20 LUXURIOUS USE OP THE ROSE. 



celebrated for luxury and vice of every kind, caused roses to be 

 crushed with the kernels of the pine (Pinus maritima), in order 

 to increase the perfume. The same emperor caused roses to be 

 scattered over the couches, the halls, and even the porticoes of the 

 palace, and he renewed this profusion with flowers of every kind : 

 lilies, violets, hyacinths, narcissus, &c. Gallien, another equally 

 cruel and luxurious prince, lay, according to some authors, under 

 arbors of roses ; and, according to others, on beds covered with 

 these flowers. And finally, Carrius, another licentious and pro- 

 digal emperor, who reigned only a few months, caused roses to 

 be scattered over the chambers of his palace, and on the couches 

 upon w^hich were placed his guests. 



