YELLOW AINIARYLLIS. *M 



YELLOW AMARYLLIS. Amanjllis Lutea. 



Natural Order* Lilia or LiliacecB : a Genus of the 



Hexandria Monogynia Class. 



" * Pride was not made for men :' a conscious sense 

 Of guilt, and folly, and their consequence. 

 Destroys the claim, and to beholders tells. 

 Here nothing- but the shape of manhood dwells." 



Waller. 



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/xa^uyj^a, or afxa^vyY}, signifying 

 splendour. 



Monsieur Pirolle translates it as Je brille, I 

 shine, and perhaps we have no family of flower- 

 ing plants more beautifully gay than that of the 

 Amaryllis ; but unfortunately they all require a 

 temperature a few degrees warmer than our na- 

 tural climate to enable them to flourish in the 

 open parterre, excepting the yellow Amaryllis, 

 which is frequently called the Autumnal Narcis- 

 sus , or the Star Lily, and which grows naturally 

 in the south of France, Spain, Italy, and Thrace. 



