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Amaryllis

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Howard Jacobson on why a flower has suddenly trumped exotic chocolates in his affections.

Howard Jacobson on why a flower has suddenly trumped exotic chocolates in his affections. Given an amaryllis as a gift, he wonders why he's never stared at a flower... until now.

After being given an amaryllis as a gift, Howard Jacobson wonders why he's never stared at a flower...until now.

He ponder his life-long ignorance of flowers.  Growing up, the family garden was a dumping ground for his dad's old trucks; seeds were something you fed to a budgerigar. 

'And wasn't there a flower called An Enemy?' Howard asks. 'There you are then. I've had enough of those in life without finding more in the garden'.

Producer: Adele Armstrong 
Sound: Peter Bosher 
Production coordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross 
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith

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