2l FAMILY HERBAL. 



are befit taken in infusion : they strengthen the sto- 

 mach, and are good against habitual colics : they are 

 also good in head-achs, and in all nervous complaints ; 

 and they oj)en obstructions, and are good in the 

 jaumiice, and to promote the menses. Chymists sell 

 what tiiey call oil of origanum, but its commonly 

 an oil made from garden thyme., it is very acrid ; 

 a drop of it put upon lint, and laid to an aching tooth, 

 often gives ease. 



iCretic Majoram. Origanum crcticum. 



A beautiful plant, of the wild marjoram kind, fre- 

 quent wild in the east, and kept in our gardens. 

 It grows a foot high. The stalks are square, upright, 

 and brown. The leaves are oblong and broad : they 

 are of a whitish colour, and stand on long foot stalks : 

 there grow scaly heads at the tops of the branches, as 

 in the other kinds, and from these burst out the flowers, 

 which are little and white. 



The tops are the part used : our druggists keep 

 them dry ; but they generally have lost so much 

 of their virtue, that the fresh tops of our own wild 

 majoram, or the dried ones of the last season, are 

 better. 



Marigold. Calendula. 



A plant too common in our kitchen gardens, to 

 need much description. It is a foot high. The stalks 

 are thick, angulated, and not very upright. The 

 leaves are long, narrow at the base, and broader to- 

 ward the end. The flowers are large and yellow, and 

 they stand at the tops of the branches. The whole 

 plant is of a pale bluish green colour, and feels 

 clammy. The root is fibrous. 



A tea made of the fresh gathered flowers of 



