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leaves on the ground. In the country churchyard at 
Barnes, in Surrey, England, near to the entrance door 
of the church, is an old inscription to the memory of 
Edward Rose, citizen of London, who died during the 
seventeenth century, bequeathing £20 per annum to the 
parish of Barnes forever, on condition that the railing 
enclosing his grave should be maintained, and Rose trees 
planted and preserved there in a flourishing state. The - 
terms of the benefactor are still complied with. 
THE MODERN ROSE. 
As much as the Rose was prized by the nations of an- 
tiquity, it has down to the present day continued to hold 
a foremost place in the estimation of all people who know 
it in every country in which it is grown, and it has at 
the present age more interest and capital invested in its 
culture than at any other period of its history. In con- 
sequence of this gleanings from our modern gardens must 
ever be acceptable to the devotees of ‘Our Queen.’”’? The 
beauty of the ‘‘ Roses of June’’ has often been heard of 
in song and story, and ‘June Roses” are heard of in 
every land. Yet here in Tennessee June, the month of 
Roses, is a conspicuous misnomer. With us here all the 
Hybrid Perpetuals are in bloom the middle of April and 
continue in their great beauty for about six weeks, so 
that when June comes we are minus the Roses, as the 
Tea Scented and more tender varieties are not yet ad- 
vanced enough tosupplant with their blossoms the beauty 
of the more hardy and earlier sorts. On this account 
out door grown Roses in June are about as scarce here as 
apples in May. So itis evident the writers of the charms 
of ‘‘ June Roses’’ got their inspiration elsewhere than in 
Tennessee, or any of the belt of States lying in the same 
