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The fir ft fort grows naturally in Virginia •, this hath 
roots compofed of feveral knobs, or tubers, which 
hang to each other by fmall firings ; from thefe 
come out in the fpring {lender twining ftalks, which 
rife to the height of eight or ten feet, garnifhed with 
winged leaves, compofed of three pair of oval fpear- 
fhaped lobes, terminated by an odd one. The flowers 
come out in fhort fpikes from the fide of the ftalks ; 
they are of a Pea-bloflbm kind, of a dirty flefh- 
colour, having little fcent. Thefe appear in Au- 
guft, but do not produce feeds in England. The 
ftalks 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 ; the beft time for this is about the end of 
March, or the beginning of April, before they put 
out fhoots. The roots fhould be planted in a warm 
fltuation, and in hard froft covered with tan or 
mulch to prated 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 
fltuation ; 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 •, 
fome ignorant perfons call this the Twickenham 
Climber. 
The fecond fort was brought from Carolina, but has 
been ftnce 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 fnape fomewhat like the Afh-tree, but have a 
greater number of pinnas. 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, fhaped like thofe of the fcarlet Kidney- 
bean, containing feveral kidney-fhaped feeds, but 
thefe are never perfected in England. 
This climbing fhrub is propagated in feveral nur- 
feries near London, where it is known by the name of 
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 in a nurfery for a year to get 
ftrength, or to the place where they are to remain for 
good, which fhould be in a warm light foil and a 
fheltered fltuation, 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 in both Indies, and 
alfo in Egypt. This is a perennial plant, with {lender 
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 Weft-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 the fide of the ftalks in fhort fpikes or 
bunches ; they are of a pale purple colour, and fhaped 
like thofe of the Kidney-bean thefe are fucceeded by 
fhort pods, each containing three or four hard round 
feeds of a fcarlet colour, with a black fpot or eye on 
that fide which is fattened to the pod. The feeds of 
this plant are frequently ftrung, and are worn as 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, with fhells and other hard feeds. 
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 id 
a fortnight after the feeds are fown, if they are good, 
and the bed in a proper temperature of heat. When 
the plants are two inches high, they fhould be each 
tranfplanted into a feparate pot, filled with light earth, 
and plunged into a hot-bed of tanners bark, where 
they fhould be {haded from the fun till they 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 fltuation in 
England. 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 ftalk; 
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 {lender herbaceous ftalks, 
which are garnifhed with trifoliate hairy leaves, fitting 
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-bloffom 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 be propagared by feeds, or parting of the roots ; 
the former is the beft method, where good feeds can 
be obtained : thefe may be fown on a bed of light 
earth in the fpring, and if the feafon fhould prove 
dry, they muft 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 fome 
rotten tanners bark is fpread over the furface of the 
ground, it will prated the roots from being injured 
by the froft. In the fpring, the roots fhould be 
tranfplanted to the places where they are deflged to re- 
main, which muft be in a warm fheltered fltuation, 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 begin to fhoot, 
which is the beft feafon for tranfplanting the plants : 
but thefe roots fhould not be parted oftener than 
every third year, for if they are often removed they 
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. 788. Tourn. 
Inft. R. H. 389. tab. 210. [fo called of yXu>tuk, 
fweet, and P Y£a, Gr. a root, q. d. fweet root: the 
ancients called it Scythian Root, becaufe the Scy- 
thians firft brought it into ufe.] Liquorice ; in French, 
Reglttfe. 
The Characters are. 
The flower hath a -permanent tuhulous empalement of ons 
leaf \ divided into two lips ; the upper lip is cut into 
three parts , the middle one being broad and bifid , the 
under lip is Jingle. The flower hath four petals , is of 
the butterfly kind , having a long ereft ftandard , with 
