14 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



and Solomon, addressing the object of his love, says, " thy 

 plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant 

 fruits ; camphire, with spikenard ; spikenard and saffron ; 

 calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense ; 

 myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices : a fountain of 

 gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Le- 

 banon:" upon which, the object of his love, as if in an 

 enthusiasm of delight at his speaking so of the place she 

 lives in, beautifully exclaims, " Awake, O north wind ; and 

 come, thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the spices 

 thereof may come out. Let my beloved come into his 

 garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."" 



AMARANTH. 



AMARANTHUS. 



AMARANTHACE^. MON(ECIA PENTANDRIA. 



Italian, amaranto, fior veluto [velvet-flower] ; maraviglie di Spagna 

 [the Spanish wonder]. — French, amaranthe; passe- velours [pass- vel- 

 vet] ; fleur d'amour [love-flower]. — £'«^/M, amaranth; flower-gentle; 

 velvet-flower. The botanical name is derived from the Greek, and 

 signifies unfading. 



The species of Amaranth most cultivated in English 

 gardens are the Two-coloured Amaranth, which flowers 

 late in the autumn, with purple and crimson flowers; — 

 the Three-coloured Amaranth, with variegated flowers, 

 which continue to blow from June to September (Fv.Jleur 

 de jalousie, jealous-flower; in Spanish and Portuguese 

 called papagayo, the parrot) ; " there is not," says Millar, 

 " a handsomer plant than this in its full lustre ;*" — the 

 Prince' s-feather Amaranth (amar. hypochondriacus), which 



