360 FLORA DOM.EST1CA. 



For the sweet shade thou 'st given to me, 



Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted thee.' 



' Then/ said the rose, with deepened glow, 



' On me another grace bestow :' 



The spirit paused, in silent thought, 



What grace was there that flower had not ! 



'Twas but a moment : o'er the rose 



A veil of moss the angel throws, 



And robed in Nature's simplest weed, 



Could there a flower that rose exceed* ?" - 



The Red Provins-rose is smaller than the Common 

 Provins, and deeper-coloured ; there is also a Blush, and a 

 White Provins. 



The Damask-rose is a pale red : it is not very double, 

 but is sweet-scented, and extremely handsome. It is a 

 native of the South of France : there are many varieties, the 

 Monthly, the Striped Monthly, which is red and blush- 

 coloured, and the York and Lancaster, so called because 

 it is striped with both red and white. Miller believes this 

 Rose to have been brought originally from Asia : a syrup 

 is prepared from it. 



The Frankfort-rose is full and handsome, but scentless. 

 This and the Damask-rose grow about the same height as 

 the Provins. 



The Monthly Roses do not thrive well near London, 

 but are not so peremptory in this point as the Yellow 

 Roses, which it is said will not flower within ten miles of 

 it. Of the other kinds which have been mentioned, the 

 dead wood should be cut out every year, and the suckers 

 taken off : this should be done in the autumn. 



The Red Rose is large, but not very double ; it is of a 

 rich crimson colour, and particularly fragrant. Parkinson 

 calls this the English Rose, because the first known in this 

 country, and more cultivated here than elsewhere; and 



* See Drummond's First Steps to Botany, p. 296. 



