SPECIES AND VARIETIES. 



That spirit to whose charge is given 



To bathe young buds in dews from heavn, 



Awaking from his light repose, 



The angel whispered to the rose, 



' Oh, fondest object of my care, 



Still fairest found where all are fair, 



For the sweet shade thou'st given to m, 



Ask what thou wilt, 'tis granted thee.' 



' Then,' said the rose, with deepened glow, 



4 On me another grace bestow.' 



The spirit paused in silent thought 



What grace was there that flower had not ? 



'Twas but a moment o'er the rose 



A veil of moss the angel throws ; 



And, robed in nature's simplest weed, 



Can there a flower that rose excved ?' 



SPECIES AND VARIETIES 



BOTANISTS enumerate at least eighty distinct species of the Rose, and 

 ft sts an almost innumerable number of varieties and nib-varieties, 

 tn st of which are hardy, deciduous, or evergreen shrubs. To attempt 

 a description or even to give a list of the names of all of these would 

 be foreign to the design of this little treatise, and would bf a needless 

 waste of time, for the simple reason that many of them are unworthy 

 of preservation, wliile in others, nothing short of the nicest and the 

 most minute inspection can discover any difference. 



The following are the names and characters of the more important 

 and desirable members of this family, best adapted to this country 

 and may be purchased at any of our principal florists : 



3i>mjjal er Uailg IVosrs. 



Names. Color and Character * 



Animated, Rosy blush. 



Arsenic, Light rose. 



Augustine Hersent, Superb rose. 



Assuerus, Crimson. 



Admiral Duperre, Dark rose. 



Belle Isidore, Crimson. 



