^'^^n nf 



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oner fTTOwlh they pnll them clean up, root and 

 m dne IQ tine, a« wanted, and tie them m 



rT,v,r.i-^- 



ultl 



V 



■■i for kkclien 



apart, 



plants, 



-.5, each 



^. .. proper 



It ipay alio often be 



'J other compart- 



'i::t5 multiply ex- 



;.:. . iic .1; u.i..;, fumiihing the 



reafe. Some ihould, however, 



feed in the above manner, as 



ironutic quality than thofe 



.tended to incrcafe any particular varieties, 

 • with certainty, it can only be ef- 



l - and flips, all the forts aiultiply 



bv . '. flips of the branches : the rooted 



•J liivjii cipeiiitious metliod, as the old plants in- 



: ir.iny offset ftems rifing from the root, each fur- 



.. fibres ; and by taking up the old plants in the 



. ,:. and flipping or dividing them into feparate parts, 



not t o imall, w-ith roots to each, and planting tliem in beds 



cf grxKl eartli, in rows half a foot afunder, giving water di- 



rtctlv, and repeating it occafionally in dry weather till they 



hcvt taken root, aad begin to (hoot at top ; they foon grow 



freely, and form good bufhy plants in two or three 



months. 



The ftrong flips of the branches without roots, fucceed 

 when plar:ed any time in the early fpring feafon in a fhady 

 border, in rows four or five inches diitant, giving due water- 

 ings ; and become good plants by autumn, when they may 

 be planted out where tliey are to remain. 



The cuttings of the young branches grow readily, the 

 fame as the flips, when planted at the fame feafon in a fliady 

 place, znd well watered. 



The common th)-me is in univerfal ufe as a pot-herb for 

 various cuhnary purpofes ; it may alfo be employed in af- 

 f^-mblage ^vith other fmall plants, to cmbellifli the fronts of 

 flower-borders, Ihrubbery clumps, fmall and floping bank*;, 

 &c. placing the plants detached or Cngly, to form little 

 bufliy tufts, and in which the variegated forts, ar.d the filver 

 thyme and k-mon thyme particjlarfy, form a very agreeable 

 variety. The lemon thyme is alfo in much eilimation for its 

 peculiar odoriferous fmell. Some of each of thefe forts may 

 alfo be potted, in order to be moved occafionally to any par- 

 ticular places as may be required, and under occalional 

 (helter in fevere winters, to prefcr.-e the plants more effec- 

 tually in a lively Ibte ; likewife fome cf th; maftick thyme. 

 Spanifli ar.d Portugal thymes are alfo fometimes potted for 

 the fame purpofe, and to place under the protection of a 

 garden frame or greeiihoufe in -.nnter, to cor.tinuc: them in 

 a more frefh and lively growth ; and fometimes fome of the 

 fmaller thymes are fown or planted for edgings to particiilai- 

 bed3 or borders for variety, fuch as tue lemon thyme, fiiver- 

 leaved and variegated forts ; alfo occafionally the common 

 thyme ; and^all kept low, clofe and regular, by cUpping 

 them at the udes and tops annually in the fummer feafon. 



All the feveral forts and varieties poffefs an aromatic 

 quality, which principally relides in the leaves, whence it is 



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imparted and affords a fine agreeable fragrance. But die 

 firft three kinds arc by much the moft noted and valued in 

 kitchen gardens, and more cfpecially the common thyme, 

 which is To very ufeful as a culinary herb. 



In gathering this for ufe, in common gardens, it (hould 

 ir gei.eral only be cut or flipped as it is wanted, in fmall 

 quantities at a time, and then not ftumped off in too clofe a 

 manner ; but the mode purfued by market gardeners is quite 

 different, as has been already leen. 



THYNI, in Anc'tcrA Geography, a people of Thrace, ac- 

 cording to Strabo. Among the Thraces of Afia, men- 

 tioned by Herodotus, we are to include t}\e Bithynians and 

 Thvnians. Thefe people were originally of Europe, and 

 were driven from thence by the Teucrians and Myfians. 

 Thev \'^re alfo called Strymonians : and upon pafSng into 

 Afia, they took the name of Bithynians. The Thynians 

 were originally Thracians ; inhabiting the environs of 

 Salmydetfus and Apollonia : and upon their removal to 

 Afia, they occupied the fea-coaft, and fome part of the ad- 

 jacent territory. Thefe people had acquired the art of en- 

 graving precious ftones : accordingly we find the following 

 verfe of Mec<enas upon the death of Horace, preferved by 

 Ifidore in his Origines : 



" Nee percandida margarita quaero 

 Nee quos Thynica hma perpolivit, 

 Amellos, nee jafpios lapiUos." 



THYNIA, a country of Afia, in Bithynia. Phny. 



THYNIAS, an ifland of the Euxine fea, oppofite to 

 Bithynia, according to Phny, but on the coaft of Bithynia, 

 according to Strabo. 



THYNNIA, ij.:.%, in Antiquity, a facrifice offered to 

 Neptune by the fifhermen, after a plentiful draught. 



The word comes from Ci/vo;, a tunny, that being the fa- 

 crifice offered. 



THYNNUS, in Entomology, a genus of the Hymenop- 

 tcra order of infefts : the charafters of which are, that the 

 mouth is horny ; the mandible bent, with a ftiort jaw, 

 ftraight ; the lip larger than the jaws, with the apex membra- 

 naceous ; trifid ; the intermediate fringes emarginate ; the 

 tongue very fliort or folded ; the four palpi filiform and 

 equal ; the antennse filiform. Gmelin enumerates three 



Species. 



Dektatus. With black abdomen ; the fecond, third, 

 and fourth fegraents marked with two white points. Found 

 in New Holland. 



Emarginatuk. With black abdomen, the fegments 

 ha\'ing a yellow interrupted band ; the fcutellum emargi- 

 nate. Found in New Holland. 



Integer. Black, with the fegments of the abdomen 

 villofe-cinereous at the margin, and the anus entire. Found 

 in New Holland. 



TuYXN-fs, in Ichthyology. See Tunny, and ScoiiBER, of 

 which it is fpecies. 



THYOS, Qvj-:, in Antiquity, an offering of fruits, leaves, 

 or acorns, which were che only facrifices at firft in ufe. 



THYR.^1, in Ancient Geography, a people of Italy, in 

 Japygia, who inhabited the middle of the ifthmus, between 

 Taientum and Brundufium, according to Strabo. 



THY RE A, a town of the Argphde, upon an eminence, 

 in that part which adjoined Laconia, that is, on the weftem 

 co-ft of the Argolic gulf. The country in which it was 

 fituated bore the name of Cynuria or Cynouria. — Alfo, a 

 town of Greece, in the Phocide, where, according to Pau- 

 fanias, Phocus, the fon of Harmythion, placed a colony. — 



Alfe, 



