182 FLORA'S LEXICON. 



OSE, MULTIFLORA. Rosa Multiflora. 

 Class 12, Icosandria. Order : Polygynia. 

 A very beautiful variety of the rose, and 

 justly a favourite among American florists. 

 Its multitude of flowers renders it a suitable 

 ornament for the portico or verandah of a 

 country house, or the window of a boudoir. 



MANY CHARMS. 



I know a spot where poets fain would dwell, 

 To gather flowers and food for afterthought, 



As bees draw honey from the rose's cell, 



To live among the treasures they have wrought; 



And there a cottage from a sylvan screen, 



Sent up its curling smoke amidst the green. 



Around that hermit-home of quietude, 



The elm-trees whisper'd with the summer air, 



And nothing ever ventured to intrude, 



But happy birds that caroll'd wildly there, 



Or honey-laden harvesters that flew 



Humming away to drink the morning dew. 



Around the door the honey-suckle climb'd, 

 And Multa-Jlora spread her countless roses, 



And never minstrel sang nor poet rhymed 

 Romantic scene where happiness reposes, 



Sweeter to sense than that enchanting dell, 



Where home-sick memory fondly loves to dwell. 



Anon. 



The bloom of opening flowers' unsullied beauty, 

 Softness, and sweetest innocence she wears, 

 And looks like nature in the world's first spring. 



Rowe. 



