340 CULTIVATED VEGETABLES. 



A tea of the leaves is effectual in the asth- 

 ma, violent coughs, and indigestion ; and, in 

 baths, the leaves are used for the hysteric 

 passions, chlorosis, and palsy. Origanum 

 provokes sweat, and is proper in soporous, 

 hysteric, and catarrhous disorders.* 



The sweet marjoram yields a considerable 

 quantity of essential oil, which, when long 

 kept, assumes a solid form, and was formerly 

 much esteemed for anointing stiff joints, for 

 the palsy, &c. 



In the time of Queen Elizabeth, the leaves 

 were much used in broths and meats, as well 

 as in wafer cakes, ointments, &c. 



Gerard says, the leaves boiled in water, 

 and the decoction drunk, is good for those 

 who are breeding dropsy. 



Miller enumerates thirteen species, and 

 Linnaeus eleven. The Hortus Kewensis 

 mentions ten kinds of marjoram, one variety 

 of which, Vulgare, is a native of this country, 

 and is often found growing wild on our 

 chalky hills, and in gravelly soils. 



The sweet marjoram seldom ripens its seed 

 in England. 



The pot-marjoram, Onitcs, is a native of 



* Hist. Plant. 







