SECT. XVI. OF HERBS, &C. 269 



very fine double flowers ; but the common single kind 

 is best as a pot-herb, being most aromatic. All sin- 

 gle flowers are preferable to the double of the same 

 kind for medicinal, or other uses, as producing a 

 stronger essence. Sow marigolds in spring, and let 

 plants of the single sort stand a foot asunder, but tbe 

 large double wider. They will grow in any soil, and 

 are in flower most part of the year. The time of 

 gathering them for drying is towards autumn, when 

 they are most plentiful. Take care that they are not 

 put up in their paper bags raw, or damp, and keep 

 them in a very dry place. This flower is a valuable 

 ingredient in broths and soups, however it may have 

 got into disuse. It sows itself abundantly, and will 

 bear transplanting about May, so that there will sel- 

 dom be occasion to sow. 



MARJORAM is distinguished iutopot, winter, and 

 knotted sorts ; the two former perennial, and the last 

 annual. They are all occasionally used for culinary 

 purposes, but the knotted is chiefly cultivated as a 

 sweet companion of our flowers. Propagate the pe- 

 rennial sorts in autumn, or spring by parting its 

 roots, and the annual kind by sowing in March, or 

 April, on a warm border, and light dry soil. The 

 annual sort should stand at six inches distance, and 

 the perennial at nine or ten. The knotted sort, if 

 planted in pots, and housed, may be preserved in the 

 winter, cutting down the flower stems. This kind is 

 sometimes used for medicinal purposes, and should 

 be drawn up by the roots, for drying in the shade ; or 

 at least where there is but little sun. 



MINT is a salutary herb, of which we have two 

 sorts, the spear and the pepper ; the former for culi- 

 nary, and the latter for medicinal purposes. There 

 is a little variety in the spear, as broader and narrower 

 leaved, and also variegated sorts, white and yellow, 

 which are considered only as ornamental. 



