THE DOG-KOSE. . 



Jtosa canina. Nat. Ord., Rosacea. 



HERE are,, perhaps, few plants 

 that are so generally admired as 

 the beautiful flower that forms the 

 subject of our present illustration. 

 Some will admire the dignified 

 grace of the foxglove, others the chaste 

 beauty of the water-lily as it floats 

 on some placid stream, and whose 

 loveliness is doubled as it is re- 

 flected on the surface of the tranquil 

 water; some again will cherish the meek- 

 eyed lowly primrose, as it peeps from the 

 shelter of the hedgerow, and unfolds itself 

 to the rays of the sun, the harbinger and 

 first-fruits of the coming floral splendour. 

 Many tastes will find many beauties, but 

 we think we may boldly say that what- 

 ever may be the reigning flowers in the hearts of their 

 admirers, the charms of the wild rose, with its long 

 wreaths of fragile flowers, will have gone far to lower 

 them from their proud pre-eminence. 



Of the recognition of the charms of the wild rose by 

 the poets, it is not necessary to speak, nor need we here 

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