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tended to be planted out, by ex- 

 pofing them to the Air as. much as 

 poffible ; for this will keep the 

 Plants backward, and prevent their 

 (hooting; for if they make Shoots in 

 the Green-houfe, thofe will be too 

 tender to bear the Sun, until they 

 are by degrees hardened to it ; and 

 the leail Froft will greatly pinch 

 them ; and fuch often happen very 

 late in the Spring. 



The two or three Winters after 

 thefe are planted out, it will be ne- 

 ceflary to lay fome Mulch on the 

 Surface of the Ground about their 

 i Roots, as alfo to throw fome Mats 

 jOver their Heads, efpecially at the 

 Beginning of the morning Frofls in 

 Aut-umn, for the Reafons before 

 \ given : but they mould never be too 

 j clofely covered up, left the Shoots 

 '._ mould grow mouldy ; for that will 

 'certainly kill the leading Buds of 

 every Shoot, and prove to the full 

 as injurious to them as the Froft. 

 ,As the Plants get Strength, fo they 

 will be better able s.o endure the 

 ,Cold of our Climate ; tho' it will be 

 proper to lay fome Mulch about 

 itheir Roots every Winter, in very 

 fevere Froit, as alio to cover their 

 .Heads and Stems. 



It is the fecond Sort which re- 

 quires the moll Care, being much 

 (tenderer than any of the other Sorts ; 

 for they will endure the Cold very 

 ,well, without much Care, after they 

 iiave acquired Strength. 



MAHALEB. Vide Cerafus. 

 ! MAJORANA, Marjoram. 



The Characters are ; 

 \ // is a verticillate Plant, nobafe 

 Flower is composed of one Leaf: the 

 Galea, or Crejl, is upright, roundijb, 

 \ind divided into two Parts : the Bar- 

 pa, or Beard, is cut into three Seg- 

 ments, Jo as to appear ahnoft like a 

 mxquefid Flower : the Flowers are 

 vllcchd intQ a Jbort thick round Head, 



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and cone out of a fourfold Order of* 

 Leaves, which are placed like 'Scales 

 or Plates. 



The Species are ; 



1 . M a j o r a N a vulgaris. C. B. P . 

 Common fweet Marjoram. 



2. Majorana rotundifolia fcMel- 

 lata exotica. 11. R. Par. Round - 

 leiv'd Exotic Marjoram, with a Leaf 

 lhaped like a Sawcer. 



3. Majorana C.-etica, origqm 

 folio villofo, fatureiee cdore, corymb** 

 majoribus alois. Hairy Candia Mar- 

 joram, with an Origany-leaf, a Sa- 

 vory-fmell, and large round tufced 

 white Heads. 



The firft of thefe Plants gj an An- 

 nual, and muil be fown every Year : 

 the Seeds of this are annually 

 brought from Marfeillcs, and other 

 Places in the South of France, where 

 it grows fpontaneoufly ; for it never 

 ripens Seeds in this Country. The 

 Seeds of this Plant mould be fown 

 the Latter-end of March, or the Be- 

 ginning of April, upon a dry warm 

 Spot of Ground: and when the 

 Plants come up, they muft be care- 

 fully clear'd from Weeds, which, if 

 permitted to grow, will ibon over- 

 run and dellroy them j and in very 

 dry Weather the Beds mould be of- 

 ten watered, which will greatly pro- 

 mote the Growth of them. 



In June thefe Plants will be pretty 

 ftrong ; at which time you mould 

 prepare fome Beds of light rich Earth, 

 into which you mould tranfplanc 

 fuch of the Plants as require to be 

 drawn out, where they come up too 

 thick, at about four Inches Durance 

 from each other, obferving to water 

 them, until they have taken Root ; 

 after which they will require no far- 

 ther Care, but only to clear them 

 from Weeds ; and thefe Plants will 

 grow ftrong, and produce a greater 

 Number of Heads, or Knots, as they 

 are commonly called, than thoie , 



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