THE 



KOSE-AMATEUR'S GUIDE, 



PART I. 

 THE SUMMEE TWSE GARDEN. 



Erratum. 

 P. 103, lines 17 and 18, omit Madame Clemence Joigneaux. 



^ j^v,..., wm 6 v/i i-.iv/ ivroj tingvio v/i Aiui'i-or, inn rusy arms 01 

 the Nymphs, the cheeks of Venus tinted with roses. 



The rose is useful to the sick ; she braves the duration of 

 years ; agreeable even in decay, she preserves the perfume of her 

 youth. 



What shall I say of her origin ? When the Sea formed 

 from her froth, and displayed on her waves, the beautiful Venus, 

 brilliant with dew, when Pallas sprang armed from the brain 

 of Jupiter, the earth brought forth this admirable plant, a new 

 masterpiece of nature. Eager to hasten her blooming, the gods 

 watered her with nectar, and then this immortal flower derated 

 herself majestically on her thorny column. 



The Queen of Flowers.* 



* This pretty appellative is no new creation : more than 2000 

 years ago Sappho wrote : ' If Jupiter wished to give to the 

 flowers a Queen, the rose would be their Queen.' 

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