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THE ROSE OF TODAY 



"Let Roses look up in every place 



Thru this beautiful world of ours; 

 For dear as the smile of an old friend's face, 

 Is the smile of these bright sweet flowers." 



TODAY the Rose is the acknowledged Queen of 

 all flowers, just as it was six hundred years before 

 the advent of the Christian era, when the poet of 

 that day sang its eulogy thus : 



"The Rose, mankind will all agree; 



The Rose the Queen of flowers should be." 



Roses probably grew in the Garden of Eden. 

 They were held sacred' to Cupid and to Venus. 

 True emblems of everything beautiful, delightful 

 and lovely. In the days of yore, in the present 

 age, and in the days that are yet to come, Roses 

 have stood, do and will stand as true poetic images 

 of innocence and purity. We say, All Hail to the 

 Rose, undisputed Queen of the Floral Kingdom. 



One of the best places in the world in which to 

 look for happiness, peace and contentment is in 

 your Rose garden, amongst the bright smiling 

 faces of lovely flowers; emblems of everything 

 beautiful, pure and lovely. 



And if we would derive the utmost of pleasure 



