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but kept for the sake of its virtues and use. It is 

 a fooit high. The stalks are firm, upright, and a 

 little hairy. The leaves are broad^ short, and 

 somewhat hairy, of a pale green colour, and not in- 

 dented at the edges, and of a fine smell. At th^ 

 tops of the branches, stand a kind of soft scaly \ 

 heads, three quarters of an inch long, and ' 

 these grow the flowers, which are small and white. 

 The seeds are very small ; and tlie root is fibrous. 

 The whole plant has a fine smelL 



The whole plant is to be used fresh; and it is 

 best taken by way of infusion It is good against 

 Ihe head ach, and dizziness, and all the inferior 

 order of nervous complaints; but they talk idly 

 who call it a remedy for apoplexies. It gently 

 motes the menses, and opens all obstructions. 



The 



dried herb may be given for the same purpose in 

 powder but it does not succeed so well. 



Wild Marjoram. Origanum. 



A WILD plants frequent about way-sides, in 

 maaj places, but superior to the other in beauty 

 and in virtues. It yerjr well deserves a place, on 

 both accounts, in our gardens. It grows a foot 

 and a half high. The stalk is firm, verj upright, 

 a little hairy, and of a purplish brown colour, ex- 

 tremely regular in its growth. The leaves are 

 broad and short, of the bigness of one's thumb- 

 nail, and of a dark green colour ; two stand at 

 every joint, and they have long foot stalks. The 

 flowers grow on the tops of the branches : there 

 stand on these long scaly heads, of a beautiful form, 

 and purple colour; and from diflerent parts of 

 those, arise the flowers, which are little, but of a 

 beautiful red colour. The whole plant has a fra- 

 grant smell, and an aromatic taste. 



The fresh tops of the herb are to be usied. They 



