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J^margllis. 



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Sprckclia fonilOSissima. Natural Order: Amaryllidacccc— 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 



ig?^^ are, however, about a hundred and fifty others, diflering in 



^e!^^ their coloring, tinie 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 n3-mph, 



mentioned in the Eclogues of Virgil, where Corydon thinks the 



cruel anger and proud disdain of Amar3-llis was easier to bear than 



the cool indifterence of Alexis, whom he so madly loved. 



Jrib. 



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pRIDE, 

 ^ or all sii 



'AKEN, thou lair one! up, Aman 



Morning so still is; 



Cool is the gale; 



Tlie 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 

 Sleep's god no longer power has to st 

 Over thy eyes and speech to prevail. 



elf-adorning pride, w 

 in past, all pain, all 



thee: 

 IV thee, 



primal cause 

 ae to come. 



—Pollock. 



TTOW poor a thing is pride! when i 

 ^ ^ Differ but in their fetters, not th( 



graves. 



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-Carl Michael Bellman. 



lOUGH various foes against the truth combine 

 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 r.ige, 

 Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the st.age. 



-Cowfer. 



T 'LL go along, no such sight to be shown, 

 1 But to rejoice in splendor of mine own. 



—Shakesfearc. 



