. An encyclopædia of gardening; . som. These last are to be cut as soon as the dew is off in the morning,for in the afternoon, and especially during bright sunshine, the odor of the plant is found to be much di-minished. Dry the crop thus gathered in the shade, and afterwards keep it in small bundles, compactlypressed down, and covered with white paper. By the common mode of hanging up mint and other herbsin loose bundles, the odor soon escapes. The mint having a travelling root, the bed soon becomes co-vered, so as not to admit of further culture; hence, after four or five years standing, a f
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . som. These last are to be cut as soon as the dew is off in the morning,for in the afternoon, and especially during bright sunshine, the odor of the plant is found to be much di-minished. Dry the crop thus gathered in the shade, and afterwards keep it in small bundles, compactlypressed down, and covered with white paper. By the common mode of hanging up mint and other herbsin loose bundles, the odor soon escapes. The mint having a travelling root, the bed soon becomes co-vered, so as not to admit of further culture; hence, after four or five years standing, a fresh plantationwill require to be made. SuBSECT, 5. Marjoram. — Origanum, L. Didy. Gymnos, L. and Labiate. J. Mar-jolaine, Fr; Marjoran, Ger.; and Maggiorana, Ital. 4162. Of marjoram four different species are cultivated; the 2^ot, siveet, ivintet, and common. 4163. Pot-maijoram is the 0. Onites, L. (Bocc. Mus. t. 38.); a hardy perennial un-der-shrub, a native of Sicily, introduced in 1759. The stem rises more than a foot high,. Book I. SAVORY, BASIL. 671 and is covered with spreading hairs ; the leaves are small and acute, almost sessile, andtomentose on both sides. Though hardy enough to withstand our winters, it seldom ri-pens its seeds in this country. It is in flower from July to November, and is propagatedfrom seed, but chiefly from rooted slips. 4164. Sweet maijoram is the 0. Marjorana, L. (Moris, s. 11. t. 3. f. 1.); a hardybiennial, a native of Portugal, and introduced in 1573. It resembles the 0. , butthe leaves have distinct petioles, and the flowers, which appear in June and July, arecollected in small close heads ; and hence is often called knotted marjoram. As theseed seldom ripens in this country, it is generally procured from France. When inblossom, the herb is cut over, and dried for winter use, so that a sowing requires to bemade every year. 4165. The ivinter sweet marjoram is the 0. Heracleoticum, L. {Lob. Ic. 492.); ahardy perennial, a native of Gr
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