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Water, if the Weather proves hot 

 and dry, otherwife they will ftunt, 

 and never produce their Plumes 

 £o fine as they would do if taken 

 Care of. 



This is the proper Management, 

 in order to have fine Amaranths y 

 which, if rightly foUow'd, and the 

 Kinds are good, in a tavourable 

 Sealbn, will produce wonderful 

 large fine Flowers, and are the 

 greateft Ornament to a good Gar- 

 den for upwards of two Months : 

 By this Method I have had Plants 

 five or fix Foot high, with Crefts 

 near a Foot in Breadth j and I am 

 perfuaded, if the Kind is good, 

 (and there is no Want of Dung, 

 or Conveniencies) in a kindly Sea- 

 fon, they will grow much larger. 



In the Beginning of SepterffbeVi 

 the Ammrmths will have perfe(Sted 

 their Seeds, fo that you n?ufl: make 

 Choice of the largeft, ftioft beauti- 

 ful, and beft branching Plants of 

 each Kind for Seedj which you 

 fhould remove under Shelter, (efpe- 

 cially if the Weather proves wet 

 or the Nights frofty) that the Seeds 

 may be maturely ripen'd ; and, in 

 the Choice thereof, be fure never to 

 take any Seeds from Side-Branches, 

 nor from the Neck of the Plume, 

 but fuch only as are produced in 

 the Middle thereof, which in many 

 Plants, perhaps, may be but a fmall 

 Quantity ; but I do afilire you, it is 

 thofe only you can depend upon to 

 to have your Kinds good the fuc- 

 ceeding Year, 



AMBROSIA. 



The Cha^raBers are , 



It h^th male flofculoHs Tloroers-, 

 which are produced on fep urate 

 Tarts, of the fame Plant from 

 the fruit, and have no 'vifiSle 

 Tet'^ls ; The Fruit which fuccceds 

 tm fsmak IlowerSf is fhaped like 0, 



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Club, and is prickly, containing one 

 oblong Seed in each. 

 Tiie Species are j 



1. Ambrosia i Maritima, C. B. 

 The Maritime or Sea Ambrofia, 



2. Ambrosia j Maritima^ Arte- 

 mifiA, foliis inodoris elatior. H. L. 

 Taller unfavoury Se^i Ambrofia. 



3. Ambrosia j Canadenfis, altjfjfi- 

 ma, hirfuta, Platani folio, Tourn. 

 The talleft Canada Ambrofia, with 

 rough Plane-tree Leaves. 



The firft of thefe Sorts may be 

 fown early in the Spring, in a Bor- 

 der under a warm Wall or Pale, 

 where it will come up very well ,• and 

 when the Plants are ftrong enough 

 to remove, they may be planted 

 into the like warm Borders, where 

 they will flower, and perfed: their 

 StQ^s in Autumn j but if they 

 have not a right Pofition, they 

 feldom produce good Seeds in this 

 Country. 



The fecond and third Sorts are 

 brought from America, where they 

 are very common Weeds, but with 

 us fliould be fown upon a gentle 

 Hot-bed in the Spring of the Year , 

 and when the Plants are come up, 

 fhould be tranfplanted upon another 

 moderate Bed, and expos'd to the 

 open Air by Degrees : And in May 

 they fhould be planted out into a 

 warm Border ; but, if pofiible, in 

 a very poor Soil, which will check 

 their luxuriant Growth, and caufe 

 them to flower and feed much 

 fooner than they would do it 

 planted in a rich Soil. Thefe Plants 

 have no great Beauty to recGm- 

 mend them, but for Variety they 

 may be admitted into large Gar- 

 dens. 



AMMI, Bifhop's-weed. 

 The Charahers are ; 



This is an u?nbelliferous Plant, 

 with fmall fir iated Seeds ; The Petals 



