OF HERBS, &C. 



SECT* XVU 



more luxuriantly they grow; the more likely they are 

 to be cut off by fevere weather. 



Marigold has its varieties, and fome forts bear 

 very fine double flowers; but the common fmgle kind 

 is befl: as a pot-herb, being moll aromatic. All Jingl* 

 flowers are preferable to the double of the fame kind 

 for medicinal, or other ufes, as poffeffing a ftronger 

 effence. Sow marigolds in fpring, and let plants of 

 the Angle fort ftand a foot afunder, but the large double 

 wider. They will grow in any foil, and are in flower 

 moll part of the year. The time of gathering them for 

 drying is towards autumn, when they are moft plentiful. 

 Take care that they are not put up in their paper bags 

 raw, or damp, and keep them in a very dry place. 

 This flower is a valuable ingredient in broths and 

 foups, however it may have got into difufe. It fows 

 itfelf abundantly, and will bear transplanting about 

 May, fo that there will feldom be occafion to fow. 



Marjoram is diftinguifhed into pot, winter, and 

 knotted forts ; the two former perennial, and the laft 

 annual. They are all occafionally ufed for culinary 

 purpofes, but the knotted k chiefly cultivated as a 

 jweet companion of our flowers. The propagation of it 

 is by parting the roots of the perennial forts in autumn 9 

 or fpring, and by fowing the annual kind in March, or 

 April, on a warm border, and light dry foil. The 

 annual fort fhould Hand at fix inches diftance, and the 

 perennial at nine or ten. The knotted fort, if planted 

 in pots, and houfed, may be prefer ved in the winter, 

 cutting down the flower ftems. This kind is fome- 

 times ufed for medicinal purpofes, and fhould be drawn 

 up by the roots, for drying in the faade ; or at leaft with 

 but little fun. 



Mint is a falutary herb, of which we have two 

 forts, the fpear and the pepper ; the former for culi- 

 nary, and the latter for medicinal purpofes. There is a 

 little variety in the Jpear 3 as broader and narrower 



leaved 3 



