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Jtil'j you fhouid begin to enure 

 them to the open Air, but they 

 fhouid not be cxpos'd to the Sun, 

 for while they are young, the great 

 Heat of the Sun is very injurious to 

 them. In October the Tubs fhouid 

 be placed under a Hot-bed Frame, 

 where they may be covered in Froily 

 Weather with the Glallesj but in 

 mild Weather, they fhouid be expos'd 

 to the open Air, tor if they are kept 

 too clofe, they will caft their Leaves. 

 In March following thefe Plants 

 may be tranfplanted out of the 

 Tubs, in doing of \vhich, you 

 fhouid be careful to take 'em up 

 with as much Earth to their Roots 

 as polfible ; then place each Plant 

 into a Pot, which fliould be filled 

 with light frelh Earth, giving them 

 feme Water to fettle the Earth to 

 their Roots, and place the Pots into 

 a Frame again, where they Ihould 

 be cover'd with the GlalTes in Cold 

 Weather, or drying Winds, but 

 they muft be expos'd when the 

 Weather is mild, and fliould be fre- 

 quently watered : In this Frame 

 they may remain about a Month, 

 after which they fliould be placed 

 abroad in a fliady Situation, obferv- 

 ing to water them often in dry 

 Weather. Thefe Plants may remain 

 two Years in the Pots, that they 

 may be removed into Shelter in 

 Wmter, becauie they are fomewhat 

 tender while young j but afterwards 

 they may be turned out of the Pots 

 into the full Ground, obierving to 

 plant them in a pretty moift Soil, 

 where they will make conliderable 

 Progrefs in a few Years. 



MAHALEB; vide Cerafus. 



MAJORANA; Marjoram. 

 The Characters are ; 



It is a Verticillate Plant, vehofe 

 Flower is compos' d of one Leaf : The 

 Galea (or Creft) is upright, roundijh, 

 and divided into tv^o Parti : The 



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Barba (or Beard) is cut into three 

 Segments, fo as to appear almojl like 

 a quinq^ijid Flower : The Flowers 

 are collected into a jJjort, thick, roun^ 

 Head, and com^e out of a four-fold 

 Order of Leaves, which are plac'd 

 like Scales or Plates, 

 The Species are ; 



1. Majoranaj vulgaris. C.B.P. 

 Common fweet Marjoram, 



2. Majoranaj rotundifolia, fcH- 

 tellata, exotica, H. R. Par. Round- 

 leav'd cxotick Marjoram, with a 

 Leaf fhap'd like a Saucer. 



3. Majorana i Cretica, Origani 

 folio, villofa, Jaturejs odore, corym- 

 bis majoribus aUis. Hairy Candia 

 Marjoram, with an Origani Leaf, a 

 favoury Smell, and large, round, 

 tufted, white Heads. 



The firft of thefe Plants is an 

 Annual, and muft be fown every 

 Year : The Seeds of this are an- 

 nually brought from Marfeilles and 

 other Places in the South of France^ 

 where it grows fpontaneoufly, for 

 it never ripens Seeds in this Coun- 

 try, The Seeds of this Plant fhouid 

 be fown the latter End of March, 

 or the Beginning of April, upon a 

 dry, warm Spot of Ground; and 

 when the Plants come up, they 

 muft be carefully clear'd from 

 Weeds, (which, if permitted to 

 grow, will fbon over- run and de- 

 ftroy them) and in very dry Wea- 

 ther, the Beds Ihould be often wa- 

 ter 'd, vvrhich will greatly promote 

 the Growth of them. 



In fmje thefe Plants will be pretty 

 ftrong} at which time you ftiould 

 prepare fome Reds of light rich 

 Earth, into which you ihould trani- 

 plant fuch of the Plants as require 

 to be drawn out, where they come 

 up too thick, at atout four Inches 

 Diftance from each other, obferv- 

 ing to water them, until they have 

 taken P.our i atter wh'ch they wiH 



require 



