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>hich generally Tpread on the fides ind bottoms of | lies near coals. This fore is lefs efleemed, it being 

 the pots, fo that the plants do not receive much' hou- 

 rifhment from the water. But'Where they are 'con- 



• '{iantly kept in the tanners bark, and have ^proper air 



,and 'moifture, they will thrive, fo as from a fmali 



"root to fill the pot in which it was planted, in one 



lummer. About Michaelmas the' Hrft fort will begin 



to decay, and in a fliort time after the leaves Nvill die 



■*to*th'e.ground, bur the pots muft be continued all the 



I ^Jwinter in the bark-bed, otherwife the roots will pe- 



^""jifhj for although they are in an unaftive ftate, yet 



*""^ ^they will not keep" veiy long Trbm fhrinking, when 



' '' uken out of the ground j and if the pots are taken out . 



'hard to be o;ot. 



The properties of any forts of Mirlcs, and by which 



the goodneis of them may be beft known, are better 



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and will open the land it is laid en, and not bind \ 

 of the tan/ and placed in any dry part of the ftove, it may be taken for granted, that itv/ill be beneficial 



judged of by their purity and Llncompoundcdneis, 

 than their colour: as if it v/ill break in pieces like 

 dice, or into thin flakes, or is fmooth like lead ore, 

 and in without a mixture of gravel or fand^ if it 

 will fiiake like (late ftones, and fhatcer after wet, or 

 will turn to duft when it has been expofed to the fun : 

 or will not hang and fcick together when it is rho ■ 

 roughly dry, like'tou'gh clay ; but is flit and tender,, 



the roots often fhrivel and decay; but when tTiey are 



' ': continued in the tan-bed they fhould have biit little 



f''^'.water given to them when their leaves are decayed, 



i left it rot them. The firft fort doth flower cpnftantly 



^'i in July or Auguft, and will often produce "ripe feeds 



;- In England ; but tlie fecond fortdotli not 'flower fo 



.,.£onftant, nor do the flowers appear To' confpicuous, 



.r'beingvery fmall and of a fhort duration. .This fort 



' never hath produced any feeds in Englanci, Vor could 



. J i ever obferve any rudiment of a feed-vcflrerfucceed- 



, i^.^ ingthe flower. The gree'n leaves 'abide 'oh this fort 



r, inoft part of the winter, felddm decaying till FelDru- 



-l/ary; and fometimes will continue green until frefti 



■,^', leaves come up, and tliruft/the old ones off^; in wliich ■ 



". particular there is a more remarkable 'difference be- * 



./'* tweeh the two forts, than^can Ke'obfervVd in'^^IeYace 



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MARJORAM. See Origanum. .--;i aM^, 

 • MARLE is a kind of day, whicTi Is become Tatter, 

 '^ and of a more enrichmg quality, by a better termcn- 

 .'- '{v'tatibn, and by us having lain f6 deepinTh'e ekfth as 

 tj : ' no^ .to Mve fpent or. weakened ks fertilizing quality 

 -.. \by any produflf; '*^/ :i.-,r. V.*, . i^.. . ' 



Mark is fuppoleS to be much of the nature of clialk, 

 and Is believed to be fertile from its fait and oily qua- 



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Some iadvife to try the goodnefs of Marie, by put- 



j ting Tome of it in a "glat^ of w^ter; ^nd rhey ac- 



''^coupt it to be good, if it befo tender, that the lumps 



^reak, and diiTolve as foon as it comes to the bot- 



-tom'; they alfb reckon it a good fign, if it fparkle 



ih 'the water, and feel fat between the fingers ; but 



the fureft fign of its goodnefs is, if it diflTolve by wet 



orfroft. The ftrength of Marie may alfo be known, 



i by putting a lump of it in a glafs of good vinegar, 



.where. If the fermentation is great, it is a fure figil 



;j*6f the'goodhefs of the Marie, 



J ,; Some approve of marling land fliallow, becaufe they 



'gfay^ it is apt to work downwards^, others of laying 



It in^&eep' at HtA, "becaufe the fun waftes the fatnefs 



J. of it; ■' r-V *^'' i-^^C-^t^-^-^^^ '^*' ■■ - ' ' 

 «'Somc,rccomm'en^^Marles for the improving of fandy 



..ioofe land, but the fureft way to know what lands it 



^ 'Will beft luit with, IS to try with a little or it on lands 



.;ruppored to be or a contrary nature to it. ^iViS^^y- 



■ MarkVdo not'make fo good ahlriipibvemenf^of lands 



"the firft year as '^ifterwards; l">nr^stt^):-yt^^'xn^x '-. 



Some advife* Krft to burn the Marie before it is laid 



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 on the lands •, which it it be done^ one load will go 



as far as five. - ' "; - ,p■..^ 



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lity ; and that it con t rafts its falps from the air, and 1 -The quantity of Marie ought to be in pfoportioti to 

 : thatreafon is the better the longer It 'is expofed ] the depth of the earth, for over-marling has often 



< proved "of worfe confequence than under-marling, ef- 

 . pecially where the land is fl:r6ng •, for by laying it in 

 "'too great quantities, or often repeating the marlin 



to It. 



v\ -r' Maries are of different qualities in different counties 

 ^.bf England;-*vThere are reckoned to be four forts of 

 ^^jt jM^rles in Suflex, a gray, a blue, a yellow, and a red ; 

 \f- oithefe tKeblue is accounted the beft, theVellowthe 



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rtlie land has, become fo ftrong, and bound fo clofely 

 '"as 'to detain the wet like a difli, fo that the owners 





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L' itext, and the gray the next to thatVahd as fo 



X reti, that is the Veaft valuable.. 4 iV-llii^^i^^^ 



iL.^ , The Marie in Suflex is moft like fullers earth, and 



tv^ therefore mult certainly be the fatteit, whereas that 



in the north country runs much upon the loam.u., 

 '-^* In Chefliire they reckon fix forts of Marie*: if.H^ 

 . :^"T, The cowfliut Marie, which i§ of Ybrdwhifh co- 

 sii^liqur, v/ith blue veins in it and little lumps of chalk 

 ^ ^ piT^ lime ftone ; it is comnionly round under clay, or 

 ^ -Jowljlack land, Sven 6V eiglit feet deep, and is very 

 ■ %y nard todig. *.. tei*.- ti:^ 



for the I ' have Wen obliged to drain tbe ground at a great ex- 



penceV'and hav^ often been obliged to lower their 



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f;^;^2. Stone, flate, or flag Marie, which is a kind of foft 

 ftone, or rather flate, of a blue or bluifh colour, that 



"- \*will eafily diflblve with frofl: or rain.'aThis is found 

 near rivers and tKe fides of hills, and is a very lafting 



-^;;lbrt:of Marle.-^. 4.:*:^^ J- js"^ ^:i^t^T:i^ -^^^^ hiii- ,^A:fli , 



ii^/Jn Staffordlhire they efteem the dice or flate Marie 

 better than the clay Marie, and reckon the blue beft 





*:> '% arable land, and the gray lor pa^ure:^ 

 *.:-3»"Peat Marie, of delving Marie/ which is clofe', 



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- ftrong, and very Tat, of a brown colour,' ah"d is found 

 -on the fides of hills, and in wet boggy grounds, 

 ->'hrch have a light fand in them about two feet or a 

 yarddeep.\ This is accounted the ftrongeftr'of all 

 'Maries, and is very good for fandy land, but the 

 land muft have a double quantity laid on. " 



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,". Tcntsl "but in fapdy land there can be no danger in 

 ^alaying on a'gr^at quantity^ or repeating it orten, for 

 "iris one of the beft (^rcffings forfuch land. 'J^i^i 



M AR R U B I A S T R U Mi^^Baftard Horehound. See 



■ SiDERITia; '^Tl , . .5%! iAi^A- - , ■ ■ 'kH^-^^-t^^- 



M A R R U B I UM. Tourn. In ft. % H. ¥92 . tab. 9 r . 



'jnLin. Gen. Plant. 64a. Pfeudodicba'mnus. 'Tourn. 188. 



.' iTtab. bg. LihrGen, Plant. 646. |^f6trle derive the name 



'bfano, i7^^. *■ MarroB, 1. e. bitter' juice ; of hers 



from the Latin word Marcidum, becaufe the leaves of" 



this plant arefo wrinkled, that they appear to be wi- 



. thermg.] H6r^nn^'\;:-:'c'::t^ ' 



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4' Clay Marie j this refembles clay, and is pretty 

 near akin to it, but is fatter, and fometimes mixed 

 ^ith chalk ftones. ... • 





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Steel Marie, which lies commonly ih the bottom 

 of pits that are dug, and is of itfelf apt to break 

 mto cubical bits ; this is fometimes under fandy land. 

 6. Paper Marie, which refembles leaves or pieces of 

 brown paper, but fomething of a lighter colour j this 



\lThe mpalcmnr^of'the fcwct ^ h ftiiikel'pDaped^ of one 



JJeaf^and cqiial,dt the brlm^ which ftreads open,^- The 



' flower is of the lip or grinning kind, with a cylindrical 

 ^tuhe opening at the hrim. where it is divided into two lips^ 

 . the upper being very narrow and acate^ tm under uroady 

 ' reflexed^'^^aM ciii Tnfb Ihree fegmenfs^tbe fniddk'me is 



'•abroad dnd indented. ; It has four ftarmna^ which are un* 

 ier the upper lip^ two of which are a little longer than 

 ■the other ^ terminated by ftmple fumntts, ' It hath a four- 



/.pointed germen^ fupporting "a Jtender ftyle of tFe fame 

 ilehgth^ and fitiiated with the ftamina^&h^joned by a bifid 



, ftigma. . The'germm afterward turns to four oblong feeds ^ 

 fitting in the empaUment. / " ' ' *■ • "' ' ■ * 



- -This genus of plants is ranged in the nrft feftion of 

 Linnaius*s fourteenth clafs, intidedDidynamia Gym- 

 nofpermia, which locliid'esthofe plants whofe flowers 



-■have two long and two ftiore ftamina, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by naked feeds fitting in the empalemend*^^ r-: 



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