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M contained in a thin Fdticule, or 

 Skin. 



There are at prefent four or five 

 Varieties of this Plant in England, 

 but there are but two of them valu- 

 able for a Garden of Pleafure i the 

 other Sorts produce fmaller Flowers, 

 and are much later, and require a 

 great Heat to bring thpm to flower 

 tolerably with us. The two beft 

 Sorts were brought from the Eaji- 

 Indies into Europe ; but the other 

 Sorts we have receiv'd from Barba- 

 dos. I fhall only mention the valu- 

 able Sorts, and pafs over the other, 

 as fit only for the Curious in Botany. 



1. AMARA^^TOiDES5 Lychnidisfolio, 

 aifnulis purpureis. Tourn. The 

 Purple Globe Amaranthus, or Eter- 

 nal Flower. 



2. Amarantoides; Lychnidisfolio, 

 Cdpitulis argent eis. The white (or 

 lilver-colour'd ) Globe Amaranthus, 

 or Eternal Flower. 



The firfl: ot thefe Plants is now 

 become very common in every 

 curious Garden near London, but the 

 latter is at prefent a great Rarity : I 

 receiv'd the Seeds of this Plant from 

 James Theobald. Efq^ with feveral 

 other curious Seeds, which he pro- 

 cur'd from Chtj.a j feveral of which 

 lucceed very well in the Phyfick 

 Garden at C/?^//'^^. 



Thefe Plants are fbme of the 

 greateft Beauties amongft the whole 

 annual Tribe : They muft be fown 

 very early in a good Hot-bed, and 

 treated, as will be hereafter directed 

 for the Amaranths, with this Dif- 

 ference only, that thefe muft have a 

 greater Share of Heat, and be for- 

 warded more in the Spring. 



Thefe Flowers, if gather'd, be- 

 fore they decay on the Plant, and 

 kept in a dry Place, will remain in 

 Beauty for fome Years, efpeciaily if 

 they are not too much expos'd to the 

 Ak- : They arc therefore very proper 



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Ornaments for Ladies to wear m 

 their Hair, and are far preferable to 

 any artificial Flowers whatever : 

 The Purple and White of thefe 

 Flowers, together with fome Va- 

 rieties of the Elichryfum's and Xeran- 

 the?7ium's, will make a curious Va- 

 riety ot dry Flowers for Bafbns to 

 adorn Rooms in the Winter Seaibn, 

 when few other Kinds are to be 

 had. 



The TortHguefe and Spaniards arc 

 very fond of thefe Flowers, and cul- 

 tivate great Quantities of them in 

 their Gardens for adorning their 

 Places of Worfliip in the Winter- 

 time. The Seeds of this Plant being 

 clofely furroundcd with a thin Skin, 

 appear to fome Perfons, who are 

 unacquainted therewith, to be only 

 a chafty Subftance without any good 

 Seeds j for the Seeds, which are 

 fmall, and of a round ifli Form, fel- 

 dom quit this Covering, unlefs 

 rubb'd out ; but if the Seeds are fown 

 with thefe Coverings over them, 

 they will come up full as well, as if 

 taken out. 



lithe Autumn fliould prove cold 

 or wet, it will be very neceilary to 

 remove the Pots with thefe Plants 

 into Shelter, otherwifethey will not 

 perfect their Seeds ; efpeciaily if 

 they v/ere not fown very early in the 

 Spring. If thefe Pors are preferv'd 

 in a good Green-houfe, their Flow- 

 ers will make a very pretty Variety 

 amongft other Plants, and will con- 

 tinue until the middle or latter End 

 o't November, provided the Weather 

 proves not too cold : But what 

 Flowers you intend to preferve, 

 fhould be gather'd foon after they ar- 

 rive at their proper Bignefs j for it 

 they are fuffer'd to remain very long 

 after, the under Part of their Heads 

 will change brown, and decay. 



AM ARANTHUS> or AMARAN- 

 TUS. 



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