280 on rosEs. 



If yon should think the above observations upon the variations 

 of the wind worthy of insertion in the Cabinet, it is at your ser- 

 vice, and also at the service of your readers. 



Amicus. 



ARTICLE V. 

 REMARKS ON THE ROSE. 

 (Continued from page 25".) 



At what period this beautiful flower first found its way into 

 English gardens is uncertain. Gerard speaks of it as no rarity 

 in 1597. Hackluyt says, that the damask rose was brought in 

 by Dr. Linaker, physician to King Henry VII. and his successor. 

 But from the verses of Chaucer, and other old Poets, it appears 

 that the garden roses were common in this country at a much 

 earlier period, and we can hardly suppose that so many pilgrim- 

 ages would be made to Rome, and even to Jerusalem, without 

 some one's bringing back plants of these flowers, that were so 

 commonly used in Christian churches, and so highly extolled for 

 their medicinal virtues. 



In those early days the principal gardens of this kingdom were 

 attached to priories and other religious edifices, and as the heads 

 of these establishments had frequent communication with similar 

 communities on the continent, we may safely conclude that so 

 precious a gift as the rose would not pass neglected. From the 

 uxurious manner in which the Romans lived in this country for 

 many ages, and from their habit of wearing wreaths of roses at 

 their banquets, it is more than probable that they introduced 

 many kinds of their own roses into the gardens which they form- 

 ed in this island. The principal variety of the Provence rose are, 

 the Common, Scarlet, Blush, White, Rose de Meaux, Pompone, 

 Rose de Rheims, Childing's Blandford, Rose of St. Francis, Shail- 

 er's and the varieties of the Damask rose are, the Red, Blush, 

 York and Lancaster, Red monthly, White monthly, Blush month- 

 ly, Great Royal, Blush Goliath, and Imperial blush, with many 

 others that are yearly rsised in various parts of the world by 

 sowing the seed. 



