They thrive best in shady situations, but contribute little towards ornamenting the garden, until the berry is ripe in autumn, when it assumes all the beauty of the Cherry in gloss and colouring; and hence we make it the emblem of deception.

YELLOW AMARYLLIS. Amaryllis Lutea.

Natural Order Lilia or Liliacea. A Genus of the Hexandria Monogynia Class.

Pride was not made for men; a conscious sense
Of guilt, and folly, and their consequence,
Destroys the claim, and to beholders tells,
Here nothing but the shape of manhood dwells.

WALLER.

IN floral language the Amaryllis is made the emblem of pride, and the beauty of this splendid genus of plants makes the name of Amaryllis very appropriate, as it appears to be derived from the Greek αμαρυγμα, or αμαρυγη, signifying splendour.

Monsieur Pirolle translates it Je brille, I shine, and perhaps we have no family of flowering plants more beautifully gay than that of the Amaryllis; but unfortunately they all require a temperature a few degrees warmer than our natural climate, to enable them to flourish in the open parterre, ex. cepting the Yellow Amaryllis, which is frequently called the Autumnal Narcissus, or the Star Lily, and which grows naturally in the South of France, Spain, Italy, and Thrace.

This species was brought to this country as long back as the time of Queen Elizabeth, as Gerard tells us he cultivated it in his garden; yet it still continues rare in our parterres, although it is so desirable a flower to contrast with the Purple Colchicum, or Saffron Crocus of the autumn, as it usually continues in flower from the beginning of September to the middle of November, provided it is not planted under the drip of trees or shrubs. It loves an open situation, and thrives best in a fresh, light, and dry soil. The Yellow Autumnal Amaryllis is perfectly hardy, and increases very fast by its viviparous nature. The season for transplanting the offset bulbs is from the end of May to the end of July, but not later, as they then begin to send out new fibres, and to disturb them after this time will prevent their sending up flowers, We recommend that the bulbs should not be taken out of the ground oftener than once in four years' as they will be found to produce stronger and more numerous flowers. This is also one of the flowers that may be planted so as to spring out of the turf in many situations, and will give a good effect to banks that surround pieces of water.

Although we principally confine these volumes to the history of such hardy plants as will flourish in the open garden, we cannot pass over this splendid genus of flowers without recommending all the

more hardy kinds, which only require the assistance of a frame, to be planted in pots, in order that they may be sunk in the earth when in blossom, or that their pride may be displayed amongst the clumps of green-house plants that are set out of doors during the summer months.

For this purpose we mention the Atamasco, the Jacobea, and Belladonna Lily, as well as the Waveflowered Amaryllis, undulata.

BEARDED CREPIS, OR PURPLE-EYED SUCCORY-HAWKWEED. Crepis Barbata.

Natural Order Composite Semiflosculosa. Chichoraceœ, Juss. A Genus of the Syngenesia Polygamia Æqualis Class.

THIS annual plant, whose flowers so familiarly spangle our parterres with their purple eyes and yellow petals, from the month of July to the end of autumn, grows spontaneously as a weed about Montpelier in France, also in Spain, Italy, Sicily, and other southern parts of Europe.

It appears to have been first introduced to this country by Mr. William Boel, in the year 1620; and it is of so hardy a nature that the finest plants are generally those which spring from self-scattered seed, although the usual time of sowing the seed is not before the spring.

The generic name of this plant is thought to be derived from Kennis, the Greek name for sandal, and probably was so given it by the ancients on account of the linear leaves which surround the flower-bud, like the thongs of a sandal.

We have given it the specific title of Bearded