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interrupted compound, fpikelets bent in, leaves ovate, 
Item weak. It refe.mbl'es the foregoing fpecies. Native 
of America. 
II. With five ftamens. 17. Amaranthus liefticus : 
flowers in fimple fpikes, axillary, glomerate; leaves 
ovate, acute. It is doubtful whether this be a diftinft 
fort, or merely hybridous ; as perhaps feveral others are. 
it is the connecting link, in point of outward form, be¬ 
tween the three-flamened and five-ftamened amaranths. 
It varies much ; for from the fame feed arife individuals 
wholly green, red, and rufous liver-coloured; with fpikes 
both green and red, fometimes very thin and ilender, 
fometimes condenfed, blunt, and thick, fometimes again 
long and interrupted : their flat life however is always low, 
and the fpike fimple. The native place is not known. 
18. Amaranthus hybridus, or cluttered amaranth : ra¬ 
cemes decompound, heaped, ereft; leaves ovate-lanceo¬ 
late. It is found wild in Virginia and Arabia Felix. It 
flowers from June to September. 
19. Amaranthus ftriftus : racemes compound, ereft, 
drift ; leaves ovate, concave. It differs from all the five- 
ftamened fpecies, in its upright racemes prelfed clofe to 
the (talk ; and the Itiffnefs of the whole habit. Its native 
place of growth is unknown. 
20. Amaranthus lastus: racemes compound, ereft ; 
leases ovate, obtufe, mucronate. It varies with a reddifli 
■ftalk and leaves. The edge of the leaves has ahnoft al¬ 
ways a tendency to red, but the other parts are green. 
21. Amaranthus cruentus, of various-leaved amaranth : 
racemes decompound, naked, patulous ; leaves lanceolate- 
ovate. As firft cultivated in England in 1728, the Item 
was wholly red and fmooth ; the petioles, ribs, and nerves 
of the leaves underneath, purple ; the fpikes purple, much 
fpreading, and a little nodding. They were very beau¬ 
tiful, and made a gay appearance for the firft two years; 
.but afterwards the feeds degenerated, and the plants had 
little beauty ; which is the fame with fome others of this 
genus. It is a native of the Eaft Indies and of China; and 
flowers from J une to Auguft. 
22. Amaranthus hypocondriacus, or prince’s-feather 
amaranth : racemes compound, crowded, ereft; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, mucronate. It is a native of Virginia, 
and flowers from July to September. Mr. Miller culti¬ 
vated it in 1739 : but it is now become a common weed, 
frequently growing upon dung-hills : the plants abound 
with feeds, fo that, where they are permitted to fcatter, 
they will come up abundantly the following fumliter; and 
will remain in the ground feveral years. 
23. Amaranthus fanguineus, or fpreading or bloody 
amaranth: racemes compound, ereft; branches fpread¬ 
ing, fmooth; leaves oblong, acute. The feeds of this 
fpecies were fent to Mr. Miller from the Bahama iflands 
before 1755, as an efculent plant, bearing fine flowers. 
He deicribes it as growing three feet high, with purple 
•Stalks and leaves ; the fpikes fhort and levelling out in the 
middle, frequently produced from the axils; but at the 
extremity ot the fi.atk arifes a large clutter of fpikes plated 
crolfwife, with one upright (talk in the middle : thefe are 
of a bright purple colour at firft, but afterwards become 
darker, as the feeds ripen. It flowers from the middle of 
June to September. 
24. Amaranthus paniculatus: racemes compound; 
branches fpreading, pubefeent; leaves ovate-lanceolate. 
Native of America. 
25. Amaranthus retroflexus, or hairy amaranth : ra¬ 
cemes fuperdecompound, ereft; branches pubefeent; 
leaves ovate, waved. It differs very much from all the 
.other fpecies, in its pubefeent Item, Stouter ftature, green 
colour of the whole, and peculiar habit. Native of Pen- 
fylvania. It flowers from July to September; and was 
cultivated by Mr. Miller in 1759. Being now'become a 
common weed in many gardens near London, it is feldom 
'allowed a place except in botanic gardens. 
26. Amaranthus chloroftachys: racemes compound, 
nodding ; leaves lanceolate. Native place not known. 
A N T H. 
27. Amaranthus flavus, or pale amaranth: racemes 
compound, nodding ; leaves ovate-lanceolate. Although 
it has the name of Jlavus, the flowers are always green ; 
only turning yellow as the feed ripens. It is a native of 
the Eaft Indies. Mr. Miller, who cultivated it in 1768, 
mentions, that he received the feeds from Portugal, by the 
title of Bredos, recommending it to be cultivated as a culi¬ 
nary herb : but the Portuguefe call all the green ama¬ 
ranths by this name. 
28. Amaranthus caudatus, or pendulous amaranth, or 
love-lies-bleeding. It flowers in Auguft and September; 
and was cultivated in 1683, by Mr. James Sutherland. 
Native of Pprfia, Ceylon, Guiana, Peru, &c. 
29. Amaranthus fpinofus, or prickly amaranth : ra¬ 
cemes terminating compound, axils thorny. Native of 
the Eaft and Weft Indies, Guiana, Guinea, &c. In the 
former they eat it as a green boiled. It flowers from July to 
September. This fpecies makes no great figure, and there¬ 
fore is rarely allowed a place except in botanic gardens. 
Propagation and Culture. The forts which are worthy 
of a place in the pleafure garden, are particulary the 
eighth and the twelfth: thefe are tender, and require fome 
art and care to bring them to perfection in England, there¬ 
fore their management will be hereafter more particularly 
inferted. They are generally difpofed in pots with cocks¬ 
combs and other Ihowy plants, to adorn court-yards, and 
other immediate environs of tire houfe. 
The twenty-firft fort is alfo tender ; whoever therefore 
is inclinable to cultivate that plant fliould treat it in tile 
fame manner as is direfted for the twenty-third and twen¬ 
ty-eighth. Next to thefe are the twenty-third and twen¬ 
ty-eighth forts, for the ornament of principal borders in 
the pleafure-garden or parterre : the feeds of thefe fliould 
be fown upon a moderate hot-bed towards the end of the 
month ; and, when the plants come up, they fliould have 
a Large fliare of air admitted to them in mild weather, to 
prevent their drawing up weak. When they are large 
enough to tranfplant, there fliould be another moderate 
hot-bed provided, to which they fliould be removed, pla¬ 
cing them at fix inches diftance every way, obferving to 
water them, as alfo to ftiude them from the fun until they 
have taken new root; after which .the air fliould be freely 
admitted to them at all times when the weather is favour¬ 
able ; their waterings fhould be frequent, but not given 
in great quantities. As the plants advance, and the 
warmth of the feafon increafes, they fhould have a greater 
fliare of air, that by degrees they may be hardened to bear 
the open air. In the beginning of June they may be taken 
up, with large balls of earth to their roots, and planted-, 
fome into pots and others into the borders of the pleafure- 
garden, obferving to fhade them until they have taken 
good root ; after which they nmft be frequently watered 
in dry weather, efpecially tbofe in the pots, which will 
require watering every evening in warm dry weather. 
The tree amaranth will not thrive in pots, but fliould be 
planted in a rich light foil, where, if it be allowed room, 
and plentifully watered in dry weather, the plants will 
grow to a v6ry large flze, and make a fine apperaance. 
The twenty-third and twenty-eighth forts muft be fown 
on a good hot-bed in February, or the beginning of 
March at fartheft ; and in about a fortnight’s time, if the 
bed is in good temper, the plants will rife; foon .after 
which you muft prepare another hot-bed, covered with 
good, rich, light, earth, about four inches thick; then 
raife up the young plants with your finger, fo as not to 
break off the tender roots, and prick them into your new 
hot-bed about four inches diftanCc every way, giving them 
a gentle watering to fettle the earth to their roots; but 
in doing this, be very cautious not to bear the young 
plants down to the ground by hafly watering, which rarely 
rife again, or at leaft fo as to recover their former ftrength 
in a long time, but Very often rot in the ftems, and die. 
In the middle of the day keep them fereened with mats 
from the heat of the fun, and give them air by raifing up 
the glalfes; and, if the glafies are wet, it will be proper to 
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