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effective dye ; and I liave seen many a rose wliicli 

 would weep, if it could, aromatic rose-water, 

 subdued by a like despair. Once upon a time six 

 pretty sisters lived at home together always. In 

 looks, in figure, in voice, gait, and apparel, they 

 exactly resembled each other. Young gentlemen 

 seeing them apart, fell madly in love, as young 

 gentlemen ought to do ; but on going to the 

 house and being introduced to the family they 

 were bewildered by the exact similitude, didn't 

 know which they had come to see, couldn't think 

 of proposing at random, made blunders, apolo- 

 gies, retreats. It seemed as though all these 

 charming flowers would be left to wither on the 

 virgin thorn, when one of them was permitted 

 to leave her home upon a visit to a distant friend. 

 She returned in six weeks Men fiancee^ and six 

 months after was a bride. The rest followed 

 her example. So it is that six scarlet roses or six 

 pink roses in close proximity perplex the specta- 

 tor, and depreciate each other by their monoto- 

 nous identity ; isolated or contrasted we admire 

 them heartily. ' ' * 



Roses should be. cut and placed in their proper 

 * " A Book about Koses," Chapter XIV., S, Reynolds Hole. 



