AMARANTH. 
or pots; as is A. delioideum, L., 
(Aubriétia delioidea, Dec.,) which 
has purple flowers. The Sweet 
lyssum, A. halimifolium, or A. 
calycinum, now called Kéniga ma- 
ritima, which has white flowers, is 
well adapted for edgings to beds. 
A. saxdtile, and all the other peren- 
nial and shrubby species, are placed 
by some botanists in a new genus 
called Adyseton; but this genus is 
not generally adopted. All the 
species are of the easiest culture in 
common soil, if not kept too moist ; 
but they thrive best in sand or gravel. 
The perennial species are readily 
increased by cuttings planted under 
a hand-glass, and the annual ones 
by seeds. Though the perennial 
species are very hardy, yet as they 
are in truth not true perennials, but 
plants with half-shrubby or suffru- | 
ticose stems, they are apt to be in- 
jured by either severe winters or 
very hot summers, (for, though in- 
jured by much wet, the roots will 
soon wither if they are kept too dry,) 
and consequently they require to be 
renewed every three or four years. 
Amara’ntTuHus. — Amaranthdcee. 
—An extensive genus of annuals, 
chiefly natives of warm climates, 
most of which will flower in the 
open air in this country, if sown in 
February on a hotbed, and planted 
out in May. The most common 
species are A. hypochondriacus, the 
Prince’s Feather, and A. caudatus, 
Love-dies-bleeding, both old inha- 
bitants of British gardens, and of 
the easiest culture. A. tricdlor isa 
greenhouse annual, chiefly remark- 
able for the red and white blotches 
in the centre of its leaves. The 
leaves of all the species may be 
used as spinach, and they are so 
employed in China. 
AmarantH.—The Amaranth of 
the poets is generally supposed to 
be the Globe Amaranth. —See 
GomPHreE'NA. 
Amary'Luis.— Amarylliddcee.— 
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AMAR*“LLIS. 
| Bulbous plants, chiefly natives of 
| the Cape of Good Hope and South 
| America; but which have been in- 
creased in number tenfold by hyb- 
rids and varieties raised in Eng- 
land. All the kinds are eminently 
/ornamental, and they are all of 
easy culture; the great secret being 
to give them alternately a season 
of excitement and a season of re- 
pose. To do this effectually, the 
plants should be abundantly sup- 
plied with water and heat, and 
placed near the glass when they 
are coming into flower, and water 
should be withheld from them by 
degrees, when they have done 
flowering, till they have entirely 
ceased growing ; when they should 
be kept quite dry, and in a state of 
rest. When in this state they may 
be placed in any obscure part of a 
stove or greenhouse where it is dry, 
and of a temperature net under 
forty or fifty degrees. If kept in 
such a situation during winter, some 
kinds may be turned out into a 
warm border in spring, where they 
will flower; and if the season be 
fine, they will renew their bulbs in 
time to be taken up before the ap- 
proach of frost. The chief value 
of these plants, however, is to pro- 
duce flowers in the winter season, 
which they readily do if they are 
kept dry and dormant during the 
latter part of the summer and au- 
tumn. Indeed, by having a large 
stock of these bulbs, a regular suc- 
cession of flowers might be procured 
during every month in the year. 
When the dormant bulbs are intend- 
ed to be thrown into flower, they 
| should be fresh potted in sandy loam 
and leaf-mould, and put into a stove 
or hotbed, the heat beginning at 
fifty degrees, and ascending to sixty 
or seventy degrees ; and when the 
leaves appear, they should be sup- 
plied abundantly with water. Where 
seeds are wanted, the watering must 
be continued, though somewhat less 
