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over each other, like the leaves of a cabbage. 

 Every cottage plot can show a bush of this 

 sweetest of roses. It was long thought to be a 

 native of France, but this seems doubtful. In 

 some low woods on the eastern parts of Cau- 

 casus, it is certainly vnld, and its odour per- 

 fumes the air. Dr. Clarke speaks of its fra- 

 grance and profusion in the isle of Rhodes. 

 Upwards of seventy kinds of this rose only, are 

 imder culture, and our pretty moss roses, which 

 blush so beautifully from under their verdant 

 mossy veil, are varieties of the Provence rose. 

 It is remarkable of these flowers, that, when 

 removed to the milder atmosphere of southern 

 Europe, they lose the mossy covering, which 

 seems so suited, in our climate, to preserve the 

 delicate young biid from the morning or even- 

 ing chills. The cabbage rose is planted both 

 in England and France for the sake of its petals, 

 which are gathered, when fully blown, for 

 making rose Avater, and also for the conserve of 

 roses sold by the druggist. 



The musk rose {Rosa moschata) is found 

 wild in the north of Africa, and the warmer 

 portions of Spain. It blooms in autumn, and 

 its musky odour is most powerful in the even- 

 ing. Its large bunches of flowers would weigh 

 down the slender branches, were they not sup- 

 ported. The kinds of musk rose are not nu- 

 merous, as there are not above a dozen sorts. 

 This flower is thought to be the rose repre- 

 sented by the Persian poet as the delight of the 

 nightingale of the east, whose songs, sweet 



