168 FLORA'S INTERPRETER. 



ROSE. BRIDAL. Class and Order same as the fore- 



/?*//)<? *Mafn1iti9 8 oin fr Rose Bridal is of the genus 



Kubus rosajolius. ^^ which indude . the Branible 



family. Flowers white, usually 

 double, small and very beautiful. 



HAPPY LOVE. 



And all is ecstasy; for now 

 The valley holds its feast of roses, 

 That joyous time, when pleasures pour 

 Profusely round, and in their shower 

 Hearts open like the season's rose. 



Moore. 



SENTIMENT. 



Thefloioer which on Life's desert grows, 

 Unheeded in its young repose, 

 Till the mind's ray its shadows break, 

 And youthful thoughts their pinions take; 

 That lives the same through changing years, 

 Through smiles of joy through Sorrow's tears: 

 Ay, hopes may vanish as a dream; 

 Joys bring no warmth upon their beam; 

 It will bloom on, though all should flee, 

 Changeless as angel purity; 

 Thai flower is Love. 



The shrine where Life's sweet flowers are laid, 

 Ere a cold world has bid them fade; 

 Where beauty in her bloom attends, 

 And Hope in gay devotion bends, 

 And the young soul's unburdened wings 

 Go forth in joyous wanderings; 

 That shrine is Love. 



American Ladies' Magazine. 



