234 FLORA HISTORICA. 



annual plants of hot countries, require the assistance 

 of the hotbed to forward the young plants. The 

 seed should be sown in February, on a hotbed 

 covered with good rich light earth, and when of a 

 proper size to remove, they should be planted out 

 into a second hotbed, and treated in the same 

 manner as Balsams and other tender annual plants, 

 until the time of removing them into the open 

 garden. 



GLOBE AMARANTH. Gomphrena Glohosa. 



Natural Order same as the foregoing, but of the Class 

 Peiandria, and Order Digynia, of the Linnaean 

 System. 



Amaranths such as crown the maids 

 That wander through Zamara's shades. 



Moore. 



This plant grows naturally in Sumatra, or Zamara, 

 an island in the Indian Ocean, and the flowers are 

 much worn by the inhabitants in their hair. These 

 people when not engaged in war lead an indolent 

 life, passing great part of their time in playing on a 

 kind of flute, crowned with garlands of flowers, 

 among which the Globe Amaranth is the greatest 

 favourite, and the most prevailing flower. These 

 flowers, which are of a fine shining purple, will re- 



