A. Call/I of 5 equal teeth: brads colored. 



vulgire, lAnn. Wild Marjoram. Lvs. stalked, 



broadly ovate, subserrate, broadly rouuded at the base, 



villous: as. purplish, in corymbed clusters or short 



spikes. — Cult, in old gardens; also wild along eastern 



roadsides, being naturalized from Eu. B.B. .'t:!!!. 



AA. Call/J- 2-lil>l;.h hr„rt, i,„l ,.,!ornl. 



B. /.rs. sl<nl,. <i . 



Majorilna, Linn. Lvs. ..Mmml; c.\ ii,. mUre. tonicn- 

 tose: lis. purplish or \vliiti>li: sj.ikilits "blDiig, 3-.') in a 

 cluster. 



BB. ii'S. not xtalkecl. 



Onites, Linn. Lvs. ovate, subserrate, villous or to- 

 mentose, mostly cordate at the base: fls. as in O. 

 Majorana but a little larger: spikelets ovoid, very 

 numerous in a cluster. Southeastern Eu., Asia Minor, 

 Syria. W. M. 



Origanum Majorann, Sweet or AnnunI ;M;irjoram. is 

 a native of the countries bordi-rini: thr M. .litirranean 

 sea. It is an erect, branching pennnial. lir.innu' i^rayish 

 green, rounded or oval leaves, small, wliiii-h il.-wers in 

 terminal clusters wliicli a|i|"ar in niiiNuniiiier, and 

 little, oval, dark li. .\ n r, I-, The plant has a pleasing 

 odor and warm, I I i ■ ^li-ih taste, due to a vola- 



tile oil which I J I :! I ur. is offleinally credited 



with tonic ami nt pnipi-rties, and, as an 



infusion, is <ni I ! ii> mr, Heine to "bring 



out the rash" III :. i i .inIms. More fre- 



quently than in I ,!:,.,,..;, -i-een parts are 





"■in- i,lJnl^ .-H.'med 



ai. |in-s unci dressings. In the 



treated as an annual, hence the 



n inn- ".Nnnnal .M a rjniani." This practice became neces- 

 sary sinrr iIh' |.l,ants are prone to winter-kill unless 

 rarrl'nlh |,ii.hri,,l lis )in>iiair:ii ion is also somewhat 

 prei-an-n . ,: ■ 1.. I i,. nnill -I > -r iln- seeds and the 



tendrih ,1 ■ nil ! . I, -s.-d to the sun. 



Shailr, il ■ I - h 1 1 I'll.' ■. I II rooted is usu- 

 ally I ■■. ai, :-ii..' I nil ni,in:in-s may be made 



hotbeds or coldl'iaim s in .Alav or Juin' is |iracticcd. 

 The plants shnuld slan.l li in. lies asnn.l.-r in rnws 12 

 inches apart, in lii,'ht, diy. init t','<"<\ s"il. be kept clean 

 throughout the season, and harvested fur winter use 

 just before flowering, the plant being cut close to the 

 ground and hung in a cool, airy place to dry. If planted 

 early, leaves may be gathered in late spring. Accord- 

 ing to Dreer, American-grown seed is better than im- 

 |i..it.M| s.-e.l I'ur winter use, as it makes more bulk, while 

 im| .1 [I 1 seed is better when the plants are to be cut 



Orif/aniim vulgare. Pot Marjoram, a branching, 

 hardy perennial, about 2 feet tall, bearing in mid- 

 summer pink or purple flowers, and small, brown, oval 

 seeds, grows wild on the skirts of European woods. 

 The highly aromatic heaves and tlie young sho,.ts galh 



ered just befme Mi, - ine .Hi n.i.l ii.r ilu- , ,.| 



Sweet Marjoram T! - i ' e/ i ..■ . • . ." m . . . ■ 



ing in all warm • i 1 i i .> | i . ■ e. i 



seed, bnt, win i ■ ■' ^i: ' n m s|.i mi:' in 



earlv anlnmi, ■,.-;, i in,. . , In- |,lanls sleml.i 



besot m ,L 1,, ^ , I , ;,,,.],^., apart, and 



kept v.i;: . ir I I i, I' I lii.ram, a varietv 



thate-,,1. r I , ! I ;. heads of whitish 



flowers, ami i i-llen ii e-l a. a.a ed„ln,^ plant. 



M. G. Kains. 

 OEtXA {.Japanese name). RutHcem. Deciduous 

 shrub, with alternate, petioled, almost entire lvs., and 

 greenish inconspicuous fls. It has- prnvc-d hardy in 

 Mass., but has no decorative mere ', ,.],,. ;,. bright 

 green foliage, which is not attael.i : . , i . . , n fungi, 

 and has a strong disagreeable cli i i I'lelea. 



Orixa seems to grow in almost an) il, I'mi. i,;,iied by 

 greenwood cuttings; also by layers and mot cuttings 

 and by seeds. The genus has but one species. Fls. dioe- 

 cious, appearing with the lvs. on the branches of the 

 previous year; sepals and petals 4, staminate fls. in ra- 



ORNITHOGALU.M 



cemes, pistillate fls. solitary: fr. consisting of 4 dehis 

 cent pods, each containing 1 black, subglobose sc<'d. 

 Pistillate fls. and fr. are described as solitary as statiil 

 above, and so they are on Japanese specimens, but a 

 plant in the Arnold Arboretum has the pistillate fls. ami 

 fr. in short racemes. 



Jap6nica, Thunb. (Cela'striix Orixa, Sieb. & Zucc. 

 Jh'X Orixa, Spreng. OtJiera Orixa, Lam.). Shrub, tu 

 8 ft., with spreading branches pubescent when young: 

 lvs. obovate to oblong, obtusely pointed, entire or finely 

 crenulate, bright green above, finely pubescent beneath', 

 translurently glandular-punctate, 2-4 in. long: fls. 

 small, greenish: pods about 14 in. long, light greenisli 

 brown. April, May. Japan. Gt. .'!5:1232. 



Alfred Rehder. 



OENAMENTAL GARDENING, or ornamental horti 

 culture, is that branch of horticulture which is concerm-d 

 with cultivatinL' |ilants ,,f all kinds for ornament rather 

 than for Inmi. Ii im inlis floriculture and also the ciil- 

 tureottri. ililisplay. (The cultnr.' of trees 

 on a larr. i in' -r and for other profitabh^ pur- 

 poses asi.li ii..ni III II, lit is forestry. The cultnre of 



trees in general is arbnriculture.) Omament.al garalcMiing 

 includes carpet-bedding and formal gardening in gen- 

 eral, while landscape gardening is concerned with mak- 

 ing nature-like pictures, or at least with the general 

 plan of the place. 



0ENITH6GALUM (Greek, bird and milk ; application 



unknown). Litinrnr. This genus includes the Star of 



fls. either on the face or back or both, and often the 

 green is prettily set off by a narrow white margin. 

 Some species have pure white fls. and a few have yel- 

 low or yellowish ones. Some of the dominant foi-ms of 

 flower-clusters are oblong-cylindrical, broadly triangu- 

 lar, subcorymbose and lanceolate. Ornithogalum is ilis- 

 tinguished from other genera as follows : perianth per- 

 sistent; tube none: segments 0, usually spreading: 

 filaments more or less flattemd and in many species 

 unequal : alU'inati- ones la im; broader at the base: 

 ovary sessih-. :;-eelliil. nvnles many in a cell, super- 

 posed : st\le slmrt or Inii.^' : capsule membranous, 

 fninilir-iilallx :;-\alved : seeds globose, usually not 

 emwili il imr eiimpressed: often the perianth segments 



L color follows the ke 



Ornithoga 



. dwarf 



II . ml l,y English aniaiii 



niiiii" r-lilooming bulbs fm- , i,| ,;, I, II 



America, arrangements shcnild be made s. 

 teurs may procure these bulbs cheaply and s 

 with a free hand along woodland walks and i 

 The common Star of Bethleliem, O. miii 

 dwarf kind, is the only Orniiliii-ilnin ihai i- 

 mon in our gardens. O. in", , , :„,i 



old gardens but seems nevi I I I 



andrarelyevenbytheDni.il i, i i, i i i . 



land "it is a very popular s|. I iji - ami ■. 



easily managed of all the ( imiilmL-alnins. 

 amongst other named Ijnll.s. h..\\. \.n-, it 

 great nuisance, an account ni tin- fr. . .l.im 

 its innumerable bulbils are fnrm.-.l. In a semi-wild oi 

 uncultivated spot it is a capital subject for groundwork 

 it requires no attention whatever, and flowers freely al 

 through April and May." 

 Of the taller hardy "kinds O. latifolium and O. pyra 





