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ioks^ tvhich are fawccl onthcir edges. Ambrofia Virgiiiiana 



maxima, platani oricntalis folio. Mor. Hift. :^. p. 4. 

 4. Ambrosia {Artcmififolia) foliis bipinnatiiicUs prirno- 



ribus ramulorum indivifis intcgerrimis.- Lin. Sp. 



Plant. .988. Amhrof.mvitb douUe winged leaves^ and 

 • the younger branches having entire leaves. Aiiibroila 



maxima inodora marrubii aqviarici foliis tenuiter la- 



ciniacis Virginiana. 



Pluk. Aim. 27. tab. 10. 



AwiiRosiA {Arhorefeens) foliis piniuitifidis hirfutis i 

 ccmis iolitariis tcnninalibus, caulc fruticofo perenne. 



Arahrofui with hairy 



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Jhrubhy perennial Jlalk, 

 1 he firlt fort grows naturally in Cappadocia, &c. near 

 the fca fliore ; this rifcs about two feet and a half high, 

 fending out branches, garniflied with leaves divided 

 into man)^ parts, and upon being handled emit a ftrong 

 odour. The fpikes of flowers are produced from the 

 wings of the ilaiks, which are long, fingle, and hairy; 

 the upper part being furnifhed with niany male flow- 

 ers, and the_ lower part with female flowers -, thcfe 

 grow clofe to the fl:alk.. After the flowers are paft, 

 the female flowers are fucceeded by hard leafy cap- 

 fules having one cell, in w^hich is included a fingle 

 round feed. .This is an annual phnt, which leldom 



. perfedts its feeds in England, unlefs the plants are 



_ brought forward in thefpring-, therefore the feeds 

 fliould be fown in the autumn in av/arm border, and 

 when the plants come up in the fpring, they fhould 

 be tranfplanted into another warm border of poor 



, ground i for when thefe plants are put into rich molfl: 

 land, tliey grow veiy luxuriantly, fo do not flower 

 till late in the feafon. Therefore the befl- method to 

 obtain good feeds, is to plant fome of the plants in 

 lime rubbifh, to prevent their luxuriant growth, which 



_ will caufe them to flower early, whereby good feeds 



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may be obtained.. 

 If the feeds ripen and are permitted to fcatter, the 

 plants will come up the following fpring without care j 

 for when the feeds are fown in the fpring, the plants 

 feldom come up the fame year, but will remain in the 

 ground a year before they vegetate. There is not 

 much beauty in this plant, fo it is not often admitted 

 to have a place in gardens, except in thofe where a 

 Vaiiety of plants are preferved. -. ._■>., — ./ . • A . '; 

 The fccond fort grows naturally in the iflands of 



. America, as alfo in Carolina and Virp-inia ; from the 

 two latter countries I have frequently received the 

 feeds, and in the tubs of earth which came with plants 

 from the former, the plants have come up in plenty, 

 fo is undoubtedly a common weed there. This grows 

 more than three feet high, dividingintomany branches^ 

 garnilhed with winged leaves in fhape like thofe 

 of Mugwort ; at the extremity of each branch, the 



. loofe fpikes of flowers are produced, compofed of one 

 long fpike in the middle, and three or four lliorter 

 lateral fpikes : thefe are fmooth, and have male and 

 female flowers ranged 'in tlie fame manner as the 

 former ; the female flowers are fucceeded by feeds of 



. the fame fliape. 



This fort will come up and thrive in the open air in 



. England, but the plants fo raifed will not produce 



good feeds, unlefs the feafon is warm; therefore to 



.obtain them every year, it is neceffary to^ cultivate 



them in the follov/ing manner. -'.. : ■'_ : ' > " * , . . 



Tht feeds of this plant fliould be fown on a moderate 



hot-bed in March, and when the plants are come up 



two inches high, they muft be tranfplanted into ano- 



. thej moderate hot-bed, allowing each plant three or 



^four inches fquare'; obferving to water them pretty 



well, and fliade them until they have taken new root; 



afterward they mull' have a large fhare of'frefli air 



. every di>y, when the weather is warm, and frequent 



waterings, for they are very thirfl;y plants. When the 



pla,nts are grown pretty fl:rong, they mufl: be taken 



up with balls of earth to their roots, and planted in 



large pots filled with light earth; and if tliey are 



placed on a veiy moderate hot-bed until they are well 



. rooted, it will greatly forward their flowering. Toward 



v/ith other hardy annual plants, among which tliev 

 v/ill m^ake a variety. Thefe "will flower in July, and 

 their feeds ripen in September. 



The third fort is a native of Nortli Am.erica, v/here 

 It is a very common weed. This often grows eioht 

 or ten feet high ; and if it is planted in a rich moilt 

 foil, or is often watered, it v^ill o-row niucli higher 

 and Ipread out into many branches. The feeds of 

 this plant, when fown in the fpring, feldom come up 

 the firfl: year, but frequently remain in the ground 

 until the following fpring ; ib that when the plants do 

 not come up, the ground mufl: not be dilturbed till 

 after the fpring follov/mg. When the plants come 

 up. Tome of them may be tranfplanted into a irioifl: 

 rich foil, allowing them at leaft four or five feet room 

 every way-, if they are frequently watered in dry 

 weather, they will grov/ to a large fize ; but their 

 branches mpll be fupported by fl:akes, otherv/ife they 

 are very fubjeft to break with fl:rong winds. The 

 flowers of this plant are not more confpicuous than 

 thofe of the Hemp, to which thefe are near akin ; 



' therefore are only preferved by fuch perfons as are 

 curious in botany, for the fake of variety. If the 

 feeds of this fort ripen and are fuff^ered to fcatter, the 

 plants will come up the following fpring, provided 



■ the ground is not difliurbed ; or if the feeds are fown 

 in autumn, the plants will come up ^the follov/ino- 

 fpring, and may be treated as above: 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in North America, 

 from whence I have frequently received the feeds. 

 This divides into many branches, the lowxr part of 

 vvliich are garniflied with whole leaves, but the upper 

 part hath compound leaves refembling tliofe of the 

 lecond fort ; the fpikes of flowers are produced from 

 the wings of the fl:alks, in which this differs from the 



' fecond. Tnis may be treated in the fame m.anner as 

 the fecond fort. - ■ - ■ 



The fifth fort, is a native of Peru, from whence the 

 younger Juflleu fent the feeds 

 Paris, and by the generofity of his brother "br. Bar- 

 nard de Juflleu, I was favoured with this plant, which 

 has fucceeded in the Chelfea garden, where it annually 

 perfedls its feeds. 



This grows to the height of ten or twelve feet, \yith 

 a woody fl:em, dividing into feveral branches, c^ar- 

 niflied with hairy leaves, compofed of feveral winged 

 lobes, and are placed alternately upon the branches ; 

 the fpikes of flowers are fingle, liairy, and are pro- 

 duced at the extremity of the branches. The female 

 flowers (which are fituated below the male, on the 

 fame fpikes) grow in fmall clufliers, at feparate dif- 

 tances, each having two long narrow fegments of the 

 empalement, which rife above the capfule or feed 

 veflel, .. 



This is a perennial plant, and may be propagated by 

 cuttings^or feeds; if by the former, they flfould be 

 planted in a ftiady border, in either of the fummer 

 months ; thefe will require to be frequently watered : 

 in a month or five weeks they will have good roots, 

 therefore fliould then be taken up and potted ; for 



when they are left longer in thefull graund, they 

 will grow very luxuriant, and not fo foon recover 

 their removal, as thofe which are tranfplanted eariier. 

 I'hefe plants are hardy, fo may be expofed to the 

 open air in fummer; and in the winter, if they are 

 flieltered in a common green-houfe, v/ith Myrtles and 

 otlier hardy exodc plants, they will five feveral years. 

 In mild winters, the roots of this plant have lived in 

 the full ground in a warm border, without any co- 

 vering, but hai'd frofl: will kill them. 

 The feeds of this fort feldom come up the fimeyear, 

 when they are fown in fpring, but thofe which have 

 fallen in the autumn, have grown the following year^ 

 and fo have thofe which have been fown at the fame 

 feafon. 



AMELANCHIER. See Chionanthus. 

 AMELLUS, Star-flowen 



The Characters are, 



the latter end of May they lliould be placed abroad ' cf 



fcaly ; the fj 



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coyyipoje. 



