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with the cruellest sharp and strong thorns and 

 thicker set than is in any Rose, either wild or tame. 

 The leaves are smaller than in most of those that 

 are nourished up in Gardens, seven or nine, most 

 usually set together on a rib, or stalk, very green and 

 sweeter in smell about the leaves of any other kind 

 of Rose. The flowers are small, single, blush 

 Roses." 



PROVENCAL, OR PROVINS (Centi folia). This 

 old-fashioned cabbage-rose of globular flowers, mas- 

 sive foliage, hard knob of leaves in the center, and 

 sweet perfume is affectionately known as the "Hun- 

 dred Leaf," or rose a cent feuilles. Parkinson gives 

 two varieties: the incarnate, or flesh-color; and the 

 red. 



In our country the light pink, or incarnate, is the 

 more familiar. What associations does it not con- 

 jure up? To many of us Dean Hole's words make 

 a touching appeal : 



"The blushing, fresh, fragrant Provence ! It was 

 to many of us the Rose of our childhood and its 

 delicious perfume passes through the outer sense into 

 our hearts gladdening them with bright and happy 

 dreams, saddening them with love and child awaken- 

 ings. It brings more to us than the fairness and 

 sweet smell of a Rose. We passed in our play to 



