ROSE CHAFER 



His oratory, too, was full of charm 

 and spontaneity, and as a phrase- 

 maker he was unrivalled. 



More than most men, Rosebery 

 was fortune's favourite, yet as a 

 politician he failed. Probably he 

 was too candid in speech, too im- 

 partial in outlook, his judgement 

 too cool, and his reading too wide 

 to make a partisan, but his failure 

 must be attributed also to a cer- 

 tain lack of perseverance, to that 

 desire for the palm without the 

 dust, of which his Eton tutor 

 spoke. He won the Derby three 

 times, in 1894, 1895, and 1905. In 

 1892 he was made a knight of the 

 Garter. Lord Rosebery, who in 

 1911 was created earl of Mid- 

 lothian, married in 1878 Hannah 

 (d. 1890), daughter of Baron Meyer 

 de Rothschild. She brought him 

 Mentmore, but he preferred as a 

 residence his Epsom house, The 

 Durdans. Their elder son, Lord 

 Dalmeny (b. 1882). a soldier and a 

 cricketer, was Liberal M.P. for 

 Midlothian, 1906-10. Neil Prim- 

 rose (q.v. ) was the younger son. 

 The elder daughter Sybil wrote 

 books and married Charles Grant. 

 The younger, Margaret, married 

 the marquess of Crewe. See Lives, 

 T. F. G. Coates, 1900; Jane T. 

 Stoddart, 1900 ; S. H. Jeyes, 

 1906 ; Lord Rosebery, Imperialist. 

 J. A. Hammerton, 1901. 



Rose Chafer OR ROSE BEETLE 

 (Cetonia aurata). Species of beetle, 

 common in the S. counties of Eng- 

 -3 land. In colour 

 i it is greenish 

 gold on the 

 upper parts 

 and bright cop- 



/ gHS 'per beneath. 

 The grub-like 

 larvae are 

 found among 

 vegetabl e 

 refuse and de- 

 caying wood, 

 while the adult feeds upon flowers 

 and is often a nuisance in the rose 

 garden. 



Rosecrans, WILLIAM STARKE 

 (1819-98). American soldier. He 

 was born at Kingston, Ohio, Sept. 

 6, 1819, and 

 educated a t 

 the military 

 academy of 

 West Point, 

 s u b a equently 

 returning to a 

 post on the 

 teaching staff 

 there. He re- 

 si g n e d from 

 the army in 

 1854, but 

 rejoined on the outbreak of the 

 Civil War, and had a successful 

 career in various commands until 



Rose Chafer or Rose 

 Beetle, actual size 



W. S. Rosecrans, 

 American soldier 



After ChappeHn 



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he was defeated by Bragg, the Con- 

 federate general, at Chickamauga 

 in 1863. This defeat led to his 

 being relieved of his command, but 

 subsequent criticism has been in- 

 clined to vindicate his reputation as 

 a soldier. He died March 1 1, 1898. 



Rose-Mallow (Hibiscus). Ex- 

 tensive genus of herbs, shrubs, and 

 trees of the natural order Malva- 

 ceae, natives of tropical and tem- 

 perate regions. Most of the species 

 have showy flowers of various col- 

 ours, with a double calyx. The 

 name properly belongs to Hibiscus 

 syriacus, H. rosa-sinensis, and H 

 roseus. H. syriacus is a shrub, a 

 native of Syria, whence it was in- 

 troduced to European gardens in 

 the 16th century. H. rosa-sinensis 

 is also shrubby, from China and 

 Japan. It is known as shoe-flower, 

 from a Javanese use of its petals 

 for staining shoe-leather black. H 

 roseus is a N. American perennial 

 herb, with flowers four inches 

 across. Cuba-bast, formerly much 

 used in gardens, was obtained from 

 the inner bark of H. elatus, a West 

 Indian tree. 



Rosemary (Lat. ros mar inns, 

 sea dew). Hardy evergreen 

 shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with 

 fragrant leaves, of the natural ordei 

 Labiatae. It is a native of S. 

 Europe, whence it was introduced 

 into Britain in 1548. It attains a 

 height of about three ft., and has 

 purple flowers. It is raised from seed 

 sown out of doors in pots, and trans 

 planted into the open ground at a 

 distance of three ft. between the 

 plants. The leaves yield a valuable 

 oil, one of the chief constituents of 

 eau de Cologne. One cwt. of leaves 

 yields over 20 oz. of oil. 



Rosemary. Sentimental com- 

 edy of early Victorian times. It 

 was written by Louis N. Parker 

 and Murray Carson, and produced 

 May 16, 1896, at the Criterion 

 Theatre, London, where it ran 

 for 153 performances. Sir Jasper 

 Thorndyke, a middle-aged baronet, 

 befriends William Westwood, a 



young ensign, and r ,-. 



Dorothy Cruick 

 shank, with whom I 

 he has eloped 

 Charles Wynd 

 ham, Mary Moore 

 Kenneth Douglas 

 and James Welch 

 played the lead 

 ing parts. 



Roseneath. 

 Village of Dum 

 bartonshire, Scot 

 land. It stands on 

 the S.W. side ot 

 Gareloch, 2} m 

 fro-m Helens- 

 burgh. Near the 

 village is Rose- 



ROSENHEIM 



neath Castle, a seat of the duke oi 

 Argyll. In the Italian style, it was 

 built about 1800, near the ruins of 

 an older building, long the property 

 of the Campbells. Roseneath is 

 mentioned in Scott's Heart of 

 Midlothian. Pop. 1.800. 



Rose-Mallow. Flower and leaves o! 

 Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 



Rosenheim. Town ot Ger 

 many, in Bavaria. It stands at the 

 confluence of the Inn and the 

 Mangfall, 40 m. S.E of Munich. It 

 is noted for its sulphur baths, and 



Rosemary. Flowering spike and. 

 inset, aromatic leaves 



there are extensive salt works, 

 which produce annually about 

 200,000 cwt. of salt. The town was 

 known in the 10th century and be- 

 came part of Bavaria in 1247. 

 Pop. 16;000. 



Rosenheim, Germany. Street of the Holy Ghost and 

 typical Bavarian church towers 



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