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For to us the Rose symbolizes those thin<;s which are leiuler 

 and exquisite in hfe, and the sweet wild dweller in the forest 

 is the fairest tiower of them all. 



" If June were mine. 1 \\ weave for you — 

 Of roses red and skies of jjlue, 



Of golden sun and orchard sheen, 



Of blossom-fretted damascene — 

 A veil of every petal-hue. 



*' And from the morning mists of dew 

 Distil a fairy stream, that through 



The woods should wend a wav serene, 

 If June were mine. 



" And, ere the purple dusk anew 

 The curtains of the sunset drew, 

 Adown the river's dream demesne, 

 I'd paint a path incarnadine. 

 And drift into the dawn with you, 

 If June were mine." 



R. Macounii, or Macoun's Rose, is another sjiecies which 

 grows among the mountains. Note that it has small leaves, 

 and that on its stems grow a few large, wideK' separated, 

 hooked thorns. Otherwise it resembles A', acicularis, antl the 

 flowers of the two bu.shes are ahnosl identicalU' alike. When 



'' The last rose of summer. 

 Left blooming alone." 



hangs on the bush siu'rounded b\- the fallen petals of her 

 companions, then 



" Scarlet berries tell wliere bloomed thr sweet wilil rose." 



and Nature spreads a feast of ripe red fruit for the binls of 

 the air. 



