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broad leav'd hoary thyme , ferpilhm an- 

 retim five "verficolor. ab eodtniy 'Park p. 8. 

 or gilded thyme : but the thyme that is 

 moll in ufe with us in gardens, is, thy- 

 mum duriuSy and thy mum latifol. with 

 the virtues of which all broths and foupes 

 are impregnated, fo called from feveral 

 roots out of the antient languages, which 

 implied its efficacy in curing faintnefs, 

 and foundings 5 to which, and many o- 

 ther purpofes, they were ufed by the 

 antients. 



They are well known to be rais'd by 

 flips, or feed fown in March or ApriL 



Marjoram, the marjorana of the anti- oz/^^jr/.- 

 cnts, has its derivation likewife from^^^^- 

 the Greek Zct^i^t;;^ov, and is endued with 

 the fame good quality as thyme, to ufe 

 the words of the learned Stephens and 

 Brown, §luia pallet vi exhilarandi ant- 

 mum, eumque fervandi in fua integritate. 



There are about feven forts that have 

 been long cultivated in our Englip gar- 

 dens, viz. marjorana latif. colore albo, 

 party- colour'd marjoram 5 ^ viridi va- 

 riegat. Vark. p. 447. pot marjoram, 

 marjorana tenuif. Ger.p. 664., Tark.p. 11. 

 marjoram gentle j marjorana £fliva vulg. 

 Tark'p* 1 1 . ordinary fummer fweet mar- 

 U I jorams 



