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Show MA be taken for granted that it will be beneficial it. a advife, to try the Goodnefs of Marle, byputting fome ofit into a Glafs of Water ; and they account it to be good, if it be fo tender that the Lumps break and diffolve as foon as it comes to the Bottom: Theyalfo reckon it a good Sign, if it {parkle in the the Curious in Botanyin divers Parts of rope. Thefe Plants may be all propagated by tranfplanted out in the Spring where theyare Stamina Water, andfeel fat betweenthe Fingers ; but to remain. Under-Li fowing their Seeds as foon as they areripe, upon a Bed of light dry Soil, where theywill come MARUM, [of Amarum, Lat. Bitter, becaufe this Plant is verybitter, ] Mattick. cers are ; up the fame Autumn, and abide the Cold of In Fune they will flower, and bas no Galea (or Cref?) the ying the Place of it; but the livided into five large Segments, bich is hollow like a Spoon : We have but*one Species of this Plant, at prefent, in Exgland, which is, Mart Syriacum, vel Creticum. Syrian Mattick, wulgé. try with a little of it on Lands fuppos'd to be of a contrary Nature to it. H. L. " This Plant is propagated byplanting Cuttings, in any of the Summer Months, upon a do not make fo good an Improve- Bed of frefh light rich Earth, obferving to ment of Lands the firft Year, as afterwards. Some advife, firft to burn the Mar/e before it is laid on the Lands, which, if it be done, one Load will go as far as five. The Quantity of the Mar/e ought to be in water and fhade them, until they have taken Root ; afte h, they may be tran{planted erinto Pots or Borders of the fame frefh ght rich Earth: But thegreateft Difficulty is, to preferve it from the Cats, who will come from a great Diftance to tear this Plant in Pieces, and from whomthere is {carcely any guardingit, efpecially near ‘owns and Cities, where there are many ofthefe Animals, unlets by plantinglarge Quantities of it ; for it is ob~ ferveable, that where there are but few of Maries Proportion to the Depth of the Earth Over-marling has often prov’d of worfe fequence than Under-marling. MARRUBIASTRUM; hound, The Cha ra he Verti ifting of one Leaf, Baftard Hore- whofe Up like a Spoon, but the Lower Lip to three Segments: Out Flower rifes the Poin re, by four C. B. 3aftard Hore-hound, with an Ironwort Leaf, and a yellow Flower with a dark purple Edge. 4. Marrusiastroo ; folio Cardicca.Bocea, t Baftard Hore-hound, with a Mothert Leaf. The firft of thefé Plants is found wild amongft the Corn in Kent, and fome other Counties in England, andis feldom cultiv ated, except in Botanick Gardens, for the fake of Variety, where are alfo fome other Species of this Plant preferved for the fame Purpofe, ; The other three Sorts are found wild in the Southern Parts of France and Italy, from whence the Seeds have been fent to WW, pe= them, the Cats will not leave them, until they Foreign have quite demolifh’d them; whereas, when a tity of the Plants arefet in the fame White Hore-hound. A ’sy which ards turn to fo many rou which may be added, The little Flower cut o five {mall Segments, upon wh p frall Spines ; and the Flowe ick Whorles round the Stalk. The Species are ; 1. MarxusBrastRUM; ulgare. Tourn. CommonBaftard Hore-hound, 2. Marrusrastrum; fi culis aculeatis, flore candican Hore-hound, with an Ironwort Le white Flower. RUBIASTRUM ; fideritidis fo is, flore v0 cum limbo - w um. 5 with a Lip- liisfe hound, witt ‘There are which are prefery’d in cur dens, for the fake of Variety : of no Ufe or Beauty, {fo it to enumerate them in this Pl The firft Sort here mentio: : This is found lace, they will come near them Thofe P| "hare put into Pots, fhould be fhelter’d in Winter; but thofe in the full de the Cold ofourordinary Winters very |, provided they are planted on awarm dry Soil ; and may beclipt into Pyramids or Balls, in which Figures [ have feen { {ome P] ants of this Kind near three Feet high, which have endur’d the open Air feveral Year hout any Covering MARUM VULGARE; vic MARYGOLD(AFRICAN);1 MARYGOLD (FIG); vide I MARYGOLD (FRENCH); « ied. They may be all propag heir Seeds in March ht Earth; and when th y fhould be tran MTA MASTER-WORT ; wide Imperatori STICHINA, [fo call’d, of Mafick it has perfe€tly both t m 1¢ of that Plant. Iris alfo call’d Ma necnes or e > no f2 is fomewh n Situation, otherwi often kill’d by Frofts. MARRUBIUM NIGRUI have ing upon the oblong Heads. or its Bitternefs. ] Herb Mattick I e are collected into white Down crowei The Species are ; Herb Mattick, 1. Masticutina. Boerb. or Maftick-Thyme. 2. Masricuina ; ftick, with a leffer Leaf. There feems to be another Plant in fome ofthe F is of humbler Gre The Spikes of Flowers loofer ; but the Leavy of the common § to have feen en no Books of Botany, tho’ it retain this Difference. Thefe Plants may bepri ing Cuttings, Months, in a during any of Bed of light rich Earth, ferving to water and fhade them, until they have taken Root: After which they may be tranfplantedinto a light dry Sojl, and have a warmSituation, where they will endure the Cold ofour ordinary Winters v and produce great ¢ * i Floy but feldomripen their § The Flowering P art of t as an Ingredient in Venice Purpofeit fhould be pr Gardens. And the Plant having Scent, and beingeafily cultivated, may merit a Place in the Borders of every good Garden, where it may be reduced toa regular Head, and will appear very handfome. ty atrix, becaufe this Plant is very good againft Difeafes of the Womb: And,for the fame Reafon, it is call’d Part um, of (le a Virgin. ew. aI hath MARYGOLD; wi they have no g are there any Ufes to keep them cl that it appears fomewbat like a Flower with jive Leav | wers are producd fingle from the Wings of the L which may be added, has the Appearance of a Shrub, and a hot hound Galea (or Creft) of the Flower ftands upright, and is divided into two Parts: The Beard (or Lower-Lip) is divided into three Segments, fo ith a Lip-Flower, confifing of thick Whorles, and our ordinary Winters very well, and may be the fureft Sign of its Goodnefs, is, if it diffolve by Wet or Froft. MARRUBIUN Some approve of marling Land hallow, becaufe, they fay, it is apt to work down- of 272, Heb. wards : Others, of laying it in deep at firft, others, from the caufe the Leaves of becanfe the Sun waftes the Fatnefs ofit. Some recommend Maries for the improving that they appear of fandyloofe Land: But the fureft way to know what Lands it will fuit beft with, is, to MARVEL OF PERU; vide Jalapa. ICARIA 5 Common Feverfe |