ROSES. 73 



The orii,nn of this exiiuisitoly beniitiful variety, 

 the Moss Rose, is thus rancifully accounted lor : 



The Angel of the flowers, one day, 



Beneath a Kose Tree sleeping lay, 



'I'hat Spirit to whose cliirge is given 



To bathe young hnds in dews iVoni heaven. 



Awaking from his hiijh repose, 



The Angel whispered to the Rose: 



"() fondest o!)jeet of my care, 



Still fairest found where all are fiir. 



For the sweet shade thon'st given to me, 



Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted thee." 



Then said the Rose with deepening glow, 

 " (Jji me another grace- bestow." 

 The Spirit paused in silent thought — 

 What grace was there that flower had not! 

 'Twas but a moment — o'er the Rose 

 A veil of moss the Angel throws; 

 And robed in Nature's simplest weed, 

 Could there a flower that Rose exceed ! 



A pyramid of climbing roses is a beautiful object 

 in a garden. Iron or wooden stakes, twelve feet in 

 height, gradually approaching each other, till they 

 meet at the top, with climbing roses trained up 

 their sides, is a pleasing and easily constructed 

 ornament. Fancy and taste may range at will in 

 inventing forms to ornament the parterre with roses. 

 Beds of roses, raised pyramidally, have a splendid 

 ertect. When the flowers die away in the autumn, 

 tlie mass may be clipped again into form, with the 

 garden shears, as you would clip a laurel hedge. 



Standard rosrs, which are so much in fashion at 

 tliis time, and which always remind one of a house- 

 maid's long broom for swee|)ing cobwebs, are be- 

 yoiul a lady's own management, as budding is a 

 troublesome business, and very frequcnily fails. I 

 Mill not, therefore, touch upon this subject. 

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