

THE ROSE. ae 
CULTIVATED SPECIES AND VARIETIES 
OF THE ROSE. 
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— or Cabbage 
Rose.—Rosa centifolia.—Its name Provins 
from a town twenty leagues from Paris; the 
French also call vines grown from layers ‘ Pro- 
vins,”’ and Cabbage, the English name, from the 
form of the rose; blooming annually; a well 
known and popular species, cultivated in Eng- 
lish gardens for more than 300 years. 
This is the Rose with which painters choose to 
represent Love and Hymen, and is selected as the 
emblem of Grace. 
**EMILTA— Of all flowers, 

SERVANT— Why, gentle madam? 
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EmILia—It i bi 
For when aa West wind courts her gently, 
casted Asccganed she blows. and — the sun 
! When the North s near her, 


Rade and impatient, then like Chastity, 
She locks her beauties in her bud again, 
And leaves him to base briars.*’ 
BEAUMONT. 



