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The French call this plant Immortelle Violetlc, 

 and Tolde and Tollde. It appears to have been 

 cultivated in Holland about the year 1670, from 

 whence it was obtained by the Duchess of Beau- 

 fort 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 hot-bed as di- 

 rected for the other kinds of Amaranthus. 



CRESTED AMARANTH or COCK'S COMB. 



Celosia Cristata, 



A Genus of the Pentandna Monogynia Class. 



The generic name of this singular plant is de- 

 rived from the Greek xp.Bos, brilliant, or Ttrikka,, 

 to entice or enchant. The EngUsh name of 

 Cock's Comb, and the French CreU dc Coq, is 

 given on account of the resemblance which the 

 crested head or mass of flowers has to the crest 

 or comb of a cock. 



The flowers of this plant are so numerous and 

 small, and so closely set together on an irregular 



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