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every gardener that it need not be particularized. 

 The same with the Purslanes, of which the Green 

 Purslane is rather hardier than the Golden. These 

 two plants want a little more watering than the 

 other herbs. 



The Sweet or Knotted Marjoram is one of the 

 delightful kitchen Herbs that has added to man's 

 happiness. It is sweet enough and pretty enough 

 to be put in a nosegay, and so it used to be in 

 olden time : 



' Oh, bind them posies of pleasant flowers, 

 Of Marjoram, Mint, and Rue.' 



Thus runs an old Devonshire song. 



\j\ As You Like It, Sweet Marjoram is given 

 its due meed of praise. ' We may pick a thousand 

 salads ere we light on such another herb.' ' Indeed, 

 sir, she was the Sweet Marjoram of the salad.' 

 Certainly it is one of the herbs we are sure to 

 gather a sprig of as we pass it ; and we do not 

 wonder that our forefathers loved to use it as a 

 * strewing herb ' before the days of rugs and carpets, 

 and to put it in their * sweete bagges and washing- 

 waters.' Izaak Walton tells us to use it, along 

 with a ' little bunch of Winter Savory and some 

 pickled oysters, to dress a pike.' Of Pot Marjoram 



