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Two of the golden green Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata), seeking their favourite 

 repast of pollen in the heart of a Rose. 



LOVF, AMONG THE ROSES. 



ladies, and old, and ladies of a certain 

 age, all of you who have propensities for 

 petting, we can recommend to you a pet, a 

 novel sort of favourite. We will describe his 

 person and his qualities. In figure, he is a 

 model of miniature proportion, a match for the German 

 Dwarfs, a rival of General Tom Thumb, and a contrast to 

 many of his pigmy order, frightful in big-headedness, or bulk 

 of limb. He is clad in a coat of mail, and his armour how 

 shall we describe it for lustre, taste, and finish? The finest 

 suit that ever issued from the workshops of Milan, rich in the 



