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lantine) was brought over at an early date; perhaps 

 it came in the " May flower" along with the ten 

 thousand spinning wheels, chests and chairs that 

 were ferried to the New World. It was so generally 

 cultivated that it escaped to the roadside and mas- 

 querades to-day as a wild Rose. It is unique be- 

 cause of its sweet-scented foliage; and may be had 

 from the nurseries under the name of Rubignosa. 

 An old Rose of much merit because of its bush- 

 like form and plenitude of bloom is MADAME PLAN- 

 TIER, introduced in 1835. The colour of the flow- 

 ers is white and they are borne early in the season; 

 as many as a thousand blossoms have been counted 

 on one bush. If these old Roses are wanted, most 

 of them will have to be sought in the old gardens, 

 from whence the proprietors doubtless will let you 

 take cuttings if you approach them in an humble 

 and reverent spirit. The new Roses of course, do 

 not always console one for the loss of the old; one 

 longs for the sights and the smells of childhood 

 almost as much as for 



" the touch of a vanished hand, 

 And the sound of a voice that is still." 



The perfumes, the sentiment, are not the same. 



