Amaryllis. 
Sprekelia formosissima. NaruraL Orver: Amaryllidacee—Amaryllis Family. 
wees UMEROUS varieties of these beautiful tropical bulbs are to 
Ri be found with florists and seedsmen, the most common 
o gi being, perhaps, those known as the Atamasco, Belladonna, 
g and Jacobea lilies, from their superb, lily-like flowers. There 
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are, however, about a hundred and fifty others, differing in 
5 their coloring, time 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 
BYRY the species; the leaves thick, long and narrow; the flower-stalk 
a> about a foot high. They are grown in pots, either as window or 
greenhouse plants. The Amaryllis receives its name from a nymph, 
mentioned in the Eclogues of Virgil, where Corydon thinks the 
cruel anger and proud disdain of Amaryllis was easier to bear than 
the cool indifference of Alexis, whom he so madly loved. 
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Pride, 
RIDE, self-adorning pride, was primal cause 
Of all sin past, all pain, all woe to come. 
—Pollock. 
AKEN, thou fair one! up, Amaryllis! OW poor a thing is pride! when all, as slaves, 
Morning so still is; Differ but in their fetters, not their graves. 
Cool is the gale; =Dauiels 
The rainbow of heaven, HOUGH various foes against the truth combine 
With its hues seven, 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 rage, 
Would hiss the cherub Mercy from the stage. 
In Neptune’s arms naught shall affray thee; —Cowper. 
Sleep’s god no longer power has to stay thee, ] *LL go along, no such sight to be shown, 
' Over thy eyes and speech to prevail. But to rejoice in splendor of mine own. 
Brightness hath given 
To wood and dale; 
Sweet Amaryllis, let me convey thee; 
—Carl Michael Bellman, —Shakespeare. 
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