; and after 

 having finillied the whole Spot of 

 Ground, you may low a thin Crop 

 of Onions, which being Plants that 

 don't root deep into the Ground, 

 nor Ipread much above Ground, 

 will do the Liquorice no Damage 

 the firft Yeari for the L"c]uorice 

 will not flioot very high the fir ft 

 Seafon, and the Hoeing of the 

 Onions will alfo keep the Ground 

 clear trom Weeds j but in doing of 

 this, you muft be careful not to 

 cut off the Top-flioots of the Li- 

 quorice Plants, as they appear above 

 Ground, which Would greatly in- 

 jure them } and alio obfcrve to cut 

 up all the Onions which grow near 

 the Heads of the Liquorice j aiid 

 after your Onions are pulled up, you 

 fhould carefully hoe and clean the 

 Ground from Weeds 5 and in O80- 

 her, when the Shoots of the Liquo- 

 rice are decay'd, you fliould fpread 

 a little very rotten Dung uppn the 

 Surface of the Ground, vxiiich wiU 



prevent the Weeds from growing 

 during the Winter, and the Rain 

 Will waih the Virtae of the Dung 

 into the Ground, whith will greatly 

 improve the Plants. 



La the Beginning of March fol- 

 lowing, you il.ould nightly dig 

 the Ground between the Rows 

 of Lqjorice, burying the remain- 

 ing Part of the Dung 5 but irt 

 doing of this, you Ihould be very 

 careful not to cut the Roots ■■, this 

 ft irring of the Ground will not only 

 preferve i: c ean from Weeds a long 

 Time, but alio greatly ftrengthen 

 the Plants. 



The pulance which I have al- 

 low'd for planting theie Plants, 

 will, I doubt notj by Ibme, be 

 thought too great,- but in anfwer 

 to that, I would only obferve, that 

 as the Largcnels of the Roots are 

 the chief Advantage to the Planter, 

 ^o the only Method to obtain this, 

 is by giving them Room; and be- 

 fides, this will give a greater Li- 

 berty to ftir and drefs the Ground, 

 which is of great Service to Liquo- 

 rice; and ;f the Plantation delign'd, 

 were to be of an extraordinary Big- 

 ncis, I would advife the Rows to 

 be made at leaft three Fcer diftant, 

 whereby it will be eafy to ftir the 

 Ground with a Breaft - plough, 

 which will greatly leflen the Ex- 

 pence of Labour. 



Thefe Piants ftiould remain three 

 Years from the Time of planting, 

 when rhcy will be fit to take up 

 for Ule, which fliould not be done 

 until the Stems are per fe6lly decay'd ; 

 for when it is taken up too fbon, it 

 is fubjedi: to fhrink greatly, and 

 lofe of its Weight. 



The C}round near Loiiiion being 

 rich, increaics the Bulk of the Root 

 very faft, but when it is taken up, 

 it appears of a very dark Colour, 

 and not near fo lightly as that which 

 C c grows 



