. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. t^5^ Spwktlta formosiasima. Natural Order: Amaryllidacece—Amaryllis Family. UMEROUS varieties of these beautiful tropical bulbs are to be found with florists and seedsmen, the most common being, perhaps, those known as the Atamasco, Belladonna, and Jacobea lilies, from their superb, lily-like flowers. There are, however, about a
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. t^5^ Spwktlta formosiasima. Natural Order: Amaryllidacece—Amaryllis Family. UMEROUS varieties of these beautiful tropical bulbs are to be found with florists and seedsmen, the most common being, perhaps, those known as the Atamasco, Belladonna, and Jacobea lilies, from their superb, lily-like flowers. There are, however, about a hundred and fifty others, differing in their coloring, time of blooming, or shape of flower, that are worthy all the enthusiasm they have inspired. The root is similar to a large onion, either tapering upward or flattened, according to the species; the leaves thick, long and narrow; the flower-stalk about a foot high. They are grown in pots, either as window or greenhouse plants. The Amaryllis receives its name from a nymph, mentioned in the Eclogues of Virgil, where Corydon thinks the cruel anger and proud disdain of Amaryllis was easier to bear than the cool indifference of Alexis, whom he so madly 'PRIDE, self-adorning pride, was primal cause r Of all sin past, all pain, all woe to come. -Pollock. TTTAKEN, thou fair one! up, Amaryllis! '• Morning so still is; Cool is the gale; The rainbow of heaven, With its hues seven, Brightness hath given To wood and dale; Sweet Amaryllis, let me convey thee; In Neptune's arms naught shall affray thee; Sleep's god no longer power has to stay thee. Over thy eyes and speech to prevail. —Carl Mickctel Belhnan. H OW poor a thing is pride! when all, as slaves, Differ but in their fetters, not their graves. —Daniel. 'T^HOUGH various foes against the truth combine 1 Pride, above all, opposes her design; Pride, of a growth superior to the rest. The subtlest serpent, with the loftiest crest. Swells at the thought, and kindling into
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