. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 687. Liquorice plant (fidapted from lOia Yeiirt)c)ok. United i<tates Department of Agri- culture). root. The larger sort, the so-called Russian liquorice of southeastern Europe, consists of the larger, more irregular underground parts of the variety glaii- dulifera, Reg. & Herd. The chief sources of liquorice at present are Asia Minor and the Caucasus, where the plant grows wild, and Spain, Italy and England, where it is cul- tivated. The plant can be grown from the seed, but usually is propagated by planting the younger parts
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 687. Liquorice plant (fidapted from lOia Yeiirt)c)ok. United i<tates Department of Agri- culture). root. The larger sort, the so-called Russian liquorice of southeastern Europe, consists of the larger, more irregular underground parts of the variety glaii- dulifera, Reg. & Herd. The chief sources of liquorice at present are Asia Minor and the Caucasus, where the plant grows wild, and Spain, Italy and England, where it is cul- tivated. The plant can be grown from the seed, but usually is propagated by planting the younger parts of the rhizomes bearing the buds. The crop is harvested in the fall by digging, the cuttings then removed being placed perpendicularly in the ground in a deep, rich, loamy soil. The crop is harvested every third year. The fresh root is washed, dried and sold. At present the United States De- partment of Agriculture is experimenting with several commercial sorts in several of the warmer states. Aside from the medicinal use, liquorice is largely demanded in the tobacco industry. During the year ended June 30, 1905, the fol- lowing importations of li(luorice products were made: Liquorice ex- tracts, etc., 751,646 pounds, valued at $90,- .508; root, 100,457,889 pounds, valued at $1,780,485. Lobelia (Lobelia inflata, Linn.) Lnbeiiacea:. Indian Tobacco. (G. ) Fig. 688. A small, branching, hairy herb, six inches to two feet high, bearing ovate or elliptical, roundly toothed leaves, and a slender spike-like raceme of small pale blue flowers, and later much inflated bladdery capsules containing a ^'^- '^*- large number of small brownish seeds. It is found wild on dry hillsides and in pastures from New England to Georgia. Roth the green herb and the seed are collected for the crude drug market. Recently the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture has undertaken its cultivation. It likes a moist loam containing a fair percent- . age of sand and humus. Owing to the smallness of t
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