202 PARSONS ON THE ROSE. 



vealed this marvelous property, in dream, to a mother 

 whose son had been bitten by a dog affected with this 

 terrible disease. 



The excrescences frequently found on the branches of 

 the Rose, and particularly on those of the wild varieties, 

 known to druggists by the Arabic name oi Be,degum\ and 

 which resemble in form a little bunch of moss, partake 

 equally of the astringent properties of the Rose. These 

 excrescences are caused by the puncture of a little insect, 

 known to naturalists as the Cynips rosm^ and, occasion- 

 ally, nearly the same effects are produced by other insects. 



CHAPTER XYL 

 GENERAL REMARKS. 



The name of the Rose is very similar in most languages, 

 but of its primitive derivation very little or nothing is 

 known. It is rhodon in Greek ; rhos^ in Celtic ; rosa, in 

 Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, and Polish ; 

 rose, in French, Saxon, and English; rosen^'ui German; 

 roose^ in Dutch ; rhoshd., in Sclavonic ; ros^ in Irish ; i-uoze, 

 in Bohemian ; ouasrath^ in Arabic ; 7iisrm, in Turkish ; 

 chabhatzeleth, in Hebrew ; and (/ul, in Persian. These are 

 the various names by which the flower has been known 

 from very early times, and a strong resemblance can be 

 traced through all. The Latin name, 7'osa, also forms a 

 component part of terms used to designate several other 

 things. 



The name o£ rosary was given to a string of beads used 

 in the Romish Church to represent a certain number of 

 prayers ; it was instituted about the year 667, but was not 



