

1891.] The History of Garden Vegetables. 697 
reached Britain in 1573,% and was a well-known inmate in 
American gardens in 1806.” 
Sweet marjoram, knotted marjoram, or annual marjoram is 
called in France, marjolaine a coquille ; in Germany, majoran, 
franzosischer majoran ; in Flanders and Holland, marjolijn ; in 
Italy, maggiorana; in Spain, mejorana, almorady ; in Portugal, 
manjerona;® in Norway, merian;™” in Greece, masouran, 
mantziourana; in Egypt and Yemen, mardakus; ; in Hindustani, 
marzanjosh, marwa, nazbo;* in Arabic, mirzunjoosh, marda- 
kusch; in the Deccan, murwa; in Tamil, marroo;* in the 
Mauritius, marjolaine* : 
Origanum onites L. 
Pliny * speaks of this species as called omitin or prasion in the 
first century, but its introduction to Britain is said to have taken 
place in 1759. It was in American gardens in 1806,” but does 
not appear to have been much cultivated, although recorded by 
Burr in 1863. Its name does not now occur in our seed-lists, as 
it is inferior to the preceding variety. 
This species has been called pot marjoram, a name which has 
been applied to the O. vulgare. 
Origanum heracleoticum L 
This species has been identified with the Cunila gallinacea of 
Pliny.* It is mentioned in the early botanies, and is said to have 
reached England in 1640,” and is recorded in American gardens 
in 1806.% It finds mention by Burr in 1863, but seems now to 
have disappeared from our seed-lists. It is frequently mentioned 
by early garden writers under the name of winter sweet marjoram, 
and has a variegated variety. 
38 McIntosh. Book of the Gard., II., 238, 239. 
" McMahon. Am. Gard. Cal., 1806. 
3? Don. Gard. and Bot, Be, IV., 767. 
= Pliny. Lib. 1X, 
” Pisay. Lib XX. ae 
33 McIntosh. = Cj Mh, 238. 
36 McMahon. 
