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covcr'mcrs be carcfiillv applied. After the plants 

 have rciuaiiu'J in tiiese beJs a month or six 

 weeks, and arc become tolerably strong in llxir 

 frrowth, so as to require more sp;iee, tlie final 

 not -beds shot.ld be made ready. These oui^ht 

 to be of much larger dimensions. When the 

 frames are placed over them, earth to the depth of 

 four or five inches should be laid over ; and the 

 plants, after being taken up v\ ith balls ot eai lit 

 about their roots, planied in pots of about the 

 twcntv-fourth size, water being immcdiatily 

 applied in a sparing manner, and the pots ijIuu- 

 gcd in die earth of the beds, the frames being 

 raised occasionally, as the plants advance in 

 growth. The ri;:h!s are to be constainly kept 

 on, bui ..r free y admitted by rai-in;T the ei.ds 

 dailv, a! ii water applied every day or t.' o. 1o- 

 wards the end of June the plants will have ri^cn 

 to nearlv ihirfu!! size; when iIkv maybe p accd 

 out in the open air, vheie ihey are tu y seen 

 when tiie weaiher is fine and sett ed, each of 

 them bcinc supported by a haiidsome stick. 



In their after culture, they require to be kept 

 conslaniiv in the pots, and to have water freely 

 applied almost even.- day when the season is hot. 

 See Aknlal Plants. 



In order to procure the seed of these kinds in 

 perfection, it is the best method to put a few of 

 the best plants in a deep frame tow ards the iatter 

 end of the summer, that they may, bv being more 

 perfectlv sheltered by the glasses, be rendered 

 more fully ripe. 



In the culture of the third and fourth sort5,as they 

 are more hardv, one or two moderate hot-beds at 

 most will bcfuUv sufficient for raising the plants. 

 In these cases, the seeds should be sown upon 

 a moderate h(it-bed towards the end of March ; 

 and w hen the plants come up they should have a 

 considerable share of air admitud to them in mild 

 weather, in order to prevent their drawing up in 

 too weak a slate : and when they arc become 

 lar<re enousrh to be transplanted out, another mo- 

 dei\ite hot-bed should be provided, into which 

 thev should be removed, p'acing them at six 

 inches distance in every direction, care be- 

 inff taken to water them as well as to shade 

 them from the sun in hot weaiher, until thi*y 

 have taken new root : r.ftcr v hich the air sh- uid 

 be freely admitted to them at all times when 

 the season is favourable. 'I heir w ater'.ncrs should 

 likewise be frequent, but no' given in loo great 

 quantity at a time. As the plants advance in 

 growth, and the wannth ot the sta^on increases, 

 they should have a irrcater proportion of ?!r, ihal 

 bv dctrrecs they mav be hardened so as to b.ar the 

 open exposure. In the beginning ol June the 

 plants may be taken up with largf balls of earth 

 about their roots, and planted sume into pot^ 



and other? in the borders or other parts of the 

 ple.tsure-grounds, sliadin-j them carefiillv until 

 thev have taken sood root: after which they 

 should be frequently watered in hot dry weather, 

 cspeciallv those in the jvits ; as eveiy evening or 

 oftener. 



As the Tree Amaranthus does not thrive well 

 in pols, it should be planted in a rich licrhl soil, 

 and be allowed plenty of room, and a full supply 

 of water, as often as mav be necessar)-. In these 

 circuuist-.inees it frequently attains a considerable 

 size, especially in dry seasons. 



The two last species are capable of being raised 

 upon warm dn' borders with tolerable taeility; 

 but iliey neither attain the full growth, afford 

 sucii i.iige flower-spikes, or appear in such early 

 pt-i 'er ion, as when managed in the manner of 

 the above. 



In preser\-in2; the seed of the last five sorts, 

 some of the largest and finest spikes should be 

 collected, as thev ripen, towards the latter end of 

 September, and exposed to the foil sun in some 

 dry aire situation until thev become perfectly 

 dry, u hen the seeds may be rubbed out and put 

 by in a dr\' warm place. 



Persons who are curious in raising these an- 

 nual plants in great perfection, find it convenient 

 to have a glass ease erected, w ith upright sloping 

 glasses on every side, having a pit in the bottom 

 for tan, in w hich the pots are plunged. If this 

 be raised eight or nine feet to the ridge, and the 

 upright glasses are five feet, there will be room 

 and light enough to raise these as we'l as many 

 other plants of a similar growth to great perfec- 

 tion : and, by such a contrivance, many of those 

 tender annual plants, which rarclv perfect seeds 

 in this climate under other circumstances, may 

 be brought forward so as to ripen their seeds in 

 a perfect manner. 



All these plants are higliTv or-iamental, the 

 more tender sorts being mostly di-itributed in 

 mixture with others of the showy kmd^> in places 

 immediately about the house; while those that 

 are more hardy afford muc'.i ornament and va- 

 riety In the borders, clumps, and other situaiions 

 in gardens or pleasure-grounds. They should 

 ha"-e rather open exposure?, and be distributed 

 towards the frojits, especially those of the low 



A.\: V RAN THUS, Cocki-mmL See Cef-Osia . 



AM.\[{A ST\i Ui>, Gloh. See Gomphrf.na. 



AMAnVI.IJS, a sreni's copiprehcndins seve- 

 ral species of the />//,/- DaJfodU kind of p ants ; 

 a'l of which arc of the bulbous-rooted tribe, and 

 mosilv ornanKntal. 



It be ongs to the cassandorde. Ih-xandria 

 Mono^ynia, and ranka in the natural order of 

 Ltliucta^. 



