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ty claima for them a place in every garden. "Phillips says that 

 the White Lilly is indisputably a native of the Holy Land." 



We find, from transplanting, and cultivation, that many of our 

 wild flowers increase in size and beauty. For instance, the 

 Rannunculus or butter cup, the Spoonwood, and the Honey- 

 suckle, and are often found on the grounds of the wealthy aris- 

 tocrat. 



But lastly, we would speak of the Rose, yet it is far from being 

 the least among flowers. Indeed, the Rose is the queen of flow- 

 ers. There are many varieties of Roses, estimated to be nearly a 

 thousand different ^species. "It is a flower that has been knowii 

 from time immemorial, so that it is impossible to discover its na- 

 tive country. The word is derived from the Greek, rodon, red ; 

 from whence comes Rosa,- Latin, and Rose, English." There are 

 every kind of shade among their color, as even a blue, and a 

 black rose have been produced by our Florists. Some are climb- 

 ing, and prove highly ornamental to all kinds of trellis work. 

 Climbing roses rarely send up new sprouts, and if a sprout is 

 wished for, it is well to bend a branch over, and cover the end 

 of it with earth, and after it is rooted, to cut it from the parent 

 -stem, and transplant it. The "Persian Rose" grows thirty feet 

 high ; "Lady Banks" twenty feet,, and the common Day rose 

 twelve feet high. 



Roses were awarded as priz<!S for eloquence by Glemence 

 Isaure, who instituted the Floral games. It was formerly a cus^- 

 torn to place a Rose over the dining table, or at the doors of tem- 

 ples, or any place where secrecy was intended. If the suspen- 

 sion of a rose would be received as a symbol of secrecy, it would 

 be well to hang one over the door, when the Cabinet at Washing- 

 ton convened to discuss war measures, — and in the midst of every 

 domestic circle, where family jargons exist, to prevent babbling 

 gossip. The golden Rose was the seal of Luther, and it used to 

 be consecrated by the Popes on Good Friday, and presented to 



