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'g'glaiitimje. 



Kosa l"ubiC|illOSa. Natural Order: Rosacav — liose Family. 



I 'STY ROSE is the literal meaning of the Latin botanical name 

 oi" this shrubby plant, the epithet rusty being applied because of 

 :* the parasitic fungus that attaches to it. Familiarly known as 

 I lie Sweetbrier, or Eglantine, it is one of our sweetest native 

 roses, so simple and unpretending that it has a home in the 

 hearts of all lovers of plants. A golden Eglantine, a violet 

 and marigold constituted the three prizes at the Floral Games of Tou- 

 louse, the most ancient in Europe, which still survive, with the addition 

 of four other prizes, after the lapse of more than four hundred years. 

 Planted beneath our windows and around our doors, it freights the 

 atmosphere with its odor, and gratifies the eye with its delicate blos- 

 soms. There are many varieties cultivated, some of which are double. 

 Its stem is armed with stout thorns, and the color of the berry when 

 ripe is orange red. 



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TTOME is the sphere of harmony and peace, 



The spot where angels find a resting place, 

 When, bearing blessings, they descend to earth. 



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sweet to hear the watchdog's honest hark 

 • deep-inouth'd welcome as we draw near home ; 

 ;et to know there is an eye Avill mark 

 coming, and look brighter when we come. 



-Mri. Half. 



[OME is the resort 

 Of \o\e, of joy, of peace and p 

 Supporting and supported, polish'c 

 And dear relations mingle into bli 



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enty, where 



T LOVE that dear old home! my mother lived there 

 Her first sweet married years, and last sad widow'd 

 The sunlight there seems to me brighter far 

 Than wheresoever else. I know the forms 

 or every tree and mountain, hill and deil ; 

 Its waters gurgle like a tongue I know; — 

 It is my home. —Mrs. Fra,ir,s K. Bill/. 



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