H 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. 



AMAHANTHACE.E. MONCECIA PENTANDRIA. 



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

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

 vet] i fleur d'amour [love-flower]. English, 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 (Fr.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 



