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tain their beauty and freshness for several years if 

 gathered before they are too far advanced ; and on 

 this account they are mucli cultivated in Portugal 

 and otlier warm Catholic countries, for the purpose 

 of adorning the churches in the winter. It is also 

 one of the flowers that form the garlands and crosses 

 which are sold at the gates of Pere la Chaise, and 

 is likewise deemed one of the principal ornaments of 

 the dried bouquets of this country. 



The French call this plant Immortelle Vlolette, 

 and Toide and Tolide. It appears to have been 

 cultivated in Holland about tlie year 1670, from 

 whence it was obtained by the Duchess of Beaufort 

 in 1714. The variety with white flowers was also 

 procured from Holland, and cultivated by Mr. 

 Miller in 1722. This annual plant is raised by 

 sowing the seeds in a hotbed, as directed for the 

 other kinds of Amaranth. 



CRESTED AMARANTH, or COCK^S 

 COMB. Celosia Cristata. 



A Genus of the Pejifandria Monogynia Class. 



The generic name of this singular plant is derived 

 from the Greek x^Xeor, brilliant, or xriXico, to entice 



