_Specific Character and Synonyms._ AMARYLLIS _lutea_ spatha indivisa obtusa, flore sessili, corolla campanulata erecta basi breve tubulosa, staminibus erectis, alternis brevioribus. _Linn. Fil. Ait. Kew. v. 21. p. 415._ COLCHICUM luteum majus. _Bauh. Pin. p. 69._ NARCISSUS autumnalis major. The greater Autumne or Winter Daffodill. _Park. Parad. p. 77. 75. f. 7._ [Illustration: N^o. 290] The Amaryllis lutea is a hardy perennial bulbous plant, a native of Spain, and other of the more Southern parts of Europe, and was cultivated in our Gardens in the time of Gerard, and Parkinson. Flora, who commences her revolutionary reign, by enlivening the flower border with the Spring Crocus, and its numerous varieties, terminates it with flowers equally pleasing, and of similar hues; thus we have the present plant, the Saffron Crocus, and the Colchicum, flowering nearly at the same time, from the end of September, through October, and sometimes part of November. Similar as the Amaryllis is to the yellow Spring Crocus, in the colour, and form of its flowers, it differs obviously in the number of its stamina, the breadth of its leaves, and the size and colour of its root. Authors describe it as varying in size, in the breadth of its leaves, the height of its flowers, and multiplication of the Corolla. The Dutch Florists export it under the title of yellow Colchicum, following the name of some of the old writers. It succeeds best in a soil moderately moist, in which it increases considerably by offsets, and flowers to the most advantage when the roots have remained for some few years undisturbed in the same spot. [291] Capparis Spinosa. The Caper Shrub. _Class and Order._ Polyandria Monogynia. _Generic Character._ _Cal._ 4-phyllus, coriaceus. _Petala_ 4. _Stamina_ longa. _Bacca_ corticosa, unilocularis, pedunculata. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ CAPPARIS _spinosa_ pedunculis unifloris solitariis, stipulis spinosis, foliis annuis, capsulis ovalibus. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. ed. 14._ _Murr. p. 487._ _Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 221._ CAPPARIS _spinosa_ fructu minore, folio rotundo. _Bauh. Pin. p. 480._ [Illustration: N^o. 291] We are happy in having it in our power to lay before our readers a representation of the Caper shrub, whose blossoms are rarely seen in this country, though its flower-buds are in very general use as a pickle; indeed, so great is their consumption, that they form a very considerable article of commerce.