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The Board of Agriculture and FisliericKS (Leaflet 288) 

 states that it might pay to cultivate Horehound, as 

 it is in steady deuian^. It grows wild in this country 

 in waste grounds, but is not coramon. For its culti- 

 vation ordinary garden soil will serve the purpose, pro- 

 pagation being effected by 



cuttings 



for the herb is 



and root-division, 



hardy 



a 



perennial. 



AVhite Horehound is used 



as a remedy for couglis and 

 pulmonary complaints gene- 

 rally. 



Wild Maejoram (Ori- 



ganum viiJgare). — In our 

 gardens there are about 

 twenty- five species of her- 

 baceous perennials that are 

 included under the oenus 



Fig. 70.— Wild Marjoram {OrUjanuui 



mthjare) 



a, Corolla. 



Origanum. The only British 

 species, however, is the Wild 

 Marjoram. This gro\A\s wild 

 in dry, bushy places, espe- 

 cially on chalk or limestone. 

 The lierb has egg-shaped, 

 downy leaves (fig. 70), a 

 head of purple flow^ers, and 

 a collection of bracts tvhich are longer than the foivers 



and tiwjed with the name colour. 



This plant is usually cultivated as a pot-herb, but is 

 also used medicinally as a stimiikmf and a car^ninative. 

 It yields about 2 per cent of volatile oil 



The cultivation of Marjoram may be effected by seeds, 

 or by cuttings of the young flowerless shoots, or by root- 

 division. 



