Amaryllis

AMARYLLIS AS CUT FLOWERS: Amaryllis make a stunning display if you cut their flower stems and place them in a sturdy vase.

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The name Amaryllis comes from the Greek amarysso, meaning “to sparkle,” Mama said, “to shed light.”

Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

The name Amaryllis comes from the Greek amarysso, meaning “to sparkle,” Mama said, “to shed light.”

Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

The name Amaryllis comes from the Greek amarysso, meaning “to sparkle,” Mama said, “to shed light.”

Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011

And the name Amaryllis recurred more than once in stately dame or damsel, called after that fair Amaryllis of Elizabeth's days who had been maid of honour to the virgin Queen, and had sonnets written to her nut brown locks by the gallants of her time.

The Price of Things Elinor Glyn 1903

I vividly remember the day my own cat 'Amaryllis' - now, sadly, deceased slipped into the bath.

Schadenfreude Walter Jon Williams 2009

Not daring to call Amaryllis, he trusted her precise obedience to his orders, and sank, almost as swiftly as Pépe into the landscape.

Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming

"Amaryllis, that is the profound desire of my heart, that we should have a son."

The Price of Things Elinor Glyn 1903

"Amaryllis," with all her breeding and gentleness, reacting to nature's call in her fierce fidelity to the father of her child -- and "Harietta," becoming in herself the epitome of the age-old prostitute.

The Price of Things Elinor Glyn 1903

"Circe's" entrance, may be cited as being the original of the well-known "Amaryllis," which is generally called _Air Louis

Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Edward MacDowell 1884