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the fresh charms it displays. Like the China 

 rose, which although it is neither the most fra- 

 grant or beautiful, is perhaps the most va- 

 luable, since its duration is prolonged by a suc- 

 cession of beauties. 



BEAUTY IS YOUR ONLY ATTRACTION. 



JAPAN ROSE. Camellia Japonica. 



" Of colours, changing from the splendid rose, 

 To the pale violets dejected hue." 



Akenside. 



This beautiful flower, the pride of the Ja- 

 panese grove, although it attracts all eyes by 

 its beauty, fails for want of fragrance to at- 

 tach us like the rose, whose essence renders it 

 more precious than even its unequalled beauty. 



" Amoret, my lovely foe, 



Tell me where thy strength doth lie : 

 Where the power that charms us so, 

 In thy soul, or in thy eye?" 



Waller. 



