FLORA DOMESTICA. 



too, of this wild kind are used as a substitute for tea ; and 

 the fruit when ripe, and mellowed by the frost, is often 

 eaten, and thought very agreeable : it is a great delicacy 

 to some kinds of birds, to pheasants in particular : it is also 

 mixed with sugar, and sold under the name of conserve of 

 heps, and forms a good vehicle for many nauseous medi- 

 cines. 



The Ever-green rose is a native of the south of Europe : 

 it is white, small, single, but very sweet : in appearance it 

 much resembles our Eglantine. It is this rose that yields 

 the fine scented oil called attar of roses, which is imported 

 from the Barbary coast, Egypt, and the East Indies : a 

 few drops of this oil, dissolved in spirit of wine, form the 

 esprit de rose of the perfumers ; and the same, dissolved in 

 fine sweet oil, their huile antique de rose. 



The Eglantine, or Sweet-briar-rose, called by the Italians 

 Rosa Perla (Pearl Rose), is a native of all Europe, in woods, 

 thickets, hedges, &c., chiefly in a gravelly soil. The va- 

 rieties with double flowers are very elegant shrubs. 



The Musk-rose is common in every hedge in Tunis : it 

 is white, smells strongly of musk, and blows in August : 

 there are single and double varieties. This Rose requires 

 plenty of room. 



The Red China Rose is semi-double : it is admired for 

 its fine rich crimson colour, and for its fragrance. It blows 

 in succession all the year, but more sparingly in the winter 

 months. There is also a Blush, and a Pale* China Rose. 



Lucan tells us that, when Caesar was entertained by 

 Ptolemy and Cleopatra 



" With wreaths of nard the guests their temples bind, 

 And blooming roses of immortal kind." 



ROWE'S LUCAN. 



* Italian, rosa color d'Angiolo (angel-coloured rose), a name they 

 give to a blush-coloured variety of Rosa Alba also. 



