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G L 



&f Carolina Kidney-bean-tree. It 

 is increafed by laying down the 

 young Branches in October ; which 

 will be rooted well by that time 

 Twelvemonth, efpecially if they are 

 duly watered in dry Weather, and 

 may then be tranfplanted either into 

 a Nurfery for a Year to get Strength,, 

 or to the Place where they are to 

 remain fcr good ; which mould be 

 in a warm light Soil, and a flickered 

 Situation, where they will endure 

 the Cold of our ordinary Winters 

 very well ; and if their Roots are 

 covered with Straw, Fern, Peas- 

 haulm, or any other light Covering, 

 there will be no Danger of their be- 

 ing delboyed by the Froft. 



GLYC^RRHIZA, Liquorice. 



The Characters are ; 

 It bath a papilionaceous Flower : 

 the Pointal, nvhich arifes from the 

 Empahment, becomes a Jbort Pod, con- 

 taining federal kidney-Jbaped Seeds : 

 the Leaves are placed by Pairs joined 

 to the Mid-rib, and are terminated 

 by an odd Lobe. 



The Species are ; 



1. Glycyrrhiza filiquofa, vel 

 Germanica. C.B.P. Common Li- 

 quorice. 



2. Glycyrrhi z a capite echinato. 

 C. B. P. Rough -podded Liquo- 

 rice. 



3. Glycyrrhiza Orientalis,Jili- 

 quis hirfutijpmis. Tourn. Cor. Ealtern 

 Liquorice, with hairy Pods. 



The firft Sort is that which is 

 commonly cultivated in England for 

 Medicine : the other two Kinds are 

 preferved in curious Botanic Gar- 

 dens for "Variety ; but their Roots 

 are not fo full of Juice as the firft, 

 nor is the Juice fo fweet ; tho' the 

 fecond Sort feems to be that which 

 Diofcorides has defcribed and recom- 

 mended ; but I fuppofe the Good- 

 nels of the firft has occafioned its be- 

 / 



ing fo generally cultivated in El:- 



rope. 



The two Sorts laft-mentioned per- 

 fect their Seeds in England, by 

 which they may be propagated j 

 whereas the common Sorts feldom- 

 produce any in this Country. They 

 may alfo be propagated by Roots, 

 as the common Sort. 



This Plant delights in » rich light 

 fandy Soil, which mould be three 

 Feet deep at leaft ; for the greateft 

 Advantage confifts in the Length 

 of the Roots : the greateft Quantity 

 of Liquorice which is propagated 

 in England is about Poniefrad in 

 Yorkjbire, and Godalmin in Surry ; 

 tho' of late Years there hath been a 

 great deal cukivated in the Gardens 

 near London : the Ground in which, 

 you intend to plant Liquorice mould 

 be well dug and dunged the Year 

 before you plant it, that the Dung 

 may be perfectly rotted, and mixed 

 with the Earth, othervvife it will 

 be apt to ftop the Roots from run- 

 ning down ; and before you plant 

 it, the Ground mould be dug three 

 Spades deep, and laid very light : 

 when your Ground is thus well pre- 

 pared, you fhould furnifh yourfeli* 

 with frefti Plants taken from the 

 Sidei or Heads of the old Roots * 

 obferving that they have a good 

 Bud or Eye, otherwife they are 

 fubjett to mifcarry : thefe Plants 

 Ihould be about ten Inches long, and 

 perfectly found. 



The beft Seafon for planting them 

 is towards the End of February, or 

 the Beginning of March, which muft 

 be done in the following manner ; 

 *viz.. Firft ftrain a Line crofs the 

 Ground in which you would plane 

 them ; then with a long Dibble 

 made on purpofe, put in the Shoot, 

 fo that the whole Plant may be fee 

 ftraic into the Ground, with the 



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