. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. Aniarfuithitfi cmifhftits. HE amaranth -is a fact and a fancy. It is the flower of immortality, the flower of love, the flower of fame, and the flower that accom- panies Hope until she is ruthlessly swallowed by De- spair. " Love-lies-bleeding" is a name needing no ex- planation to one who has seen the flower, for often the pendent inflorescence, of a brilliant crimson colour, may be likened to streams of blood; but as a figura- tive expression it might with equal propriety be called " Ha
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. Aniarfuithitfi cmifhftits. HE amaranth -is a fact and a fancy. It is the flower of immortality, the flower of love, the flower of fame, and the flower that accom- panies Hope until she is ruthlessly swallowed by De- spair. " Love-lies-bleeding" is a name needing no ex- planation to one who has seen the flower, for often the pendent inflorescence, of a brilliant crimson colour, may be likened to streams of blood; but as a figura- tive expression it might with equal propriety be called " ; Amaranthus is the unfading flower, amar giving the ad- jective to the noun. By a confusion common in the history of words, amar has been changed to amor, and thus the unfading flower becomes the flower of love : the outward characters explain the rest. 4J. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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