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preferves, when planted in the botanic garden. What 
we generally meet with here in England feldom grows 
higher than three feet ; whereas the Sibirian plant is 
double that fize. Our author has given us a very exaCt 
defcription of it. 
This plant, which has never yet been applied to 
any ufeful purpofe in thefe parts of the world, is of 
very great importance to the Ruffians and people of 
Kamtfchatka. They indeed apply it to very different 
ufes ; the former diflil their brandy * from it ; the 
latter dry it to eat in winter. As thefe applications 
of this plant are, I believe, wholly new to us, and 
unobferved by any preceding author, I {hall lay . be- 
fore you a ffiort hiftory of them. 
About the beginning of July the radical leaves are 
arrived at their greateft fize and perfection, of which 
only the footftalks are ufed ; though, as far as may 
be judged from the fmell, the Item of the plant is 
equally valuable. Thefe are dripped of their bark, 
and fufpended in the fun in little bundles ; and as they 
grow dry, many of thefe bundles are tied together, 
and expofed again to the fun, until they have parted 
with all their humidity. They are afterwards put 
up in bags, and in a very ffiort time are covered all 
over with a yellowiffi mealy faccharine exudation, of 
the flavour of liquorice ; which, if it is wanted, is 
ffiaken off, and ufed as fugar. The people of Kamt- 
fchatka never feparate this fubftance from the dalks, 
but preferve them together, and eat them themfelves, 
and regale their friends with them, as delicacies. 
The 
* Spiritum ardcntcm. 
