custom was discontinued, as a ques- 

 tion of precedence between two young 

 peers brought about a bitter quarrel. 

 A Not only the flower of love, the rose 

 is also the flower of luck. She brings 

 good fortune wherever she strikes root. 

 She was the flower dedicated to Venus. 

 How many phrases have been bor- 

 rowed from her to express beauty and 

 compliment, — " rosy-cheeks," "sweet 

 as a rose," " rose-leaf skin," " a rose- 

 bud mouth " are but a few. Aurora 

 is called " rosy-fingered," for she lets 

 slip through her hands the pink clouds 

 of dawn, while the cheerful optimist is 

 ever accused of seeing life through 

 "rose-coloured glasses." In Devon- 

 shire a particularly blooming lass is said 

 to look like a double rose, and maids 

 the world over are compared to roses, 

 even if the poet did tack on as an after- 

 thought, " Set with little wilful thorns." 

 Yet how did the rose first get its 

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