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The third fort crrows naturally in Spain and Portu- ] pretty common in the neighbourhood of Paris, bu:i 



gal •, this has a low woody ftalk, from which come 

 out many (tiff branches about five or fix inches long, 

 garniflied with fmall, narrow, fpear-fhaped leaves 

 placed oppofite, and are terminated by pretty large 

 heads of flowers, which come out from oval fcaly 

 leaves, lying over each other like the fcales of fifh ; 

 they arc white, and but fmall, fo make no great ap- 



The whole plant is of a hoary colour. 



pearance. 



and has a weak aromatic fcent. 



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but unlefs the feafon proves warm, the feeds do not 



ripen in England. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in Portugal -, this has 

 (lender, ligneous, hairy (talks, which grow eredl, about 

 fix inches high, garnilhed with very narrow, briftly, 

 hairy leaves, which, at the lower part of the iValks, 

 come out in clufters, but upward they are placed by 

 pairs. The ftalks are terminated by fingle fcaly heads. 

 The leafy fcales are indented in acute points ; thefe 

 lie over each other in the fame order as the other, and 

 between them the flowers peep out, which are of a 

 purple colour, and Ihaped like thofe of the common 



Thymet 



produce feeds in England. 



July 



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Thefe two forts may be propagated by flips, if they 

 are planted in April on an eafl: border, and clofely co- 

 vered with a bell or hand-glafs, refreftiing them twice 

 a week with water, which mufl: not be given to them 

 in too great quantity. When thefe have put out good 

 roots, fome of them may be tranfplanted into pots, 

 to be flieltered under a frame in winter ; the others 

 fhould be planted on a warm border of dry ground, 

 obferving to fliade and water them till they have taken 

 new root. Thefe plants will live through the winter 

 in the open air in a warm dry fituation, but in fevere 

 frofl: they are generally defl-royed ; they may be pro- 

 pagated by feeds when they can be procured. If 

 thefe are fown on a bed of light earth in the fame way 

 as common Maijoram, the plants will a 

 may be treated as thofe raifed from flips. 

 The fifth fort is the common Mother of Thyme, 

 ■which is frequently titled wild Thyme ; it grows na- 

 turally upon dry commons and pallures in mofl: parts 

 of England, fo is very rarely admitted into gardens. 

 This is fo well known as to need no defcriptioh. 

 There is a very common mifl:ake which has prevailed 

 in regard to this plant, which is, that the Iheep and 

 deer which feed upon them, have much finer fla- 

 voured flefti than others, whereas no cattle will med- 

 dle with it \ for in the places where it grows, when 

 the Grafs is as clofely eaten down as pofllble, the 

 wild Thyme will be found in flower with all its ft:alks 



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Of this there are the following varieties: the fmall 



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the Walnut-tree : fhrubby Mother of Thyme with 

 pale red flowers •, and the Lemon Thyme. The lafl: 

 IS frequently kept in gardens for the agreeable odour 

 of its leaves-, but when this is propagated by feeds, 

 the plants have not the fame (cent ; fo it is an acciden- 

 tal variety, which is obtained by propagating it by 

 flips and cuttings. -^ '-^ c;^;^5^it^ ^ ^nj iijo^^^a!.; 

 The fixth fort nas broader and fmootTier' leaves than 

 the common fort •, the flialks grow much longer; the 

 jpints are farther difliant ; the heads of flowers are 

 larger, and the flowers are of a brighter purple co- 

 lour. There is a variety of this with variegated 

 leaves, which is propagated in gardens, and was for- 

 ^tnerly planted for edgings to borders ; but it is now 

 frequently brought in pots to the markets, to fupply 

 the London gardens. 



The feventh fort has trailing fl:alks like the common 

 kind, but they grow longer, and their joints are far- 

 ther afunder ; the leaves are oval, fmooth, and of a 

 lucid green, • The flowers grow in clofe thick whorls 

 which are difl:ant from each other, forming a loofe 

 fpike five or fix inches long. ^ The flowers of this fort 

 are much fmaller than thofe of the common fort, ap- 

 pearing but little 'beyond their emplements. vThis is 



rarely found growing naturally in England. 

 The eighth fort grows naturally in the forefl: of Fon- 

 tainblcau in France •, this has trailing flender llalks 

 like the firfl:, which are garniflied with fmall, oval 

 fpear-fliaped, hoary leaves \ the young fiioots of the 

 fame year arc alfo very white and hoary. The leaver 

 are lliflcr than thofe of the other forts. The flowers 



are produced in round heads at the end of the 

 branches •, they are of a bright purple colour, and ap^ 

 pear at the fame time as thofe of the other forts. 

 The ninth fort grows naturally in Tartary ; the ftalks 

 of this are long, flender, and trail upon the ground, 

 but do not emit roots from their joints as many of the 

 others do •, the fl:alks are fmooth, of a light brown 

 colour, and are garniflied with narrow fpear-fhaped 

 leaves v;hich are fmooth. The fl:alks have fmall 

 whorls of flowers at the wings of the leaves, and are 

 terminated by oblong heads of flowers, whofe empale- 

 ments are hoary. The flov^-ers are of a bright purple 

 colour. The whole plant has an agreeable aromatic 

 fcent. 



All thefe forts may eafily be propagated by thole who 

 are defirous to have them in their gardens, either by 

 flips, or parting of their roots in the fame manner as 

 Thyme, or their feeds may be fown in the fpring. 

 They delight in dry undunged ground, where they 

 will propagate themfelves by their trailing fl:alks, and 

 require no other care but to keep them clean from 

 weeds. 



THYME THE MARUM. See Teucrium- 

 TFIYME THE MASTICH. Sec Satureja. 

 TIARELLA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 495, Cortufa. 

 Herm. Par. Bat. 129. Sanicle. 



. The Characters are, 

 The flower has a permanent emptdement divided into jv 



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five oval ■petals the length of 



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and a bifid germen ending with two fiyk. 

 fingle ftigmas, ^ he germen afterward 



capfiule with one cell^ opening with two 

 fever al oval fee'ds 

 icThis genus of plants is ranged in the fecond feftion 



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of Linnseus's tenth clafs, which includes thofe plants 

 ;: whofe flowers have ten ftamina and two fl;yles. 



The Species are, 



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heart'fh. 



Mitella 



flower. 

 2. TiARELLA {Trifoliata) foliis ternatis. Lin. Gen. 



Nov. 188. Sp. Plant. 405. Tiarella with trifoliate leaves. 



V Mitella foliis ternatis. Amoen. Acad. 2. p. 351. M- 



' tella with ternate leaves. 

 The firfl: fort grows naturally in North America ; this 

 has a perennial fibrous root which creeps and multi- 

 plies, from which come out rnany heart-fliaped leaves 

 upon flender foot-fl:alks, which are three inches long, 

 . arifing immediately from the root. The leaves are 

 unequally indented on their edges, and are of alight 

 • green colour. . The flowers fl:and upon flender naked 



; foot-fl:alks, which arife immediately from the root 

 between the leaves, which is about four inches long, 

 and is terminated by a loofe fpike of fmall, herbaceous, 



fucceeded by feeds in England. 



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This plant is propagated by its creeping roots, which 

 fpread in the ground and ftioot up heads ; thefe may 

 be taken off and tranfplanted in the autumn. It loves 

 a moift; foil ^nd a fliady fituation, and requires no 

 other care but to keep it clean from weeds. 

 The fecond fort grows naturally in the northern parts 

 of Afia ; this has a perennial fibrous root, from which 

 fpring up a few trifoliate leaves upon foot ftalks ; thefe 

 are like thofe of the Bilberry, but are much fmalier. 

 The flralk is flender, and rifcs five or fix inches high ; 

 it is rough and hairy, garniflied with two leaves at the 

 bottonj, and another toward the top, a little below 



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