
HAUGHTINESS. PRIDE. 129 
HATRED. 
BASIL. 
Poverty is sometimes represented under the 
figure of an old woman covered with rags, seated 
near a plant of basil. It is commonly said, 
that hate has the eyes of a basilisk, because 
this name has been given to a fabulous animal, 
which is stated to produce death by a single 
glance. Basil, however, is a name derived from 
the Greek, which signifies royal, and indicates 
the excellence of this fragrant plant. 
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HAUGHTINESS. PRIDE. 
AMARYLLIS. 
Garpeners say that the amaryllis, of which 
there are numerous varieties, is a proud plant, 
because it frequently refuses its flowers to 
their most earnest cares. The Guernsey lily is 
a charming flower, and closely resembles the 
tuberose in appearance and size; it is of a cherry 
red colour, and, when the sun shines upon it, 
it seems studded with gems of gold. The name 
of this plant is derived from a Greek word, 
which has been not. inappropriately translated, 
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