CHAPTER I. 
THE ROSE, 
ROSE LORE. 
“The Rose is the sign of joy and love, 
Young blushing love in its early dawn.”—PERCIVAL. 
ROSE was known in early times and 
was as great a favorite among the 
nations of antiquity as it is with the 
people or the presentage. Itstands 
pre-eminently at the head of all the 
productions of the floral world, and 
is fittingly called ‘‘Queen of Flow- 
ers.” It is the most widely known 
of all the bright gems that array the 
abode of civilized man, finding as it does, a home in the 
remotest corners of the earth, and cherished from the 
humblest cottage to the precincts of the palace. The 
name of the Rose is derived from a Latin word signifying 
“red,” the prevailing color. There are many varieties 
of the Rose. Some French and English catalogues pub- 
lish lists of from three to five hundred different sorts, and 
new varieties are raised every year in all countries where 
their culture is practiced. In ancient Rome and Greece 
_the Rose was employed for medicinal purposes, also as 
- an article of beauty at the banqueting table, and was 
