YELLOW AMARYLLIS. 399 



YELLOW AMARYLLIS. AmanjUis Liitea. 



Natural Order Lilia or Liliacece. A Genus of the 

 Hexandria Monogynia Class. 



Pride was not made for men ; a conscious sense 

 Of gnilt, and folly, and their consequence, 

 Destroys the claim, and to beholders tells, 

 Here nothing hut the shape of manhood dwells. 



M'aller. 



In floral language the Amaryllis is made the em- 

 blem of pride, and the beauty of this splendid 

 genus of plants makes the name of Amaryllis very 

 appropriate, as it appears to be derived from the 

 Greek a/xapypta, or aiAocpvyn, signifying splendour. 

 Monsieur Pirolle translates it Je brille, I shine^ 

 and perhaps we have no family of flowering plants 

 more beautifully gay than that of the Amaryllis ; 

 but unfortunately they all require a temperature a 

 few degrees warmer than our natural climate, to 

 enable them to flourish in the open parterre, ex^ 

 cepting the Yellow Amaryllis, which is frequently 

 called the Autumnal Narcissus, or the Star Lily, 

 and which grows naturally in the South of France^ 

 Spain, Italy, and Thrace. 



