and woody; the leaves are opposite, small, narrow, with six or eight
bract-like leaves at the same joint; the flowers are blue, in terminal
spikes; seeds small, black, oblong.

RED-FLOWERING HYSSOP.

Quite distinct from the Common or Blue-flowering. The stem is shorter,
the plants are more branching in their habit, and the spikes more dense
or compact; flowers fine red. It is not so hardy as the White or the
Blue Flowering, and is often injured by severe winters.

WHITE-FLOWERING HYSSOP.

This is a sub-variety of the Common Blue-flowering; the principal if not
the only mark of distinction being its white flowers. Its properties,
and modes of culture, are the same.

_Soil and Cultivation._--The plants require a light, warm, mellow soil;
and are propagated from seeds, cuttings, or by dividing the roots. The
seeds are sown in April; and, when the seedlings are two or three inches
high, they are transplanted to rows eighteen inches apart, and a foot
from each other in the rows. The roots may be divided or the slips set
in spring or autumn.

_Use._--The plant is highly aromatic. The leaves and young shoots are
the parts used, and are cut, dried, and preserved as other pot-herbs.

"Hyssop has the general virtues ascribed to aromatic plants; and is
recommended in asthmas, coughs, and other pulmonary disorders."--_Rog._

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LICORICE.

Glycyrrhiza glabra.

Licorice is a hardy, perennial plant. The roots are fleshy, creeping,
and, when undisturbed, attain a great length, and penetrate far into
the earth; the stem is herbaceous, dull-green, and about four feet high;
leaves pinnate, composed of four or five pairs of oval leaflets; flowers
pale-blue, in terminal spikes. The fruit consists of short, flattened
pods, each containing two or three kidney-shaped seeds.

_Soil, Propagation, and Culture._--"Licorice succeeds best in deep,
rich, rather sandy, or in alluvial soil. The ground should be well
enriched the year previous to planting: and it should either be trenched
three feet deep in autumn, laid in ridges, and allowed to remain in that
state till spring; or it may be trenched immediately before planting.
The former method is the preferable one.

"Licorice is propagated by portions of the creeping stem (commonly
termed 'the creeping root'), from four to six inches in length, each
having two or three buds. These are planted in March or April, or as
soon as the ground can