I- 



or eight weeks. 



THY 



Thcfe plants are propagated by feeds, which fhould be 

 ibwn in the fprJng on a bed of light earth, where, if 

 the feeds are good, the plants will appear in about fix 



When they come up they muft be 

 kept'clean from weeds, and in July they will be fit to 

 remove, at which time part of them fliould be planted 

 in fmall pots \ and the other may be planted in a warm 



■ border of dry ground, being careful to fliade them 

 from the fun, and fupply them with water till they 



* have taken new root ; after which, thofe in the full 

 crround will require no other care but to keep them 



■ clean from weeds; and, if the winter fiiould prove 

 . very fevere, they fhould be covered with mats, or fome 

 - other covering to protect them, for the young plants 



are in greater danger of being deftroyed than thofe 

 which are older. ^ Thofe plants in the pots fhould be 

 Ihekered under a common frame in winter, where 

 they may enjoy the free air in mild weather, and be 

 protefted from hard froft. ■ ' ! 



Thefe plants will live in the open air in England un- 

 lefs the winters prove very fevere, efpecially if they 

 are planted in a poor, dry, ftony foil. 



THYMELiEA. See Daphne and Passerina. 



THYMUS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 196. tab. 93. Lin. 

 Gen. Plant. 646. [ib called of 0J©-, odour, becaufe 

 a very odorous plant ; or of (d\JiJi.h-, animal fpirit, be- 

 caufe good in reviving the fame.] Thyme. 

 The Characters are. 



7 



THY 



purpureo. C. B. P. 220, Common greater Mother of 

 "Thyme^ with a purple floiver. 



Thymus {Ovattis) caulibus decumbentibus, foliis 

 ovatis glabris, floribus verticillato-fpicatis. nyme 'witb 

 ftrong trailing Jlalks, oval fmcoth leaves^ and flowers 

 growing in whorled [pikes, SerpyWum vulgarc majus 



8. 



fmaller flower 



i 



9 





vided in^o t-i 



n 

 1.^ 



s. 



of one leaf di- 

 whofe chaps are hairy and Jhut. 

 Ihe upper lip is^ broad^ plain, ere£l, and indented in 

 three parts \ the under lip ends in two equal briftles, "The 

 f.ower is of the lip kindi, it has one petaly with a tube the 

 length of the empalement, "The chaps are fmall; the upper 

 lip is port J ere^, obtufe^ and indented at the point \ the 

 lower lip is lohg-^'lfoad, and divided into three parts ^ the 

 middle fegment being broad -ft, ^^ // has four incurved ft a- 

 'ftmcy two being longer than the other ^ terminrJed by fmall 

 ftafmna ^ ami a four-pointed germen fupporttng aflender 

 jlyle^ crowned by a btfid acute ftigma. "The germen after- 

 ward turn to four fmall roundifh feeds ripening in the 

 empalement, whofe neck is narrowed. 

 This genus of plants is ranged in the firll feftion of 

 Linn^us's fourteenth ckfs, which contains thofe 

 plants whofe flowers have four ftamina, two of them 

 being longer than the other, and the feeds ripen in 



the empalement 



The Species are. 









3 



Common I'hy me with narrow leavesr ^' u :x:l . 



capitulis imbricatis magnis. 



Thymus (^w/^^m)ereaus, foliis reVolutis ovatis, flo- 

 ribus verticillato-fpicatis. Hort. Cliff. 305. Upright 

 Thyme with oval leaves which turn backward, and flowers 

 growing in whorled fpikes. Thymus vulgaris, folio ja- 

 tiore. C.B. P. 219. Common broad-leaved Thyme.'' 

 Thymus {Tenuifolius) foliis lineari-lanceolatis incanis, 

 floribus verticillato-fpicatis. Thyme with linear, Jpear- 

 fhaped, hoary leaves, and flowers growing in whorled 

 fpikes. Thymus vulgaris, folio tenuiore. C. B. P. 



219. 

 Thymus (Cephalotos) ^ _ _ 



brafteis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 592. 

 Thyme with large imbricated heads, oval braBe^, and 



■ fpear-fljaped leaves. .Thymus Lufitanicus cephalotos, 

 fquamis capitulorum amplioribus. Tourn. Inft. 126. 

 PortugalThyme with large heads, having very large fcales. 



4; Thymus {Villofus) capitulis imbricatis magnis, brac- 

 teis dentatis, foliis fetaceispilofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 592. 

 Thyme with large imbricated heads, indented braSi^a^ and 

 briftly hairy leaves. • Thymus Lufitanicus, folio capil- 

 laceo villofo, capite magno purpurafcente oblongo. 

 Tourn'. Inft. 196. Portugal Thyme with a hairy narrow 

 . leaf, and ii large, oblong, purplifb bead, _ -^ 



^5 Thymvs {Serpyllum) floribys capitatis, caulibus de- 

 cumbentibus, foliis planis obtufis bafi cihatis. Flor. 

 Suec. 477. Thyme with flowers growing in heads, tratkng 



. ftalks, and plain obtufe leaves. Serpyllum latifolium hir 

 futum. C.B,P. 220. Broad-leaved hairyMother of Thyme. 

 6 Thymus {Glabrus) floribus capitatis, caulibus de- 

 ' cumbentibus foliis lanceolatis glabris. Thy^e with 



, flowers grooving in beads^ trailing ftalks, and fmooth 

 - f^ear-fhaped leaves. Serpyllunv vulgar e majus, flwe 



liis ovato lanceolatis rigidis lanuginofis, floribus capi-. 

 tatis. Thyme with creeping ftalks, oval, fpear-flmped, ftiff 

 leaves, which are downy, and flowers growing in heads. 

 Serpyllum faxatile, hirfutum, Thymi folium nanum, 

 flore pupurco. Bot. Par. 183. Hairy Rock Mother of 

 Thyme, having a dwarf Thyme leaf a7td a purple flower. 

 Thymus {Odoratijfimus) caulibus decumbentibus, fo- 

 liis lineari-lanceolatis glabris, floribus alaribus termi- 

 nalibufque. Thyme with trailing ftalks, linear, fpear- 

 fhaped, fmooth leaves, and flowers growing 





^f 



Serpyllum odoratiffimum gla- 



L - 



brum, longiore anguftioreque folio. Amman. Smooth 

 fweet'fcented Mother of Thyme, with a longer and narrower 



leaf, ' ' r^ 



The firft fort is the common Thyme, which is culti- 

 vated in the gardens for the kitchen, and alfo for medi- 

 cine. This grows naturally on ftony rocky places in 

 the fouth of France, in Spain and Italy, and is fo well 

 known here as to need no defcription. 

 This plant may be propagated either by feeds or 

 parting the roots •, the feafon for either is in March 

 or Oftober. If it is propagated by feeds, they fliould 

 be fown upon a bed of light earth, obferving not to 

 bury the feeds too deep, which will caufe them to rot, 

 nor to fow them too thick, for the feeds are very 

 fmall. When the plants are come up, they fhould be 

 carefully cleared from weeds ; and if the fpring fliould 

 prove dry, and they are watered twice a week, it will 

 greatly promote their growth. In June the plants 

 fliould be thinned, leaving them about fix inches 

 afunder each way, that they may have room to fpread ; 

 : and thofe plants which are drawn out may be tranf- 

 planted into frefti beds at the fame diftance^ obferving 

 to water them Until they have taken root ; after which 

 they will require no farther care but to keep them 

 clear from weeds, and the winter following they may 



be drawn up for ufe. . 



• But if the plants are propagated by parting their 

 "'roots, the old plants fliould be taken up at Jth^ times 



before- mentioned, and flipped into as many parts' as 

 can be taken off the root ; thefe fliould be tranfplanted 

 into beds of freftx light earth, at fix or eight inches 

 . diftance, obferving, if the feafon is dry, to water them 

 until they have raken root, after which they muft be 

 duly 'weeded, and they will thrive, and foon be fit for 



■ ufe. . . - . 



In order to fave the feeds of thefe plants, fome of 

 the old roots fliould remain unremoved in the place 



. where they were fown the preceding year ; thefe will 

 flower in June, and in July the feeds will ripen, which 

 muft be taken as foon as it is ripe, and beat our, 

 otherwife the firft rain will wafli it all out of the huflcs. 



, Thefe plants root greatly in the ground, and thereby 

 draw out the goodnefs of the foil fooner than moft 

 other plants i fo that whatever is fown brplanted 

 upon a fpot of ground whereon Thyme grew the 



• preceding year, will feldom thrive, unlefs the ground 

 be trenched deeper than the Thyme rooted, and well 



dunged.*! : v^.:"^ .•■-■:, ' - .. ' - 



If this plant grows upon walls, or on dry, poor, ftony 



land, it wiU endure the greateft cold of this country ; 



but in rich' ground where the plants grow vigorufly, 



they are fometimes deftroyed by fevere froft. 



There is a variety of this with variegated leaves, which 



is by fome preferved in their gardens. 



'^u^ r^rnnrl fnrt ha5t fliorter ftalks. the leaves are 



longer, narrower. 



points 



firft"^ and the whole plant is hoary. The flowers grow 



in long whorled fpikes, and are larger than thofe of 



. the common Thyme. This may be propagated and 



treated in the fame way as the firft fort. 



The 



