

64 THE ROSE, 

A Rose Bush on a grassy lawn—good company is 
profitable. 
A Crown of Roses—recompense of Virtue; and is 
given to the deserving maidens at the Rose-feasts 
of the French villages. 
A Rose leaf—I am never importunate. Although 
this signification accords with the history of the 
Academy of Amadan, and of Dr. Zeb, it agrees 
very little with that of Smindridi de Sybaris. 
Thus finishes the nomenclature of the Rose, 
which furnishes some phrases to the mysterious 
language of flowers—a language useful to mis- 
fortune, to friendship, and to love. 
Boitard. 



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