O R 



tain Farfley, with a Parfley- 

 leaf. 



2. O R E C E L I N V M api't folio, mi- 

 nus. Ir.ft. R. H. Smaller Moun- 

 tain Parlley, with a Parfley-leaf. 



3. Oreoselinum pratenfe, cicu- 

 folio. Inft. R. H. Meadow 



Mountain Parfiey, with anHemlock- 

 leaf. 



4. Oreoselinum Orientale, fe- 

 fclcos Mi jfilienjis folio. Tourn. Cor. 

 Eajiern Mountain Parfley, with a 

 Leaf like the Hart>vort of Mar- 

 seilles. 



The firft and fecond Sorts grow 

 in the mountainous Paltures and 

 Vineyards on the Rhine in Germany ; 

 as alfo on the Hills in the Neigh- 

 bourhood oS Geneva. 



The third i^ort grows in the Mea- 

 dows, and low Paitures, in feveral 

 Parts of Germany ; but particularly 

 \a the Falatinate. 



The fourth Sortwas discovered by 

 Dr. Tourm fort in the Levant, from 

 whence he fent the Seeds to the 

 Koyal Garden at Paris. 



The Seeds and Roots of the two 

 €rft Sorts are commonly ufed in Me- 

 dicine by the Phyiicians ofGt rmany, 

 but are never prefcribed in England. 

 Theyareeikemed cleanfingand open- 

 rig, and very good for the Stone and 

 travel. From fome Species of this 

 Genus, Br. Boerhaave conjectures 

 that fome of the Gums of Ajia and 

 jlfrica are produced ; as the Am- 

 -moniae, Sagapenum y Opopanax, and 

 Calhanum. 



Thefe Plants are propagated by 

 Seeds,, which fhould be fown in Au- 

 iumn, as foon as pcfnble after they 

 are ripe ; for if they are kept out of 

 the Ground until the Spring, they 

 feldom grow. Thefe Seeds mould 

 be Town in the Places where they are 

 deiigned to remain ; for as they 

 have downright carroty Roots, they 

 do noi well bsar transplanting. They 



require a moift light Soil, and thrive 

 belt in a fhady Situation. The beft 

 Method is, to fow the Seeds in Drills, 

 which fhould be made about eigh- 

 teen Inches afunder, and about half 

 an Inch deep. In the Spring, when 

 the Plants come up, they Ihould be 

 carefully cleared of Weeds ; and 

 where the Plants are too clofe, they 

 mould be thinned, leaving them 

 about fix or feven Inches apart, that 

 they may have room to grow i but 

 the figft Sort mould be allowed a 

 greater Share of room, becaufe it 

 grows very large, often rifmg to the 

 Height of fix or feven Feet, and 

 fpreads its Leaves near two Feet 

 each Way. 



In two Years after the Seeds are 

 fown, the Plants (if they have thri- 

 ven well) will be ilrong enough to 

 produce their Flower - Items, when 

 they will begin to moot up in April, 

 and their Flowers appear in June ; 

 but their Seeds will not ripen till the 

 End of Auguji or September. Thefe 

 Plants will continue fome Years, and 

 will annually produce Seeds ; fo 

 that the Ground mould be carefully 

 dug between the Plants everySpring, 

 and conftantly kept clean from 

 Weeds, which is ail the Culture the 

 Plants will require. 



ORIGANUM, Origany, or Baf- 

 tard Marjoram, 



The Characters are ; 



It hath a labiated Flower, conftfling 

 of one Leaf 3 whofe upper Lip is ere£l y 

 roundijby and divided into two ; but 

 the under Lip is cut into three Seg- 

 ments : oyt of the Flower-cup arifes 

 the Pointal, attended, as it were, by 

 four Embryoes, which afterward be- 

 come fq many roundifh Seeds, inclofed- 

 in the Flower-cup : to which fhould 

 be added, The Flowers grow in Jcaly 

 Spikes, fomewh at refembling thofe of 

 the Marjoram. 



The Species are; 



