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the world is the rose so much es- 

 Persia, where they hold a festival in 

 this flower. 



Rose ! thou art the sweetest flower 



That ever drank the amber shower ; 



Rose ! thou art the fondest child 



Of dimpled Spring, and wood-nymph wild ; 



Even the gods, who walk the sky, 



Are amorous of thy scented sigh. 



The rosa canina, or dog rose, which adorns our 

 hedges in the summer, bears the fruit known by the 

 name of heps, of which the well-known conserve is 

 made. 



Class, IcosANDRiA. Order, PoLTGXifiA. 



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