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these,  its  greater  purity  and  more  complete  solubility  and  agree- 
able taste  are  foremost. 
Several  years  ago  we  believe  an  experiment  was  made  in  the 
culture  of  the  Glycyrrhiza  glabra  in  New  Jersey.  We  are  not 
informed  in  reference  to  the  causes  of  its  being  abandoned,  but 
we  do  know  that  the  plant  will  flourish  in  the  vicinity  of  Bor- 
dentown,  and  even  become  a  nuisance  in  a  garden,  by  the  roots 
extending  themselves  over  the  beds,  and  interfering  with  other 
plants. 
A  large  portion  of  the  liquorice  ball  imported  into  this  coun- 
try is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  chewing  tobacco  at  the 
South,  and  for  this  purpose  the  pure  extract  of  the  Messrs.  Til- 
den  has  been  much  liked.  Whilst  our  Commissioner  of  Patents 
is  engaged  in  so  many  praiseworthy  efforts  to  introduce  foreign 
useful  plants,  cereal  grains,  fruits,  &c,  which  of  late  years  have 
rendered  the  operations  of  that  branch  of  the  public  service  at 
Washington  so  acceptable,  it  would  be  well  that  medicinal  plants 
should  not  be  overlooked,  and  the  possibility  of  the  liquorice 
culture  being  extensively  carried  on  in  Virginia  and  the  other 
Southern  States  is  certainly  worthy  of  a  share  of  attention. 
GLEANINGS— PHARMACEUTICAL  AND  MEDICAL. 
Syrup,  Essential  oil  and  distilled  ivater  of  Strawberries  
M.  Stanislaus  Martin,  (Jour,  de  Chimie  Medicale,  Avril,  1855) 
recommends,  that  the  berries  be  put  in  an  earthen  vessel  with 
alternate  layers  of  powdered  sugar,  placed  in  a  cellar  until  the  next 
day,  and  then  thrown  on  aseive  for  the  syrupy  juice  to  drain  off. 
This  juice  is  put  in  a  bottle  and  heated  by  Appert's  method.* 
The  strawberry  syrup  thus  prepared  is  clear,  of  a  beautiful  color 
and  agreeable  odor  and  taste  of  the  berry,  and  can  be  preserved 
a  year  without  change.  [Each  pound  of  picked  strawberries, 
requires  a  pound  and  three-quarters  of  sugar.— Editor.] 
M.  Martin  obtains  the  essential  oil  by  the  following  means  : 
The  fruit  is  crushed,  strongly  expressed  to  separate  the  juice, 
*  [Appert's  method  consists  in  placing  bottles,  loosely  corked,  contain- 
ing a  liquid  to  be  preserved,  in  cold  water,  which  is  then  heated  till  it  boils, 
so  as  to  coagulate  the  albumen,  when  present,  in  the  liquid  treated,  and 
then,  while  yet  hot,  hermetically  sealed. — Editor.] 
