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leaves. But we now come to the more attractive 

 roses." 



FIELD LADY'S MANTLE. 



Henry thought the ROSE tribe must be more 

 beautiful than useful, for he had never heard of 

 anything made from it except rose-water, and 

 attar-of-roses, and conserve-of-roses : but he soon 

 found that the tribe is not confined to the mere 

 rose and sweet-briar, but includes the strawberry, 



