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fore it is gore too far; fo that it is 

 a very valuable Plant. 



Tnefe Plants, being Natives of a 

 warm Country, are very tender ; 

 and therefore will not live in this 

 Climate, unlefs they are preferred 

 in Stoves. 



They may be propagated by 

 their creeping Roots , which 

 Ihould be parted in the Middle of 

 March, jult before they begin to 

 pufh oet new Leaves. Thefe Roots 

 ihould be planted in Pots filled with 

 light rich Earth, and plunged into a 

 moderate Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, 

 obferving now-and-then to refrefh 

 them with Water ; but it muft not 

 be given to them in large Quanti- 

 ties ; for too much Moifture will 

 loon rot the Roots, when they are 

 im an unaftive State. When the 

 green Leaves appear above-ground, 

 the Plants will require more fre- 

 quently to be watered. As the Plants 

 advance in Strength, they Ihould 

 liave a greater Share of Air ; but 

 they muft conftantly remain in the 

 Stove plunged in the Tan, other- 

 wife they will not thrive: for when 

 the Pots are placed on Shelves in 

 the Stove, the Moifture paries too 

 foon from the Fibres, which general- 

 ly are fpread to the Sides and Bot- 

 toms of the Pots, fo that the Plants 

 do not receive much Nourimment 

 from the Water. But where they 

 are conftantly kept in the Tanners 

 Bark, and have proper Air and 

 Moifture, they will thrive; fo as 

 from a fmall Root to fill the Pot in 

 which it was planted, in one Sum- 

 mer. 



About Michaelmas the firft Sort 

 will begin to decay, and in a 

 fhort time after the Leaves will die 

 to the Ground ; but the Pots muft 

 fce continued all the Winter in the 

 Eark bed, otherwife the Roots will 

 ren£a ; for aitho' they are in an un- 



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aclive State, yet they will not keep 

 good very long, when taken out of 

 the Ground; and if the Pots are 

 taken out of the Tan, and placed 

 in any dry Part of the Stove, the 

 Roots often fhrivel and decay ; but 

 when they are continued in theTan, 

 they ihould have but little Water 

 given to them, when their Leaves 

 are decayed, left it rot them. The 

 firftSort doth flower conftantly in 

 July or duguft, and will often pro- 

 duce ripe Seeds in England; but the 

 fecond Sort doth not flower fo con- 

 usant, nor do the Flowers appear fo 

 confpicuous ; being very fmall, and 

 of a fhort Duration. 



This Sort never hath produced any 

 Seeds in England ; nor could I ever ob- 

 fervc any Rudiments of a Seed-veflel 

 fucceeding the Flower. The green 

 Leaves abide on this Sort moft Part 

 of the Winter, feldom decaying till 

 February; and fometimes will con- 

 tinue green until frelh Leaves come 

 up, and thruft the old ones off ; in 

 which Particular there is a more re- 

 markable Difference between the 

 two Sorts, than can be obferved in 

 the Face of the Plants. 



MARJORAM. *7<& Majorana. 



M ARRUBI ASTRUM, Baftard 

 Horehound. Vide Cunila. 



MARRUBIUM, Horehound. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It is a <verticillate Plant, with a 

 Lip-fower conjijling of one Leaf ; 

 whofe Upper-lip ( or Creji ) is upright , 

 with two Horns; but the Under-lip 

 {or Beard ) is divided into. threeParts ; 

 the Pointal, which is fix'd to the 

 Hinder- part of the T lower, is attend- 

 ed by four Embryoes, which become fo 

 many oblong Setds, inclosed in the 

 Flower- cup. 



The Species are ; 



I. Marrubium album vulgare, 

 C. B. P. Common wince Hore- 

 hound, 



2. Mar- 



