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titles of it : for it is obfervable, that 

 where there are but few of them, 

 the Cats will not leave them until 

 they have quite demolifh'd them ; 

 whereas, when a large Quantity of 

 the Plants are fet in the fame Place, 

 they will not come near them. 



Thofe Plants which are put into 

 Pots, mould be fhelter'd in Winter ; 

 but thofe in the fullGroundwill abide 

 the Cold of our ordinary Winters 

 very well, provided they are planted 

 ©n a warm dry Soil ; and may be 

 dipt into Pyramids or Balls ; in 

 which Figures I have feen fome 

 Plants of this Kind near three Feet 

 bigh, which have endur'd the open 

 Air feveral Years without any Co- 

 vering. 



MARUM VULGARE. Vide 

 Maftichina. 



MARYGOLD Vide Caltha. 



MARYGOLD ( AFRICAN ). 

 Vide Tagetes. 



MARYGOLD (FIG). Vide Fi- 

 coides. 



MARYGOLD (FRENCH). Vide 

 Tagetes. 



MASTERWORT. Vide Impe- 

 jratoria. 



MASTICHINA, Herb-maftich, 

 or Maftich- thyme. 



The Characlers are ; 



The Leaves are like thofe of Thyme 9 

 hut larger : the Stalks are upright 

 end fhrubhy : t.be Cup of the Flower 

 is long, narrow, and tubulous ; but is 

 fpread open at the Top, 'where it is 

 €ut into fi<ve long flender Segments, and 

 has a Woollinefs over every Part of 

 it: the Galea ( or Crefi ) of the Flow- 

 er Jlands upright, and is divided into 

 two Parts : the Beard ( or Lower- 

 lip ) is divided into three Segments, fo 

 that it appears fomewhat like a Flow- 

 er with five Leaves : the Flowers 

 are coilecled into thick Whorles, and 

 have a white Down growing upon 

 the ckhng Heads, 



The Species are ; 



1. Mastichina. Boerb. lnd« 

 Herb-maflich, or Maftich-thyme. 



2. Mastichina folh minors, 

 Herb-maftich with a lefler Leaf. 



There feems to be another Varie- 

 ty of this Plant in fome of the Eng- 

 Ujh Gardens, which is of humbler 

 Growth than the common Sort : the 

 Spikes of Flowers are alfo fliorter 

 and loofer ; but the Leaves are full 

 as large as thofe of the common 

 Sort. This I don't remember to have 

 feen taken notice of in any of the 

 Books of Botany, though it feems 

 conftantly to retain this Difference. 



Thefe Plants may be propagated 

 by planting Cuttings, during any of 

 the Summer-months, in a Bed of 

 light rich Earth ; obferving to water 

 and lhade them, until they have 

 takenRoot : after which they may be 

 tranfplanted into a light dry Soil, 

 and have a warm Situation ; where 

 they will endure the Cold of our or- 

 dinary Winters very well ; and pro- 

 duce great Quantities of Flowers in 

 July but feldom ripen their Seeds 

 in this Country. 



The flowering Part of this Plant is 

 order'd as an Ingredient in Venice- 

 treacle ; for which Purpofe it mould 

 be propagated in Phyiic - gardens. 

 And the Plant, having an agreeable 

 Scent, and being eafiiy cultivated, 

 may merit a Place in the Borders 

 of every good Garden ; where it 

 may be redue'd to a regular Head, 

 and will appear very handibme. 

 MATRICARIA, Feverfew. 



The Characters are ; 

 // hath a fibrofe Root : the Leaves 

 are conjugated, and divided into many 

 Segments : the ' Cup of the Flower is 

 fquamofe, and hmifpherical : the 

 Flowers grow in an Umbel upon the 

 Top of the Stalks, and the Rays of 

 the Flower are, for the mofl part, 

 nvhite* 



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