

62 THE ROSE. 

ing Venus and Cupid, they represent them crown- 
ed with the myrtle; but when the Graces follow 
the Muses, they crown them with roses, 
Ever-blooming Rose—beauty of the freshest charms, 
‘*‘A mes yeux vous serez toujours belle.” 
Not only are these Rose-trees covered with flow- 
ers all the season, butit is of all the kinds that 
which exhales the sweetest perfume, 
White Rose—silence. 
Mystery is one of the charms of love. Har- 
pocrates, the god of silence, is represented with a 
rose in his hand and a finger on his lips. 
Yellow Rose—inconstancy. 
Man thinks he can unite unfaithfulness with 
constancy. A French author in regard to un- 
faithfulness has said, ‘Tt is little when known; 
unknown, nothing. The fool blubbers about it, 
the prudent man says not a word.”’ 
The Cinnamon Rose—pompous splendor. All that 
glitters is not gold. 
In this rose allusion is made to its splendid 
color, and its somewhat disagreeable odor. 


