As already indicated there are several species of _Glycyrrhiza_ of which the roots and rhizomes are used like those of _G. glabra_, but, in addition to these there are a number of other plants designated as licorice. Indian licorice or the wild licorice of India (_Abrus precatorius_), is a woody twining plant growing quite abundantly in India; it is sometimes substituted for true licorice. Prickly licorice (_Glycyrrhiza echinata_) resembles true licorice quite closely. The wild licorice of America (_Glycyrrhiza lepidota_) is found in the Northwest. Its roots are quite sweet and often used as a substitute for true licorice. The European plant known as "rest harrow" (_Ononis spinosa_), so-called because its tangled roots impede the progress of the harrow, has roots with an odor and taste resembling licorice. The roots are extensively employed by the country practitioners of France and Germany in the treatment of jaundice, dropsy, gout, rheumatism, toothache, ulcers, and eruptive diseases of the scalp. The name, wild licorice, also applies to _Galium circaezans_ and _Galium lanceolatum_ on account of the sweetish roots. The wild licorice of Australia is _Teucrium corymbosum_. Licorice vetch (_Astragalus glycyphyllus_) has sweet roots. Licorice weed (_Scoparia dulcis_) is a common tropical plant which also has sweet-tasting roots. A WINTER WALK IN THE WOODS. ANNE W. JACKSON. Last week I had the good fortune to be invited with two other girls to spend a few days in the country. We hailed the invitation with delight and accepted it with alacrity, for we all three love to get out into the woods and fields. We started on Friday afternoon, going the first part of the journey by train. The sky was cloudy and the weather mild. We watched the moving pictures that sped by the car windows as eagerly as children. After a half-hour's ride we arrived at a little "town" consisting of the station, one store, one house, one grain elevator, and a blacksmith's shop. Here our hostess met us with a surrey and pair, and we were soon driving along at a brisk pace, drinking in the fresh air and country scenery with pure delight. The person whose power of enjoyment in little things has become blunted, is greatly to be pitied. "Ours was as keen as though newly sharpened for the occasion; and nothing we saw, from the fields, trees, and hedges, to the setting sun, failed to give us pleasure. A merry drive of three or four miles brought us to the farm-house, where we were cordially welcomed. I should like to tell you about all the fun we had that night, for it was our hostess' birthday, and there was a surprise party, at which _we_ were as much surprised as she was. But as it is our walk I'm going to tell about, I must leave the events of our first evening unrelated. The next morning we three girls decided to take a walk, as we were anxious to see what birds there were about. It was a gray day, threatening rain, and very wild for December.